ESTONIAN HEALTHTECH WEEK PROGRAM 2025

*Note: This programme is under development and subject to updates.

25 August – Tallinn

Deep Dive into Estonian e-Health and HealthTech Ecosystem

 

9:00-10:30Kickoff Session: Estonian HealthTech & E-Governance

  • Overview of the week and Estonia’s HealthTech landscape
  • Presentation on e-governance and e-health in Estonia
📍 E-Estonia Briefing Centre, Öpiku maja, Valukoja 8, 11415 Tallinn
11:00-12:30Seminar & Networking Lunch at Helmes

“Helmes Healthcare Innovations” 

  • Meelis LANG, Chief Innovation Officer
  • Kristjan MÄNNIK, Partner and Business Area Lead

Helmes, one of the main creators of e-Estonia, is the author of many e-health platforms and solutions, including the first in the world state-level e-prescription service, the hospital info system of the largest hospital chain in Estonia, and many other e-health innovations. Helmes will walk you through their experience, insightful use-cases and potential short-cuts for e-health innovation.

📍 Helmes, Lõõtsa 6B, 11415 Tallinn
14:00-16:30Seminar on digital health and matchmaking at Tehnopol

AGENDA:

14.00-14.10 Opening Remarks

14.05-14.25 Best practices of Tehnopol HealthTech Community – ecosystem development, technology scaling and clinical collaborations

  • Merilin VARSAMAA, Director of HealthTech | Tehnopol

14.25-14.35 Overview of TalTech e-health master’s program 

  • Doris KALJUSTE, Digital Health Master’s programme director | TalTech 

14.35-14.45 Health and food technology focus centre strategic focus

  • Speaker to be confirmed 

14.45-15.05 E-governance and architecture and connection with health technologies 

  • Speaker to be confirmed 

15.05-15.25 “The paradoxes of Healthtech innovation in aiming for health equity.”

  • Kadi LUBI, Head of the Centre for Digital Health | TalTech 

15.25-16.10 Panel Discussion: Rethinking Healthtech assessment – what matters besides clinical impact? 

  • Experts to be confirmed

16.10-16.15 Event summary and next steps 

  • Merilin VARSAMAA, Director of HealthTech | Tehnopol

16.15-16.45 Networking/Matchmaking 

 

📍Tehnopol, Saturn, Teaduspargi 6/1, Tallinn 12618
17:00Visit to the Estonian Academy of Sciences 

Presentations by: 

  • Prof. Mart SAARMA, Neuroscientist | President of the Estonian Academy of Sciences 
  • Prof. Toomas TOOMSOO, Professor of Neurology | Tallinn University 
📍Estonian Academy of Sciences, Kohtu tn 6, 10130 Tallinn
19:00-21:30Organised Bus Transfer to Tartu 

 

26 August – Tartu

Deep Dive into Estonian Biotech and Healthcare Ecosystem

 

9:00-10:30Visit to the Estonian Biobank

  • Overview of the Estonian Biobank and its role in innovation (Priit PALTA, Head of Estonian Biobank Innovation Centre)
  • Introduction to the Science Centre (Elin ORG, Head of Estonian Biobank Genome Centre)
  • Insights into the Biobank Laboratory (Steven SMIT, Head of the Biobank Lab)
📍 Estonian Biobank, Riia 23b, 51010 Tartu
11:15-13:45Seminar on health data research at the University of Tartu Delta Centre & Networking lunch (TBC)Delta Centre – University of Tartu
Narva mnt 18, 51009 Tartu
14:30-16:30Seminar: Innovation at the  Tartu University Hospital

  • Speakers to be confirmed
📍 Tartu University Hospital, Ludvig Puusepa 8, 50406 Tartu
18:00Networking & Community Meetup – EstBAN Tartu x DeepTech Pub (Health Edition) (TBC)

  • Bringing together investors, healthtech, biotech, and deeptech startups
  • Connecting local and international participants of Estonian Health Tech Week
TBC

 

27 August – Tartu

DTx New Nordics Conference

https://dtxnewnordics.com

VSpa Hotel and Conference Centre,
Riia tn 2, 51004 Tartu

28 August – Tartu

Conference: AI in Clinical Diagnostics – From Innovation to Implementation

 Conference: AI in Clinical Diagnostics – From Innovation to ImplementationVSpa Hotel Conference Centre
(Riia 2, 51004 Tartu)
09:00 – 09:30Registration & Welcome Coffee 
09:30 – 09:45Opening Remarks
– Welcome address from conference organizers
– Overview of conference objectives and key themes
 
09:45 – 10:00Presentation of CAIDX
– Overview of the CAIDX model and tools
– Brief presentation of Implementation and Change Management Guide                     

  • Thomas KAROPKA, Senior Project Manager EU-INTERREG-Projekt CAIDX // Digital Health | BioCon Valley GmbH
 
10:00 – 11:30Session 1: Data Access – The Foundation of AI in Healthcare

Keynote: Persephone DOUPI, Senior Medical Officer | Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)- “The Role of Data in AI-Driven Diagnostics – Challenges and Opportunities”

Panel discussion:

  • Moderator: Lars LINDSKÖLD, President | EFMI-European Federation for Medical Informatics | SFMI | SCiLIfeLab DC 
  • Experts to be confirmed
 
11:30 – 12:00Coffee Break 
12:00 – 13:30Session 2: Use Cases & Implementation of AI-Based Diagnostic Solutions

  • Moderator: Ain AAVIKSOO, Head of Development | Partner at Heba, Senior Business Advisor at Nortal
  • Dr. Peter LASBORG, Head of Department of Radiology | Aalborg University Hospital
  • Dr. Mart KULL, Member of the Executive Board and Chief Medical Officer | Viljandi General Hospital 
  • Dr. Krzysztof TUPIKOWSKI – Head of Urologic Malignancies Treatment Center | Subdivision of Urology, Lower Silesian Oncology, Pulmonology and Hematology Center, Wroclaw / Associate Professor | Department of Oncologic Urology, Medical Faculty, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Wroclaw, Poland
 
13:30 – 14:30Networking Lunch 
14:30 – 16:00Session 3: AI Platforms – Open Source vs. Commercial Models

  • Moderator: Peeter ROSS, Professor | TalTech
  • Prof. Toralf KIRSTEN, Professor of Medical Data Science | Leipzig University
  • Daniel STEINBACH, Scientist | AMPEL-CDSS | Clinical Decision Support Enthusiast | Leipzig University Hospital
  • Kevin GROOT-LIPMAN, Technical Physician | Netherlands Cancer Institute
 
16:00 – 16:30Coffee Break 
16:30 – 18:00Session 4: Procurement of AI Systems – Navigating the Market

  • Moderator: Sergio MUÑOZ LEZCANO, Head of Digital Health BD | Tecnalia Research & Innovation 
  • Experts to be confirmed
 
18:00 – 18:30Closing Remarks & Outlook

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