The eHealth Forum becomes the annual meeting point for Greece, the South East Mediterranean and the Middle East, to reach and network with key stakeholders.

The eHealth Forum invites  policy makers, industry leaders, medical professionals, health care providers, tech innovators, researchers, investors, pharma, telecommunications companies, patient advocacy groups and major health IT players to connect and pursue the role of ehealth as a catalyst of reform and enabler of economic growth.

Moderator: Dimitrios Koutsouris

• WATSON CARE MANAGER - SPYROS KOTOULAS
• BIG DATA ANALYTICS: PROMISE AND POTENTIAL FOR EHEALTH AND BIOMEDICINE - MANOLIS TSIKNAKIS
• TURNING OFF PAPER TO CREATE INFORMATION - RICHARD CORBRIDGE
• NEW GENERATION SEQUENCING : THE TECHNOLOGY THAT IS PRODUCING BIG DATA TO CHANGE DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY OF DISEASE - PROFESSOR ARTEMIS HATZIGEORGIOU
• RE-IMAGINING HEALTHCARE POWERED BY BIG DATA AND AI - ANDY WILKINS

Moderator: Karima Bourquard

• TELEMATICS: EHEALTH AT THE CENTRE - ALEXANDROS BREGIANNIS
• EHEALTH IN GREECE – CHALLENGES AND INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS - NIKOS LAMBROGEORGOS
• BEST PRACTICE FROM NORWAY - MONIKA JOHANSEN
• SHIPPING AND TELEHEALTH: BEST PRACTICES AND OUTCOMES - PERIKLIS TZARDIS
• CURRENT LEGAL AND ETHICAL CONCERNS IN TELEMEDICINE - DR PETRA WILSON

[Session in collaboration with ECHAlliance] Moderator: Brian O’Connor

• KEYNOTE SPEECH: “EU COMMISSION’S VISION FOR 2020 AND BEYOND” -MIGUEL GONZALEZ-SANCHO
• AN UPDATE ON THE ECHALLIANCE IN EUROPE, CHINA, CANADA AND THE U.S. - BRIAN O’CONNOR
• THE IRISH ECOSYSTEM AND EHEALTH STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION - MARIA O’LOUGHLIN & RICHARD CORBRIDGE
• ECOSYSTEM OF CATALONIA - JOAN CORNET
• ESTONIAN EHEALTH STRATEGY: LONG-TERM ROAD MAP FOR SUCCESS - PIRET HIRV
• PRESENTATION OF THE GREEK NETWORK EIP ON AHA - THEODOROS VONTETSIANOS
• A PROPOSITION FOR GREECE - ANTONIS KAROKIS

Moderator: Alexander Berler

• INTRODUCTORY KEYNOTE SPEECH: STANDARDS FOR THE FUTURE - CHARLES R. PARISOT
• HL7 PERSPECTIVES AND USE OF FHIR IN MHEALTH - W. ED HAMMOND
• STANDARDS AND THE ROLE OF THE BUYER: MEMBER STATES AND CONTINUA ADOPTION - MICHAEL STRUBIN
• EU COMMISSION PERSPECTIVE- FRANK CUNNINGHAM
• HOW TO ENSURE CANCER PATIENTS TRUST IN MHEALTH APPS - KATHI APOSTOLIDIS
• PANEL DISCUSSION - all speakers and IT specialist Nancy Karanassiou

Moderator: Prof. Theo Arvanitis

• KEYNOTE SPEECH: “SYSTEM INNOVATION: PREDICTING THE FUTURE?” - JOHN CRAWFORD
• PANEL DISCUSSION -PASCAL APOSTOLIDES - PANAGIOTIS BAMIDIS - GEORGE VELIOTIS - RICHARD BERGSTROM - KATHI APOSTOLIDIS - DASY PAPATHANASOPOULOU- THEODOROS VONTETSIANOS

Moderator: Dr. Costantine D. Spyropoulos, Director of Research, Inst. of Informatics & Telecommunications N.C.S.R. “Demokritos”

• UNITED4HEALTH PROJECT: TRANSFORMING THE PATIENT EXPERIENCE WITH TELEHEALTH IN EUROPE - DR ALEXANDRA BARGIOTA
• INTEGRATED CARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH MULTIMORBIDITY – LESSONS FROM THE EU PROJECT ICARE4EU - DR LIZ MESTHENEOS
• MOMENTUM: A MODEL FOR MOVING TECHNOLOGY-ENABLED CARE FORWARD - DIANE WHITEHOUSE
• “SMARTCARE” THE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AN INTEGRATED CARE TELE-MEDICINE PROJECT IN PATIENTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES - DR JOHN DOUPIS
• BATTLING COGNITIVE DECLINE WITH SOCIABLE+: THE JOURNEY OF AN ICT SERVICE FROM R&D TO THE MARKET - GIANNA TSAKOU
• THE LLM CARE ECOSYSTEM: A CANDIDATE EIP ON AHA REFERENCE SITE FOR SOCIAL CARE EMPOWERED BY THESSAHALL (AN AHA LIVING LAB) - PANAGIOTIS BAMIDIS

[session in collaboration with Greek Network EIP on AHA] Moderator: Theodoros Vontetsianos

• THE EUROPEAN JOINT ACTION CHRODIS - CHRISTOS KAMPOLIS
• ESMART PRESENTATION - LISA MCCANN
• ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF MULTIMORBIDITY AND MANAGING POLY-PHARMACY THROUGH DIGITALLY ENHANCED INTEGRATED CARE: THE C3-CLOUD H2020 PROJECT - THEODOROS N. ARVANITIS
• ΕUROPEAN POLICIES IN MANAGEMENT OF POLYPHARMACY AND THE ICT ERA: EU PROJECT ‘SIMMPATHY’ - DIMITRA GENNIMATA
• EHEALTH INNOVATIVE APPROACHES IN PREVENTING OBESITY AND EATING DISORDERS IN YOUNG POPULATION. THE SPLENDID APPROACH - PROF. ANASTASIOS DELOPOULOS

Moderator: Haralambos Karanikas

[In collaboration with Athens Medical Society & Hellenic Society of eHealth services and education -EEMEPY] Moderators: Grigoris Kouraklis & Xenophon Kondiadis. Commentator: Petra Wilson

• THE LEGAL FRAME FOR PROTECTING PATIENTS’ PERSONAL DATA IN HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IN - IOANNA ARSENOPOULOU
• HELLENIC DATA PROTECTION AUTHORITY REPRESENTATIVE
• THE ETHICS OF ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD - TAKIS VIDALIS
• IN THE CLOUD WE TRUST - ANTIGONI PAPANIKOLAOU
   

[session in collaboration with SEPVE] Moderator: Theo Arvanitis

• TRANSFORMATION OF THE MUNICIPAL CARE SERVICES IN THE IOT ERA: ACTIVAGE PROJECT - DIMITRIS PAPASTERGIOU
• VICINITY H2020 PROJECT – IOT CHALLENGES IN EHEALTH AND ASSISTED LIVING - ATHANASIOS TRYFERIDIS
• ADVANCED EHEALTH SERVICES/MOBILE APPLICATIONS - KOSTIS KAGGELIDIS
• POPULATION HEALTH APPROACH FOR HEALTHCARE TRANSFORMATION, UK EXAMPLE - DR. CRISTINA BESCOS
• NEW GENERATION CONNECTED HEALTH AND INTEGRATED CARE SYSTEMS. THE WELCOME APPROACH - IOANNA CHOUVARDA

[in collaboration with ITE/FORTH, iManageCancer]

• PATIENT EMPOWERMENT AND SELF-MANAGEMENT IN CANCER: PERSPECTIVES AND TOOLS FOR EHEALTH SUPPORT - ANDREA MANFRINATI
• THE IMANAGECANCER PERSONAL HEALTH RECORD - KOSTAS MARIAS
• MYHEALTHAVATAR – LIFE STYLE MANAGEMENT FOR CANCER PATIENTS - FENG DONG
• IMANAGEMYHEALTH – SMART DISEASE MANAGEMENT SUPPORT FOR CANCER PATIENTS - STEPHAN KIEFER
• OPEN DISCUSSION WITH AUDIENCE “CAN APPS HELP CANCER PATIENTS?” - Moderator: Dr. Kostas Marias, Cancer Patients’ Representatives: Iris Argyri, Alma Zois & Artemis Miliadou, Board Member of AgaliaZO – Society of Voluteers Against Cancer. The workshop also provides the opportunity to try the iManageCancer apps and give feedback

Moderator: Anne Moen 

- Ed Hammond, Director of the DUKE Center for Health, Informatics and Chair Emeritus HL7 International

[session in cooperation with HL7 Hellas] Moderator: Charles Parisot

• CYPRUS – THE CYPRUS STRATEGY FOR A CITIZEN-CENTRIC EHEALTH ECOSYSTEM - CHRISTOS N. SCHIZAS
• THE DIGITAL SPARK OF A REVΟLUTION (IRELAND) - RICHARD CORBRIDGE
• PORTUGAL - HENRIQUE MARTINS
• FRENCH EHEALTH STRATEGY 2020 - MICHELLE THONNET
• PANEL DISCUSSION

Moderator: Leonidas Tzimis

• CROATIA: FROM NATIONAL TO CROSS-BORDER EHEALTH SERVICES – CROATIA’S STORY - IGOR LJUBI
• ESTONIA: HOW TO DELIVER THE PROMISE OF THE EHEALTH? THE ESTONIAN WAY - PIRET HIRV
• EHEALTH SERVICES IN VENETO REGION (ITALY) - ELENA VIO
• THE COMMUNITY CARE OF THE FUTURE – ISRAEL - VARDA SHALEV
• TITLE TBA - VINCENT VAN PELT
• GREECE: HOSPITAL PHARMACISTS’ EXPERIENCE FROM THE EPRESCRIPTION USAGE IN GREEK HOSPITALS - KARYOFYLLIS TSIAKINTZIS

[Session in collaboration with the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki-AUTH] Chairs: Henrique Martins & George Pangalos

• PANEL: MAJOR CHALLENGES FOR MS - HENRIQUE MARTINS
• EIDAS – ELECTRONIC IDENTIFICATION FOR CROSS BORDER EHEALTH - ANTONIS CH. STASIS
• UNIQUE IDENTIFICATION OF MEDICINES - PROF. DR. KARL A. STROETMANN
• MEANINGFUL EXCHANGE OF HEALTH DATA - DR. VELI STROETMANN
• STANDARDS CONSENSUS IN EUROPE - CATHERINE CHRONAKI
• FROM EMERGENCY CARE TO SHARED CARE USE CASES - ZOI KOLITSI
• AFTER CEF, WHAT? SUSTAINABILITY CHALLENGES - MICHELLE THONNET

[in collaboration with ENISA] Moderators: Dimitra Liveri, Athanasios Drougkas & Ilias Bakatsis

• MEDICAL DEVICE SECURITY - DIMITRIOS GLYNOS
• CYBERSECURITY MATCH OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND IN HEALTHCARE - RUI GOMEZ
• NETWORK INFORMATION SECURITY (NIS) DIRECTIVE AND ITS EFFECTS TO HEALTHCARE - FRANK CUNNINGHAM
• EMBRACING DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION IN HEALTHCARE - LORENZO PENGO
• MANAGING SECURITY FOR MEDICAL INFORMATION - OURANIA THELOGITI

Chairs: Professors John Mantas & Christos Lionis. The eHealth Forum partners: HL7 Hellas, Greek Network EIPonAHA, Athens Medical Society, and Hellenic Healthy Cities Network will discuss in an open forum the changing requirements for digital skills of the workforce. Representatives from Medical, Nursing & Technical Universities, Medical and Scientific Societies, the Research Institute of Panhellenic Medical Association (PIS), as well as other researchers and academics have been invited to participate. Moreover, a discussion will be initiated on how the teaching curricula of university courses, as well as the continuous education programmes, should adapt to meet the ever-changing needs of the future. Guest speakers: Joan Cornet & Ed Hammond (TBC), Christina Papanikolaou. Teleconference: Nicos Magklaveras.

 Moderator: Yiannis Tountas

• WORKFORCE SKILLS IN THE DIGITAL ERA -JOAN CORNET
• EHEALTH IN IRELAND, IF THERE ARE NO MORE IT PROJECTS THEN WE BETTER DELIVER BUSINESS CHANGE! - MARIA O’LOUGHLIN
• AN UNOBTRUSIVE INTELLIGENT MULTISENSORY MIRROR FOR WELL-BEING STATUS SELF-ASSESSMENT AND VISUALIZATION–THE SEMEOTICONS PROJECT - MANOLIS TSIKNAKIS
• PREPAREDNESS FOR APPROPRIATE ACCOMMODATION IN EMERGENCY SHELTERS - VASILIS KONTOGIANNIS
• RECOMMENDATIONS FOR COMMUNICATION AND AWARENESS ACTIONS IN EHEALTH FOR FALL PREVENTION - ANGELINA KOUROUBALI
• WEB PLATFORM APPLICATIONS FOR ENABLING ACCESSIBILITY OF VULNERABLE GROUPS TO HEALTHCARE SERVICES - OLGA SISKOU
• E-HEALTH FOR SUPPORT OF INDIVIDUALS WITH COMMUNICATION PROBLEMS - VOULA GEORGOPOULOS
• A FINANCIAL MODEL FOR INTEGRATED CARE AS LEVER FOR SENIOR TOURISM GROWTH BEYOND PUBLIC FUNDING - STELLA TSARTSARA

 Moderator: Sotiris Papaspyropoulos [Presentations in Greek]

• MUNICIPALITY OF KALLITHEA: TELEMEDICINE IN OPEN CARE CENTERS FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE (KAPI) - [Presentation in Greek] - IOANNIS KONTOS
• MUNICIPALITY OF KORYDALLOS: CULTURAL AND SPORT PLANNING, BY USE OF ICTS AND PARTICIPATORY PROCESSES: DEMOCU EXPERIENCE IN KORYDALLOS MUNICIPALITY - [Presentation in Greek] - GEORGE MAKRINOS & ANDREAS ALEXOPOULOS
• MUNICIPALITY OF AG. ANARGYROI – KAMATERO: EDUCATION IN THE DIGITAL WORLD: AN INNOVATIVE PROJECT FOR ACTIVE AGEING, IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF AGII ANARGIRI- KAMATERO - [Presentation in Greek] - CHRISTINA S. STILIANOPOULOU
• MUNICIPALITY OF ATHENS: CENTERS FOR INTEGRATED HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES. A HOLISTIC APPROACH OF VULNERABLE PEOPLE - [Presentation in Greek] - MARIA STRATIGAKI
• MUNICIPALITY OF TRIKALA: PUBLIC AWARENESS AND TRAINING PROGRAMME IN CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION (CPR) – DEVELOPMENT OF A PUBLIC NETWORK OF AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS (AEDS) - [Presentation in Greek] - HELEN POLYZOU
• MUNICIPALITY OF TRIKALA: “VOLUNTARY BONE MARROW DONATION. GOOD PRACTICES IN MUNICIPALITY OF TRIKALA” - MICHALIS LAPPAS
• MUNICIPALITY OF ORESTIADA: BOOSTING ELDERLY HEALTH CARE IN GREEK BORDER MUNICIPALITIES: FIRST EXPERIENCES WITH LLM CARE TECHNOLOGIES IN ORESTIADA - [Presentation in Greek] - VASILIKI I. ZILIDOU - EVANGELIA D. ROMANOPOULOU - VASSILIOS MAVRIDIS
• MUNICIPALITY OF PAPAGOS-HOLARGOS: SENIOR COGNITIVE HEALTH IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF PAPAGOS-HOLARGOS: IMPLEMENTATION RESULTS WITH LLM CARE - SOFIA ARGYROPOULOU
• MUNICIPALITY OF METAMORPHOSI: SOCIAL MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR MUNICIPALITY OF METAMORFOSIS - [Presentation in Greek] -
• EFSTRATIOS ILIAS
• MUNICIPALITY OF PALAIO FALIRO: BENEFITS FROM THE USE OF E-HEALTH TECHNOLOGIES IN PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION INTERVENTIONS IN THE COMMUNITY. MYTHS AND REALITIES - [Presentation in Greek] - YIANNIS FOSTIROPOULOS
• W.H.I.S GREECE 2016 – HEALTH SECTOR MEETS THE ‘DOERS” OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE WELLNESS VILLAGES OF MT PARNONAS - CHRISTIANA GARDIKIOTI
• HELLENIC HEALTHY CITIES NETWORK:THE BEST PREVENTION AND INFORMATION TO RESIDENTS THROUGH INNOVATING DIGITAL SERVICES - [Presentation in Greek] - ATHANASSIOS METHENITIS

Moderator: Giorgos Patoulis

• EHEALTH STRATEGY: CASCADING DOWN FROM CENTRAL GOVERNMENT TO THE REGIONS - EHEALTH STRATEGY: CASCADING DOWN FROM CENTRAL GOVERNMENT TO THE REGIONS
• THE MUNICIPALITIES: TAKING CARE FOR THE CITIZEN - IGNATIOS KAITEZIDIS
• PLANNING FOR HEALTH: THE METHODOLOGY OF HEALTHY CITIES,WHO - DASY PAPATHANASOPOULOU
• FINANCING EHEALTH PROJECTS: CHALLENGES FACED BY THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS - VASSILIS STAMATOPOULOS