Program 2025
| 09:30 – 10:00 | Registration & Welcome Coffee | |
| 10:00 – 10:05 | Opening Remarks | |
| 10:05 – 10:15 | Setting the Scene - keynote by the Minister of Social Affairs (TBC) | |
| 10:15 – 11:30 | Session I: The Digital Health Frontier: Opportunities and Challenges in the New Nordics and Baltic Sea Region Moderator: Dr Jaanus Pikani, Chairman of ScanBalt | Member of the Board at Tartu Biotechnology Park Panellists: - Estonian Minister of Social Affairs (TBC) - Aiga Balode, Deputy State Secretary, Latvian Ministry of Health (confirmed) - AnneMieke Ålenius, Senior Advisor to the Director General/Deputy Director General | Swedish eHealth Agency - A representative from Finland (TBC) - A representative from Lithuania (TBC) | |
| 11:30 – 12:00 | Coffee Break & Networking | |
| 12:00 – 13:15 | Session II: Unlocking New Horizons: Business and Collaboration between the New Nordics and Gulf region Moderator: Ain Aaviksoo, Head of Development | Partner at Heba, Senior Business Advisor at Nortal Panellists: - Dr Khulood Alsayegh, Senior Healthcare Leader | AI & Precision Medicine Pioneer | Head of Clinical Standards & Guidelines, Dubai Health Authority - Healthcare innovator with experience in the Gulf region (TBC) - Piret Sauter, Regional Director of Distant Export Markets at Estonian Business and Innovation Agency | |
| 13:15 – 14:15 | Lunch Break | |
| 14:15 – 15:30 | Session III: The European Health Data Space: Still a Dream or Reality? Moderator: Elina Drakvik, Senior Lead at Sitra, the Finnish Innovation Fund | TEHDAS2 joint action Panellists: - Jaanika Merilo, Head of Digital Health and Care at the Estonian Ministry of Social Affairs (confirmed) - Michel Silvestri, Head of Unit at the Coordination Department of the Swedish eHealth Agency (confirmed) - Igor Bossenko, Researcher and Lecturer at TalTech | eHealth Interoperability Expert at World Health Organisation (confirmed) - A representative from a healthcare provider in Latvia | |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Coffee & Networking | |
| 16:00 – 17:15 | Session IV: Reverse pitching - a joint session with Kuopio Health | |
| 17:15-17:40 | Inspirational Keynote Speech | |
| 17:40 – 17:50 | Key Takeaways of the Day | |
| 17:50 – 18:00 | Closing Remarks |