Health&Tech Summit 2025
December 16-17, 2025 | Marseille, France
Join the Europe's premier healthcare innovation conference connecting 300+ C-level executives, hospital directors, and technology pioneers from 24+ countries.
Why Marseille? The Hotspot for 2025
Strategic Location
France's second-largest city and major Mediterranean port with direct flights to 107 destinations. Gateway for healthcare stakeholders from three continents, all within a 3-hour flight radius.
Ecosystem Excellence
Features APHM's network of 4 university hospitals, 3,400 beds and 16,000 healthcare professionals. €45M invested in digital transformation since 2020, leading 125+ health technology research projects.
Unique Partnerships
Exclusive hospital tours and demonstrations at APHM facilities with department heads as speakers. Behind-the-scenes access to pioneering projects in AI diagnostics, remote monitoring, and precision medicine.
Iconic Venues
Gala Dinner at the historic Cercle des Nageurs, a century-old club on Mediterranean cliffs. 5-star Provençal cuisine while networking with 200+ industry leaders where Olympic champions have trained since 1921.
Program Schedule
Day 1 Program – December 16th
07:45-08:45 :Early Morning Thematic Session: Synchronizing Local, National and International Interoperability
Location: Novotel
Experts panel:
Prof. Henrique Martins
FCS-UBI and ISCTE-IUL
Associate Professor in Health Management and Leadership
Associate Professor in Health Management and Leadership
Portugal
Florence Dupré
La Poste Group
Global Healthcare Officer
France
Catherine Chronaki
HL7 Europe
Secretary General
Eva Sabajova
Digital Health Slovakia & HL7 Slovakia
Chair
Slovakia
Rory Davidson
SNOMED International
Chief Digital Information Officer
UK
Dr. Osama El Hassan
Dubai Health Authority & ZIMAM
Specialist, Health Informatics & Smart Health Dept
UAE
Dimitrios Kakoulis
Infor
Leader Strategy Health & Industry EMEA
Germany
Dmitry Etin
Deggendorf Institute of Technology | Forome Association
Digital Health Technology Strategist
Austria
Thierry Dart
French eHealth Agency
Director of Interoperability
France
Prof. James Teo
Cleveland Clinic London / Kings College Hospital
Professor of Neurology / Chief Medical Officer / Member of NHS 10 Year Plan Working Group - Data & Infrastructure
UK
09:00 : Welcome and Summit Stakes
Prof. Stéphanie Allassonnière
University Paris Cité & PR[AI]RIE
VP Valorisation & Partnerships
France
Cris Ross
Aegis Ventures
Venture Partner, former CIO Mayo Clinic
USA
Isabelle Zablit
International Digital Health Advisor
France
Sandrine Degos
Care Insight
CEO
France
09:15 : Inspiring Keynotes
Three Global Leaders. Three Critical Perspectives. What Future Are We Building?
David Novillo Ortiz
World Health Organization
Head of Data, Artificial Intelligence and Digital Health
WHO EURO
Prof. Ran Balicer
Clalit Health Services
Health Innovation and Founding Director
Israel
Leo Anthony Celi
MIT & Harvard Medical School
Senior Research Scientist, Associate Professor of Medicine
USA
09:50 : Scaling fast while doing no harm: strengthening data use for AI in 21st century health systems
With the rise of AI in health, we need to define approaches that enables the balance of forces – market (move fast), health (do no harm), and the public (scale). And a big part of achieving that vision requires enabling legal pathways for the use of data. This talk will describe practical methods to overcome challenges to enable AI in health at scale.
Eric Sutherland
OECD
Senior Health Economist
10:05 : Reimagining Global Health Through AI: Innovations for the Next Decade
Panelists :
François Cremieux
AP-HM
(University Hospital of Marseille)
CEO
France
France
Bogi Eliasen
Movement Health Foundation
Executive Director
Swiss
Leo Anthony Celi
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Harvard Medical School ,
Senior Research Scientist, Associate Professor of Medicine
USA
Carme Artigas
Harvard Kennedy School- Belfer Center
Former Co-Chair UN AI Advisory Body , former Spain’s Secretary of State for Digitalization and AI
Spain
Moderator:
Dr. Anna van Poucke
Global Health Transformers
CEO
Former Global Head of Healthcare of KPMG International
The Netherlands
10:50 : Innovation Contest: Advanced Ambient Listening
Next-generation AI solutions transforming clinical workflows through intelligent ambient capture and decision support—beyond simple transcription.
Keynote from Cleveland Clinic sharing their AI ambient listening implementation journey—selection criteria, challenges, and real clinical impact.
Live Demos: Finalists showcase their solutions through real-world clinical scenarios (primary care visits, specialist consultations, multidisciplinary meetings, chronic care follow-ups), followed by jury Q&A and scoring.
Jury panel :
Cris Ross
Aegis Ventures
Venture Partner, former CIO Mayo Clinic
USA
USA
Melanie Tan
Cleveland Clinic London
Director of Medical Informatics
UK
Prof. Ran Balicer
Clalit Health Services
Health Innovation and Founding Director
Israel
Israel
Prof. Demet Yuksel
Saint-Luc University Clinic
Chief Medical Information Officer
Belgium
Belgium
Nis Johannsen
South-Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority
Head of Digital Innovation
Norway
Norway
Christel Vincenti
UNIHA
Project Manager
France
Dr. Osama El Hassan
Dubai Health Authority & ZIMAM
Specialist, Health Informatics & Smart Health Dept
UAE
Nicolas Castoldi
@Hôtel Dieu, AP-HP(University Hospital of Paris)
Executive Director
France
11:35-11:50 : Fireside chat: From ‘Wow’ Demo to Approved AI: Bridging Innovation, Regulation and Real-World Care
This Fireside chat will offer a candid dialogue between Prof. Pierre Champsaur and Prof. James Teo, guided by Dr Béatrice Falise-Mirat, on how to bridge innovation, regulation and real-world care without losing speed or safety.
Prof. Pierre Champsaur
AP-HM
(University Hospital of Marseille)
Head of Radiology Department
France
Prof. James Teo
Cleveland Clinic London / Kings College Hospital
Professor of Neurology / Chief Medical Officer / Member of NHS 10 Year Plan Working Group - Data & Infrastructure
UK
Dr. Béatrice Falise-Mirat
Care Insight
Scientific Director
France
11:50-12:30 : European & International Regulation : What's next to come
Panelists:
Fulvia Raffaelli
European Commission
Head of Digital Health Unit
Fidelia Cascini
Italian Ministry of Health
Digital Health Advisor
Head of the Scientific Secretariat, Presidency of the National Institute of Health in Italy
Italy
Louisa Stüwe
French Ministry of Health
Project Director - Digital Health Delegation
France
Kenneth Ahrensberg
Danish Health Data Authority
Special Adviser
Denmark
Tapani Piha
FIPRA
Special Adviser
Finland
Eva Sabajova
Digital Health Slovakia & HL7 Slovakia
Chair
Slovakia
Moderator:
Isabelle Zablit-Schmitz
International Digital Health Advisor
France
12:30 : Lunch and Networking
13:30-17:00 : Parallel Tracks
13:30-17:00 Track 1 : Navigating the use of generated data and patients in research
Co-chairs:
Prof. Stéphanie Allassonnière
University Paris Cité & PR[AI]RIE
VP Valorisation & Partnerships
France
Dr. Lara Jehi
Cleveland Clinic
Chief Research Information Officer
USA
USA
Speakers :
Clementine Body
French Agency for Innovation in Health (AIS)
Director of Cross-Functional and International Projects
France
Prof. Irene Vignon-Clementel
INRIA FRANCE
Research Director
France
Catherine Chronaki
HL7 Europe
Secretary General
Dr. Alexandre Drezet
Foch Hospital
Director of Innovation
France
Prof. Pierre-Antoine Gourraud
Faculty of Medicine of Nantes University
Professor
France
Magnus Kjellberg
Sahlgrenska University Hospital
Director of AI Competence Center
Sweden
Camille Schurtz
Clinical Research & Health Policy Specialist
France&USA
Prof. Sarah Zohar
Inserm - Inria
Coordinator of the EU Horizon collaborative project INVENTS
Head of research team HeKA
France
Sylvain Dal-Mas
ALIA Santé
Founder
France
Imen Megdiche
ISIS Castres/INUC/IRIT
Associate Professor and Research Director
France
Pierre Loulergue
Ethik-IA
Infectious Disease Specialist
France
France
Dr. Kalliopi Kastampolidou
Institute of Applied Biosciences at the Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (INAB|CERTH)
Researcher and Scientific Project Manager
Researcher and Scientific Project Manager
Greece
Andrew Thomson
Regnitio
Owner and Lead Consultant
The Netherlands
Tina Morrison
EQTY Lab
Vice President of Scientific Strategy
USA
Thierry Marchal
Avivenna Alliance
President & Secretary General
France
Juan Pablo de la Plata
Replico
CEO
France
Francois - Henri Boissel
Nova In Silico
Ambassador
France
13:30-17:00 Track 2 : How to Leverage AI & Data for Hospital Operational Efficiency
Co-chairs:
Prof. Demet Yuksel
Saint-Luc University Clinic
Chief Medical Information Officer
Belgium
Prof. James Teo
Cleveland Clinic London / Kings College Hospital
Professor of Neurology / Chief Medical Officer / Member of NHS 10 Year Plan Working Group - Data & Infrastructure
UK
Speakers :
Matthias Groeschel
Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Head Research Group on TB and Clinical AI
Germany
Germany
Dr. Sujoy Kar
Apollo Hospitals
Chief Medical Information Officer & Vice President
India
India
Prof. Henrique Martins
FCS-UBI and ISCTE-IUL
Associate Professor in Health Management and Leadership
Portugal
Albert Marinez
Cleveland Clinic
VP and Chief Analytics Officer
USA
Dr. Avi Tsur
Sheba Medical Center / ARC
Director of the Hybrid High Risk Antepartum Unit; CMO ARC
Israel
Nis Johannsen
South-Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority
Head of Digital Innovation
Norway
Norway
Maxime Griot
Saint-Luc University Hospital
Research Scientist
Belgium
Guillaume Reynaud
Dedalus
Director of BU Connected Care/Data/Life Science/Command Center
France
Rory Davidson
SNOMED International
Chief Digital Information Officer
UK
Dmitry Etin
Deggendorf Institute of Technology | Forome Association
Digital Health Technology Strategist
Austria
Dr. Hervé Rivière
InterSystems
Medical Director
France
Emilie Mercadal
Rofim
CEO
France
Laurent Pierre
French Public Hospitals Federation (FHF)
Digital Health Advisor
France
Dr. Paul Garassus
UEHP/SFES/BAQIMEHP
Honorary President/Vice President/Scientific Council President
Belgium
13:30-17:00 Track 3 : Implementing Population Health Management (PHM) from Hospital to Home Care
Co-chairs :
Prof. Dr. Lutz Hager
BMC (German Managed Care Association)
Chairman
Germany
Jordi Piera Jiménez
Catalan Health Service
Director of the Digital Health Strategy
Spain
Speakers:
Nicolas Carrié
Vivalto Santé
Head of Transformation & International Coordination
France
France
Antoine Malone
French Public Hospitals Federation (FHF)
Director of Foresight and International Relations
France
Bogi Eliasen
Movement Health Foundation
Executive Director
Swiss
Manuel Bosch
Ribera Salud Hospital
Chief Transformation Officer
Spain
Jeff Kirk Svane
North Zealand Hospital
Senior Consultant
Denmark
Florence Dupré
La Poste Group
Global Healthcare Officer
France
Dimitrios Kakoulis
Infor
Leader Strategy Health & Industry EMEA
Germany
Marie-Gabrielle Rietsch
Digital Health Delegation, French Ministry of Health
Project Director
France
Celine Orhond
EXPe-Santé
CEO & Consultant
France
Adrien Vaudron
Southern Alps Hospital Center
Physician in the Medical Information Department
France
Dr.Omar Beloucif
LA POSTE SANTE & AUTONOMIE
Directeur médical
13:30-17:30 : Strategic Masterclass& Interactive " Board meeting" Simulation
Jury panel :
Cris Ross
Aegis Ventures
Venture Partner, former CIO Mayo Clinic
USA
Dr. Osama El Hassan
Dubai Health Authority & ZIMAM
Specialist, Health Informatics & Smart Health Dept
UAE
Nicolas Castoldi
@Hôtel Dieu, AP-HP(University Hospital of Paris)
Executive Director
France
Jesper Grønbæk
Health Tech Hub Copenhagen
CEO & Founder
Denmark
Arnaud Houette
EXTENS CONSEIL
Managing Partner
France
Gustave Degos
Care Insight
Data Marketing Manager
France
Hervé de Belenet
Care Insight
Head of AI
France
Maeva Denis
Provence Promotion
Investment Advisor for Life Sciences
France
17:30-18:30 Impact of AI on Workforce & Competencies Frameworks
Exploring the evolving landscape of healthcare workforce skills and competencies in the AI era.
Experts panel :
Prof. Henrique Martins
FCS-UBI and ISCTE-IUL
Associate Professor in Health Management and Leadership
Portugal
Prof. Pascal Staccini
Faculty of Medicine of the University of Côte d'Azur
CMO
France
Dr. Osama El Hassan
Dubai Health Authority & ZIMAM
Specialist, Health Informatics & Smart Health Dept
UAE
Leo Anthony Celi
MIT& Harvard Medical School
Senior Research Scientist, Associate Professor of Medicine
USA
Catherine Chronaki
HL7 Europe
Secretary General
Anna Forsberg
Forsberg Advisory
Founder
Sweden
Marc Dumon
ANFH (National Association for Continuing Education of Hospital Staff)
Regional Delegate
France
Simon Lewerenz
ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon
Researcher - Business Research Unit Digital Health International
Portugal
Target Domains & Start-Up Segments
The Health&Tech Summit focuses on key areas transforming healthcare and provides a platform for start-ups at various stages
Research & Discovery
Leveraging AI for clinical trials, imaging analysis, multi-omics, and digital pathology.
Operational Efficiency
Augmented inventory management system, Optimizing workflow automation (NLP), resource management, streamlining complex care processes and reducing burnout with AI solutions, clinical decision support tools...
Prevention & Population Health
Predictive modeling, digital screening, remote monitoring, risk stratification, public health data platforms
Special Prize : Agentic AI
Autonomous virtual care agents, multi-modal adaptive platforms integrating diverse clinical data, intelligent workflow automation tools optimizing hospital operations, predictive clinical decision support systems, and self-learning care coordination agents.
Start-Up Stages
We welcome innovations from various development phases:
- Early-stage: Companies in ideation or pilot phases, seeking validation and initial partnerships.
- Mature: Start-ups with market traction and commercial deployments, looking to scale and connect with broader industry.
Fill out our quick readiness questionnaire to assess your strategic fit and readiness for the HealthTech Summit 2025
Registration
Hospital/Institution/Research academic/NGO Delegate
€ 595 (exclu. tax)
Full access to all summit sessions
Networking reception included
Industrial delegate
€ 2000 (exclu. tax)
Complete programme access
Digital proceedings package
Startup delegate
€ 1200 (exclu. tax)
Your company must meet the following criteria to benefit from this privileged access:
Your company must meet the following criteria to benefit from this privileged access:
- A turnover of less than 1 million euros
- Less than 3 years of existence
Complete programme access (except innovation contest)
Full access to all summit sessions
Full access to all summit sessions
Networking reception included
Your Registration Includes:
- Day 1: Full access to plenary sessions and Innovation Contest
- Day 1: Choice of one thematic track with workshop participation
- Day 2: AP-HM & IHU hospital immersion and facility tours
- Choice of one masterclass (MAS-AI or Scale-Up)
- Networking breaks: two lunches and coffee breaks
- Access to all keynote speakers and expert panels
- Digital materials and track deliverables
- Professional networking with over 300 international delegates
- French professional training certification (for eligible participants)
Highlights from the last edition
Whether it was our 2025 Health&Tech Summit or our scientific conference programmes, each event has left a lasting impact on our community. Our attendees have been able to discover the latest advancements in their field, exchange ideas and forge valuable connections.
Our 2024 Summit gathered over 260 delegates from 24 different countries. 96% of participants rated the event as "excellent" or "very good".
Join us for our upcoming edition and become an integral part of this dynamic and inspiring community.
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