Events

NewGen Surgical supports National Park Services in 33rd International Coastal Cleanup Day In the spirit of our Small Change, Big Impact EPP program, we at NewGen Surgical understand the cumulative impact of positive action. Nationwide, when hospitals exercise climate-smart purchasing to replace the plastic single-use disposable surgical products used in the millions with sustainably designed…

Rob Chase, Founder and President of NewGen Surgical, will participate in a roundtable discussion exploring the role of public policy to advance commercialization and adoption of innovation, and to discuss emerging economic opportunities for the New Plastics Economy. Plastic pollution is a well-recognized multi-faceted problem currently dominating the public discourse. Plastic pollution has broad economic…

NewGen Surgical is pleased to support and participate in CleanMed 2018. “As the premier national environmental conference for sustainability leaders in the healthcare sector, we look forward to connecting with like-minded healthcare leaders responsible for sustainability at their system,” said Carol Summers, Senior Marketing Manager at NewGen Surgical. “This will be our fourth time to…

  NewGen Surgical will be exhibiting at the annual AORN Global Surgical Conference & Expo on March 24-28 in New Orleans, LA, at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. Connecting more than 5,800 organizations, AORN provides 65+ educational sessions designed to generate ideas, provoke new thinking, showcase the latest technology and trends, and provide networking…

In its seventh year, the OR Business Management 2018 Conference will be held January 31 – February 2, 2018, in San Antonio, Texas. During the interactive event, OR business operations and management will have the opportunity to connect and increase their knowledge of improved processes, new technologies, best practices for staffing, and ways to optimize…

This year, NewGen Surgical is partnering with other local groups for the International Coastal Cleanup Day through the coordination of the California Coastal Cleanup Day effort on September 16, 2017. NewGen Surgical staff, family and friends will be collecting non-marine items from Rodeo Beach in the Marin Headlands coordinated by the Marine Mammal Center. Rodeo…

NewGen Surgical attended the Sustainable Brands conference in Detroit, May 22-25, by invitation as a finalist in the Innovation Open competition. SB ’17, themed “Redefining the Good Life”, attracted thousands of business leaders across various industries, organizational types and sizes, and corporate functions, who are reshaping the future of commerce worldwide. As KoAnn Vikoren Skrzyniarz,…

The week is finally upon us and we could not be more excited! Sustainable Brands 2017 Detroit, taking place on May 22-25 in Detroit, Michigan, will bring together more than 2,000 global business change makers who challenge their brands to succeed in the new sustainable global economy. Purpose driven brands are transforming the global economy…

CleanMed 2017, taking place in Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 16-18 will bring together healthcare sector thought leaders, green suppliers and product experts—some of the brightest minds powering the sustainability space—to exchange best practices and tips for enabling innovation and realizing the full potential of health care sustainability. Widely considered the premier national environmental conference for people…

December 6-8, 2016, San Francisco, CA. Carol Summers, NewGen Surgical Marketing Manager, is helping the design team create a Chemical Policy and a “Never Use List” as a tool in our Smart Sustainable Design™ strategy. This strategy guides decisions and design criteria – products in development, materials, manufacturing, packaging, performance and disposal. BizNGO hosted their…

NewGen Surgical will participate in the Beyond Plastic Accelerator Innovation Showcase hosted at the European Conference on Plastics in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, December 8-9, 2016. NewGen Surgical will have the opportunity to share on an international platform how we use Smart Sustainable Design™ to redesign surgical products with more sustainable materials on the front end…

CleanMed 2016 was last week in Dallas, Texas. Attending with me was our Medical Director, Dr. Anne-Marie Regal. This was Dr. Regal’s first time attending, and she mentioned on our way back how uplifting the experience was and how committed the community of people attending CleanMed are to protecting the planet and human health. After…