Europe’s healthcare leaders will meet on 14-16 June 2022 at the HIMSS22 European Health Conference & Exhibitionin Helsinki, Finland. Helsinki University Hospital will showcase their expertise and results of joint R&D with companies through the CleverHealth Network ecosystem and “E3 Excellence in Pandemics Response” project. These two entities are part of the inspiring program at the event, where Finnish knowhow on health technologies is on display for the international participant group of healthcare pioneers and innovators.  

HIMSS22 Europe is Europe’s most influential event for digital health. Organized at Helsinki Expo and Convention Centre, the international event offers a program with tens of sessions and extensive networking opportunities to European healthcare experts.   

At the Finnish Pavilion, Director of Strategic Development Visa Honkanen of HUS starts the first day on Finnish healthcare knowhow with his keynote on “How data-based innovations reshape healthcare”. His keynote, taking place on the 15th June, will lead the discussion towards interesting use cases, several Finnish stakeholders and innovative companies working in this area. Another important presentation related to CleverHealth Network is given by Prof. Kimmo Porkka, Head of Division at HUS Comprehensive Cancer Center and the leader of the Acute leukemia project. He will speak in the session on Data Driven Population Health Management. 

The Excellence in Pandemics Response (E3) project will take the conference stage on the 16th of June, where Markku Heino from Spinverse will host a one-hour session called “Pandemic-safe indoor solutions”. The session offers insights into tackling the challenge through this extensive joint project. Enni Sanmark from HUS and Aku Karvinen from VTT will open the research angles on healthcare and air-borne contamination aspects. Company perspectives will be brought by Milla Mikkola, Roche, Kim Hagström, Halton and Jukka Vasara, Granlund highlighting the roles of diagnostics, indoor-climate control and smart hospital building, respectively. The session ends in a panel discussion.  

Results of the ongoing projects in CleverHealth Network ecosystem will be shown in the exhibition, and some of the key clinical specialists from HUS and experts from partner companies working within the ecosystem will also be present at the CleverHealth Network stand in the exhibition area. Project Director of the ecosystem Mirka Tammi says: “We are excited to be part of this international healthcare event and are looking forward to discussing about our project outcomes and new initiatives with other experts. Welcome to meet our clinical experts and companiesat stand #1110.“ 

In addition, in the exhibition the offering of Health Proof Helsinki, a Centre of Simulation Hospital & Center of Biomechanics & Movement, run by Metropolia, HUS and City of Helsinki is showcased. 

Meet the experts from HUS and partner companies at our stand and learn more about our projects: 

Wed 15.6.

At 10:00 - 11:00 Rare diseases; TietoEvry
At 11:00 - 12:00 Home dialysis; Gillie
At 12:00 - 12:30 BCB Medical
At 12:30  - 13:00 BC Platforms
At 13:00 - 14:00 AICCELERATE
At 14:30 - 15:30 AI Head; Planmeca, CGI

Thu 16.6.

At 12:00 - 13:00 eMOM GDM; Fujitsu

The congress is organized by HIMSS (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society), a global advisor and thought leader organization. HIMSS22 Europe addresses the reformation of Europe’s health systems across six main conference themes: digital maturity and security, artificial intelligence, workforce development, digital public health, person-enabled health and integrated care. 

The Finnish partners of the event are City of Helsinki with its Health Capital Helsinki project, Business Finland, The Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra, University of Helsinki, HUS Helsinki University Hospital, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment, Turku Science Park, Health Tampere, Kuopio Health, OuluHealth, and the event site Helsinki Expo and Convention Centre.