POSTPONED

Dear Friend of Archimedes,

We have an important announcement to make regarding the September 18-21 Health Care Security Week. We are postponing the workshop and pre-workshop training to a later date in 2024. In place of this Sep 2023 workshop, we will be holding an exclusive, by-invitation only, executive sit-down meeting with Dr. Suzanne Schwartz of FDA on Wednesday, September 20 at Northeastern University in Boston, MA. This intimate event provides a rare opportunity for open dialogue with Dr. Suzanne Schwartz of FDA on medical device security.  We anticipate that this will be helpful as medical device manufacturers and health care delivery organizations make their final preparations for when the new Refuse to Accept guidance goes into full effect on October 1st. After this date, submission acceptance will be contingent on meeting the new statutory changes to the FD&C Act that resulted from the passage of the Omnibus Act so this becomes mission-critical for manufacturers. This will be an opportunity to better understand these new expectations from FDA. 

We will be reaching out separately to each member institution to join this free “Conversation with Dr. Suzanne Schwartz” along with our listening session of member institutions on your needs and challenges for medical device security. Look for this email for free registration by Wednesday, September 6.

For those who registered for our Sep 18-21 events, refunds will be issued, and you will be receiving information from us shortly.  We’re genuinely sorry about any inconvenience caused for our loyal members and attendees.

We look forward to re-engaging with everyone at a larger-scale event next year which will be co-chaired by Michelle Jump (of MedSec), Debra Bruemmer (formerly of Mayo Clinic) and me. Please stay tuned for announcements to come for our 2024 Archimedes workshop where we will recreate the interactive space to deliver an impactful event with which Archimedes has become synonymous. Thank you.

Sincerely,

Prof. Kevin Fu, Ph.D. and the Archimedes Team

Archimedes Health Care Security Week September 18-21!

CHOOSE THE EVENTS THAT ARE RIGHT FOR YOU!

Archimedes is excited to bring members and guests together in a safe space to learn, share and network with the best of the best in health care and medical device security. You can choose to attend one of our two training events led by expert speakers (choose only one) September 18 and 19, and then attend the familiar and highly regarded Archimedes 101 Workshop on September 20-21. Or attendees can choose to solely attend one of the training sessions, or choose to attend only the Archimedes 101 event...the choice is yours!

Why Attend?

Our events do not focus on the latest industry buzz or trendy new product development. We want you to feel comfortable speaking freely about your cyber security issues with trusted and respected professionals who can help you establish best practices for improving medical device security. At Archimedes, we provide a secure forum for you to learn about emerging cyber security issues and then we arm you with the knowledge to better protect both your patients and clients.

Attendees from our previous conferences have included:

• Chief information security officers
• Directors of product engineering
• System engineers
• VPs of global product security
• IT security managers
• Physicians
• Chairs of medical device security standards bodies
• Security researchers
• Front-line engineers from clinical facilities

If you have additional questions, please contact us at archimedes@northeastern.edu