Global Summit 2020

28 October, UTC

Day 1: Setting the stage

10:00 Arrival, check in to the virtual space meet other Summit members.

10:30 Optional Knowledge Tours

11:30 SIG (Special Interest Groups)

11:30 SIG (Special Interest Groups)

  • Trust, citizen empowerment and the role of digital literacy on health data sharing Moderator: Bleddyn Rees, Deputy Chair European Connected Health Alliance.
  • Carina Dantas, CEO SHINE 2Europe, Innovation Director Cáritas Coimbra, Vice-President EU Covenant Demographic Change, ECHAlliance Project Manager
  • Diogo Martins, EU/International Digital Health Projects Coordinator at SPMS – Shared Services Portuguese Ministry of Healthcare, Public Enterprise)
  • Carola Schulz (empirica):
  • Dipak Kalra (i~HD):
  • Mara Dioconu (Norway Health Tech);
  • Ana Silva (CHPVVC):
  • Juliana Sá (CHP)

Team participants

13:00 Lunch break

Johannes Boch, Director of Access and Urban Health at Novartis Foundation.
Johannes Boch, Director of Access and Urban Health at Novartis Foundation.

14:00 How can the world advance towards AI maturity in health?

  • Moderator: Johannes Boch, Director of Access and Urban Health at Novartis Foundation.
  • João Arthur Reis, Director – Science, Technology and Innovation at the Department of Economic Development | São Paulo State Government
  • Marco Bego, Executive Director | Chief Innovation Officer, University Hospital (HC), São Paulo
  • Dr. Sujoy Kar, Chief Medical Information Officer & Vice President Apollo Hospitals

15:00 Digital Health Portugal Meetup

Innovation Village virtual experience Inauguration

16:00 Health Innovation Village opens

Welcome Session

18:00 Soft opening with a fireside chat that will be broadcast live on LinkedIn and Facebook (**)

Eduardo Baptista Correia, Taguspark
Eduardo Baptista Correia, Taguspark
Filipa Fixe, Giintt
Filipa Fixe, Giintt
Oeiras Deputy Mayor Francisco Gonçalves
Oeiras Deputy Mayor Francisco Gonçalves
Luis Rocha, Novartis
Luis Rocha, Novartis
Rafael Grossman Immigrant, Surgeon, Educator
Rafael Grossman Immigrant, Surgeon, Educator

Health Data Future Trends (live broadcast) A fireside chat on the future of Big Data, Health, and Healthcare.

  • Rafael Grossman Immigrant, Surgeon, Educator- Passionate about the smart use of Technology to Augment Healthcare, Education & Access to Global Health

29 October, UTC

Day 2: Creating the vision

9:00 Welcome session & Keynote addresses (live broadcast)

  • Suzanne Gaunt, President & CEO, International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement (ICHOM)
  • Charles Alessi, Chief Clinical Officer, HIMSS
Jessica J. Federer, CEO of Americas at Huma, Board Member, Investor.
Jessica J. Federer, CEO of Americas at Huma, Board Member, Investor.

CEOxCMOs Mashup Talk

  • George T. Mathew, MD, MBA, FACP, CMO America at DXC
  • Jessica J. Federer, CEO of Americas at Huma, Board Member, Investor.
  • Daniel Ferreira, MD, Clinical Director, Hospital da Luz Digital Clinical Centre

11:00 Health Data Unconference (parallel sessions)

  • Opening Address: David Novillo Ortiz, MLIS, MSc, PhD (World Health Organization)
  • Health Data & Mobile Health. Moderator: Levi Shapiro, Founder, mHealth Israel
  • Home Care & Active and Healthy Ageing: How Health Data and IA can contribute Moderator: Jose Martinez-Usero, Responsible for European Projects at Funka Nu AB
  • Big Corporations & Digital Therapeutics Startups Moderator: David Magboulé (LabToMarket)

11:00 Health Data Campfire Talks, expert discussions followed by knowledge exchange and interaction with the participants attending each stream.

Opening notes: Alexandre Guedes da Silva, President of SPEM

Is the patient really in the centre? 

  • Moderator: Rita Veloso, Young Executive Leader at IHF; Executive Board Member at CHPVVC
  • Augusto Ittig, MD, OSDE group and the President of RISAD,
  • Francisco Goaiana da Silva, President at Health Parliament Portugal; WHO Europe Consultant for NCDS Prevention
  • João Moreira Pinto, Paediatric Surgery at Centro Hospitalar Univesitário do Porto, Researcher at ISPUP
  • Paulo Gonçalves, Vice-Presidente da SPEM


(Watch this video in Portuguese and Spanish)   

Noon Round Table: Health Data & Covid-19

  • Opening Presenter: Pedro Beltrao, Group Leader at the European Bioinformatics Institute.
  • Kaveh Safavi, Senior Managing Director, Global Health Practice at Accenture
  • Patrícia Calado, Executive Board Member AICIB (Agency for Clinical Research and Innovation)
  • Prof. Rajendra Pratap Gupta, Policy Maker, Researcher, TED speaker

13:00 Lunch break

14:00 Keynote address (live broadcast)

  • David Novillo Ortiz, MLIS, MSc, PhD (World Health Organization)
  • Lars Montelius, Director General at INL – International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory

15:00 Start-up Roundup Talks: Health Data Revolution

Andy Bleadan, Director of Ecosystems and Membership at the European Connected Health Alliance: The Global Connector (ECHAlliance), Frederic Lievens, Vice Executive Director International Society for Telemedicine & eHealth (ISfTeH) and Levi Shapiro Founder, mHealth Israel.

15:30 Round Table: The Quest for the Holy Grail

Architecture and Interoperability of EHR: Building common ground in the EU from successful national experiences.

  • Moderator: Ricardo Cruz Correia, PhD, Professor, Researcher & Entrepreneur, CINTESIS, Portugal.
  • Domingos Pereira (CIO at SPMS, Ministry of Healthcare), Portugal.
  • Dr. Günter Rauchegger, CEO National Healthcare Record Institute ELGA, Austria.
  • Konstantin Hyppönen, Chief Architect, Kanta Services, Finland.
  • Lars Hulbaek, CEO at MedCom, Denmark.
  • Robert Scharinger, Head of Department, National Healthcare Record Institute ELGA, Austria.
  • Licínio Kustra Mano (Strategic Advisor for EU Cross-Border eHealth Services at European Commission)

29 October, UTC

Day 3 EU-India Digital Health Mash-up (*)

9:00 Opening keynote addresses

Welcome intervention

  • Rui Santos Ivo, President of NFARMED – National Authority for Medicines and Health Products, I.P.

Opening keynotes

  • Hon. Maria-Manuel Leitão Marques, Member of the European Parliament, Brussels
  • Prof. S. Yunkap Kwankam Executive Director, International Society for Telemedicine and eHealth (ISfTeH).
  • Dr Rajeev Singh, Director General at Indian Chamber of Commerce, Kolkata.

11:00 Health Data Unconference (parallel sessions)

  • Opening Address: David Novillo Ortiz, MLIS, MSc, PhD (World Health Organization)
  • Health Data & Mobile Health. Moderator: Levi Shapiro, Founder, mHealth Israel
  • Home Care & Active and Healthy Ageing: How Health Data and IA can contribute Moderator: Jose Martinez-Usero, Responsible for European Projects at Funka Nu AB
  • Big Corporations & Digital Therapeutics Startups Moderator: David Magboulé (LabToMarket)

15:00 Healthcare Innovation parallel sessions

Guest speakers:

  • Gerard Bourbon (CEO of INL4Life), Sweden,
  • Andy Bleaden, Director Ecosystems and Membership, ECHAlliance
  • Miguel Botto (Director at Portugal Ventures, Venture Capital & Private Equity):
  • Nanda Kumar, MD of Elektronik Lab and Founder of Evitalz, Chennai, India
  • Prashant Sharma, Chairman of ICC Healthcare Committee, Managing Director of Charnok Hospital SKM Group, Kolkata, India.

Startup & Investors meeting (**)

  • Moderator: Ricardo Luz (Co-founder of Matching Ventures, Managing Partner at Gestuz Consultores, Board Member of EBAN and Emeritus President of Invicta Angels)
  • Alcino Lavrador (CEO at Altice Labs),
  • David Braga Malta (Venture Partner at Vesalius Biocapital),
  • Jose Paulo Carvalho, (Founder Hope Care),
  • Nuno Prego Ramos (CEO & Co-Founder at Cellmabs).

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17:00 Conference closing address

  • Luís Goes Pinheiro, President SPMS EP,E Ministry of Healthcare

17:30 Conference ends