Events
Keynotes, panels, and moderated discussions at leading HealthTech and healthcare conferences across Europe.
HLTH Europe (3rd edition)
HLTH Europe · Amsterdam, Netherlands
“Hackers ♥ hospitals: why health data is the ultimate prize”
Panel on hospital cybersecurity in the age of AI. Key insight: hospitals were rated 6/10 readiness before AI, now 3/10 as AI multiplies the risks. Hackers have not yet fully harnessed AI but the bigger hacks may be yet to come. Shadow AI (staff using ChatGPT on personal phones) is a major risk. Cybersecurity is no longer an IT topic but a C-level topic. A German hospital chain was hacked in summer 2025 - its fragmented systems limited the damage, highlighting the tension between interoperability and security.
With:
Katja Kummel (CIO, University Hospital Munster) · Nana Odom (Head of Service, Clinical Engineering, Cleveland Clinic) · Yariv Nir (CIO, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center) · Wim Sonnemans (Global CISO, Philips)
ZOTZ|KLIMAS
ZOTZ|KLIMAS · Germany
“AI in medicine and the four quadrants of the new reality”
Keynote at ZOTZ|KLIMAS, a leading German lab chain, on how AI is reshaping medicine across four quadrants: AI care navigation (patient pathway support), AI doctor in your pocket (patient-directed health management), clinical decision support (finally gaining momentum, with AMBOSS Lisa 1.0 topping safety benchmarks), and AI-powered admin (scribes, billing, workflow optimization). Covered four shifts for office-based doctors: European AI sovereignty, economics (~30% revenue lift, margins up to 3.5x), rethinking human-AI task division, and the evolution toward a 'super-GP' generalist role.
With:
Dr. med. Lara Maier · Wolfgang C. G. von Meißner
PLCD Congress
PLCD (Pharma Licensing, Commercialisation & Deals Congress) · Frankfurt, Germany
“AI trends impacting the pharma business model”
Keynote on three theses reshaping pharma through AI. First, as AI commoditizes drug discovery and clinical trials, commercialization becomes the new competitive moat. Second, AI scribes and clinical decision support platforms (OpenEvidence, Abridge, Heidi) are transforming the point of care, with direct implications for pharma's commercial model and medical affairs. Third, pricing pressure from the US and Germany is accelerating direct-to-consumer models (LillyDirect, PfizerForAll) and value-based care, raising the risk of pharma becoming a 'dumb pill provider' if it fails to own the new AI interaction layer.
iFHP Webinar
iFHP (International Federation of Health Plans) · Online
“AI x Health Plans: how AI is transforming the care journey across patients, providers, and payers”
Presentation on how AI is reshaping the healthcare value chain across patients, providers, and payers, and its implications for health plans. Covered the emerging AI-native operating system for providers (AI scribes, billing, clinical decision support), the new pressures on payers (coding intensity, commoditization, bypass layers like Transcarent), and seven strategic responses for health plans: from AI-driven claims adjudication and reimbursement code adoption to proprietary care navigation and value-based care models.
Health2Tech Meetup
Doctolib · Berlin, Germany
“AI in healthcare: real use cases and adoption challenges”
Panel discussion on building AI-enabled HealthTech solutions that deliver practical value to care teams, with a focus on implementation challenges, user needs, safety, and data security.
With:
Inga Bergen · Alexander Reichert (Doctolib)
Digital Health Innovation Forum (DHIF)
Hasso Plattner Institute · Potsdam, Germany
“Rewiring the hospital: data-driven healthcare delivery”
Panel with hospital innovation leaders from Vivantes, Rigshospitalet, Sana, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, and Mass General Brigham. Audience poll: 84% prefer open and modular tech stacks vs. 3% for closed systems.
With:
Dr. Mina Carolina Baumgarten (Vivantes) · Malene Fischer (Rigshospitalet) · Michael Huebner (Sana Data Solutions) · Jorge Juan Fernández García (Hospital Clínic de Barcelona)
Healthcare Business International (HBI)
HBI · Paris, France
“HealthTech & traditional investors: European scale-ups reaching maturity”
Moderated panel exploring how HealthTech companies are becoming attractive to PE firms and corporates as they achieve €10M+ revenue and profitability. Discussed the transition from venture-backed growth to sustainable, investor-ready businesses across European markets.
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HIP Summit
vitagroup · SAP Garden, Munich, Germany
“Towards a sovereign and AI-ready tech stack in healthcare”
Keynote on the gap between healthcare's stated preference for open, modular, sovereign technology and actual purchasing decisions. 90% of attendees supported open architectures, yet most German hospitals still implement closed systems. Addressed four barriers: financial pressure, lack of strategic awareness, entrenched IT vendors, and conservative leadership culture.
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L'Oeil de la E-santé · Paris, France
“European HealthTech: maturity, AI and new pharma models”
Interview with L'Oeil de la E-santé, a leading French HealthTech media, covering three themes shaping European HealthTech: the maturation of the sector beyond venture-backed hype cycles, the integration of AI across clinical workflows and drug development, and the emergence of new pharma business models - including direct-to-consumer and AI-driven commercialization strategies.
Innovation Day (4th edition)
Hospital Clínic de Barcelona · Barcelona, Spain
“Strategic tech decisions for AI-ready hospitals”
Keynote on six strategic choices hospitals must make to become AI-ready: infrastructure (cloud vs. edge), data layer (openEHR), AI operating systems replacing traditional HIS, non-clinical AI automation, clinical AI (radiology as blueprint), and leadership & budget (from 2% to 10% IT spend).
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MESI Conference
MESI · Portorož, Slovenia
“The 4 Ps of future medicine and the rise of the Super GP”
Keynote on how integrated diagnostics enable the four Ps of future medicine: Predictive (Neko imaging), Preventative (Function Health), Personalised (Tempus AI), and Participatory (wearables). Introduced the 'Super GP' concept: AI empowering general practitioners to reverse decades of hyper-specialization.
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Healthcare Business International (HBI)
HBI · Paris, France
“How can hospitals stay ahead of the innovation curve despite tight budgets?”
Moderated panel with CEOs from Vivalto Santé, Aleris, and Bergman Clinics. Key takeaway: innovation doesn't require fancy tech platforms. It starts with getting the basics right: continuous process optimization, effective governance, and a strong innovation culture.
With:
Emmanuel de Geuser (CEO, Vivalto Santé) · Sofia Palmquist (CEO, Aleris) · Ivo Piest (CDO, Bergman Clinics)
4YFN / Mobile World Congress
MWC Barcelona · Barcelona, Spain
“Navigating the challenges of healthcare digitization in Europe”
Moderated panel with leaders from the Catalan Health Service and Sitra (Finnish Innovation Fund). Discussed why Europe rates just 3/10 on healthcare digitalization despite two decades of effort. Catalonia's OpenEHR approach unified data across 70+ hospitals and 35+ EMR systems. The EHDS aims to scale Finland's model across Europe.
With:
Jordi Piera Jiménez (Catalan Health Service) · Elina Drakvik (Sitra, Finnish Innovation Fund)
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