Nordic Health Data Summit – A VALO & FinHITS Forum 30.10.2025

Описание: On 30 October 2025, VALO partnered with the FinHITS project and Finland’s Ministry of Transport and Communication to host the Nordic Health Data Summit. Hosted by Mikael Rinnetmäki (VALO, Sitra) and Antti Piirainen (FinHITS, Findata), the summit highlighted the Nordic region’s leadership in implementing the European Health Data Space (EHDS) and fostering cross-border collaboration in the secondary use of health data.

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Programme:

Session 1: The Nordics and Baltics taking the lead on EHDS implementation
Markus Kalliola, Programme Director, The Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra

Session 2: Unlocking the potential of federated analysis and OMOP — insights, challenges, and future directions
Åslaug Helland, MD, PhD, Research Director, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital
James Brash, PhD, Senior Healthcare Data Scientist, IQVIA
Talita Duarte Salles, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medical Informatics, Erasmus MC
Severin Kohler, Interoperability Researcher, Heidelberg University Hospital
Christian Högberg, Health Data Entrepreneur & Change Agent, edenceHealth NV & Passion 2 Improve AB
Gustav Klingstedt, Senior Planning Officer, Institute for Health and Welfare

Session 3: Advancing Nordic collaboration in health data
Rebekka Björg Guðmundsdóttir, Project Manager, Directorate of Health Iceland
Julius Joudakis, Head of the Health Data Team, State Data Agency
Marketta Liljeström, Coordinator for Patient and Public Involvement and Communications, iCAN – Digital Precision Cancer Medicine
Nicolas E. Vaugelade-Baust, M.D., Nordic Evidence Generation Director, Novartis
Sigríður Haraldsdóttir Elínardóttir, Head of Division, Health Information, Directorate of Health Iceland

Session 4: Strengthening Finland’s health data infrastructure
Maari Parkkinen, Development Manager, Findata

VALO: https://www.sitra.fi/valo
FinHITS: https://findata.fi/en/finhits/