United Kingdom

We catalyse healthcare innovation to reduce health inequalities, transform healthcare and accelerate economic growth. As a collaborative partnership between three Leeds universities, our local and regional health and care organisations, Leeds City Council, the regional economic enterprise partnership and the third sector, we have world-class expertise at our fingertips. We discover solutions that unite the full research and educational expertise of our universities with the strengths of our health, care and industry partners.

Austria

The Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Digital Health and Prevention (https://dhp.lbg.ac.at/) was established in Salzburg (Austria) in 2019. Our interdisciplinary and international research team works on a mission to achieve better sustainability of a heart-healthy lifestyle. Therefore, Open Innovation in Science (OIS) is the cornerstone of our research. The institute currently leads the DH-Convener initiative in Austria for collecting, protecting, and integrating Patient-Generated Health Data (PGHD) with the Austrian Electronic Health Record, called ELGA. The convener relies on the person-centered approach to engage the users in developing their care plans. This initiative will also empower users to directly sharing and controlling their health data for clinical care and research.

Ireland

MOIC is a regional centre in Northern Ireland dedicated to delivering better medicines use. The Centre is funded by the Department of Health in Northern Ireland and is based in a major hospital Trust. MOIC is the only dedicated medicines optimisation centre in Europe and Northern Ireland is recognised as a 4* reference site for medicines management under the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Aging (EIP-AHA). MOIC activity is split across four work streams, namely to: Focus on the needs of patients and the Northern Ireland population The team at MOIC agree an annual business plan with the Department of Health in Northern Ireland, under which we assist with the evaluation of novel service developments and innovation in health. Accelerate the adoption of innovation into practice to improve clinical outcomes and efficiency We work with a range of commercial companies including those in the following sectors: Pharmaceutical industry, medical devices, digital technology and data analytics. Build a culture of partnership and collaboration MOIC has a wide range of collaborators and partners, including those in health, universities and charities from across Europe. Working in collaboration, we have secured major funding from Horizon 2020 and Interreg programmes. Make a meaningful contribution to the Northern Ireland economy MOIC is a knowledge provider for Invest NI. Work is on-going with local companies in regard to for example personal protective equipment, medical devices, tracking and tracing solutions.

Spain

Mental Health Cluster is an original Catalan cluster and a hub for innovation and business development in mental health, ageing and neuroscience. We are a non-profit organization with members from private industry, public organizations, research and education institutions, mental health suppliers, hospitals, community services and technological centres. MHC has a broad knowledge of the mental & neuro health market and operates as a national access point for international companies. Challenges are achieved through innovation, projects’ execution, and strengthening synergies among members by sharing their market intelligence. Our mission is to improve the competitiveness of our partner companies and their professionals through innovation, interdisciplinary collaboration and internationalization. The number of members, international exhibitions, workshops, events, or collaborative projects are some indicators to show that open innovation activities can be successfully deployed through a Cluster. We act as a platform that promotes the development of research and knowledge transfer to offer the best bio-psycho-social support to people who suffer from mental health disorders, as well as their families.

Maldova

“Nicolae Testemitanu” State University of Medicine and Pharmacy of the Republic of Moldova is the only nationally and internationally recognized institution in the field of higher medical and pharmaceutical education, postgraduate studies (Residency program and Continuing Medical Education), scientific research and medical-pharmaceutical services, that puts a strong focus on quality, excellence, access and collaboration. The research activity within the University is managed by the National Institute for Research in Medicine and Health (NIRMH) and is carried out in accordance with the general objectives outlined in the new elaborated Strategy for Strengthening Research and Innovation within the university for the period 2020-2030. Currently our university is implementing more than 40 research projects funded from both national and external sources including: Horizon2020, ERASMUS, Interreg Transnational Danube, CEI (KEP), ICGEB, Era.Net-Rus.Plus, JPIAMR. The main laboratories and research divisions ready to develop research through involvement in scientific clusters, partnerships, collaborations and working in joint research projects are the following: Scientific Center for Drugs, Allergology and Clinical Immunology Laboratory, Biochemistry Laboratory, Genetics Laboratory, Gerontology laboratory, Laboratory of tissue engineering and cell cultures, Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and Genetics. The Health and Biomedicine Research Center, includes the following centers: Center of Advanced Biomedical Technologies (Core research facility), Scientific Center for Drugs, Priority Research Center (Chairs, Laboratories, Projects), Scientific-Practical Center in The Field of Medicinal Plants, Clinical Studies Coordination Center, Technology Transfer Section with Innovative Incubator, Biobank, Vivarium (Animal House).

Norway

Norway Health Tech is a Norwegian centre of excellence in health technologies, and Norway’s largest health cluster of 270 institutions comprising of small and large companies, hospitals, as well as knowledge and research institutions – all with a focus on health technology and innovation. Norway Health Tech works to facilitate close cooperation between the health industry and healthcare providers to initiate innovation processes and contribute to development of product and services in a growing healthcare industry. The Cluster’s goal is that these activities will contribute to a more efficient health care system and be able to deal with major health challenges, while continuously developing the medical-technical industry.

openEHR is the name of a technology for e-health, consisting of open specifications, clinical models and software that can be used to create standards, and build information and interoperability solutions for healthcare. The various artefacts of openEHR are produced by the openEHR community and managed by openEHR International, an international non-profit organisation originally established in 2003 and previously managed by the openEHR Foundation. The openEHR community aims to fundamentally change the quality of information technology in the service of medicine, so as to improve outcomes in clinical healthcare, public health and the value of secondary data use. The openEHR mission is the construction of an open, vendor neutral platform for electronic health records and interoperable clinical and research data.

Hungary

PBN was established 15 years ago, aiming and competitiveness development of SMEs. Its focus continuously shifted from general regional development to innovation first, then to digitalization. As a result of the process, digital innovation hub (am-LAB) was established, as a division, 3 years ago. The key unique strength is the combination of engineering and technical approach with half of the team with research engineer background, other half with business education. There are two physical platforms that are being developed for future digitalization services. One of them is the Teaching and Learning Factory which is kicked off as a next stage of digitalization, providing foundation for experimentation, demonstration and research. It is a production line entirely digitalized, with open access at each point, ready for VR/AR applications, digital twin, connectivity with further existing and planned components. The other platform is the Smart Senior Room is a physical room developed to showcase the digital applications assisting the seniors, while staying at home. It covers demonstration, teaching, research and test functionalities. Concept is based on AAL-projects and recent analytics implemented among seniors. Over 40 apps will be integrated on a single platform, completed with robotics. PBN is the facilitator of a territorial ecosystem development program, established by 3 universities, the municipality, chamber of industry and PBN. It aims at health sector development, with complex rehabilitation in focus. Key concept is reinforcing research and university education to accelerate sustainable job creation. Smart senior home, living lab development, engineering education, multidisciplinary research center are the flagship initiatives.

Argentina

The Innovation La is a center created in 2016 under the Institute of Public Health of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Buenos Aires. Our mission is to promote a culture of innovation and accelerate the adoption of new technologies within the academic field of the Faculty of Medicine and in the public sector of health care and in public health policies. We work through the generation of a network of interdisciplinary actors linked to innovation, generating technological solutions to health problems relevant to society.

Spain

RECOVER Foundation facilitates access to quality healthcare for the population in some countries of sub-Saharan Africa. It strengthens hospital management and develops healthcare projects in nonprofit healthcare centers. Through its program “Telemedicine: Connecting health”, it connects healthcare professionals from 4 African countries and specialists from northern countries remotely in order to provide continuous training and support in the resolution and diagnosis of cases for African patients. This activity takes place in a difficult social and health context: a permanent lack of specialists where also the nursing staff performs the role of a medical staff, scarce medical technology and poverty. Telemedicine utilizes the SPARKSPACE solution, a web-App based remote collaborative system, which incorporates different services and a translator to remove the language barrier between professionals. Since 2013 medical knowledge has been exchanged across 2.000 cases generated by more than 200 users in Africa from 66 healthcare centers and hospitals, rural and urban. RECOVER Telemedicine is permanently looking for specialists who are willing to improve healthcare in Africa with their knowledge by virtual means.

Finland

The Regional Council of South Ostrobothnia is a statutory joint municipal authority formed by the 18 municipalities in the region of South Ostrobothnia, Finland. Our experts work with e.g. regional planning and development as well as cultural development issues. The core idea of our activities is to stimulate and implement cross-sectoral co-operation benefitting South Ostrobothnias citizens, municipalities and region. We work closely with regional, national and international operators. We implement decisions made by the Regional Assembly and Board and other bodies of the Regional Council of South Ostrobothnia in matters concerning: 1. regional planning and regional land use planning tasks set by the Land Use and Building Act 2. regional planning, regional strategic programme and implementation plan tasks set by EU and national legislation 3. tasks set by other legislation 4. representing interests of the region and cultural, internationalisation, educational and municipal tasks set by the member municipalities.

Ireland

RFSAT Limited is a non-profit research-performing SME, established in Ireland since 2018, with research offices in Athens (Greece). Its activities focus on research and development through national and international research funding, as well as industrial consultancy. RFSAT focuses its current activities on funded research activities on national levels as well as in European Research Framework programs, including Horizon’2020 Framework, COST Actions, Media Europe Program and other ones. The list of research and development activities includes hybrid indoor (wireless) and outdoor (GNSS with assisted and differential variants) positioning and localisation systems, Geographical Information Systems (GIS), networked audio-visual systems, Virtual and Augmented Reality systems, mixed-reality user interfaces for gaming and entertainment, autonomous systems (UAS, UGV and UUV) for safety critical applications such as Critical Infrastructure (CI) protection, Cyber-Physical security systems, Machine Learning and Cognitive Artificial Intelligence (AI), Future Internet and 5G Mobile Communications etc. RFSAT has been strongly investing and successfully exploiting its enabling technologies in e-Health, Smart Energy/Metering application areas. Most recent work includes projects in security where research activities concentrate on autonomous day/night surveillance, area modelling (2D and 3D) and micro-embedded environmental sensing using micro-UAV/UAS aerial platforms for e.g. Cultural Heritage protection against natural disasters and negative effects of Climate Change.

Slovenia

The hub is generating networks, connects innovative organizations and research groups in Slovenia with international partners; all with the vision of reaching critical mass and synergies needed to enter the international business environment successfully. The hub is strengthening innovation capabilities and international competitiveness of Slovenian business and society. Slovenian innovation hub is a network of the excellent and the innovative. Connecting our members generates new growth opportunities for business that would like to take advantage of the opportunities put forth by the »Slovenia’s Smart Specialization StrategyThe hub is generating networks, connects innovative organizations and research groups in Slovenia with international partners; all with the vision of reaching critical mass and synergies needed to enter the international business environment successfully. The hub is strengthening innovation capabilities and international competitiveness of Slovenian business and society. Slovenian innovation hub is a network of the excellent and the innovative. Connecting our members generates new growth opportunities for business that would like to take advantage of the opportunities put forth by the Slovenia’s Smart Specialization Strategy.

Romania

The Health Cluster in the South-West Oltenia Region was established on March 20 th, 2015, the management entity being the South-West Oltenia Regional Development Agency. The South-West Oltenia Regional Development Agency assumes a catalytic role in coagulation this partnership, by creating a dialogue framework between the main actors in the health sector and related sectors, ensuring the visibility of the cluster, joint application to programs and projects and encourage the members to carry out projects for the development of the health sector and related sectors. Currently, the Health Cluster in the South-West Oltenia Region has a number of 16 members: • South-West Oltenia Regional Development Agency, as a catalyst; • educational and research institutions, such as the University of Craiova – Faculty of Physical Education and Sports and the University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova; • medical offices; • polyclinics; • travel agencies; • accommodation operators; • treatment bases; • public authorities. Territory: South-West Oltenia Region, counties: Dolj, Olt, Vâlcea, Gorj and Mehedinţi. generates new growth opportunities for business that would like to take advantage of the opportunities put forth by the Slovenia’s Smart Specialization Strategy.

Greece

Syndesis Ltd is a Spin-Off Company of the NCSR Demokritos developing intelligent and secure healthcare e-services. Syndesis has developed the iWelli.com toolkit of secure cloud-based applications to help doctors and care teams to access information-rich data from multimorbidity patients while at home. Patients can monitor their health status, adhere to more effective health plans, and stay independent at home for longer periods. The toolkit includes a mobile application able to use artificial intelligence to analyse ECG data, symptoms and textual data, advanced user interface modalities and telemedicine services. FHIR compatible Electronic Health Records can store and analyze the medical history of the patient and produce risk alarms. The toolkit is making self-care management technology cheaper, widely accessible, simpler, comfortable, and easier to use. Syndesis is integrating state of the art AI systems to support doctors’ decisions and is deploying advanced Infrastructures to support 5G applications, utilizing Quantum technologies and big data analysis to support data security. Syndesis Ltd research team together with the research team of the NCSRD have been active in European R&D projects setting up the toolkit in three countries.

Wales

Technology Enabled Care (TEC) offers us a way to do more with less, delivering benefits to both our patients and workforce, with care closer to home. TEC Cymru are providing a national platform to enable the sustainable use, scale up and spread of value added technology. It aims to; – Act as a lead coordinator for TEC opportunities and projects – Develop and promote a consistent, objective and evidenced based approach to evaluating benefits – Identify, prioritise and scale up TEC activity areas which demonstrate a higher value return – Provide best practice approaches to governance and assurance to enable rapid and repeatable implementations – Inform and contribute to policy and a National Delivery Plan for TEC in Wales. Our aim is to achieve this through collaboration and partnership with health and social care organisations, academia and private providers.

Ireland

The Alzheimer Society of Ireland (ASI) is the leading dementia specific service provider in Ireland. ASI works across the country in the heart of local communities providing dementia specific services and supports and advocating for the rights and needs of all people living with dementia and their carers. Our vision is an Ireland where people on the journey of dementia are valued and supported. A national non-profit organisation, ASI advocates, empowers and champions the rights of people living with dementia and their communities to quality support and services. ASI also operates the Alzheimer National Helpline offering information and support to anyone affected by dementia.

Liberia

The Vulnerable Empowerment Foundation International Liberia Inc., (VEFIL), is a legally registered, non-profit organization, with Business registration number 052356059, Tax payer identification N0. 501023073, with the government, of the Republic of Liberia, founded with the aim, to enable a composed manner of health services, for Vulnerable in Liberia, and into countries sharing common borders with Liberia. We are committed to an equitable health future, where clinicians in Liberia, West Africa, and, others in common bordering countries of Liberia, that have the need for such an assistance, and to deliver high quality healthcare to all, regardless of location or patients’ ability to pay. We are committed to strengthening the public healthcare system so that every person, regardless of ability to pay, has access to quality and affordable health care services.

France

The Association for Support and Information for Relatives and Patients with Pneumonia, Neumoai, is a non-profit organisation created in July 2019. Its objectives are to offer information on pneumonia, provide support, advice and guidance to patients and their families, contribute to the prevention of pneumonia and promote clinical research in this disease.

Launched in April 2018, UKRI is a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). Our organisation brings together the seven disciplinary research councils, Research England, which is responsible for supporting research and knowledge exchange at higher education institutions in England, and the UK’s innovation agency, Innovate UK.

Respiratory Innovation Wales aims to improve lung innovation by bringing together patients, NHS and commercial stakeholders. Our vision is to be a world leading gateway for respiratory innovation. Our mission is to “Collaborate to Innovate” bringing together NHS, Academia and Industry to accelerate and translate respiratory innovation.

UCLA offers a combination that’s rare, especially among public research universities. The breadth, depth and inspired excellence among academic programs—from the visual and performing arts to the humanities, social sciences, STEM disciplines and health sciences—add up to endless opportunity. The location is unmatched: a campus that is unexpectedly picturesque and compact, set in a thriving and diverse global city.

The National Screening Service was established by the Minister for Health and Children in January 2007. The establishment followed the launch of a Strategy for Cancer Control in Ireland 2006 which advocates a comprehensive cancer control policy programme in Ireland.

The Strategy examined prevention, screening, detection, treatment and management of cancer in Ireland in coming years and recommended the former Board of the National Screening Service.

At Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin we provide a liberal environment where independence of thought is highly valued and all are encouraged to achieve their potential. We promote a diverse, interdisciplinary, inclusive environment which nurtures ground-breaking research, innovation, and creativity through engaging with issues of global significance.

Located in a beautiful campus in the heart of Dublin’s city centre, Trinity is Ireland’s highest ranked university.  It is home to 18,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students across all the major disciplines in the arts and humanities, and in business, law, engineering, science, and health sciences.

Trinity’s tradition of independent intellectual inquiry has produced some of the world’s finest, most original minds including the writers Oscar Wilde and Samuel Beckett (Nobel laureate), the scientists William Rowan Hamilton and Ernest Walton (Nobel laureate), the political thinker Edmund Burke, and the former President of Ireland and UNHCR Mary Robinson. This tradition finds expression today in a campus culture of scholarship, innovation, creativity, entrepreneurship and dedication to societal reform.

The United States Department of Veterans Affairs is a Cabinet-level executive branch department of the federal government charged with integrating life-long healthcare services to eligible military veterans at the 1700 VA medical centers and outpatient clinics located throughout the country.

With a medical and paramedical team of indisputable competence ensuring a regular and continuous service to the patients, the Clinique Pasteur has set itself a major objective: guaranteeing the best care and assistance. For this purpose, the choice of doctors, paramedics and the rest of the team was made on the basis of excellence and dedication to the service of the patient. The General Management and the medical direction are committed to make the hospitalisation of the patient as efficient and pleasant as possible.

World-leading university that is globally recognised for its teaching, research and innovation.

The University of Edinburgh has been providing students with world-class teaching for more than 425 years, unlocking the potential of some of the world’s leading thinkers since 1583.

The Health Intelligence Unit, Health Service Executive (HSE) Ireland provides all of Ireland’s public health services in hospitals and communities across the country.

Our vision: A healthier Ireland with a high quality health service valued by all.

Our mission:

• People in Ireland are supported by health and social care services to achieve their full potential.
• People in Ireland can access safe, compassionate and quality care when they need it.
• People in Ireland can be confident that we will deliver the best health outcomes and value through optimising our resources.

The Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra is a public institution that belongs to Mexico’s Secretariat of Health, specialising in physical rehabilitation. Its main objective is the care of disabilities and the training of specialists. The institute is funded by Mexico’s Federal Government.

NHS Education for Scotland (NES) is an education and training body and a national health board within NHS Scotland. We are responsible for developing and delivering healthcare education and training for the NHS, health and social care sector and other public bodies. We have a Scotland-wide role in undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing professional development.

The Local Health Unit of Matosinhos is a Corporate Public Entity, integrated in the National Health Service, which provides primary, hospital, and long-term health care.
It was the first Local Health Unit to be established in Portugal in 1999, and its vision is the excellence of the integrated health care provided to its patients, based on principles of humanity, cooperation, and innovation.
The philosophy of ULSM is to put the users at the centre of the system, to identify their health needs, and to meet them, strengthening the bonds of trust over its life cycle.

The ULSM comprises the Hospital Pedro Hispano, the grouping of Matosinhos Health Centres and the Convalescence Unit.

The Institute of Public Health of the University of Porto is dedicated to creating and disseminating high quality knowledge in the field of public health. We envision a global society where people’s health is sustainably improved. ISPUP contributes to this vision by providing a multidisciplinary environment that bridges the traditional quantitative biological heritage with a qualitative social and political perspective.

ISPUP achieves its goal through the development and application of new knowledge, by anticipating responses to the ever changing challenges and making public health guidance and leadership meet scientific and professional training excellence.

A cluster bringing tech and health companies together to collaborate. The aims of the Connected Health & Well-Being Cluster are to: a) Increase collaboration amongst companies, b) Improve productivity of relevant companies / cluster members and c) Increase innovation & Internationalisation

ISPUP achieves its goal through the development and application of new knowledge, by anticipating responses to the ever changing challenges and making public health guidance and leadership meet scientific and professional training excellence.

The Pan-African Health Systems Network has the mission to improve health outcomes through strengthened and efficient health systems and services, and to provide policymakers with the evidence and tools for informed healthcare decisions in Africa.

Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy or University of Medicine and Pharmacy Bucharest, commonly known after its abbreviation UMFCD is a public health sciences University in Bucharest, Romania. It is one of the largest and oldest institutions of its kind in Romania.

One Health Alliance Jordan is a group of motivated veterinarians with the mission to increase awareneess for One health concept nationally and with the vision to build a high-performing team who believe in a healthier world for all.

GMDVA provides diverse, quality, quick, global learning and community services for clinical decision making based on the latest proven treatments and therapies from around the world. We aim to provide a global dashboard of verified treatments and therapies, as well as, a certified international directory of doctors and other medical
professionals.

Sichuan International Medical Exchange & Promotion Association (SCIMEA) is a top-grade provincial association, we promote value transformation in the medical field as well as medical-industrial development.

The Porto Research, Technology & Innovation Center seeks to bring together several research centers and groups from P.PORTO in a single physical space, forming a superstructure dedicated to research, technology transfer, innovation and entrepreneurship.

The University of Sopron, which is at the forefront of the Hungarian higher educational institutions, has the fifth largest number of students in the country.

The Ministry of Health of Sri Lanka aims to contribute to social and economic development of Sri Lanka by achieving the highest attainable health status through promotive, preventive, curative and rehabilitative services of high quality made available and accessible to people of Sri Lanka.

North-East RDA is a generator of economic and social development in the North-East Region. The agency develops strategies, attracts resources, identifies and implements financing programmes and offers services for stimulating sustainable economic development, partnerships and entrepreneurial spirit.

The Tshemba Foundation is committed to improving access to quality healthcare for the rural populations of Limpopo and Mpumalanga, South Africa. Tshemba has developed a unique volunteer programme which enables medical professionals to diagnose and treat patients, and at the same time, to share their skills, expertise and knowledge with local medical professionals, leaving a lasting impact that benefits the region’s overall healthcare system.

Run by highly-qualified medical professionals based in the region, our programme offers the chance for medical professionals to enhance their medical skills and gain invaluable experience in a new community.

Tshemba Foundation believes in fair and equal access to healthcare for all. We welcome all those medical professionals who share this belief.

Jhpiego, a John Hopkins University affiliate, is a nonprofit global leader in the creation and delivery of transformative health care solutions for the developing world. In partnership with national governments, health experts and local communities, we build health providers’ skills, and develop systems that save lives now and guarantee healthier futures for women and their families. Our aim is revolutionizing health care for the planet’s most disadvantaged people.

Global network for women academics with a mission for an equitable academe. Women in Academia Support Network came into being in May 2017 as a response to men’s discomfort of hearing women’s very real grievances of navigating academia and also just being women in the world. The demanding of women to silence their experience in order to sooth men’s discomfort was neither helpful or supportive of women’s experiences. In response, a dedicated support page was set up so that women could air their frustrations, needs and wants, without male ‘whataboutery’ and ‘not all men’.

Casa Justina started as a campaign (#MultiplicateX7) to raise awareness about the importance of organ donation that broke records and led to a historic number of registered organ donors in Argentina in 2017. After that, their mission now is to make Argentina a leader in organ donation.

We are Identidad PM, an Argentinian NGO with more than 25 years of experience, created in order to provide assistance, prevention, detection, advice, guidance and training in addictions, associated problems and mental and emotional health, both to individuals and families as well as organisations, institutions and companies.

Our NGO is made up of a multidisciplinary team of professionals in the health area, where jointly and transversally we focus on the therapeutic approach to the problem from a fully comprehensive health care and assistance perspective, addressing the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual dimensions of each person who comes to ask for help.

Our job is to assist those who need it and in the same way create, through prevention, a greater awareness in society so that this scourge does not increase and continues to advance as it does, destroying homes, families, people, without exception.

Today we aim to expand our services and resources on an international scale through the cooperation with all those ECHAlliance members interested in our mission. We seek to exchange experiences and expand our institutional networks to continue our growth and reach and that more and more people receive the message that recovery is possible. We invite you to meet us and collaborate with us.

The European Pain Federation EFIC is a multidisciplinary professional organisation in the field of pain research and medicine, consisting of the 37 chapters of the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP®) in Europe. Established in 1993, The European Pain Federation EFIC constituent chapters represent close to 20,000 physicians, basic researchers, nurses, physiotherapists, psychologists and other healthcare professionals across Europe, who are involved in pain management and pain research.

We aim to advance research, education, and clinical management of pain and serve as an authoritative, science-based resource on issues related to pain and its treatment.

Digital healthcare ethics laboratory (Digit-HeaL) is a research unit of the Catholic University of Croatia engaged in analysis of the ethical, social and legal aspects of digital technologies (i.e. Big data, Artificial intelligence etc.) use in healthcare.

Digit-HeaL laboratory assembles interdisciplinary research group that will contribute to a constructive ethical reflexion and social analysis. The primary aim of the research group is throughout its activities contribute to the responsible innovation, development and implementation of digital technologies in healthcare. The Croatian Science Foundation (CSF) and Catholic University of Croatia (CUC) financed the foundation of the laboratory.

Taking Forging a Brighter Future as its theme, EmTech Europe unites leaders in academia, business and government to share ground breaking research-to-market advances and explore the latest breakthroughs in transformative technologies. Europe’s most brilliant minds will converge to discuss cutting-edge, solutions-focused technology across three episodes — An Intelligent Future, A Healthy Future and A Sustainable Future.

Tampere University is one of the most multidisciplinary universities in Finland. Almost all internationally recognised fields of study are represented at our university. We bring together research and education in technology, health and society. Our collaboration with our partners is built on our strengths, unique combinations of scientific disciplines and applied expertise.

Tampere University is a community of 21,000 students and close to 4,000 staff members. The University was created in 2019 through a merger between the University of Tampere and Tampere University of Technology.

The Export Promotion Bureau (ProChile), an agency under the Foreign Ministry’s Directorate General for International Economic Relations, works to advance and consolidate Chilean trade policy.

ProChile assists small and medium-size enterprises in their trade expansion efforts by leveraging the opportunities afforded by recent trade agreements, fostering public-private partnerships, and helping position Chile in the international marketplace.

ProChile’s network of in-country and foreign-based trade offices offer Chilean exporters a broad range of specific services, notably general orientation, trade development, and information technology.

The Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT) is the UAE’s largest applied higher educational institution, with over 23,000 students attending modern, technology-oriented men’s and women’s campuses throughout the UAE. The HCT has a strong reputation for embedding innovative teaching and learning methods and technologies in its pedagogy, and is at the cutting-edge of the UAE’s drive to modernize and diversify the economy towards one that is primarily knowledge-based. As a result, HCT’s teaching methods and technology usage are the most modern available, and focus on student engagement, achievement, growth and success.

The NIHR (National Institute for Health Research) funds, enables and delivers world-class health and care research that transforms people’s lives, advances science globally and benefits the UK economy.

The NIHR:
– Engages and involves patients, carers and the public in order to improve the reach, quality and impact of research
– Attracts, trains and supports the best researchers to tackle the complex health and care challenges of the future
– Invests in world-class infrastructure and a skilled delivery workforce to translate discoveries into improved treatments and services
– Partners with other public funders, charities and industry to maximise the value of research to patients and the economy

Many thousands of people benefit from the services provided by Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council.

More than 291,000 live in the borough, and many more look to Stockport for employment or entertainment.

The borough of Stockport stretches from the borders of the Peak District National Park to cosmopolitan Manchester, and is easily accessible by air, road, or rail making Stockport an ideal place to live, work and visit.

Bowel Research UK is on a mission. Over a million people suffer from bowel disease in the UK every year and bowel cancer tragically takes the lives of over 16,000 people each year and remains the second most deadly cancer in the UK. This cannot be allowed to continue and Bowel Research UK is dedicated to finding effective treatments for bowel cancer and other bowel diseases, to save lives and to help people suffering with bowel conditions to enjoy a better quality of life.

The University of Deusto is a centre with 125 years of experience in university education. With two campuses in Bilbao and San Sebastian and Madrid headquarters, its main hallmarks are training in competences and values based on its own teaching model, as well as specialised research and an international approach.

Department for Strategic Planning of the region of Sicily in Italy.

The National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) is the primary provider of health insurance in Kenya with a mandate to enable all Kenyans to access quality and affordable health services. NHIF was restructured by the repeal of the National Hospital Insurance Act (CAP 255) and the enactment of the National Hospital Insurance Fund Act No. 9 in 1998.

As a knowledge institute for regional development, the Rijnland Institute is working on a vital European region in the north of the Netherlands and north-west Germany, based on good education that is accessible to everyone. The basic principle is that everyone can live, work and study wherever they want in a Europe without borders.

Association that brings together digital technology companies in Costa Rica.

Providing health and social care in the West of Northern Ireland.

We are a world-leading modern, contemporary university and have fostered a dynamic and agile culture where great decisions are made at all levels each day. We have exceptional levels of student satisfaction, undertake world-class research with impact and our enterprising approach along with a commitment to raising aspirations and innovation is making a real and sustainable difference to our students, staff, partners and society on a global stage.

The South Eastern Health & Social Care Trust was established on 1st April 2007 and is one of 5 Trusts in total within Northern Ireland. The Trust is an integrated organisation, incorporating acute hospital services, community health and social services and serves a population of approx 345,000 people with a budget of almost £500 million.

The Trust covers the local government districts of Ards, North Down, Down and Lisburn.

The Dundee Health and Social Care Partnership brings together health and social care services for individuals and communities in Dundee.

Mandat International is an independent and apolitical foundation with Special consultative status to the UN.
The foundation aims at promoting international dialogue and cooperation.

Throughout the years, the foundation has been actively encouraging international cooperation through various projects, including by supporting the participation of experts in international conferences, organizing conferences, developing educational activities and promoting international cooperation in the research domain.

IoT Lab is an international platform of services for the Internet of Things (IoT) headquartered in Geneva with expertise in IoT, interoperability, and data protection. Born from the European research programme, IoT Lab supports technology transfer from the research community to the industry, standardization, and the SDGs. It aims at transforming industrial challenges into reliable, interoperable, efficient and scalable solutions. With its testbed infrastructure, IoT Lab provides a one-stop-shop for developing, assessing, selecting, planning and deploying IoT,- from research to heterogeneous systems integration and large scale exploitation. Delivering data protection by design solutions complying with Europrivacy standard.

The mission of Generations for Health is to create a space for dialogue between youth and world leaders on pressing global health challenges, effectively creating a platform to encourage youth engagement and inspire leadership.

Curated Health is a not-for-profit community dedicated to Connecting People and Spreading Knowledge in Life Sciences and Health Tech.

JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc., is the non-profit organisation of John Snow, Inc. dedicated to improving the health of individuals and communities throughout the world. Our mission is to improve the health of underserved people and communities and to provide a place where people of passion and commitment can pursue this cause.

ProMedica is a mission-based, not-for-profit health and well-being organization headquartered in Toledo, Ohio. It serves communities in 28 states. The organization offers acute and ambulatory care, an insurance company with a dental plan, and post-acute and academic business lines. The organization has more than 49,000 employees, 12 hospitals, 2,500+ physicians and advanced practice providers with privileges, 1,000+ healthcare providers employed by ProMedica Physicians, a health plan, and 335+ assisted living facilities, skilled nursing centers, memory care communities, outpatient rehabilitation clinics, and hospice and home health care agencies. Driven by its Mission to improve your health and well-being, ProMedica has been nationally recognized for its advocacy programs and efforts to address social determinants of health.

Community Partners International (CPI) is nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering communities in Asia to meet their essential health, humanitarian and development needs. Founded by U.S. doctors and philanthropists in 1998, we have grown to serve more than 500,000 people each year in Myanmar (Burma) and Bangladesh.

We focus on communities affected by conflict, violence, and displacement, in remote and hard-to-reach contexts, and marginalized through poverty and exclusion.

Business and innovation services in the most dynamic business region in Finland. Our services cover the entire life-cycle of entrepreneurial activities, ranging from testing a business idea and establishing a company to internationalization and expanding of international business operations.

Leeds is among the top ten universities for research power in the UK. Our academic breadth, commitment to quality and determination to make a genuine impact on the world around us enables us to achieve extraordinary results in:

• Creating knowledge through research and innovation.
• Disseminating it through excellent student education.
• Applying it to make a difference to society, culture and the economy.

We have over 34,000 students, over 7,000 members of staff and a global network of more than 240,000 alumni.

Integrating research and learning and teaching is at the heart of our strategy. Our courses are taught by staff who are engaged in world-class research and cutting-edge professional practice.

We have strong ties with industry, and work with organisations of all sizes. Our outstanding entrepreneurial record of commercialising our research has seen us launch more spin-out companies on the AIM stock market than any other UK university.

HealthGateway Africa Trust is a registered trust that supports disadvantaged communities mainly women and children, promotes community empowerment, gender-mainstreaming; and increases community access to Primary Health Care.

University of the West of Scotland is one of the country’s largest modern universities, and aims to have a transformational influence on the economic, social and cultural development of the West of Scotland, and beyond.

The university provides relevant, high quality, inclusive higher education and innovative and useful research.

We aim to make the communities we serve more successful, and to create opportunities for all to participate.

ORIF is a non-profit organisation in French-speaking Switzerland whose mission is the observation, training and socio-professional integration of people with health problems or struggles.

Giraffe, a social enterprise spin-out from Glasgow Caledonian University, won the Converge Challenge Social Enterprise Award in 2017. As a Community Interest Company our mission is to provide a state-of-the-art online platform for the delivery of high quality, personalised healthcare programmes backed by expert advice and support. The platform has been designed for people who have difficulty accessing traditional face-to-face clinical services because of work commitments, rural location, specific cultural and language issues, transport problems, mobility limitation, or significant symptoms such as fatigue.

With over 40 years of combined clinical and research experience, we provide effective, evidence-based programmes that can increase patient throughput, reduce waiting lists and improve customer/patient satisfaction. We are continually improving the functionality of the platform, and the user experience by responding to the latest evidence, user feedback, research and technological advances.

Future4care is the European accelerator of e-health startups, born from the alliance between Sanofi, Capgemini, Generali and Orange.

A unique ecosystem including:
– a 6,400m2 campus in the heart of Paris to best support startups in their acceleration phase
– an institute, a real knowledge center that will offer programs and conferences related to digital health
– a reference label

Patient in Focus is a disease-neutral nonprofit patient organization that is different, because we are patient experts who work to ensure that you as a professional through knowledge, access and method can come first in the line in patient involvement, where we educate the industry and health professionals to influence better outcome.

The goal of the Cancéropôle (cancer cluster) Lyon Auvergne Rhône-Alpes (CLARA) is to structure and facilitate cancer research in the French Rhône-Alpes Auvergne inter region by bringing together academic, clinical and industrial strengths in order to develop a network with a European dimension.

Linux Foundation Public Health (LFPH) builds, secures, and sustains open source software to improve global health equity and innovation. Through collaboration with LF members, Academic Medical Centers, Public Health Authorities, and international health data standards organizations, LFPH is working to advance the adoption of Digital Public Goods in healthcare to improve global health outcomes.

The European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies is a partnership that brings together different policy perspectives to identify what health systems and policies evidence Europe’s decision makers need. The Observatory then generates and shares the evidence in print, in ‘person’ and on-line – acting as a knowledge broker and bridging the gap between academia and practice.

IHCHI is a non-profit association founded in Basel. The aim of IHCHI is to build and maintain an international innovation community of experts, researchers and specialists with the aim of initiating groundbreaking projects in which various stakeholders can participate in a transdisciplinary manner. Thematically, IHCHI focuses on P4 Medicine and thus pursues a human-oriented, holistic understanding of health.

At Uniting, we believe in taking real steps to make the world a better place. We work to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice. We work alongside people of all ages in local communities across New South Wales & ACT.

We get involved in social justice and advocacy issues that impact the people we serve. As an organisation we celebrate diversity and welcome all people regardless of lifestyle choices, ethnicity, faith, sexual orientation or gender identity.

Uniting is a service and advocacy arm of the Uniting Church.

The Intelligent Systems Laboratory (iSL) is a Research Laboratory of the Department of Computer Science and Biomedical Informatics (University of Thessaly), located in Lamia in Greece. The iSL researchers’ topics include but are not limited to the following: Machine Learning Algorithms, Computer Vision, Intelligent Systems, Evolutionary Computation, Robotics, Embedded Computing Systems, Health Informatics. Our research focus motivates the application of the research outcomes to real-world applications. Please navigate through our website to find more about our activities.

Established in 1988 and ever since, NASSCOM’s relentless pursuit has been to constantly support the IT BPM industry, in the latter’s continued journey towards seeking trust and respect from varied stakeholders, even as it reorients itself time and again to remain innovative,without ever losing its humane and friendly touch.

NASSCOM is focused on building the architecture integral to the development of the IT BPM sector through policy advocacy, and help in setting up the strategic direction for the sector to unleash its potential and dominate newer frontiers.

The Association Graine d’Ivoire et Santé is a humanitarian medical NGO specializing in Acute Respiratory Infections (Pneumonia, bronchitis, etc.) as well as common pathologies (Malaria, Diarrhea, Malnutrition) in children from 0 to 5 years old in Sub-Saharan Africa. The NGO AGIS is made up of a multidisciplinary team (doctors, paediatricians, physiotherapists, midwives, nurses, caregivers and volunteers, etc.).

Department for International Trade of the United Kingdom secures the UK and global prosperity by promoting and financing international trade and investment, and championing free trade.

DIH·bio is a digital innovation hub that uses digital technologies to promote strategic areas with a high capacity to transform and impact people’s lives, such as Biosciences, Biotechnology and Health.

The NWU is committed to functioning as a unitary, integrated, multi-campus university that enables equity, redress and globally competitive teaching and research across all three of our campuses. Our core activities, teaching-learning and research, are intertwined with community engagement and innovation in our eight faculties, most of which serve both distance and contact students.

The NWU offers more than just an education: we offer people a place in the world. Academically, students benefit from great choice and flexibility, enabling them to fulfill their potential and start preparing for their careers.

Through collaboration with other universities and institutions internationally, we are part of the global higher education community. Our internationalisation activities include student and staff exchange and cooperation in academic, research, cultural and sports matters.

Dubai Health Authority (DHA) provides a quality healthcare system in Dubai by setting and ensuring policies and strategies for healthcare in public and private hospitals and clinics in Dubai. DHA works to ensure that public health is protected and quality of life is improved, provides health strategy for Dubai to meet future needs, ensures partnerships between public and private health service providers, provides licensing and regulation across the Dubai Health Sector and strives to increase the transparency and accountability of the healthcare system in the emirate.

Anxiety UK is the leading anxiety charity in the UK supporting individuals and those affected by anxiety disorders by a wide provision of services including helpline and therapy support. Anxiety UK works to relieve and support those living with anxiety and anxiety-based depression by providing information, support and understanding via an extensive range of services, including 1:1 therapy. We work regularly with external agencies and healthcare professionals to improve services for those living with anxiety and anxiety-based depression and also campaign to raise awareness of the conditions.

We can provide support and help if you’ve been diagnosed with, or suspect you may have an anxiety condition. We can also help you deal with specific phobias such as fear of spiders, blushing, vomiting, being alone, public speaking, heights – in fact, any fear that’s stopped you from getting on with your life.

The Big Life group is a collection of charities and social enterprises that deliver services to support those experiencing disadvantage and are commissioned to deliver mental health and public health services, drugs and alcohol support, education services, homelessness services, children & family services. We fight inequality by working with people and places to create opportunities and inspire change.

With its 1.3 mio. inhabitants, Central Denmark Region (CDR) is the second biggest region in Denmark. CDR has the responsibility for the region's somatic hospitals, psychiatric hospital departments, pre-hospital emergency services, general practitioners and practising specialist doctors.

In addition to the healthcare system, CDR is also responsible for regional development within the areas of public transport/mobility, education, culture, environment and health innovation. CDR want to be a region with healthy citizens. We continuously strengthen our efforts to find innovative solutions to our healthcare system to ensure a high level of quality and efficiency in our health care services – for the benefit of patients, employees in the healthcare system, relatives, companies etc.

We want to open our healthcare system further to new partnerships and new ways to collaborate to find alternative solutions and innovative ways to deliver healthcare services.

The BioRoad is the incubator for companies in the bio-tech sector located in the Bioincubator building of the City of Health in Cáceres.

Following on from the success of the OECD Neuroscience-inspired Policy Initiative, we have launched an expanded, multi-national and multi-organisational programme. The programme focuses on neuroscience-inspired investment and public policy innovation as the two most powerful levers for change. It brings together radically diverse stakeholders spanning fields from brain science to policy, economics and finance.

Brain Capital is a new asset class which recognises brain skills and brain health as indispensable drivers of the brain economy. The Alliance brings together world-class contributors from various backgrounds to explore approaches to building Brain Capital at societal scale.

The Health Department of the Catalan Governnment.

The Health Quality and Assessment Agency of Catalonia (AQuAS) is a public law entity attached to the Department of Health of the Generalitat de Catalunya that acts at the service of public policies and is subject to the private legal system.

OneUkraine is an accomplished group of European founders and investors. Their goal is to provide humanitarian relief for the Ukrainian people at scale, speed, and efficiency where it is needed most.

The Grace Onyango Foundation for Digital Health in Africa is a Pan-African, collaborative network or platform for digital health innovation. It was founded by a number of universities from Kenya and South Africa, and plans to expand the geographical representation on an ongoing basis. It will serve as enabling common purpose vehicle for its members, engaging in fundraising for their projects and creating an enabling ecosystem for innovation in the digital health space, including for start-ups. The Foundation will officially be launched in September 2022.

The Danish Life Science Cluster brings together companies, knowledge environments, hospitals, municipalities and organizations within life science and welfare technology. Through ambitious collaboration across the board, they bring knowledge and research to use in the companies, so that new innovative solutions and products are created for the benefit of healthcare and citizens.

The NHS East London Foundation Trust provides a wide range of mental health, community health, primary care, wellbeing and inpatient services to young people, working age adults and older adults across the City of London, Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets, Bedfordshire and Luton.

The Digital Health Association (DHA), previously known as New Zealand Health Information Technology (NZHIT), was formed in 2002 as a not-for-profit, incorporated society and has grown to become the peak industry body for the New Zealand digital health sector with 170+ organisational members. Our membership represents the majority of digital health companies and organisations operating in New Zealand as well as a broad cross-section of healthcare providers, consultancies, legal, insurance, banking, government, regional agencies, and international companies with an interest in New Zealand’s health sector.

This strong network brings together custodianship of nearly 100% of New Zealand’s health-related data. We work collaboratively across the health sector, with the government, and with key stakeholders to position digital health technologies as a key enabler of quality health, social care, and wellbeing services. Our members make a significant contribution to, and investment in, the development and implementation of innovative digital health solutions to support and enable the future direction of health delivery, both in New Zealand and internationally.

Our vision is to have a vibrant member network that makes a significant contribution towards “Enabling a Healthier New Zealand” through world-class health and wellbeing for all New Zealanders fully enabled by digital technology.

Our purpose is to provide an open environment that enables a coordinated, informed voice that maximises social and economic value for New Zealand through digital technology.

Vascularte Clinic was founded by a team of doctors at the initiative of Dr. Toni FEODOR, with the aim of preventing, treating and interdisciplinary approach of the patient with arterial, venous and lymphatic diseases.

Globally, vascular disease is the leading cause of death and morbidity.

Statistics show an increase in this pathology both among the elderly population and among the young population. Among the risk factors that frequently determine this reality are smoking, obesity, diabetes, sedentary lifestyle, stress, pollution.

Vascularte Clinic is a medical clinic dedicated entirely to this pathology that provides the patient with vascular diseases, on an outpatient basis, fast, interdisciplinary and in the same location, modern methods of evaluation, diagnosis and treatment.

That’s why we opened VasculArte, a clinic in Romania that addresses vascular pathology with a team of doctors with expertise, nationally and internationally recognized who work together for your health.

DigitalHealth.London is a collaborative programme aiming to speed up the development and scaling of digital innovations across health and care, and pioneer their adoption by the NHS. We match innovators with NHS demand, and support them to navigate the UK health environment.

The collaboration is delivered by MedCity, UCLPartners, Imperial College Health Partners, and the Health Innovation Network. It is supported by NHS England (London) and the Mayor’s Office.

Omring offers care to the elderly, chronically ill people and people with a physical disability. Their working area is North Holland. They support their customers with preventive activities, care, nursing, counseling and treatment.

Age Friendly Portugal is a non-profit business association dedicated to the development of the longevity economy in Portugal. It intends to be an entity that brings together companies, academia, central and local government and other entities that are interested in issues related to aging and longevity.

The Digital Health & Care Directorate is part of the Scottish Government and sits under the Director General Health & Social Care. Its key responsibilities are:
* Leading on policy and strategy, informed by the latest innovations, research, evaluation, and engagement.
* Transforming services through the implementation and spread of digital services and technology.
* Providing expertise on information governance, assurance and cyber security.

Health Research Foundation started as a peer research group with the aim of leveraging education and research innovation to improve health care. Their projects have included developing and promoting apps to improve pregnancy coutcomes, community health interventions, online education capacity building for higher education, promoting continuing education for health professionals and addressing microplastics and their impact on health among others.

The Galician Healthcare Service is the publicly funded healthcare system of Galicia, Spain.

Health Informatics New Zealand (HiNZ) is a not-for-profit organisation that supports the field of digital health with a focus on events, education, digital health media, and networking. HiNZ is New Zealand’s impartial meeting place for sharing ideas and building knowledge about the use of information and IT in the health sector.

The INECO Foundation is a non-profit organization, with the main purpose of supporting research programs on brain functioning, prevention, detection and treatment of neurological and psychiatric disorders, both in adults and children. In addition, the foundation studies brain processes, such as decision-making, executive functions, emotional regulation, consciousness, free will, attention, language and autobiographical memory. All this is based on the assumption that scientific findings do not always provide rewards in the short term, but when they do, they have an impact on people’s lives.

The Central American Network of Health Informatics (RECAINSA) is an initiative of professionals and technicians who work in the different areas of health service provision or in public health, interested in the application of information and communication technologies for the improvement of patient care and public health interventions for disease control and prevention in Latin American and Caribbean countries.

Their work focuses on generating spaces for the exchange of experiences and good practices, and on supporting the implementation of national Digital Health strategies.

The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) is the premier R&D organization of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Govt. of India for carrying out R&D in IT, Electronics and associated areas. It has a dozen branches across India and works in thematic areas including Health Informatics.

Some 3,300 scientists and other professionals working together on cutting-edge research, innovations with real-world relevance and inspiring education for more than 12,000 students. The enterprising university encourages students to develop an entrepreneurial spirit.

The NB-IRDT is New Brunswick’s official data repository and research centre for government administrative, social, health, justice, and education linked data. They work with policymakers, researchers, clinicians, and governments to design and execute research, monitoring, and reporting for deeper insights and better decision-making.

EDSA-Ethiopia is an independent, non-profit, non-political and non-religious association of dental students in Ethiopia. The association pursues its aims without political, religious, social, national, sexual or any other discriminations by establishing and developing close relations with academic authorities, Students Union, professional and other associations.

The association promotes humanitarian ideals among dental students and so seeks to contribute to the creation of responsible future dentists.

With the objectives of, providing a means by which students may participate in and communicate with the Dental students found in Different Public and private universities of Ethiopia, Ethiopian Dental professional Association (EDPA), and Other local and international association and to serve as a forum and network with dental students and health care professionals worldwide to advance both national and global dental health and to create a platform for the formulation & exchange of students’ thoughts, proposals & innovations. 

The Department of Health and Social Care helps people to live better for longer. They lead, shape and fund health and care in England, making sure people have the support, care and treatment they need, with the compassion, respect and dignity they deserve.

The Department of Health and Social care sets the direction and coordinates action across the health and care system: public health and adult social care as well as the NHS. We create national policies and legislation, providing the long term vision and ambition to meet current and future challenges, and act as a global leader in health and care policy.

They work with our partners to ensure everyone can access the health and care they need, from supporting people to have the best start in life, to staying in good health and, where that might not be possible, supporting people to live as independently as they can and ensuring they receive the best possible care. They want to instil a culture that values compassion, dignity and the highest quality of care.

They support the integrity of the system by providing funding, assuring the delivery and continuity of services, and accounting to the UK Parliament. They champion innovation and improvement by supporting research and technology, promoting honesty, openness and transparency.

Doctors Explain FM is a patient education and management system meant to enhance caregivers’ work-life balance and their patients’ convenience.

Established in 1973, the Philippine College of Chest Physicians (PCCP) is the premiere specialty organisation acknowledged as the authority in pulmonary medicine in the Philippines. It sets the standards of excellence in the training and practice of pulmonary medicine in the Philippines.

PCCP is committed to improve lung health in the Philippines and Asia through maintaining the standard of excellence in health care practice, education, and research in pulmonary medicine. They currently have 1,302 members, 17 pulmonary training institutions and 10 regional chapters.

The STERN BioRegion has for many years been one of the largest and most successful bioregions in Germany. Flotations, startups and investments by and for companies from the region testify to the continued success of its business development activities.

BioRegio STERN Management GmbH offers inter-municipal funding to stimulate the economy for a region with 248 towns and local authorities and a total of 3.3 million inhabitants. With a GDP of over EUR 150 billion, this region’s economic power is comparable to that of Hungary.

At the heart of the cluster are 120 medtech companies, with more than 12,000 employees, and 110 biotech companies, employing over 4,500 staff. The more than 1,000 engineering companies – around 40 of which are already active in the life sciences – are increasingly important. All in all, some 19,000 jobs have been created in the region’s life sciences sector.

The STERN BioRegion has just under 400 “members”, the majority of which are SMEs (55%). Large companies (3%), universities and research institutes (18%) and other organisations (24%) are also represented.

SЕ Electronic Health is a state-owned enterprise under the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, which leads the development of eHealth’s core technology in Ukraine and is a technical administrator of the eHealth central database.

Today, more than 35 million Ukrainians are registered in the electronic health care system. Thus, the electronic healthcare system is one of the largest IT systems in Ukraine.

The Florida High Tech Corridor is anchored by three of the country’s largest research institutions: the University of Central Florida (UCF), the University of South Florida (USF) and the University of Florida (UF). Their mission is to converge and catalyze the capacity of high tech, innovation, and bright minds to generate a global ripple effect that advances the lives of people in the communities they serve.

DigiSwasthya Foundation delivers quality healthcare services via tele-consultations, awareness camps and referral pathways to the remotest parts of India. It is co-founded by a childhood cancer survivor & development professional from rural India, Mr Sandeep Kumar and a dental surgeon & management professional from urban India, Dr Pallabi Roy. DigiSwasthya is a non-profit organisation registered as a Section 8 organisation in June 2021 under the Companies Act of 2013.

Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) is an Autonomous Institution of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India. IPC is created to set standards of drugs in the country. Its basic function is to update regularly the standards of drugs commonly required for treatment of diseases prevailing in this region. It publishes official documents for improving Quality of Medicines by way of adding new and updating existing monographs in the form of Indian Pharmacopoeia (IP). It further promotes rational use of generic medicines by publishing National Formulary of India. IP prescribes standards for identity, purity and strength of drugs essentially required from health care perspective of human beings and animals. IPC also provides IP Reference Substances (IPRS) which act as a finger print for identification of an article under test and its purity as prescribed in IP.

UCL Partners accelerate scientific discovery and innovation into practice for the benefit of patients and the public. Working across their partnership of NHS providers and universities, we improve population health through research, innovation and education.

Their work across a broad and diverse geography. Their member organisations cover a population of more than 6 million across parts of North and East London, Essex, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire. They also work across London, nationally and globally to co-create, test and implement solutions that improve health.

The NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA) supports exceptional individuals to scale promising innovations across England’s NHS for greater patient and staff benefit. The NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA) is an award-winning NHS England and NHS Improvement initiative. It supports delivery of the NHS Long Term Plan priorities by accelerating uptake of promising innovations for patient, population and NHS staff benefit, and providing real time practical insights on spread to inform national strategy.

Launched in 2015, the NIA is commissioned by the Accelerated Access Collaborative at NHS England and NHS Improvement. It is delivered in partnership with the 15 Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs), hosted by UCLPartners, and chaired by Professor Stephen Powis, National Medical Director for NHS England and NHS Improvement.

As part of an annual international call, the NIA invites applications from exceptional individuals representing innovations that meet a real need within the NHS in England. Applications undergo a robust, multi-stage assessment process involving a college of expert patient, clinical and commercial assessors. This panel is drawn from a wide range of organisations including NHS England and NHS Improvement, AHSNs, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and The Health Foundation.

Successful applicants join an existing community of innovative individuals (‘Fellows’) with a passion for sharing their learning and expertise, which are collated in annual research reports and a quarterly INSIGHTS newsletter.

To date, the NIA has supported 82 Fellows to spread across the NHS in England.

The IPR aims to further the public good through research into issues of significant relevance to policy debate and decision-making, manage networks with the worlds of policy and practice, and increase public understanding of policy research through our public events and publications.

The IPR delivers activities for policymakers, researchers and practitioners to enable dual learning and original contributions to both research and practice.

The European Alliance for Access to Safe Medicines (EAASM), is a non-profit, independent, pan-European initiative which represents a multi-sectorial coalition of organisations dedicated to patient safety initiatives. Established in 2007, the EAASM advocates for the adoption of medical, pharmacy and nursing practices that aim to eradicate medication errors. It also campaigns for the development of a robust and harmonised EU regulatory framework to guarantee the safety, quality and efficacy of innovative nanomedicines and nanosimilars. Of particular note is the work carried out on the safer use of unlicensed/off-label medicines, better harmonisation of compounding practices, and the exclusion of falsified and substandard medicines from the supply chain.

IAPA strives to work with communities and local organizations to improve their capacities to provide services to HIV positive individuals and prevent new infections. Our education related programs are focused on training community members to recognize and prevent risk-related behaviors, reducing the stigma associated with the disease, and to encourage dissemination of the knowledge in communities through local trainers.

The European Association of E-Pharmacies (EAEP) represents the interests of e-pharmacies on the European continent. More than 20 million customers and patients across Europe are currently being supplied by our members and on top of that, our online pharmacies and their more than 4,000 employees are currently active in eleven European markets.

Founded in 2001 and with its name change in 2021, the EAEP voices its interests mainly with political stakeholders, regional and business actors, with the ultimate aim to improve the health of Europe’s citizens and strengthen the European healthcare system. E-Pharmacies have digitalised the classical pharmacy, and therefore act at the crossroads of digitalisation, healthcare, e-commerce and sustainability.

The American College of Cardiology envisions a world where innovation and knowledge optimize cardiovascular care and outcomes. As the professional home for the entire cardiovascular care team, the mission of the College and its more than 56,000 members is to transform cardiovascular care and to improve heart health. The ACC bestows credentials upon cardiovascular professionals who meet stringent qualifications and leads in the formation of health policy, standards and guidelines. The College also provides professional medical education, disseminates cardiovascular research through its world-renowned JACC Journals, operates national registries to measure and improve care, and offers cardiovascular accreditation to hospitals and institution.

NIRDP is a not for profit organisation working to support anyone living with or caring for someone with a rare condition. They connect, educate, advocate and innovate by bringing together those living with a rare disease and organisations representing them: clinicians and other health professionals; researchers and producers of specialist medicines and equipment; health policy makers and academics.

Their aim is to work constructively with stakeholders and service delivery organisations to find practical ways of improving the quality of life, treatment and care for those with rare diseases in Northern Ireland.

JINAG’s vision is to co-create a better region for life with participation, sustainability and innovative technologies, building a SMART REGION. The South Moravian Region is known for prestigious universities, fostering innovation, a supportive business environment as well as agriculture and tourism. We are looking for new ways and solutions to make municipal services, government and social services more efficient through innovative tools, participatory planning and interdisciplinarity.

Maulana Azad Medical College is a premier medical college, designated as institute of excellence by Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi. It is supported by 2500 bedded specialty hospital and 1000 bedded super specialty hospital. The college has undergraduate and postgraduate training in all medical specialties and is involved in evidence based research for public health and medicine. The college is in process of signing the MoU with Technology Institutes. The Department of community medicine has field practice areas in urban, rural and slum areas of Delhi, India for training and research purpose. The institution wants to work and support Delhi govt and community in several digital health initiatives and needs mentoring and support for the same. Disruptive innovations by student also need mentoring and support for further scale up.

Founded in 2018, BioscienceLA is the innovation catalyst for life sciences in the greater Los Angeles region, accelerating the growth of funding, space, and talent. The independent not-for-profit organization was seeded by LA County and has backing from Amgen, PhRMA, Richard Lundquist, Richard Merkin, City of Hope, and Cedars-Sinai, among others.

Its mission is to ensure that Los Angeles has a collaborative, well-coalesced ecosystem that encompasses biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, medical diagnostics, bioinformatics, healthcare IT, medtech, digital health, and more. BioscienceLA aims to advance the region’s capacity and pace of innovation by harmonizing the efforts of all stakeholders, including academic institutions, research hospitals, investors, startups, mature companies, trade associations, and public and quasi-public agencies.

BioscienceLA is one of the leading SoCal organizations building relationships with international government organizations and trade associations. In 2022 alone, we hosted delegations, mini accelerator programs, seminars, and other visits with associations and companies from Belgium, Korea, Malta, Netherlands, and United Kingdom, representing hundreds of visitors. We have attracted or supported the growth in Los Angeles of life sciences companies from Canada, Denmark, Finland, Korea, and Malta, as well as entrepreneurs from even more countries.

As the innovation catalyst for Los Angeles life sciences, BioscienceLA is focused of amplifying and accelerating growth in LA, between LA and the rest of the country, and between LA and the rest of the world. Given the strong global perspective of Los Angeles, we will continue to develop these initiatives, especially around the growth of funding, space, and talent. We look forward to growing our connections and contributing to global solutions and collaborations.

The non-profit Medical Innovations Foundation was established in 2014. In coordination with their subsidiary, the Medical Innovations Incubator GmbH, they support the transfer of innovation in the sector of medical life sciences (Medical Devices, Diagnostics, Therapeutics, Digital Health).

The University of Florida is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida, traces its origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its Gainesville campus since September 1906.

Health and Medicine are major areas of research and education at UF spanning the College of Medicine, College of Public Health and Health Professions, and UF Academic Health Center.

Public Health Update is a popular public health portal in Nepal. It was initiated in 2011. The main purpose of this platform is to share public health updates, information & opportunities for public health professionals all around the world. Thousands of health professionals have trusted Public Health Update as the right website to find the latest public health opportunities, information & resources for health updates in Nepal. It is expected that this initiation will help public health professionals to have access to the right information & opportunities at the right time to develop their professional careers. Public Health Update is committed & dedicated to deliver accurately, trusted, up-to-date health information & opportunities to all health professionals.

As one of the leading senior services and healthcare organizations in Northern California, the Jewish Senior Living Group provides a continuum of care and social services to enable seniors to age well and live their fullest lives.

The Ukrainian Cluster Alliance (UCA) is a multi-sector nationwide union of enterprises, business associations, clusters and cluster organizations of Ukraine that strive to increase their competitiveness by implementing the principles of cluster cooperation, industrial, digital and green automation innovations and effective interaction with the state. UCA is the leading and largest formal association of the cluster movement of economic clusters of Ukraine – currently the Alliance includes 48 clusters and cluster-type associations. UCA was founded on March 24, 2022 on the basis of the Clusters 4 Ukraine initiative, which emerged from the cluster committee of the Industrial and Hi-Tech Sector Platform Industry 4 Ukraine.

The University of the Balearic Islands is a cutting-edge university for teaching and research. It has deep roots in the region and is committed to society, sowing values that honour humanity with an ever-increasing international calling.

The University of Southern Denmark has more than 27,000 students and around 6,000 employees. Our university offers teaching and research at 6 campuses situated on Funen, in the south of Jutland, west of Zealand and in the capital city – in Odense, Kolding, Esbjerg, Sønderborg, Slagelse and Copenhagen.

The University of Southern Denmark has created an institution of higher research and education which provides first-class educational opportunities and is cooperation partner for both public and private businesses and organisations for providing qualified labour.

AMICOR is a non-profit civil association of patients with heart disease and their families, with an exclusively humanist, socio-sanitary and cultural character. It serves as a support and information group for cardiovascular patients with a predominance of older people.

Healthcare Shapers is a unique network of hands-on advisors and interim managers in the healthcare industry. They provide tailor-made, forward-looking and effective solutions to drive growth and success of their customers in the current and future market environment.

The Europe Region World Physiotherapy represents physiotherapy profession at European Level.

Ranked number one in the world in the 2023 Times Higher Education World Rankings, the University of Oxford is at the forefront of the full range of academic disciplines, including medical sciences; mathematical, physical and life sciences; humanities; and social sciences. As the oldest university in the English-speaking world, they have long traditions of scholarship, but they are also forward-looking, creative and cutting-edge. Oxford is one of Europe’s most entrepreneurial universities: they rank first in the UK for university spin-outs, with more than 130 companies created to date. They are also recognised as leaders in support for social enterprise.

The Swedish eHealth Agency aims to contribute to improved health care, care and the nation’s health by pursuing development of a national e-health infrastructure. Our activities focus on promoting public involvement and providing support for professionals and decision-makers.