Program

8:00	Registration
8:30	Welcome Speech: President of Iceland, Guðni Th. Jóhannesson
8:40	*Opening Remarks:* Minister of Health, Willum Þór Þórsson

First Session: Systemic and Governmental Approaches
Exploring the pivotal role of governments in setting policies, regulations, and frameworks to harness the power of data and digitalization for sustainable health care. Addressing common Nordic opportunities and challenges, with a special focus on Iceland’s unique position for advancing digital health leveraging big data and AI in health care.

I. Government‘s Role in Shaping Sustainable Health

8:45	Building Sustainable Health the Nordic Way Bogi Eliasen, Copenhagen Institute for Foreign Studies
9:05	The Importance of Data Clayton Hamilton, WHO / Europe
9:25	Health Data Governance for the Digital Age Eric Sutherland, OECD

II. Health Data Infrastructure

9:40	Data Infrastructure
9:45	Health Data Reuse in the Nordics: What is Nordic Commons? Persephone Doupi, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)
10:00	Data Unlocks Value in Icelandic Health Care Björgvin Ingi Ólafsson, consultant for the Ministry of Health

III. Policy Implications

10:15	European Health Data Space: Value from Nordic Health Data Saara Malkamäki, SITRA – the Finnish Innnovation Fund
10:30	The Need for Applied AI Policy in Healthcare Dr. Huginn Þorsteinsson, consultant for the Prime Minister‘s Office
10:45	Coffee Break

Second Session: Translational and Applied Approaches
This session brings together healthcare leaders, researchers and clinicians to explore the topic of cutting-edge research and technologies in healthcare. Including AI-driven diagnostics and personalized medicine. Discussing the challenges and opportunities in translational science, data-driven decision making and integrating digital health solutions into clinical practice.

I. Data Driven Decision Making

11:10	The Icelandic Prevention Model Ingibjörg Eva Þórisdóttir, Planet Youth
11:25	Strategic Workforce Planning: Navigating the Digital Transformation Guðrún Ólafsdóttir, Deloitte

II. Innovative Research

11:40	Empowering Research
11:50	Personalized Medicine from a Nordic Perspective Dr. Sædís Sævarsdóttir, University of Iceland / Landspítali / deCODE genetics
12:10	Solving the Unsolvable: AI and Robotics in Spinal Cord Injury Dr. Thor Aspelund, University of Iceland

III. Clinical Integration

12:25	Strategies for Seamless Integration of Digital Solutions in Clinical Practice Svava María Atladóttir, Landspítali
12:45	Using Data to Improve Patient Outcomes Björn Zoëga, Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset
13:00	Lunch

Third Session: Gains for the Individual and Society
This session showcases start-ups, initiatives and success stories that highlight the transformative power of data and digitalization in improving healthcare access and outcomes, improving patient care, and reducing healthcare costs. Exploring how digital health empowers individuals to take control of their health as well as analyzing the broader societal gains, including improved public health outcomes.

I. Supporting Innovation

13:45	Empowering Innovation with TTO Iceland Einar Mäntylä, Auðna
14:00	Sleep Medicine an Intervention Strategy to Reduce the Burden of Chronic Disease Jón Skírnir Ágústsson, Nox Medical

II. Patient-Centred Care

14:15	Personal Data for Personalized Health Thomas Bonefeld Jørgensen, Unikk.me from Denmark
14:30	Empowering Caregivers Arna Harðardóttir, Helix
14:45	Caring for the Future Jóhann R. Benediktsson, Curron
14:55	Using Digital Health to Enable Safer Treatments of Prescription Opiods and other Addictive Medication Kjartan Þórsson, Prescriby
15:05	Transforming Disease Management with Digital Therapeutics Sæmundur Oddsson, SidekickHealth
15:20	Pioneering Progress
15:30	Coffee Break

III. Finale

15:45	Wellbeing Economy
15:50	Policy to Practice: The Journey Ahead Bogi Eliasen, Nordic Health 2030
16:00	Closing Remarks Minister of Health, Willum Þór Þórsson
16:30	End of Congress

Moderator: Kristján Kristjánsson