HELT 2026 AGENDA
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)
Launch 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)
Launch Pad Room
Get REHDY to step into Europe’s Health Data Ecosystem – an interactive role-play workshop (Organised by imec-SMIT)
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)
Launch Pad Room
[Title TBC] (Co-organised by Lexxion & Vrije Universiteit Brussel-HALL)
Coffee break
Main Hall
Implementation challenges in the domain of primary use of health data (Organised by Vrije Universiteit Brussel-HALL)
Balcony Room
Bridging genomics and healthcare: The legal status of genomic data and their relationship to the Electronic Health Record (EHR) (Organised by KU Leuven)
Launch Pad Room
Entangled data futures: Cross sector data governance linking health and agrifood systems in Europe’s emerging data spaces (Organised by EU Project DATA4FOOD)
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)
Panel Discussion
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)
Panel Discussion
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)
Panel Discussion
Coffee break
Implementation challenges in the domain of primary use of health data (Organised by Vrije Universiteit Brussel-HALL)
Panel Discussion
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)
Panel Discussion
Coffee break
Who will benefit from the EHDS? Benefit sharing in the framework of the EHDS Regulation (Organised by Universität Wien - ID Law)
Workshop
Lunch
Plenary Session @Main Hall
From regulation to practice: Governing generative AI and health data under the EHDS (Organised by EU Project PUREMIND)
Panel Discussion
Coffee break
Bridging genomics and healthcare: The legal status of genomic data and their relationship to the Electronic Health Record (EHR) (Organised by KU Leuven)
Panel Discussion
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)
Workshop
Coffee break
Get REHDY to step into Europe’s Health Data Ecosystem – an interactive role-play workshop (Organised by imec-SMIT)
Workshop
Lunch
Plenary Session @Main Hall
2026 EHPL & HELT Young Scholars Award (Co-organised by Lexxion & Vrije Universiteit Brussel-HALL)
Paper Presentation
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)
Workshop
Plenary Session @Main Hall