October 7, 2021

Digital transformation for informed decision-making in healthcare

Ljubljana

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The Covid-19 epidemic has exposed the issue of a non-systematic approach to digitization in the health systems worldwide, including Slovenia. If we aim for a high-quality, fast-responsive, and sustainable healthcare system, a key solution becomes evident: systematic digitization involving the unification of data recording and their high-quality processing. This was emphasized by prominent foreign and domestic experts during the 10th strategic conference 'The Value of Innovation,' held under the theme 'Digital Transformation for Informed Decision-Making in Healthcare.


Program

12:00

Welcome speeches

Jurij Stariha, MSc, President of Forum of International Research and Development Pharmaceutical Companies Board

Janez Poklukar, minister of health

12:15

Digitalization as backbone for best treatment outcomes

Data and Digital: Making Europe a world leader in life sciences

Nathalie Moll, BSc, Director General of European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA)

Data and AI in medical technologies

Michael Strübin, Director of Digital Health at MedTech Europe

How health data is driving innovation

prof. Dipak Kalra, PhD, President at The European Institute for Innovation through Health Data

Finland – EU role model on innovative health data management

Minna Hendolin, PhD, Leading Specialist in Sitra’s Health Data 2030 project

Digitization – the foundation for achieving the best treatment results, Ministry of health perspective

Bogdan Tušar, Acting Director General of the Directorate for Health System Development at the Ministry of Health

Use of data – the foundation for achieving the best treatment results, National Institute for Public Health perspective

Metka Zaletel, Head of Health Data Centre at National Institute of Public Health Slovenia

Digitization – the basis for achieving the best treatment results -Health Insurance Institute perspective

Anka Bolka, Head of Directorate of Field for Development and Analysis at Health Insurance Institute of Slovenia

13:20

New breakthrough therapies and technologies on horizon

Local Breakthroughs for global progress

prof. Roman Jerala, PhD, Head of the Department of Synthetic Biology and Immunology at the National Institute of Chemistry in Ljubljana and a full professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at the University of Ljubljana

The Future of RNA technology

prof. Borut Štrukelj, PhD, Head of the Department of Pharmaceutical Biology at the Faculty of Pharmacy University of Ljubljana

Pepper – the first humanoid robot to support hospital care

Izidor Mlakar, PhD, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Maribor and Maribor University Medical Centre

Improving Patient Outcomes through Smart Insulin Pens

Christian Theil Lundgaard, MSc, Head of Global Digital Health partnership at Novo Nordisk

From COVID-19 to all vaccines: how to realize a common electronic vaccination card across the EU

Jean-Louis Koeck, founder of MesVaccins.net platform

14:00

How to best prepare for the future?

The year ahead is the morning of the digital transformation of Slovenian healthcare

Gregor Cuzak, MSc, MBA,  Co-creator and co-organiser of HealthDay.si

Benefits of digitalization and data sharing for patients

Maja Južnič Sotlar, Vice president of EuropaColon Slovenia

Closing remarks

Barbara Stegel, MSc,  Secretary general at Forum of International Research and Development Pharmaceutical Companies

Speakers

Roman Jerala

Roman Jerala

Prof. Roman Jerala, PHd is head of the Department of Synthetic Biology and Immunology at the National Institute of Chemistry in Ljubljana. Since 2010 he has been a full professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at the University of Ljubljana.

Nathalie Moll

Nathalie Moll

Director General, EFPIA

Bogdan Tušar

Bogdan Tušar

Bogdan Tušar, a law graduate, began his career at the Office for Money Laundering at the Ministry of Finance. 

Barbara Stegel

Barbara Stegel

Barbara Stegel, MSc, has several years of experience in management and marketing. 

Anka Bolka

Anka Bolka

Anka Bolka has many years of experience in the field of health insurance.

Borut Štrukelj

Borut Štrukelj

Prof. dr. Borut Štrukelj is a professor at the Faculty of Pharmacy in Ljubljana. In 1980 he enrolled at the FNT-Department of Pharmacy of the University of Ljubljana, where he completed his studies with an excellent grade and continued his doctoral studies.

Izidor Mlakar

Izidor Mlakar

Izidor Mlakar, PhD, received his PhD degree in electrical engineering from the University of Maribor in Slovenia.

Gregor Cuzak

Gregor Cuzak

Gregor Cuzak, MSc, MBA, has been the co-creator and co-organiser of HealthDay.si, the Slovenian eHealth ecosystem.

Dipak Kalra

Dipak Kalra

Professor Dipak Kalra, PhD, is President of The European Institute for Innovation through Health Data (i~HD).

Michael Strübin

Michael Strübin

Michael Strübin is Director Digital Health at MedTech Europe, the European trade association for the medical technology industry including diagnostics, medical devices and digital health.

Minna Hendolin

Minna Hendolin

Minna Hendolin, PhD, has several years management and leadership experience both in private and public organization resulting in a wide knowledge in health sector business ecosystems, innovation and financing.

Metka Zaletel

Metka Zaletel

Metka Zaletel is a mathematician with additional education and a master's degree in the United Kingdom on the topic of social data analysis.

Maja Južnič Sotlar

Maja Južnič Sotlar

Maja Južnič Sotlar is a graduate English scholar and a journalist who has been working in the field of healthcare communications for more than 20 years.

Jurij Stariha, MSc

Jurij Stariha, MSc

Jurij Stariha, MSc, joined Novo Nordisk Slovenia in 2016 as MA&PA manager for Slovenian region. 

Christian Theil Lundgaard, MSc

Christian Theil Lundgaard, MSc

Christian Theil Lundgaard, MSc, is a Head of Global Digital Health partnership at Novo Nordisk.