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The Digital Health & Wellness Summit 2025

We are pleased to announce that the 12th Digital Health & Wellness Summit (DHWS) will be back at MWC25 in Barcelona on Wednesday 5th March 2025. This will be the first European event of our 2025 Global Flagship Programme.

 

📢 After registering for 4YFN-MWC, make sure to register for the DHWS program to attend.

We have exclusive benefits for ECHAlliance members, please contact iman@echalliance.com for more information.

 

 

The Digital Health & Wellness Summit 2025

Starts at:

Monday, 3 March 2025 - 09:00
CET

Ends at:​

Thursday, 6 March 2025 - 18:00
CET

Event Location:

Barcelona,
Spain

The Digital Health & Wellness Summit 2025 “Digital Health at Scale: Innovating, Regulating, Financing & Procuring the Future of Healthcare Systems and Technologies” organised by ECHAlliance.

 

The Global Health Connector during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on 5 March will bring together leaders from the tech, telecom, and healthcare sectors to explore the future of healthcare systems through digital innovation. 

 

Focusing on scaling solutions, the event will cover key areas such as the role of AI, global regulations, and funding models that support the widespread adoption of digital health technologies. Through a series of engaging sessions, panel discussions and case studies demonstrations, attendees will gain a deeper understanding of how technological advancements are transforming healthcare and how these innovations can be effectively integrated, regulated, and financed to create sustainable, scalable solutions for the healthcare sector.

 

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Join us at the DHWS25

Meet the key healthcare leaders, providers and clinicians to understand their roadmap in terms of investment and deployment

Discover the latest innovative digital solutions for health and wellness

Identify business opportunities and projects

Share your knowledge and learn from a community of digital health experts from across the world

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Check DHWS 2024 edition

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Agenda

All sessions

9:15 – 9:30 - Digital Health & Wellness Summit: Opening and Welcome
9:30 - 9:50 - Scaling digital health: Estonia’s national digital strategy as a model for success
9:50 - 10:35 - The ‘3D’ forces shaping healthcare: democracy, demographics, and digitalisation
  • Karolina Mackiewicz - Innovation Director, ECHAlliance (Finland)
  • Aneta Tyszkiewicz - Director Data and Digital, European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) (Belgium)
  • Tobias Silberzahn - Patient Ambassador and member of the International Lipoprotein(a) Task Force, FH Europe Foundation (Germany)
  • Prof James McLaughlin Cbe - Director Engineering Research Institute And Nibec Centre, Ulster University (Northern Ireland)
  • Dr. Michael Short CBE - Chair, UK Telecomms Innovation Network Advisory Board
10:35 - 11:05 - AI regulations around the globe: Developments and their impact on digital health
11:05 - 11:50 - Global Health Connector: Innovation and business opportunities in Africa, Asia and US
11:50 - 12:10 - Unlocking health data and digital tools’ potential
12:10 - 12:55 - AI transforming healthcare: real-world use cases and emerging opportunities
14:15 - 14:45 - Making data matter: Real World Evidence
  • Bleddyn Rees - Vice Chair, ECHAlliance (Wales)
  • William Flanagan - Co-Founder & Director Commercial & Technology, OpenSky Data Systems (Ireland)
14:45 - 15:30 - Digital Health Innovation and Opportunities in ECHAlliance Ecosystems
  • Joan Cornet - Founder and promoter, InnoHealth Academy and ECHAlliance (Spain)
  • Mats Falck - Project Manager, UMEA University (Sweden)
  • Prof James McLaughlin Cbe - Director Engineering Research Institute And Nibec Centre, Ulster University (Northern Ireland)
16:00 - 16:45 - Mainstreaming digital health: who pays for digital health solutions?
16:45 - 17:00 - Digital Health & Wellness Summit: Conclusions & Closing

Day 2

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.

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

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...
Andy Bleaden (1)

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...
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Gisela García Alvarez

Singapore
Co-funder and CSO
Gisela García Álvarez is a biochemist with over 15 years of experience in health systems research across Europe and Asia,...
Sandra Garcia Armesto

Sandra  Garcia Armesto

Spain
Director
Dr Fredecic

Dr Frederic Llordachs-Marqués

Virtual
Cofounder & CEO
MD with MBA, specialized in Healthcare Management and Marketing.    Dr Frederic Llordachs-Marqués has direct experience with healthcare insurance, and...
Karolina Mackiewicz

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...
George Margelis

Dr.

George Margelis

Australia
Independent Chair at Aged Care Industry Information Technology Council
George is a medical practitioner who has been deeply involved in technology for the last 30 years. Originally trained as...
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Jean Philbert Nsengimana

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

Brian O’Connor

United Kingdom
Chair at ECHAlliance
Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Brian has developed his career as a consultant, manager, and investor. He has worked and...
Raj

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...
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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...
Tobias Silberzahn (2)

Tobias Silberzahn

Germany
FH Europe Foundation
Tobias is a trained biochemist and immunologist and have worked in the healthcare innovation space for more than 15 years....
Aneta Tyszkiewicz

Aneta Tyszkiewicz

Belgium
Director Data and Digital
Aneta is working as Senior manager for data and digital at European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA). She...

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Previous editions

Jan
28
Bangkok,
Thailand
28/01/2025 at 00:00 -
02/02/2025 at 00:00
20/01/2025 at 10:59 GMT+0100
Feb
6
Dublin,
Ireland
06/02/2025 at 00:00 -
06/02/2025 at 00:00
20/01/2025 at 10:59 GMT+0100
Mar
25
Luxembourg,
Luxembourg
25/03/2025 at 00:00 -
26/03/2025 at 00:00
20/01/2025 at 10:59 GMT+0100

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