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Welcome to Silicon Valley Many would describe the business environment of today as volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous. Indeed, change is no longer glacier ‐ change is volcanic. The question is: are you changing fast enough to stay relevant amidst a digital revolution? This executive tour takes you behind the scenes and to the heart of the action ‐ to the most competitive business environment on the planet. Here, you will experience Fortune 500 companies and startups that are in the midst of shaping tomorrow’s business models. During the 4 days of intense learning and networking in Silicon Valley you will have the opportunity to visit some of the world's most innovative companies, as well as connect with radical thinkers. The purpose of the program is to inspire The Region of Southern Denmark in the following areas:

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Welcome to Silicon Valley from your organizers at 42 Associates Inc. and Monitor Deloitte

High‐level Program

Monday Nov. 2nd

Tuesday Nov. 3rd

Wednesday

Nov. 4th

Thursday Nov 5th

Sunday Arrival & check‐in. Dinner @ Le Colonial and intro to Silicon Valley. San Francisco

Morning*

Breakfast @ Touchstone Hotel City

Center

Breakfast @ Touchstone Hotel City Center

Breakfast @ Touchstone Hotel City Center

Breakfast @ Touchstone Hotel City Center

San Francisco

San Francisco

Menlo Park

Sunnyvale Stanford University

Nexus Cafe UC. Berkeley Silicon Valley Pad The Cloud Cafe

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Lunch

Stanford University Menlo Park Mountain View

Afternoon

Mountain View

Berkeley

Menlo Park

Mountain View

San Francisco

Sunnyvale

Departure, SFO Airport

Evening

Dinner on your own San Francisco

Dinner on your own San Francisco

Neptune’s Waterfront Grill & Bar

San Francisco

*A detailed description of all agenda points can be found on the following pages. Selected meeting profiles can be found in appendix. Note: Program is tentative and subject to changes

Detailed Program Day 1 Sunday, November 1st

Time Place Speaker(s) Info

12.25 (local time) CPH Airport ‐ Departure

14.45 (local time) SFO Airport ‐ Arrival

14.45‐19.00 Touchstone Hotel City Center 480 Geary St, SF, CA 94102 ‐ Hotel check‐in

19.00 Le Colonial 20 Cosmo Place, San Francisco, CA 94104

Lene Schulze Managing Director @ 42 Associates, Inc.

Dinner and introduction to Silicon Valley

Day 2 Monday, November 2nd

Time Place Speaker(s) Info

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07.00‐07.30 Touchstone Hotel City Center 480 Geary St, SF, CA 94102 ‐ Breakfast

The bus leaves at 7.30

8.00‐8.50 Tiatros 953 Indiana Street, San Francisco

Kimberlie Cerrone Founder & CEO @ Tiatros

Input on the Tiatros innovative solution to chronic disease care We will meet at UCSF’s life sciences incubator QB3

10.15‐12.00

Stanford Bio‐X James H. Clark Center, Stanford University, 318 Campus Drive Stanford, CA 94305

Dr. Heideh Fattaey Execute Director @ Standford Bio‐X Dr. Hanwei Li Corporate Forum Liason Christine Kurihara Senior Associate Director @ Stanford Biodesign

Presentations on cross‐functional development, Stanford Bio‐X and Biodesign

12.00‐13.00 Nexus Cafe 318 Campus Drive Stanford, CA 94305

‐ Lunch Bus leaves at 13.30

14.00‐15.00 El Camino Hospital 2500 Grant Rd Mountain View, CA 94040

Ken King Chief Administrative Services Officer @ El Camino Hospital

A tour and talk about this high tech hospital with an advanced robot program

17.00‐18.30 Health Evolution Partners 1 Maritime Plaza, San Francisco, CA 94111

Julie Murchinson Bianca Chen Zefang Wang Partners @ Health Evolution Partners

An overview of some of the challenges their health care executive members are discussing and we will hear more about the current state of health care from an investor’s perspective.

19.00 ‐ ‐ Dinner on your own

Day 3 Tuesday, November 3rd

Time Place Speaker(s) Info

07.30‐08.30 Touchstone Hotel City Center 480 Geary St., SF, CA 94102 ‐ Breakfast

The bus leaves at 8.30

9.00‐11.00 Urban Elegance In The Mission 641 Alabama Street, San Francisco, CA 94110

Andreas Lozano, Business Development Manager @ MedTep Camilo Barcenas, Founder @ Dabo Health Gary Yao, Advanced Technology Manager @HTC

Get introduced to and learn more about a number of innovative digital health solutions See Galvanize, one of San Francisco’s many entrepreneurial co‐working spaces.

12.30‐13.00

UC Berkeley CITRIS (Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society) 330 Sutardja Dai Hall, MC 1764, Berkeley, CA 94720‐1764

‐ Lunch will be served upon arrival

13.00‐15.00 UC Berkeley CITRIS (Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of

Kristian Kidholm Visiting Scholar @ CITRIS

Meet visiting scholars and director of healthcare and hear about the important work they do at CITRIS

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Society) 330 Sutardja Dai Hall, MC 1764, Berkeley, CA 94720‐1764

David Lindeman Director @ CITRIS

19.00 ‐ ‐ Dinner on your own

Day 4 Wednesday, November 4th

Time Place Speaker(s) Info

07.30‐08.30 Touchstone Hotel City Center 480 Geary St., SF, CA 94102 ‐ Breakfast

The bus leaves at 8.30

10.00‐12.00 The Pad Silicon Valley 1370 Willow Rd Menlo Park, CA 94025

Shomit Ghose, Managing Partner @ ONSET Ventures

Learn about the investment environment in Silicon Valley and talk to the author behind several published articles on “Big data ‐ and the future of medicine”

12.30‐13.00 The Pad Silicon Valley ‐ Lunch will be brought in

13.00‐15.00 The Pad Silicon Valley 1370 Willow Rd Menlo Park, CA 94025

Svava María Atladóttir Senior Partner @ Future Medical Systems

Lucie Richter Senior Partner @ Future Medical Systems

A Discussion on the impact that human centered design can have on healthcare systems.

15.30‐16.30 Plug and Play Tech Center 440 N Wolfe Rd., Sunnyvale, CA 94085

Connie Weisman Director @ Plug and Play Tech Center

A tour of this “Silicon Valley in a box” ‐ Meet their head of healthcare and learn how they work with startups in this space

19.30

Neptune’s Waterfront Grill & Bar 2 Beach St San Francisco, CA 94133

‐ Dinner

Day 5 Thursday, November 5th

Time Place Speaker(s) Info

07.30‐08.30 Touchstone Hotel City Center 480 Geary St., SF, CA 94102 ‐ Breakfast

The bus leaves at 8.30

10.00‐11.30 Intuitive Surgical Inc. 1020 Kifer Road Sunnyvale, CA 94086

Dan Jones Lead of government relations @ Intuitive Surgical Inc.

Visit to Intuitive Surgical Inc. Robotic ‐ Learn about their innovative technologies and discuss the future of healthcare

12.30‐13.00

Cloud Café @ Computer History Museum 1401 N Shoreline Blvd, Mountain View, CA 94043

‐ Lunch

13.00‐14.00 Computer History Museum 1401 N. Shoreline Blvd Mountain View, CA 94043

Visit to the Computer History Museum. Learn about the very interesting development of Silicon Valley

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17.30 (local time) SFO Airport ‐ Departure

Day 6 Friday, November 6th

Time Place Speaker(s) Info

13.20 (local time) CPH Airport ‐ Arrival

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Participant List

# First Name Last Name Title

1 Karsten Uno Petersen Elected member of the Regional Council, Region of Southern Denmark President of the Committee for Health and Innovation

2 Andrea Terp Elected member of the Regional Council, Region of Southern Denmark Vice president of the Committee for the Prehospital Sector

3 Bente Gertz Elected member of the Regional Council, Region of Southern Denmark Vice president of the Committee for Psychiatry and Social Institutions

4 Holger Gorm Petersen Elected member of the Regional Council, Region of Southern Denmark

5 John Lohff Elected member of the Regional Council, Region of Southern Denmark

6 Lasse Krull Elected member of the Regional Council, Region of Southern Denmark

7 Niels Erik Søndergaard Elected member of the Regional Council, Region of Southern Denmark

8 Peder Hvejsel Elected member of the Regional Council, Region of Southern Denmark

9 Peter Christensen Elected member of the Regional Council, Region of Southern Denmark

10 Pia Tørving Elected member of the Regional Council, Region of Southern Denmark

11 Simon Hempel‐Jørgensen Elected member of the Regional Council, Region of Southern Denmark

12 Bjarne Frydendahl

Jensen Elected member of the Regional Council, Region of Southern Denmark

13 Søren Lindgaard Director of Health and regional IT and of the Health and Innovation Center Southern Denmark

14 Dorthe Kusk Acting director of Regional Development

15 Mads Rasmussen Partner at Accelerace

16 Ole Skøtt Dean at the Faculty of Health Sciences, professor and doctor, University of Southern Denmark

17 Liselotte Hohwy Stockholm Director of Business Development Center Southern Denmark

18 Claus Risager Member of the board of the Danish Healthcare Cluster Welfare Tech and CEO of Blue Ocean Robotics

19 Poul Bisgaard Project Manager, Region of Southern Denmark

20 Susanne Gren Svendsen Chief Consultant, Region of Southern Denmark

21 Lene Schulze Managing Director @ 42 Associates, Inc.

22 Helene Kristiansen Business Catalyst @ 42 Associates, Inc.

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Meeting Profiles Monday, November 2, 2015

Tiatros Tiatros’ mission is to be a material part of the solution to a big problem: fixing our healthcare system. Tiatros moves all of the clinic‐to‐clinic processes that doctors rely upon to coordinate patient care to a private, secure mobile cloud, where everyone involved has timely, reliable access to all of the information and people they need ‐ smoothing out clinical workflows and adding a rich social layer to dramatically improve healthcare efficiency. Tiatros gives healthcare providers safe, reliable access to chronic disease patients, their entire care team, complete health record, and care plan from any Internet‐enabled device. Finally, care teams can overcome the information silos and logistical barriers that make chronic diseases so dangerous and expensive to treat, delivering collaborative, continuous, and patient‐driven chronic disease care.

Kimberlie Cerrone Founder & CEO @ Tiatros Kimberlie is a dealmaker and intellectual property strategist by background, and has spent more than 30 years in the Silicon Valley, where she has been a C‐level executive at 9 venture backed startups, 2 of which she helped take from formation to IPO.

Stanford Bio‐X Bio‐X is Stanford's pioneering interdisciplinary biosciences institute, bringing together biomedical and life science researchers, clinicians, engineers, physicists, and computational scientists to unlock the secrets of the human body. Stanford Bio‐X supports, organizes, and facilitates interdisciplinary research connected to biology and medicine. Ideas and methods embodied in engineering, computer science, physics, chemistry, and other fields are being brought to bear upon important challenges in bioscience. In turn, bioscience creates new opportunities in other fields. Significant discoveries and creative inventions are accelerated through formation of new collaborative teams.

Heideh Fattaey Fattaey is the executive director of operations and programs of the Bio‐X Program, which supports, organizes and facilitates interdisciplinary research connected to biology, bioengineering and medicine. She’s being called ‘the soul of the Bio‐X’ and was received the Marshall D. O’Neill Award in 2011.

Hanwei Li Dr. Li is the Corporate Forum Liaison for Stanford Bio­X, the pioneering program at Stanford University that focuses on interdisciplinary research to bring about new solutions and to advance current knowledge of human health. She cultivates and manages numerous collaborations between world­class Stanford researchers and leading corporate organizations by identifying areas of mutual research interest and developing different collaboration models (such as sponsored research, gift funding, fellowships, and in­kind). These interactions foster essential foundations and sustainable relationships between academia and industry to support leading­edge and translational discoveries across the life bioscience spectrum. In her 4 years at Stanford, Hanwei has cultivated dozens of collaborative projects

between Stanford and industry, resulting in $10M+ of funding to Stanford.

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Christine Kurihara As Senior Associate Director of Global and Communication, Christine oversees Biodesign global fellowship programs and is the primary point of contact for all global relationships. She is also responsible for efforts that support Stanford students, fellows and faculty working on device projects based on global needs. Ms. Kurihara oversees IT and web projects and is responsible for communication and marketing for Biodesign. She manages several websites for Biodesign including biodesign.stanford.edu; ebiodesign.org, a companion website for the textbook; bme­ idea.org, for the BME Academic community and indiabiodesign.org, a social networking site for persons interested in the development of the medical device industry in India.

El Camino Hospital El Camino Hospital is a nonprofit organization with hospital campuses in Mountain View, California and Los Gatos, California. The hospitals have served communities in the South San Francisco Bay Area for over 50 years. At El Camino Hospital, everything they do is based on the deep belief that improved technology leads to improved patient care. They’re quick to master the latest medical advancements, but compassion still rules. They remain sensitive to the comfort, health and happiness of the patients.

Ken King Ken King is the chief administrative services officer for El Camino Hospital. He joined El Camino as director of facilities services in 1988. He was appointed vice president in 1999 and then to his current title in 2010. Before joining El Camino Hospital, Mr. King worked in various engineering positions in hospitals in Southern California. He is a member of the American Society of Hospital Engineers, National Fire Protection Agency and the Association for the Advancement of Medical

Health Evolution Partners Health Evolution Partners invests in the world’s leading healthcare companies. They seek out companies that are driving critical shifts in how healthcare is financed, organized and delivered. Their investments support the companies that make healthcare more transparent, life‐extending, high‐quality and responsive to end‐users. Health Evolution Partners is guided by a team of healthcare leaders, experienced private equity investors, seasoned policymakers and operating experts. They value close working partnerships with management teams and they bring deep insight into how businesses succeed in a rapidly changing industry. Health Evolution Partners seeks to be the preeminent health care investor by backing important and valuable companies that deliver superior returns for their investors.

Julie Murchinson Julie Murchinson is the Chief Executive Officer of the Health Evolution Summit which anchors an extensive network of CEOs and commercial leaders from around the globe and across the health industry. Created by Health Evolution Partners, the Summit serves as a central place to trade industry ideas, share advice, form partnerships and do deals that will continue to shape health care. With over 20 years in health IT policy and management consulting, executive roles within commercial companies and not‐for‐profits, her unique approach addresses cross‐industry opportunities to make personalized health a reality. Her work has pioneered industry‐leading health IT methodologies, special‐interest collaborations and perspectives on privacy, security, and consumer rights in health care delivery, community‐based health, consumerism and philanthropy. Prior to Health Evolution, Julie was Managing Director at Manatt Health Solutions, the policy and strategy advisory division of Manatt, Phelps and Phillips, where she advised clients on health information strategies. Julie previously co‐founded and led Object Health, a boutique management consulting group acquired by Manatt. Concurrently, Julie co‐founded the Health 2.0 Accelerator, a not‐for‐profit association to advance consumer‐centric health care by driving

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integration of technology and the consumer experience across a network of new and established companies. Previously, Julie was Vice President of Services at CareScience, a leading provider of care management technology and services to hospitals and provider communities. Julie was also with Deloitte Consulting and launched her career with Ernst & Young.

Tuesday November 3, 2015

MedTep Medtep is personalized medicine. We focus on disease prevention through monitoring of people's life habits. With uClinics and uPatient we aggregate and merge any kind of data (from apps, devices, sensors, etc.), so the needed information can be given in a comprehensible way to any patient through a healthcare professional. We upgrade monitoring processes to make an impact on the patient and help condition their behavior. As a response, patients learn more about their treatments and understand they are jointly responsible of their own health and welfare. We work with Pharmaceutical companies, Clinical laboratories, Medical societies, Insurance companies, Sports clubs, Patient associations, Foundations and Universities and R&D around the world.

Andreas Lozano, Business Development Manager

Dabo Health Dabo Health streamlines the way nurses, physicians and front line staff improve the quality of care. By eliminating silos along the care continuum, Dabo Health brings clarity to quality metrics, makes them actionable to hospitals and care providers, and facilitates collaboration for quality improvement.

Camilo Barcenas, Founder

HTC HTC Corporation is a global leader in smartphone innovation and design. They are currently sponsoring a team that has been selected as one of 7 finalists in the Qualcomm Tricorder XPRICE, which is a $10 million global competition to stimulate innovation and integration of precision diagnostic technologies, helping consumers make their own reliable health diagnoses anywhere, anytime.

Gary Yao, Advanced Technology Manager Gary is responsible for technology scouting, evaluation, and potential acquisitions. Located in San Francisco, Gary is working with the team to continue exploring breakthrough and disruptive technologies in Silicon Valley and worldwide; push the boundaries of design to create personal experience for customers around the globe. Prior to joining HTC, Gary had many years’ experience in hardware design and semiconductor industry, involved in integrated circuit design, embedded system, and device manufacturing for mobile computing and consumer electronics.

CITRIS U.C Berkeley The Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS) was formed in 2001, when researchers within the UC system realized that the real opportunities lay not just in developing new and innovative technologies, but in applying them. CITRIS brings a unique methodology and collection of resources to its pursuit of innovation across disciplines and subject areas. With their cutting‐edge laboratories and renowned faculty experts, CITRIS serves as an incubator for translating new ideas into working prototypes. This iterative process has four steps: Learn, Build, Launch, Connect.

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Kristian Kidholm Kristian Kidholm is associate professor in Health Economics at University of Southern Denmark and is currently working as a Visiting Scholar at CITRIS, UC Berkeley. At CITRIS he is studying US hospital manager’s need for information when making investments in telemedicine services. His visit also strengthen the relation between Odense University Hospital and TTRN ‐ Transatlantic Telemedicine Research Network ‐ a network of telemedicine scientists from California and Denmark.

David Lindeman Dr. David Lindeman is Director of the CITRIS Health Initiative. He also serves as Director of the Center for Technology and Aging. He is Co‐Director of the Center for Innovation and Technology in Public Health, which advances the use of technology to support population health. He joined CITRIS in 2013. Previously, Dr. Lindeman was the founder and director of the Mather LifeWays Institute on Aging in Evanston, IL, where he was responsible for developing and implementing evidence‐based applied research programs, demonstration projects, education programs and dissemination initiatives. He has held positions as Associate Professor of Health Policy at the Rush Institute for Healthy Aging, Rush University Medical Center and as Co‐Director of the University of California, Davis Alzheimer’s Disease Center.

Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Onset Ventures ONSET Ventures helps entrepreneurs transform great ideas into successful businesses. They invest in information technology and medical markets, leveraging both disruptive technologies and disruptive business models. In information technology, they focus on mobility, new media and infrastructure software. Within medical technology, they focus on medical devices, drug delivery, diagnostics and healthcare information technology. ONSET Ventures invests in businesses at all stages. Their specialty is working with inventors and entrepreneurs at the earliest stages to help them create a business from their vision. They get in the trenches with business to help identify markets, build business models and find the ideal management team. It’s their personalized approach that makes the difference – “venture craftsmanship”‐ and it’s why so many entrepreneurs choose to work with ONSET Ventures again and again.

Shomit Ghose Shomit Ghose is managing partner at ONSET Ventures. He joined the firm in 2001 after 19 years of working at high‐tech companies in the Silicon Valley. During his career he participated in several successful IPOs, including those of Sun Microsystems and Broadvision. Shomit was awarded two academic scholarships to the University of California, Berkeley, at age 15. He graduated in 1982 with a degree in Computer Science. Article: http://venturebeat.com/2015/06/21/continuous‐healthcare‐big‐data‐and‐the‐future‐of‐medicine/

Plug and Play Tech Center Plug and Play, often referred to as ‘Silicon Valley in a box’, is a seed stage investor and global innovation platform. They help startups in various fields get to market faster through access to their many partners in the market and by connecting them to corporations. They invest in over 100 companies every year. Startups who walk through their doors have access to five sets of resources: logistical support, networking events, mentors and advisors, investors, corporate relations.

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Additionally, Plug and Play have formed an accelerator around health. It is a platform for innovation that connects forward‐thinking corporations with startups that are influencing the health industries.

Connie Weisman Connie Weisman is Director of Strategic Partnerships & Community Development at Plug and Play Tech Center. She is also developing Plug and Play’s first healthcare incubation program. She is a seasoned adviser, business development and marketing expert and passionate about connecting people and building relationships between start‐ups and the resources they need to succeed. She strives to identify opportunities for her partners to connect to start‐ups through introductions, community participation and thought leadership to increase their brand awareness. Within two years, she has developed over 30 partnerships with service providers; thus, connecting them with hundreds of start‐ups who need their solution. In addition to connecting start‐ups with service providers, she also helps them find funding solutions by connecting investors to quality start‐ups through curated deal flow.

Thursday, November 5, 2015

Intuitive Surgical Inc. Intuitive Surgical, Inc. is the global technology leader in minimally invasive robotic‐assisted surgery. The Company's da Vinci® Surgical System enables surgeons to operate minimally invasively through a few small incisions or the belly button from a nearby ergonomic console. The da Vinci System features a magnified 3D HD vision system and tiny wristed instruments that bend and rotate far greater than the human hand. As a result of this technology, da Vinci enables surgeons to operate with enhanced vision, precision and control.

Dan Jones Dan Jones is Director of External Affairs for Intuitive Surgical. In his role, Dan manages Intuitive’s government affairs activities and develops the company’s partnerships with universities and other companies. Dan obtained his BS and PhD in Chemistry from the University of California at Berkeley and the California Institute of Technology, respectively. Dan also obtained his MPhil in Policy Analysis from the RAND Graduate School.

Computer History Museum The Computer History Museum is a nonprofit organization with a four‐decade history as the world’s leading institution exploring the history of computing and its ongoing impact on society. The Museum is dedicated to the preservation and celebration of computer history and is home to the largest international collection of computing artifacts in the world, encompassing computer hardware, software, documentation, ephemera, photographs, oral histories, and moving images. The Museum brings computer history to life through large‐scale exhibits, an acclaimed speaker series, a dynamic website, docent‐led tours and an award‐winning education program.