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The Digital Health & Wellness Summit 2025

Start: 3 March 2025
End: 6 March 2025
Location: Barcelona
, Spain
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We are pleased to announce that the 12th Digital Health & Wellness Summit (DHWS) will be back at MWC25 in Barcelona on Wednesday 5th March 2025 on the Sky Stage - Hall 8 (4YFN- North Entrance). This will be the first European event of our 2025 Global Flagship Programme.

 

📢 After registering for 4YFN-MWC, make sure to register for the DHWS program to attend. (You can find here an easy step-by-step explanation!)

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

 

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

The Digital Health & Wellness Summit 2025
Join us at the DHWS25
Meet the key healthcare leaders, providers and clinicians to understand their roadmap in terms of investment and deployment
Discover the latest innovative digital solutions for health and wellness
Identify business opportunities and projects
Share your knowledge and learn from a community of digital health experts from across the world
Agenda
All sessions
9:15 – 9:30 - Digital Health & Wellness Summit: Global Digital Health Opportunities and Actions in 2025
9:15 – 9:30 - Digital Health & Wellness Summit: Global Digital Health Opportunities and Actions in 2025
9:30 - 9:50 - Scaling digital health: Estonia’s national digital strategy as a model for success
  • Karolina Mackiewicz (Introduction) - Innovation Director, ECHAlliance (Finland)
  • Ain Aavikso - Head of Development, Partner, HeBA Clinic (Estonia)
  • Merilin Varsamaa - Director of Health Tech, Science and Business Park Tehnopol (Tehnopol HealthTech Community) (Estonia)
9:30 - 9:50 - Scaling digital health: Estonia’s national digital strategy as a model for success
9:50 - 10:35 - The ‘3D’ forces shaping healthcare: democracy, demographics, and digitalisation
  • Karolina Mackiewicz  (Moderator) - Innovation Director, ECHAlliance (Finland)
  • Aneta Tyszkiewicz - Director Data and Digital, European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) (Belgium)
  • Tobias Silberzahn - Patient Ambassador and member of the International Lipoprotein(a) Task Force, FH Europe Foundation (Germany)
  • Prof James McLaughlin Cbe - Director Engineering Research Institute And Nibec Centre, Ulster University (Northern Ireland)
  • Dr. Mike Short CBE - Chair, UK Telecomms Innovation Network Advisory Board (UK)
9:50 - 10:35 - The ‘3D’ forces shaping healthcare: democracy, demographics, and digitalisation
10:35 - 11:10 - AI regulations around the globe: Developments and their impact on digital health
10:35 - 11:10 - AI regulations around the globe: Developments and their impact on digital health
11:10 - 11:55 - Global Health Connector: Innovation and business opportunities in Africa, Asia and USA
11:10 - 11:55 - Global Health Connector: Innovation and business opportunities in Africa, Asia and USA
11:55 - 12:15 - Unlocking health data and digital tools’ potential
11:55 - 12:15 - Unlocking health data and digital tools’ potential
12:15 - 12:55 - AI transforming healthcare: real-world use cases and emerging opportunities
  • Bleddyn Rees (Moderator) - Vice Chair, ECHAlliance (Wales)
  • Rajendra Pratap Gupta - Founder, Health Parliament (India)
  • George Margelis - Independent Chair, Aged Care Industry Information Technology Council (Australia)
  • Maria Fernanda Cabrera - Innovation Director at Life Supporting Technologies, Universidad Politécnica Madrid and BRAINTEASER Project (Spain)
12:15 - 12:55 - AI transforming healthcare: real-world use cases and emerging opportunities
14:15 - 14:45 - Making data matter: Real World Evidence
  • Bleddyn Rees (Moderator) - Vice Chair, ECHAlliance (Wales)
  • Declan Kirrane - Chairman and Managing Director, Annual NY Science Summit coinciding with United National Science Summit (UNGA) (Belgium)
  • Tudor Pitulac - R&D Head, OpenSky Data Systems (Ireland)
  • Joan Cornet - Founder and promoter, InnoHealth Academy and ECHAlliance (Spain)
  • Carol Banks - Founder and Director, CB Health for Africa (Kenya)
14:15 - 14:45 - Making data matter: Real World Evidence
14:45 - 15:30 - Digital Health Innovation and Opportunities in ECHAlliance Ecosystems
  • Andy Bleaden (Moderator) - Community Director, ECHAlliance (United Kingdom)
  • Mats Falck - Project Manager, UMEA University (Sweden)
  • Prof James McLaughlin Cbe - Director Engineering Research Institute And Nibec Centre, Ulster University (Northern Ireland)
  • Rossana Alessandrello - Value Based Procurement Director, Agència de Qualitat i Avaluació Sanitàries de Catalunya (AQuAS)(Soain)
  • Niina Heikkinen - BusinessOulu, Life Science & OuluHealth (Finland)
  • Merilin Varsamaa - Director of Health Tech, Science and Business Park Tehnopol (Tehnopol HealthTech Community) (Estonia)
14:45 - 15:30 - Digital Health Innovation and Opportunities in ECHAlliance Ecosystems
15:30 - 16:00 - Pioneering Health Innovation: Technology's Role in Precision Care
15:30 - 16:00 - Pioneering Health Innovation: Technology's Role in Precision Care
16:00 - 16:45 - Mainstreaming digital health: who pays for digital health solutions?

 

16:00 - 16:45 - Mainstreaming digital health: who pays for digital health solutions?
16:45 - 16:50 - Pitching by Vermut: AgeTech Collaborative™ from AARP - Startup Pitch Winner at ViVE 2025

 

16:45 - 16:50 - Pitching by Vermut: AgeTech Collaborative™ from AARP - Startup Pitch Winner at ViVE 2025
16:50 - 17:00 - Digital Health & Wellness Summit: Conclusions, Closing & Networking
16:50 - 17:00 - Digital Health & Wellness Summit: Conclusions, Closing & Networking
17:00 - 18:00 - Digital Health & Wellness Summit: Networking Drinks
17:00 - 18:00 - Digital Health & Wellness Summit: Networking Drinks
Day 2
Thursday, August 31, 2020
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Day 3
Thursday, August 31, 2020
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Speakers
Ain Aaviksoo
HeBA Clinic, Head of Development, Partner
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Alberto-Giovanni Busetto
Alberto-Giovanni Busetto
Chief AI Officer - Health AI
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Amanda Remorino
Director of Digital Precision Oncology - AstraZeneca
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Andy Bleaden
Community Director, ECHAlliance
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Aneta Tyszkiewicz
Aneta Tyszkiewicz
Director Data and Digital -European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA)
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Bleddyn Rees
Deputy Chair at Global Health Connector
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Brian O’Connor
Chair at Global Health Connector
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Carol Banks
CB Health For Africa
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Declan Kirrane
Declan Kirrane
Chairman, Science Summit at United Nations General Assembly
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Dr Frederic Llordachs-Marqués
Cofounder & CEO
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Frederic Llordachs-Marqués
Dr Frederic Llordachs-Marqués
Cofounder & CEO - Llamalitica SL
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Dr. George Margelis
Independent Chair at Aged Care Industry Information Technology Council
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Dr. Rajendra Pratap Gupta
Founder at Health Parliament
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Francois Guirec Champosieau
François-Guirec Champoiseau
Co-Founder & CEO - Cureety
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Gisela Garcia Alvarez
Co-funder and CSO
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Ignacio Sarasúa
Solution Architect - NVIDIA
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Jean Philbert Nsengimana
Chief Digital Advisor - Africa CDC
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Joan Cornet
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Joan Cornet
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Julien Venne
Julien Venne
Owner and consultant - MalsamaMind
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Kabir Kasargod
Senior Director, Qualcomm
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Karolina Mackiewicz
Innovation Director at Global Health Connector
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Louisa Stuwe
Louisa Stüwe
Project director - Digital health delegation - French Ministry of Health and Prevention
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Madeleine Thun
Madeleine Thun
Senior Director A.Catalyst, Health Innovation - AstraZeneca
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Maria Fernanda Cabrera
Maria Fernanda Cabrera
Innovation Director at Life Supporting Technologies - Universidad Politécnica Madrid
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Mats Falck
Mats Falck
Project Manager - UMEA University
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Merilin Varsamaa
Merilin Varsamaa
Director of HealthTech - Science and Business Park Tehnopol (Tehnopol HealthTech Community)
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Mike Short
Mike Short
Chair - UK Telecomms Innovation Network Advisory Board
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Niina Heikkinen
Niina Heikkinen
BusinessOulu, Life Science & OuluHealth
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James MCLaughlin
Prof. James McLaughlin
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Ralph Oyini Mbouna
Ralph Oyni
Director, Digital Transformation and Services - Smart Africa
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Ross-Muken
Ross Muken
President - SOPHiA GENETICS
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Rossana Alessandrello
Rossana Alessandrello
Value Based Procurement Director - Agència de Qualitat i Avaluació Sanitàries de Catalunya (AQuAS)
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Sandra Garcia Armesto
Director
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Tobias Silberzahn
FH Europe Foundation
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Tudor Pitulac
Tudor Pitulac
R&D Head - OpenSky Data Systems
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