9.10-9.20

Opening & Welcome

• Bleddyn Rees, Chair at The Digital Health Society, UK
• Andy Bleaden, Communities Director at ECHAlliance, UK

9.20-10.00

Global Digital Health, What is happening, new, and trending?

Speakers with experience from Health systems, academia and technology and pharmaceutical industries will share insight into the latest developments and opportunities in digital health.

• Martin Curley, Professor of Innovation at Maynooth University and Visiting Professor at University of Bath, IRELAND
• Jon Warner, US President at ORCHA & Panel, USA. PRESENTATION
• Julio Sánchez, Head of Innovation at CINFA, SPAIN

10.00-10.30

The role of HCP in innovation, deployment, procurement and startups & Q&A from Startups

What is the role of healthcare professionals in the development of digital health, its deployment and procurement? Perspectives from HCP in the world of consulting, technology, and clinical practice. An opportunity to ask questions about  clinical roles in digital health start-ups.

• Tobias Silberzahn, Partner at McKinsey & Company, GERMANY
• Monica Povedano, Head of the department of Neurophisyiology at Bellvitge Hospital, SPAIN
• George Margelis,  Independent Chair at Aged Care Industry Information Technology Council, AUSTRALIA

10.30-11.10

Scaling Digital Health Globally

The global leaders of digital health, coming from Europe, India, Africa and the US will share their experience in connecting the dots globally for a more accessible and scalable digital future of tomorrow. They will also share calls to action for global transformation of health and wellbeing.

• Brian O’Connor, Chair at ECHAlliance, IRELAND
• Rajendra Pratap Gupta, Chair at Health Parliament, INDIA
• Dr Amit Thakker, Executive Chairman, Africa Health Business, AFRICA
• Ann Mond Johnson, CEO at American Telemedicine Association, USA

11.10-11.30

Break & Networking

11.30-12.10

Patients voices & user-centric design to increase access to health services and products

The speakers representing civil society, healthcare provider as well as industry will discuss the importance of applying the user-centric design perspective to the development of digital health products and services, as well as their practical experience in their implementation and potential costs of ignoring listening to the patients.

• Denis Costello, Executive Director at CML Advocates Network, SWITZERLAND
• Janette Hughes, Director of Planning and Performance at DHI, SCOTLAND
• Teresa López-Fando, Coordinator of Programmes and Services at the Spanish Association Against Cancer, SPAIN
• Victoria Betton, Director at PeopleDotCom, UK

12.10-12.20

Fireside Chat with Rich Scarfo

• Bleddyn Rees, Chair at The Digital Health Society, UK
• Rich Scarfo, President at HLTH, US

12.20-12.50

SKILLS: What skills do we need for digital health scale?

We won’t be able to implement the digital products and services at scale without skilling, reskilling and upskilling the patients, healthcare professionals and solution providers. How do we know which skills are needed and how to ensure everyone has them, not only today but also in the future? 

• Zara Pons Vila, Collaboration Lead Scandinavia at EIT Health, SWEDEN
• Michael Peolsson, BSc, MSc, PhD, International coordinator, Programme officer at Swedish eHealth Agency, SWEDEN

12.50-14.00

Lunch break & Networking

14.00-14.30

DATA: Business opportunities in wellness and healthcare

What is happening in the global marketplace for health data and what are the latest technology innovations relating to that data? Listen to the insight from the Head of the McKinsey Health Tech Network and Qualcomm’s leader in multi-device experiences across wireless platforms and ecosystems

• Tobias Silberzahn, Partner at McKinsey & Company, GERMANY. PRESENTATION
• Kabir Kasargod, Senior Director at Qualcomm Technologies Inc, USA. PRESENTATION

14.30-15.00

GREEN HEALTH: The industry takes responsibility

According to the data, healthcare systems’ climate footprint is 4,4% of global net emissions and if it was a country, it would be the 5th biggest CO2 emitter. The industry can help limit its impact on the climate through a variety of actions, investing in decarbonising  healthcare and driving them through sustainable procurement practices. The speakers will share their experience on this emerging topic.

• Elisa Frenz, CEO & Co-Founder at Health Procurement Europe, GERMANY
• Dr Oriol Estrada Cuxart, Chief Strategy Officer at the Germans Trias Hospital in Badalona, SPAIN
• Ilias Iakovidis, Adviser at DG CONNECT, European Commission, BELGIUM

15:00-15:30

CinfaNext. A collaborative way to innovate in the Health Sector

• Julio Sánchez, Head of Innovation at Cinfa, SPAIN. PRESENTATION

15.30-15.50

Data: Examples of health innovation- how to share and curate

• Dr. Apostolia Karabatea, Project Manager at Gnomon, GREECE. PRESENTATION
• Adam Milward, CEO and Co-Founder at Metadataworks, UK. PRESENTATION

15.50-16.10

Break & Networking

16.10-16.40

The role of technology in Independent living 

While the technology has a potential to ensure that all people will be able to live at home independently, the question of sustainability, user-friendliness, user acceptability and uptake remains. The session will explore the potentials and identify the areas for further actions. 

• Moderator: Jon Warner, US President at ORCHA & Panel, USA. PRESENTATION
• George Margelis,  Independent Chair at Aged Care Industry Information Technology Council, AUSTRALIA. PRESENTATION
• Kari Kohtamäki, Senior Advisor at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, FINLAND. PRESENTATION
• Sergio Murillo Corzo, Minister for Social Action at Government of Biscay, SPAIN

16.40-16.45

Join a Global Community

• Andy Bleaden, Communities Director at ECHAlliance, UK

16.45-17.35

Digital Health Disruptors – Pitch Battle

Meet the 5 top Digital Health startups exhibiting at 4YFN23 and watch them pitch on stage to investors to become winner of the 4YFN 2023 Digital Health pitch battle!

Jury:

• Helena Torras, Venture Partner at Hans(wo)menGroup, SPAIN
• Sara Secall, General Partner at Inveready, SPAIN
• Yahel Halamish, Investment Principal at Nina Capital, SPAIN

Start ups:

• Anna Bondarenko, Founder at DeHealth, FRANCE
• Carmen Pauline Rios Benton, Co-Founder & COO at Doctomatic, SPAIN
• José Carlos Pulido, founder CEO of Inrobics, SPAIN
• Tomàs Lóbez Pérez, CEO at Nixi for Children, SPAIN
• Soumya Sunder Dash, Co-Founder & CEO at Sleepiz AG, SWITZERLAND

17.35-17.45

Conclusion & Closing

• Brian O’Connor, Chair at ECHAlliance, IRELAND

9:30 – 11:30

Global Health Connector Council meeting – by invitation only

13:00 – 14:50

A vision for the future of digital health: a stakeholder workshop re: the 2030 agenda – by invitation only

This multi-stakeholder workshop is the part of the dialogue on the 2030 digital health agenda that the ECHAlliance leads together with its ecosystems within the EU-funded preparatory action “CONNECTINGHEALTH”. The results will contribute to the designing of the futures scenarios for the digital health and be part. It’s an important step in designing the action plan that will guide the future actions and spending in this area in Europe.

15:30 – 17:00

Kick-off the Value Based Procurement Subcommittee of the Innovation and Transformation Commission of the Catalonian Department of Health – by invitation only