📅 Date: 20 February 2025
⏰ Time: 16:00 – 17:00 CET
📍 Location: Online
Transforming Healthcare Through Digital Innovation
The Healthcare Chain Institute (HCI) invites you to an exclusive webinar exploring the transformative potential of digitalization in healthcare. This event marks the official launch of the HCI Digitalization Working Group, bringing together key stakeholders to address challenges, unlock opportunities, and build a resilient, patient-focused healthcare value chain.
Why Attend?
- Expert Insights: Hear from leading voices in healthcare digitalization about real-world challenges and solutions.
- Focus on EHDS: Learn how the European Health Data Space (EHDS) may impact data-driven research, decision-making, and patient outcomes.
- Collaborative Approaches: Discover actionable strategies for overcoming interoperability, stakeholder alignment barriers and enhance transparency.
- Engage with Stakeholders: Network with key players across the healthcare ecosystem, including providers, regulators, pharmaceutical companies, and MedTech innovators.
🎙️ Speakers and Agenda
Agenda
16:00 – 16:05 | Welcome and Introduction to HCI and Webinar Objectives
Speaker: Monika Derecque-Pois, Founding Member, the Healthcare Chain Institute (HCI)
Moderator: Seán Byrne, Senior Manager Legal and Regulatory Affairs, EUCOPE
16:05 – 16:15 | Keynote Address: Driving Digital Transformation in Healthcare
Speaker: Andrzej Rys, Principal Scientific Advisor, EC, DG SANTE
Exploring the pivotal role of digital transformation in creating a seamless and resilient healthcare ecosystem.
16:15 – 16:25 | Enhancing predictive analytics through collaboration
Speaker: Henry Ames, General Manager, Logistics Orchestration, Tracelink
Leveraging predictive analytics and automation to enhance efficiency, visibility, and resilience in pharmaceutical supply chains.
16:25 – 16:35 | European Health Data Space (EHDS): Opportunities and Challenges
Speaker: Verena Thaler, Manager Digital Health – Data Governance, MedTech Europe
Unlocking the potential of EHDS to drive research, improve decision-making, and advance patient outcomes through secondary data use.
16:35 – 16:45 | German Initiatives on Data-Driven Innovation and EHDS Integration
Speaker: Maro Bader, Excellence Lead, Roche Pharma AG
Highlighting key digitalization initiatives in Germany, including the sphin-X project and HealthTrack-X, and their future role within the EHDS framework to foster data harmonization and interoperability.
16:45 – 16:55 | Audience Q&A Session
Attendees are invited to ask questions to the panelists and share their perspectives on the discussed themes.
16:55 – 17:00 | Closing Remarks: Actionable Takeaways and Next Steps
Speaker: Andrew Richmond, Founding Member, the Healthcare Chain Institute (HCI)
Summary of key insights and an invitation to join HCI’s ongoing digitalization initiatives.
Speakers
Monika Derecque-Pois, Founding Member, the Healthcare Chain Institute (HCI)
Seán Byrne, Senior Manager Legal and Regulatory Affairs, EUCOPE
Andrzej Rys, Principal Scientific Advisor, EC, DG SANTE
Henry Ames, General Manager, Logistics Orchestration, Tracelink
Verena Thaler, Manager Digital Health – Data Governance, MedTech Europe
Maro Bader, Excellence Lead, Roche Pharma AG
