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6th Digital Health Society Summit

Modernisation in healthcare in the next five years:
How will healthcare embrace digitalisation and catch up on other sectors

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Tuesday, 5 November 2024 - 09:00

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Ends at:

Wednesday, 6 November 2024 - 17:00

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#DHSSummit24

As part of the Digital Health Week, the 2-Day Virtual Summit event promotes the latest thought leadership of the Digital Health Society, showcases innovation, research, European funded projects and addresses the latest digital and data challenges facing digital health.

Under the title: “Modernisation in healthcare in the next five years: How will healthcare embrace digitalisation and catch up on other sectors”, the 6th edition of this Summit will look into the challenges healthcare systems face to take advantage of digital technologies and the benefits they could deliver.

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Highlights DHSS 2024

International high-level speakers

Virtual exhibition space

Free registration

Networking opportunities

2 Day programme

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Agenda

5 November

10:00 - 10:10 CET - Welcome & Introduction

Bleddyn Rees - Chair at The Digital Health Society (Wales)
Karolina Mackiewicz - Innovation Director at ECHAlliance (Finland)

10:10 - 10:30 CET - Keynote: Introduction to Digitalisation in Healthcare and the Challenges

Ain Aaviksoo - Head of Development, Partner at HeBA Clinic (Estonia)

10:30 - 10:50 CET - Keynote: Estonian Vision for Digitalisation

Carmen Raal - Cyber Security Cooperation Adviser at Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications of Estonia (Estonia)

10:50 - 11:10 CET - Case Study 1: The Northern Ireland Story of the Digital ID to Healthcare - The Art of the Possible

Edward O'Neill - Director of Covid Certification Service at Department of Health (United Kingdom)

11:10 - 11:30 CET - Case Study 2: Precision Health, Personalised Care With Integrated Data Intelligence

Arjun Jayaswal - Vice President Strategy at Perspectum (United States of America)

11:30 - 11:45 CET - Networking Break

11:45 - 12:10 CET - Case Study 3: Scalling Hospitals at Home Solutions

Ryan Williams - Director at Connected Health Group

12:10 - 12:50 CET - Discussion: Skilling, Upskilling, Reskilling of Healthcare Professional

Session hosted by BeWell

Karolina Mackiewicz - Innovation Director at ECHAlliance (Finland)
Lyudmil Ninov - Program Manager at EHMA (Belgium)
Joséfine Declaye - Policy Officer at European Specialist Nurses Organization (Belgium)
Gianluca Conte - Researcher at IRCCS Policlinico San Donato (Italy)
Céline Carrera - Director of Innovation and Transformation at EIT Health

12:50 - 13:35 CET - EU Presidencies

Bleddyn Rees (Moderator)- Chair at The Digital Health Society (Wales)
Miklós Szócska - Former Minister of State for Health (Hungary)
Hubert Życiński - Deputy Director at Department of e-Health, Ministry of Health (Poland)

13:35 - 14:00 CET - Lunch Break

14:00 - 15:00 CET - Thematic Innovation Ecosystem on Global Approaches to Health Data Sharing

Andy Bleaden (Moderator) - Communities Director at ECHAlliance (United Kingdom)
Mair Caro - Ecosystem Leader at National Center on Health Information Systems (CENS) (Chile)
Felix Sukums - Chairperson at Digital Health Innovation Forum (Tanzania)
Sara Pereira - Project Manager at Health Cluster Portugal (Portugal)
Elizabeth Shenkman - Co-founder at OneFlorida (United States of America)

15:00 - 15:45 CET - Enhancing Health Data Interoperability: Debating EEHRxF and the Blue/Yellow Button - EU & US Experiences

Karolina Mackiewicz (Moderator) - Innovation Director at ECHAlliance (Finland)
Luc Nicolas - EHTEL (Belgium)
Catherine Chronaki - HL7 Europe (Belgium)
Debi Willis - MyPatientLink.com (United States of America)
Vincent Keunen - Andaman7 (Belgium)
Mark Roberts - CARIN Alliance (United States of America)

15:45 - 16:15 CET - Presentation: “Transform Health” - Data Governance Principles & Model Law

Mathilde Forslund - Executive Director at Transform Health (United States of America)

6 November

10:00 - 10:10 CET - Welcome & Introduction

Bleddyn Rees - Chair at The Digital Health Society (Wales)
Karolina Mackiewicz - Innovation Director at ECHAlliance (Finland)

10:10 - 11:00 CET - Discussion: Building Efficiency in Cancer Care to Improve Health Outcomes

Eduardo Pisani (Moderator) - CEO at All.Can (Belgium)
Prof. Christobel Saunders, MD - James Stewart Chair of Surgery, University of Melbourne (Australia)
Matt Hickey - CEO at The Health Value Alliance (United Kingdom)
Alex Filicevas - Executive Director at World Bladder Cancer Patient Coalition (Belgium)

11:00 - 11:20 CET - Keynote: AI and EHDS policy keynote from a Member State Perspective

Ira Miessler - Senior Policy Advisor at Federal Ministry of Health (Germany)

11:20 - 11:30 CET - Networking Break

11:30 - 12:30 CET - Why Data Collection, Publication and Use Matters for Public Health Prevention

Bleddyn Rees (Moderator)- Chair at The Digital Health Society (Wales)
William Flanagan - Owner at Open Sky Data Systems (Ireland)
Trenton White - Health Researcher at Barcelona Institute for Global Health (United States of America)
Dr. Marius Geantă - President at Centre for Innovation in Medicine (Romania)
Richard Price - Head of Policy at European Cancer Organisation

12:30 - 13:00 CET - Discussion: Data First, AI Later

Karolina Mackiewicz (Moderator) - Innovation Director at ECHAlliance (Finland)
Rajendra Pratap Gupta - Founder, Health Parliament (India)
Phil Webb - CEO at Health & Wellbeing 360 (Wales)
Jean Philbert Nsengimana - Chief Digital Advisor at Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Rwanda)

13:00 - 13:30 CET - Lunch Break

13:30 - 14:30 CET - Who Are the Champions in Our Ecosystems - Deep Dive Into Data & Digital Work of Ecosystems in the Global ECHAlliance Network

Andy Bleaden (Moderator) - Communities Director at ECHAlliance (United Kingdom)
Michael Frandsen - Chief Commercial Officer at WARD 24/7 (Denmark)
Erkki Soini - CEO, Health Economics Expert at ESiOR Oy (Finland)
Ricardo Correia - Co-founder at Opvance (Portugal)

14:30 - 15:15 CET - Advancing Women’s Health: Addressing Techquity, UN SDGs, and International Policy Regulations

Karolina Mackiewicz (Moderator) - Innovation Director at ECHAlliance (Finland)
Irene Aninye - Chief Science Officer at Society for Women's Health Research (United States of America)
Carolyn Harris - Labour Member of Parliament for Neath and Swansea East (United Kingdom)
Esther Ruiter - Business and Partnership Manager at Africa Health Business (Kenya)

15:15 - 15:30 CET - Conclusions & Closing

Bleddyn Rees - Chair at The Digital Health Society (Wales)
Karolina Mackiewicz - Innovation Director at ECHAlliance (Finland)

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

Ain Aaviksoo

Estonia

HeBA Clinic, Head of Development, Partner

Ain Aaviksoo, MD MPH is an expert in healthcare digitization and innovation with 25 years of experience. He currently works...

Alex Filicevas

Belgium

Executive Director - World Bladder Cancer Patient Coalition

Alex Filicevas is a passionate cancer patient advocate focused on driving meaningful change in cancer research, policy and care. Alex...

Andy Bleaden

United Kingdom

Community Director, ECHAlliance

Andy Bleaden works for ECHAlliance as the Communities Director where he has developed and built a large network of over...

Arjun Jayaswal

Virtual

VP Strategy - Perspectum

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...

Carmen Raal

Virtual

Cyber Security Cooperation Adviser at Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications of Estonia

Carmen works as an International Cyber Security Cooperation Advisor at the National Cyber Security Department in Estonia. She is dedicated...

Carolyn Harris

Virtual

Labour Member of Parliament for Neath and Swansea East

Born and raised in Swansea, after gaining a degree in Social Policy, Carolyn worked in the charity sector before becoming...

Catherine Chronaki

Virtual

Secretary General at HL7 Europe

Catherine Chronaki is the Secretary General at HL7 Europe, Past President of the European Federation for Medical Informatics. Catherine is...

Céline Carrera

France

Director of Innovation and Transformation - EIT Health

Christobel Saunders

Australia

James Stewart Chair of Surgery - University of Melbourne

Professor Christobel Saunders AO, MB BS, FRCS, FRACS, FAAHMS is the James Stewart Chair of Surgery, the Head of the...

Debi Willis

United States

CEO / Founder - MyPatientLink.com

Debi Willis has been a thought leader and software company Founder/CEO for decades. She has been a requested speaker and...

Dr.

Marius Geantă

Virtual

President and Co-Founder of the Center for Innovation in Medicine

Marius Geantă is President and Co-Founder of the Center for Innovation in Medicine. He has more than 15 years of...

Dr.

Rajendra Pratap Gupta

Virtual

Founder at Health Parliament

Rajendra Pratap Gupta (Rajendra) is a public policy expert who has been contributing to policy making for over a decade...

Eddie O'Neill

Virtual

Director CSS Solution - Department of Health Northern Ireland

Edward is a clinical doctor with extensive and varied experience in commissioning services, performance management, service review / quality improvement,...

Eduardo Pisani

Virtual

CEO All.Can International

Eduardo is the CEO of All.Can International, a global non-rpofit organization in the field of cancer policy, since 2020. He...

Elizabeth Shenkman

United States

Co-founder - OneFlorida

Erkki Soini

Finland

CEO, Health Economics Expert - ESiOR Oy

Erkki Soini is the CEO of ESiOR Oy and chairman at Kuopio Health open innovation ecosystem. He has extensive experience...

Esther Ruiter

Virtual

Business and Partnership Manager, Africa Health Business

Esther Ruiter is a fully qualified and registered midwife in Belgium and Kenya. She has over ten years of experience...

Felix Sukums

Tanzania

Senior Lecturer and Consultant - Digital Health Unit, Muhimbili University of Health & Allied Sciences

Dr. Felix Sukums is a Senior Lecturer, Researcher, and Consultant in Digital Health and Data Governance at the Muhimbili University...

Gianluca Conte

Italy

Researcher - IRCCS Policlinico San Donato

Gianluca Conte is a dedicated nurse and researcher specializing in biobehavioral research, gender differences, and public health. He works at...

Hubert Życiński

Poland

Deputy Director at Department of e-Health, Ministry of Health Poland

Ira Miessler

Germany

Senior Policy Advisor - German Federal Ministry of Health

Ira is a Senior Policy Advisor at the German Federal Ministry of Health. At the Ministry of health Ira works...

Irene Aninye Ph.D.

Virtual

Chief Science Officer at Society for Women’s Health Research

Dr. Irene O. Aninye is the Chief Science Officer for the Society for Women’s Health Research, a national nonprofit dedicated...

Jean Philbert Nsengimana

Rwanda

Chief Digital Advisor at Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Jean Philbert Nsengimana (Phil) is the Chief Digital Health Advisor at Africa CDC. He also serves as a special advisor...

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Highlights DHSS 2024

International high-level speakers

Virtual exhibition space

Free registration

Networking opportunities

2 Day programme

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Agenda

5 November

10:00 - 10:10 CET - Welcome & Introduction

10:10 - 10:30 CET - Keynote: Introduction to Digitalisation in Healthcare and the Challenges

10:30 - 10:50 CET - Keynote: Estonian Vision for Digitalisation

10:50 - 11:10 CET - Case Study 1: The Northern Ireland Story of the Digital ID to Healthcare - The Art of the Possible

11:10 - 11:30 CET - Case Study 2: Precision Health, Personalised Care With Integrated Data Intelligence

11:30 - 11:45 CET - Networking Break

11:45 - 12:10 CET - Case Study 3: Scalling Hospitals at Home Solutions

12:10 - 12:50 CET - Discussion: Skilling, Upskilling, Reskilling of Healthcare Professional

12:50 - 13:35 CET - EU Presidencies

13:35 - 14:00 CET - Lunch Break

14:00 - 15:00 CET - Thematic Innovation Ecosystem on Global Approaches to Health Data Sharing

15:00 - 15:45 CET - Enhancing Health Data Interoperability: Debating EEHRxF and the Blue/Yellow Button - EU & US Experiences

15:45 - 16:15 CET - Presentation: “Transform Health” - Data Governance Principles & Model Law

6 November

10:00 - 10:10 CET - Welcome & Introduction

10:10 - 11:00 CET - Discussion: Building Efficiency in Cancer Care to Improve Health Outcomes

11:00 - 11:20 CET - Keynote: AI and EHDS policy keynote from a Member State Perspective

11:20 - 11:30 CET - Networking Break

11:30 - 12:30 CET - Why Data Collection, Publication and Use Matters for Public Health Prevention

12:30 - 13:00 CET - Discussion: Data First, AI Later

13:00 - 13:30 CET - Lunch Break

13:30 - 14:30 CET - Who Are the Champions in Our Ecosystems - Deep Dive Into Data & Digital Work of Ecosystems in the Global ECHAlliance Network

14:30 - 15:15 CET - Advancing Women’s Health: Addressing Techquity, UN SDGs, and International Policy Regulations

15:15 - 15:30 CET - Conclusions & Closing

Day 3

Match need and solution

Break down silos

Create economic growth

Transform healthcare

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Speakers

Ain Aaviksoo

Alex Filicevas

Andy Bleaden

Arjun Jayaswal

Bleddyn Rees

Carmen Raal

Carolyn Harris

Catherine Chronaki

Céline Carrera

Christobel Saunders

Debi Willis

Dr.

Marius Geantă

Dr.

Rajendra Pratap Gupta

Eddie O'Neill

Eduardo Pisani

Elizabeth Shenkman

Erkki Soini

Esther Ruiter

Felix Sukums

Gianluca Conte

Hubert Życiński

Ira Miessler

Irene Aninye Ph.D.

Jean Philbert Nsengimana

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