health.tech conference 2024

On 5-6 June 2024, the third annual health.tech Conference, powered by Bits & Pretzels, will take place at the International Congress Center Messe (ICM) in Munich. Together with Founding Partners, Roche and EIT Health, health.tech promises the clearest and most distinctive focus on what’s next across the world of healthcare including hospitals, payers, tech-companies, start-ups, digitalisation, data, and regulation.

Don’t miss this opportunity to join us at Europe’s leading platform to hear the leading voices in healthtech, increase your network, and walk away with critical insights and new connections that help you stay ahead, powering your strategies, your relationships, and your business.

Once again, the Start-up Exhibition will be at the centre of the event. This is an annual showcase where start-ups from around the world who are building the next big thing in healthtech can present their product to potential customers, access investors, build relationships and make new connections that could transform their business.

On Day 1, the EIT Health team will be represented at the following two sessions:

Crossroads of Care – 1:45 – Healthcare funding and innovation in the EU – this session asks how can dedicated funding schemes at the EU level trigger sustainable member state funding and reimbursement for medical value digital solutions e.g. clinical decision support systems?

Speakers: Afua van Haasteren (Director, Health Policy & External Affairs, Roche Diagnostics), Caroline Gyorgy (COO, Exploris Health), and Maria Sanchis (Senior Open Innovation & Innovative Procuremet Manager, EIT Health)

Deep Dive A – 1:45 – Navigating the healthcare investment roller-coaster – a dynamic session that dynamic session where we explores what it takes to be a successful investor in this sector, learn valuable dos and don’ts from experienced professionals, and gain insight into the rules of the game in healthcare investment.

Speakers: Marc Julien (Senior Director Accelerator, EIT Health), and Cecile Real (CEO Medevice Capital)

EIT Health’s Euro Vision Health Stage

Run by EIT Health, the Euro Vision Health Stage on day 2 of the conference is the place to gain pan-European perspectives on ground-breaking projects and opportunities in the global HealthTech ecosystem.

9:15 Unlocking Tomorrow’s Potential: Skills insights from EIF and the WorkInHealth Foundation – Uncover the trends shaping tomorrow’s start-ups and investment funds.

Speakers: Jerome Fabiano (Deputy Director France, EIT Health), Philipp Spenger (Head of Unit-EC Fund Investment Services, European Investment Bank), Antoine Chaudieres (Senior Manager in Digital Health Sciences, EY), Urska Bux (Senior Programme Manager, EIT Health), and Frank Lang (Senior Manager, Markets Assessment & Research, EIF)

10:05 Pioneering Consensus: Innovating Evaluation for Digital Medical Devices – this session addresses the pressing need for consensus among member states, fostering regional convergence on evaluation methodologies.

Speakers: Jochen Klucken (Principle Investigator, University of Luxembourg), Ralph Steidl (CEO, Portabiles HealthCare Technologies), Liz Ashall-Payne (CEO, ORCHA), and Marisa Kaup (Director Market Access, Oviva AG)

10:55 Accelerating Digital Health Innovation through Reimbursement Pathways – A Practical Guide — this session explores the intricate landscape of reimbursement systems, shedding light on how the DiGinnovation programme supports and empowers start-ups to navigate and integrate into these frameworks seamlessly.

Speakers: Sergio Gonzalez Alvarez (Innovation Lead, EIT Health), Elena Torrente (Digital Health Director, DKV), Sebastian Eckl (CEO, ProCarement), Emeline Hahn (CEO, Fizimed), Jonas Albert (Managing Consultant, fbeta), and Aline Noizet (Founder, Digital Health Connector)

11:45 Empowering Innovators: Women leading the charge in healthcare entrepreneurship & Agnes Guerraz Prize – an electrifying session that explores the dynamic fusion of technology, entrepreneurship, and women’s empowerment in healthcare.

Speakers: Urska Bux (Senior Programme Manager, EIT Health), Joanna Wardzinski (Head, Global Healthcare Partnerships, Amazon Web Services), Natalie Walsh (Director of Entrepreneurial Development, University of Galway), Vera Moura (Director, Basinnov Life Sciences), and Ilinka Stanciu (Quality Assurance Manager, CC Diagnostics)

1:45 Health Innovations and Sustainable Futures: Leveraging global insights

Speakers: Sandra Baumgartner (Reporter, Sky Deutschland), Philipp Rosler (Founder and CEO, Consessor AG), and Robert Andre Gaudin (Chief Medical Advisor, Consessor AG)

2:35 Bavaria’s engagement in the European Health Data Space – this session will recapitulate the goals and challenges of the EHDS and to discuss its concrete impact on Bavaria as an e-health region.

Speakers: Dominik Pforringer (Academic Director, TUM Venture Lab, TUM), Birgit Bauer (Founder and Project Coordinator, Data Saves Lives), Franz Leisch (CEO, PRAEVENIRE), Bjoern Eskofier (Head of Machine Learning and Data Analytics Lab, FAU), and Juliane Frinken (Deputy Head/Senior Director for Germany/EMEA, Siemens Healthineers)

3:35 Emerging Equity: Initiatives that Increase Health Access – this session explores the challenges and opportunities in narrowing the scientific excellence and care gap in Western Europe and its comparatively less-developed regions.

Speakers: Monika Slezak (Coordinator of Industry Contact Point MedTech&Health, PORT, Polish Centre for Technology Development), Gabriele Grom (Public Policy Lead Mid Europe Region, MSD), Bertalan Jaszkuti (Managing Director, Syreon Research Institute), Julia Loffler (scientific Advisor/Clinical Expert IVD, Charite/Vision Zero/MHS TUV SUD), and Lucyna Wozniak (Vice Rector for Research Strategy and International Relations, Medical University of Lodz)

4:10 Helping Health Systems: Insights to prepare for the AI Era – learn how AI, in particular Electronic Health Records can shape our relationship to primary care
Keynote speaker: Charlotte Refsum (Director Health Policy, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change)

EIT Health Catapult finals

Once again, the EIT Health Catapult finals will take place at health.tech.

The Catapult programme boosts the development of European health start-ups by exposing them to leading experts and international investors. Winners often go on to achieve impressive growth. For example, deepeye, last year’s Digital Health winner, received a €2.5M investment in November, and Surge, one of last year’s Digital Health finalists, recently raised €7.5M following its second round of funding.

Join us on June 5 to see nine finalists from life sciences and healthtech compete on the main stage. The twenty semi-finalists are also invited to the final where they have the opportunity to pitch on a side stage and still have an opportunity of being awarded some of the Catapult Industry Partners’ prizes.