HELT 2026 AGENDA (TENTATIVE)
Registration
Welcome and Opening Remarks by Prof. Paul QUINN, Director of VUB-HALL / Chair of HELT 2026, and Mr. Olivér VÁRHELYI, EU Commissioner for Health and Animal Welfare (DG-SANTE)
Morning Keynote by Mr. Marco MARSELLA, Director for ‘Digital, EU4Health and Health Systems Modernisation’ at DG-SANTE
Main Hall
Responsible AI for HDABs: Ethical, transparent and trustworthy health data permit issuing in the EHDS (Organised by Sciensano)
Balcony Room
From wellness apps to data holders - The role of digital health apps in the European Health Data Space (Organised by TU Dresden – EKFZ)
Pad Room
Collection, provision, use, and governance of planetary health data: Insights from the PLANET4HEALTH project (Organised by EU Project PLANET4HEALTH)
Coffee break
Main Hall
The role of existing health data repositories under the new rules on secondary use in the European Health Data Space (Organised by Universiteit Gent)
Balcony Room
Who will benefit from the EHDS? Benefit sharing in the framework of the EHDS Regulation (Organised by Universität Wien - ID Law)
The Pad Room
(TBC)
Lunch
Afternoon Keynote by Mr. Frank ROBBEN, Founder of the Belgian eHealth Platform, CEO of Smals
Main Hall
Private data, public interest – The intersection of GDPR and EHDS Panel (Organised by Data Protection Commission Ireland)
Balcony Room
From regulation to practice: Governing generative AI and health data under the EHDS (Organised by EU Project PUREMIND)
The Pad Room
[Title TBC] (Co-organised by Lexxion & Vrije Universiteit Brussel-HALL)
Coffee break
Main Hall
[Title TBC] (Organised by Vrije Universiteit Brussel-HALL)
Balcony Room
Entangled data futures: Cross sector data governance linking health and agrifood systems in Europe’s emerging data spaces (Organised by EU Project DATA4FOOD)
The Pad Room
[Title TBC] (Co-organised by Lexxion & Vrije Universiteit Brussel-HALL)
Closing remarks by Prof. Paul QUINN, Director of VUB-HALL / Chair of HELT 2026
Farewell
Welcome and Opening Remarks by Prof. Paul QUINN, Director of VUB-HALL / Chair of HELT 2026, and Mr. Olivér VÁRHELYI, EU Commissioner for Health and Animal Welfare (DG-SANTE)
Morning Keynote by Mr. Marco MARSELLA, Director for ‘Digital, EU4Health and Health Systems Modernisation’ at DG-SANTE
Responsible AI for HDABs: Ethical, transparent and trustworthy health data permit issuing in the EHDS (Organised by Sciensano)
Coffee break
The role of existing health data repositories under the new rules on secondary use in the European Health Data Space (Organised by Universiteit Gent)
Lunch
Afternoon Keynote by Mr. Frank ROBBEN, Founder of the Belgian eHealth Platform, CEO of Smals
Private data, public interest – The intersection of GDPR and EHDS Panel (Organised by Data Protection Commission Ireland)
Coffee break
[Title TBC] (Organised by Vrije Universiteit Brussel-HALL)
Closing Remarks by Prof. Paul QUINN, Director of VUB-HALL / Chair of HELT 2026
Plenary Session @Main Hall
Plenary Session @Main Hall
From wellness apps to data holders - The role of digital health apps in the European Health Data Space (Organised by TU Dresden – EKFZ)
Coffee break
Who will benefit from the EHDS? Benefit sharing in the framework of the EHDS Regulation (Organised by Universität Wien - ID Law)
Lunch
Plenary Session @Main Hall
From regulation to practice: Governing generative AI and health data under the EHDS (Organised by EU Project PUREMIND)
Coffee break
Entangled data futures: Cross sector data governance linking health and agrifood systems in Europe’s emerging data spaces (Organised by EU Project DATA4FOOD)
Plenary Session @Main Hall
Plenary Session @Main Hall
Plenary Session @Main Hall
Collection, provision, use, and governance of planetary health data: Insights from the PLANET4HEALTH project (Organised by EU Project PLANET4HEALTH)
Coffee break
[TBC]
Lunch
Plenary Session @Main Hall
[Title TBC] (Co-organised by Lexxion & Vrije Universiteit Brussel-HALL)
Coffee break
[Title TBC] (Co-organised by Lexxion & Vrije Universiteit Brussel-HALL)
Plenary Session @Main Hall