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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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6th Digital Health Society Summit

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Tuesday, 5 November 2024 - 09:00

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Ends at:

Wednesday, 6 November 2024 - 17:00

CET

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The 6th Digital Health Society Summit

This 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

Nele Leosk - Ambassador for Digital Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (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

Karolina Mackiewicz - Innovation Director at ECHAlliance (Finland)
Lyudmil Ninov - Program Manager at EHMA (Belgium)

12:50 - 13:35 CET - EU Presidencies

Miklós Szócska - Former Minister of State for Health (Hungary)

13:35 - 14:00 CET - Lunch Break

14:00 - 15:00 CET - Thematic Innovation Ecosystem on Sharing Data Across Continents

Andy Bleaden (Moderator) - Communities Director at ECHAlliance (United Kingdom)
Alejandra García - Deputy Director of Innovation at CENS (Chile)
Felix Sukums - Chairperson at Digital Health Innovation Forum (Tanzania)

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

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)

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

Mathilde Forslund - Executive Director at Transform Health

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 on Implementing

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

11:20 - 12:30 CET - Networking Break

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

Karolina Mackiewicz (Moderator) - Innovation Director at ECHAlliance (Finland)
Rajendra Pratap Gupta - President, Health Parliament (India)
Phil Webb - CEO at Health & Wellbeing 360 (United Kingdom)
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 - Chairman of the Board at ESiOR Oy (Finland)

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Bleddyn Rees

Wales

Chair at the Digital Health Society ECHAlliance

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

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...

Miklos Szócska

Virtual

Former Minister of State for Health of Hungary

Key Event

Highlights DHSS 2023

94 Countries

20 Virtual Exhibitors

1200+ Registeers

40+ International Speakers

18 Sessions

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Previous editions

Oct

Brussels, Belgium,

Belgium

29/10/2024 at 09:00 -

01/10/2024 at 13:00

15/10/2024 at 18:01 GMT+0100

Oct

Sant Cugat del Vallès,

Spain

23/10/2024 at 08:30 -

23/10/2024 at 15:00

15/10/2024 at 17:01 GMT+0100

Dec

Bruges,

Belgium

09/12/2024 at 09:00 -

11/12/2024 at 17:00

15/10/2024 at 17:01 GMT+0100

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The 6th Digital Health Society Summit

Key Event

Highlights DHSS 2024

International high-level speakers

Virtual exhibition space

Free registration

Networking opportunities

2 Day programme

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Learn more about this year's Summit

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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 Sharing Data Across Continents

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

15:45 - 16:15 CET - Presentation: “Transform Health” - Data Governance 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 on Implementing

11:20 - 12:30 CET - Networking Break

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

Key Event

Speakers

Ain Aaviksoo

Irene Aninye Ph.D.

Andy Bleaden

Catherine Chronaki

Carolyn Harris

Karolina Mackiewicz

Jean Philbert Nsengimana

Eduardo Pisani

Dr.

Rajendra Pratap Gupta

Bleddyn Rees

Esther Ruiter

Miklos Szócska

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Highlights DHSS 2023

94 Countries

20 Virtual Exhibitors

1200+ Registeers

40+ International Speakers

18 Sessions

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