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Tuesday, 14 November 2023 - 10:00

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Ends at:

Wednesday, 15 November 2023 - 17:00

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The 5th Digital Health Society Summit

The 2-Day Virtual Summit promotes the latest thought leadership of the DHS, showcases innovation, research, European funded projects and addresses the latest digital and data challenges facing digital health.

The DHS Summit will build on almost 1000 registrations from 95 countries across the globe.

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Highlights DHSS 2023

International high-level speakers

Virtual exhibition space

Free registration

Networking opportunities

2 Day programme

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Agenda

Day 1

10:00 – 10:15 - Welcome & Introduction

Bleddyn Rees – Chair at The Digital Health Society
Karolina Mackiewicz – Innovation Director at ECHAlliance, The Global Health Connector

10:15 – 11:15 - The Power of Health Data Use: Real World Applications Example Finland

Karolina Mackiewicz (Moderator) – Innovation Director at ECHAlliance, The Global Health Connector
Johanna Seppänen - Findata, Director at Social and Health Data Permit Authority - Download Presentation
Maija Wolf - Nordic Real-World Evidence Lead at Novartis Finland - Download presentation
Jaakko Lähteenmäki - Principal Scientist at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland - Download presentation

11:15- 12:15 - The Power of Health Data Use: Real World Applications Example France

Mario Jendrossek - European affairs lead at Health Data Hub - Download presentation

12:15- 12:45 - IQVIA Perspectives on Health Data for Clinical Trials and Real-World Evidence

Dean Summerfield - Senior Vice President, Real World and Commercial Solutions, EMEA at IQVIA - Download Presentation

12:45-1:30 - Health Data Sharing Perspectives from Industry Including Software, Technology and Digital Health Service Providers

Bleddyn Rees (Moderator)– Chair at The Digital Health Society
Martino Canonico - Head of Brussels Office at European Association of E-Pharmacies (EAEP) - Download presentation
Alexander Olbrechts - Director of Digital Health at MedTech Europe - Download presentation

1:30-14:00 - Lunch & Networking

14:00-15:00 - Sharing Is Caring: A German View on Patients’ Health Data

Christina Claussen (Moderator)- Director Patient Advocacy and a member of Global Patient Advocacy at Pfizer
Prof. Dr. Sylvia Thun - Berlin Institute for Health Research (BIH) at the Charité Berlin Professor for digital medicine and interoperability - Download presentation
Peter Liese - Member of the European Parliament, Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats)
Bernd Rosenbichler - Social entrepreneur and former automotive manager at Branewo LLC
Djork-Arné Clevert - Head of Machine Learning Research, Vice President at Pfizer

15:00- 15:45 - The Spanish & Hungarian EU Presidencies and Healthcare

Richard Bergström - Vice President of European Affairs at IQVIA
Lucía Escapa Castro - Chief of the cabinet. General Secretariat for Digital Health, Information and Innovation at Ministry of Health of Spain - Download Presentation
Miklos Szocska - Former Minister of State for Health of Hungary
Tapani Piha - Special Advisor at Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra

15:45 -16:00 - Break & Networking

16:00-16:45 - How to Facilitate More Access to Health Data for Research? Introducing the Societal Compact

Professor Dipak Kalra – Doctor & President at European Institute for Innovation through Health Data - Download presentation
Bleddyn Rees – Chair at The Digital Health Society

16:45- 17:00 - Closing & Wrap Up

Bleddyn Rees – Chair at The Digital Health Society
Karolina Mackiewicz – Innovation Director at ECHAlliance, The Global Health Connector

Day 2

10:00-10:15 - Welcome & Introduction

Bleddyn Rees – Chair at The Digital Health Society
Karolina Mackiewicz – Innovation Director at ECHAlliance, The Global Health Connector

10:15-10:45 - Exploring the Different Futures of Health Data

Karolina Mackiewicz (Moderator) – Innovation Director at ECHAlliance, The Global Health Connector
Bogi Eliasen - Director of Health at Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies

10:45-11:45 - Revolutionising Healthcare: Leveraging Reimbursement Models for Uptake of Digital Health Solutions

Session hosted by DigitalHealthUptake project: https://digitalhealthuptake.eu/

Karolina Mackiewicz (Moderator) – Innovation Director at ECHAlliance, The Global Health Connector
Natalia Allegretti (Moderator) - Senior Innovation Project Manager at ECHAlliance
Jens Nörtershäuser - Founder & CEO at Kranus Health - Download presentation
Hendrik Steinert - Head of Strategy & Business Development DTx at mementor by Resmed - Download presentation
Kai Schnackenberg - Deputy head of division for international affairs and innovation at Ministry of Social Affairs of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg - Download presentation
Fabien Watrelot - CEO at Ensweet - Download presentation
Louisa Stüwe - Project director - Digital health delegation at French Ministry of Health and Prevention - Download presentation

11:45-12:00 - Break & Networking

12:00-13:00 - Unlocking the Value of Health Data in the International R&D Projects: Enabling Fairness and Expanding Opportunities for Secondary Use

Natalia Allegretti (Moderator) - Senior Innovation Project Manager at ECHAlliance
Federica Porcu (Moderator) - Innovation Project Manager at ECHAlliance
Vasiliki Tsiompanidou - Legal Researcher at UDG Alliance, Gatekeeper project
Lorenzo Gios - Project Manager, TrentinoSalute4.0 at Competence Center for Digital Health of the Province of Trento, ValueCare project
Nicola Ferro - Full Professor at the Department of Information Engineering, University of Padova, Brainteaser
Jess Vogt - Research Consultant at empirica Communication and Technology Research, Gravitate Health
Christian Muehlendyck - Scientific Partnerships Lead EMEA, Johnson & Johnson MedTech

13:00 - 13:45 - Lunch & Networking

13:45-14:15 - AI Club - 10 Use Cases for AI in Healthcare Today

Prof. Rachel Dunscombe – Imperial College, UK Government AI Council Member & Co-Chair OpenEHR - Download presentation

14:15-14:30 - Where to Get Involved in the Coming Year

Andy Bleaden – Community Director at ECHAlliance, The Global Health Connector - Download presentation

14:30 - 14:45 - Break & Networking

14:45-16:15 - Digital Health Use-Cases Along the Pharma Value Chain

Pirkka Padmanabhan - Associate Partner & Global Leader of the Health Tech Network at McKinsey
Dr. Tobias Silberzahn - Partner & Global Leader of the Health Tech Network at McKinsey
Amy Hung - Global Leader of the Health Tech Network at McKinsey
Till Bauer - Global Oncology LCM Strategy Director at MSD
Dan Vahdat - CEO at Huma
Dr. Andrea Dennis - SVP of Translational Sciences at Perspectum Ltd.
Sam Oddsson - Co-founder & Chief Clinical Officer at Sidekick Health
Hannes Toivanen - Lead, Global Digital Ecosystem Engagement at Takeda

16:15 - 16:45 - Refining the Connections: Advancing Evidence on the Linkages Between Environment, Health, and Data

Natalia Allegretti (Moderator) - Senior Innovation Project Manager at ECHAlliance
Dimitris Georgoulis (Moderator) - Innovation Project Manager at ECHAlliance
Daniele Pala - Assistant Professor (RTDa) at University of Pavia, Brainteaser Project
José Fermoso Domínguez - Researcher from the Natural Resources and Climate Area at CARTIF Technology Center, KHealthInAir (IDEAL cluster)
Els Ducheyne - Senior Manager Material Compliance at Johnson & Johnson

16:45 - 17:00 - Closing & Announcements

Bleddyn Rees – Chair at The Digital Health Society
Karolina Mackiewicz – Innovation Director at ECHAlliance, The Global Health Connector

Day 3

Match need and solution

A strong community is established with regular quarterly meetings, events and opportunities to network and collaborate.

Break down silos

We encourage and build collaboration across our International Network of Digital Health Ecosystems by building successful cooperation across geographic boundaries to build trust and learn from the experiences across different health systems.

Create economic growth

Ecosystems create mutually beneficial partnerships to improve the delivery of health and social care and provide real economic benefits – using the economic potential within the health economy to help grow the regions economy.

Transform healthcare

Our International Digital Health Ecosystems are multi-stakeholder groups with the patient at the core, driving the agenda, leading with the need.

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Speakers

Bernd Rosenbichler

Virtual

Social entrepreneur and former automotive manager at Branewo LLC

Bernd Rosenbichler worked in the automotive industry for the Ford, Audi and BMW brands for over 20 years, most of...

Bleddyn Rees

Wales

Chair at the Digital Health Society, Deputy Chair at ECHAlliance

Bleddyn is an experienced commercial and international healthcare lawyer with over 30 years’ experience advising on outsourcings, privatisations, complex contracting...

Bogi Eliasen

Virtual

Director of Health at Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies

Bogi Eliasen is Director of Health at the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies (CIFS). He was born in the Faroe...

Christian Muehlendyck

Virtual

Scientific Partnerships Lead EMEA, Johnson & Johnson MedTech

I am responsible for the public private partnership (PPP) engagement of J&J MedTech. We are involved in PPPs with focus...

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Christina Claussen

Virtual

Director Patient Advocacy and a member of Global Patient Advocacy at Pfizer

Christina Claussen is Director Patient Advocacy and a member of Global Patient Advocacy on Pfizer's Leadership Team. Since 2002, she...

Daniele Pala

Virtual

Assistant Professor (RTDa) at University of Pavia, Brainteaser project

I have earned my master's degree in bioengineering in April 2017 at the University of Pavia. During my studies I've...

Dean Summerfield

Virtual

Senior Vice President, Real World and Commercial Solutions, EMEA at IQVIA

Dean leads IQVIA’s Real World & Commercial Solutions in the Europe, Middle East, Africa and South Asia region. Over 25...

Dimitris Georgoulis

Virtual

Innovation Project Manager at ECHAlliance

Dimitris Georgoulis holds master’s degrees in International Development and Business Administration and bachelor’s degree in Psychology. He is a mental...

Djork-Arné Clevert

Virtual

Head of Machine Learning Research, Vice President at Pfizer

Head of Machine Learning Research, Vice President of Pfizer and a Computational scientist with strong expertise in developing machine learning...

Els Ducheyne

Virtual

Senior Manager Material Compliance at Johnson & Johnson

Fabien Watrelot

Virtual

CEO at Ensweet

Federica Porcu

Virtual

Innovation Project Manager at ECHAlliance

Federica is an Innovation Project Manager with a strong background in European projects focused on scientific research and innovative technologies....

Hendrik Steinert

Virtual

Head of Strategy and Business Development DTx at mementor by ResMed

Hendrik Steinert is Head of Strategy & Business Development at mementor by ResMed and responsible for international growth and strategy...

Jaakko Lähteenmäki

Virtual

Principal Scientist at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

Jaakko Lähteenmäki, is a Principal Scientist at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland. His areas of expertise include health data...

Jens Nörtershäuser

Virtual

Founder & CEO, Kranus Health

Jens Nörtershäuser has over 10 years of experience in the pharmaceutical and healthcare sectors and in the field of digital...

Jess Vogt

Virtual

Research Consultant at empirica Communication and Technology Research

Jess Vogt is a research consultant with a focus on the impact of ICT solutions for health and social care,...

Johanna Seppänen

Virtual

Director at Social and Health Data Permit Authority at Findata

Johanna Seppänen has previous positions as Head of statistics at Statistics Finland Research services, Head of statistics and health economics...

Jose Fermoso Dominguez

Virtual

KHealthInAir (IDEAL cluster)

Kai Schnakenberh

Virtual

Deputy head of division for international affairs and innovation, Ministry of Social Affairs of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg

Kai Schnackenberg works for the Ministry of Social Affairs of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, as member of...

Karolina Mackiewicz

Finland

Innovation Director at ECHAlliance

Karolina Mackiewicz (MA Political Sciences, MA Futures Studies) has over 15 years of professional experience in international projects in the...

Louisa Stüwe

Virtual

Project director - Digital health delegation at French Ministry of Health and Prevention

Lucía Escapa Castro

Virtual

Chief of the cabinet. General Secretariat for Digital Health, Information and Innovation. Ministry of Health of Spain.

Maija Wolf

Virtual

Nordic RWE Lead, PhD, Adjunct Professor (molecular medicine) at Novartis

Nordic RWE Lead. At Novartis Finland and as part of the Nordic Evidence Generation team, Maija works across different therapeutic...

Mario Jendrossek

Virtual

European affairs lead at Health Data Hub

Mario JENDROSSEK is European projects lead at the French Health Data Hub (HDH). He has previous work experience through positions...

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95 Countries

20 Virtual Booths

980+ Registeers

50 International Speakers

20 Sessions

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The 5th Digital Health Society Summit

Key Event

Highlights DHSS 2023

International high-level speakers

Virtual exhibition space

Free registration

Networking opportunities

2 Day programme

Key Event

Read the DHSS22 takeaways

KEY EVENT​

Agenda

Day 1

10:00 – 10:15 - Welcome & Introduction

10:15 – 11:15 - The Power of Health Data Use: Real World Applications Example Finland

11:15- 12:15 - The Power of Health Data Use: Real World Applications Example France

12:15- 12:45 - IQVIA Perspectives on Health Data for Clinical Trials and Real-World Evidence

12:45-1:30 - Health Data Sharing Perspectives from Industry Including Software, Technology and Digital Health Service Providers

1:30-14:00 - Lunch & Networking

14:00-15:00 - Sharing Is Caring: A German View on Patients’ Health Data

15:00- 15:45 - The Spanish & Hungarian EU Presidencies and Healthcare

15:45 -16:00 - Break & Networking

16:00-16:45 - How to Facilitate More Access to Health Data for Research? Introducing the Societal Compact

16:45- 17:00 - Closing & Wrap Up

Day 2

10:00-10:15 - Welcome & Introduction

10:15-10:45 - Exploring the Different Futures of Health Data

10:45-11:45 - Revolutionising Healthcare: Leveraging Reimbursement Models for Uptake of Digital Health Solutions

11:45-12:00 - Break & Networking

12:00-13:00 - Unlocking the Value of Health Data in the International R&D Projects: Enabling Fairness and Expanding Opportunities for Secondary Use

13:00 - 13:45 - Lunch & Networking

13:45-14:15 - AI Club - 10 Use Cases for AI in Healthcare Today

14:15-14:30 - Where to Get Involved in the Coming Year

14:30 - 14:45 - Break & Networking

14:45-16:15 - Digital Health Use-Cases Along the Pharma Value Chain

16:15 - 16:45 - Refining the Connections: Advancing Evidence on the Linkages Between Environment, Health, and Data

16:45 - 17:00 - Closing & Announcements

Day 3

Match need and solution

Break down silos

Create economic growth

Transform healthcare

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Speakers

Bernd Rosenbichler

Bleddyn Rees

Bogi Eliasen

Christian Muehlendyck

Christina Claussen

Daniele Pala

Dean Summerfield

Dimitris Georgoulis

Djork-Arné Clevert

Els Ducheyne

Fabien Watrelot

Federica Porcu

Hendrik Steinert

Jaakko Lähteenmäki

Jens Nörtershäuser

Jess Vogt

Johanna Seppänen

Jose Fermoso Dominguez

Kai Schnakenberh

Karolina Mackiewicz

Louisa Stüwe

Lucía Escapa Castro

Maija Wolf

Mario Jendrossek

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