Program 2025
| 09:30 – 10:00 | Registration & Welcome Coffee | |
| 10:00 – 10:05 | Opening Remarks - Sven Parkel, CEO | Tartu Biotechnology Park | |
| 10:05 – 10:15 | Setting the Scene - keynote by Mrs Karmen JOLLER, Estonian Minister of Social Affairs | |
| 10:15 – 11:30 | Session I: The Digital Health Frontier: Opportunities and Challenges Keynote speech: - Mélodie BERNAUX, Policy officer – Seconded national expert | European Commission, Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety, Unit C1 - Digital Health Moderator: Dr Jaanus PIKANI, Chairman of ScanBalt | Member of the Board at Tartu Biotechnology Park Panellists: - Nele LABI, Deputy Secretary General, Estonian Ministry of Social Affairs - Mélodie BERNAUX, Policy officer – Seconded national expert | European Commission, Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety, Unit C1 - Digital Health - Daniel NAUMOVAS, Vice-Minister of Health of the Republic of Lithuania - Aiga BALODE, Deputy State Secretary | Latvian Ministry of Health - Michel SILVESTRI, Head of Unit at the Coordination Department | Swedish eHealth Agency - Sari PALOJOKI, Senior Specialist at the Department for Steering of Healthcare and Social Welfare | Finnish Ministry of Social Affairs and Health | |
| 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 | Estonian Business and Innovation Agency | |
| 13:15 – 14:15 | Lunch Break | |
| 14:15 -14:30 | Keynote speech: - Leon DOORN, CEO and Co-Founder | MedQAIR - "The AI Act - how medical device manufacturers and healthcare organisations are affected" | |
| 14:30 – 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 | Estonian Ministry of Social Affairs - Michel SILVESTRI, Head of Unit at the Coordination Department | Swedish eHealth Agency - Leon DOORN, CEO and Co-Founder | MedQAIR - Igor BOSSENKO, Researcher and Lecturer at TalTech | eHealth Interoperability Expert at World Health Organisation - Lenne-Triin KÕRGVEE, Director | Tartu University Hospital, Cancer Centre of Tartu University Hospital / Pediatric oncologist-haematologist | Haematology and Oncology Clinic of Tartu University Hospital | |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Coffee & Networking | |
| 16:00 – 16:20 | Inspirational keynote speech: "No one yet knows just how good the future will be" - Elizabeth JENNINGS, Managing Partner | Venture Atlas Labs | |
| 16:20 - 17:05 | Session IV: Best practices in health innovation based on the examples of Singapore and Australia Moderator: Elizabeth JENNINGS, Managing Partner | Venture Atlas Labs Panellists: - Henry HO, Associate Professor/Executive Director | National Health Innovation Centre in Singapore (NHIC) - Melissa POLLARD, Executive Manager of Digital Health & Technology | Hunter New England and Central Coast Primary Health Network Australia | |
| 17:05 – 17:15 | Key Takeaways of the Day and Closing Remarks |