The program will continuously be updated leading up to and potentially during the conference.
17.30-18.00
Arrival, registration and refreshments
18.00-20.00
Grand reception
Venue: The Ceremonial Hall, University of Copenhagen
Address: Frue Plads 4, 1165 Copenhagen
18.10-18.40
Welcome and opening remarks
David Dreyer Lassen, Rector, University of Copenhagen
Sisse Marie Welling, Lord Mayor, City of Copenhagen
Jeppe Tranholm-Mikkelsen, Permanent Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark
18.40-20.00
Standing networking dinner
08.30-09.00
Arrival and registration
09.00-13.45
CONFERENCE PART I
Venue: Niels Bohr Building, University of Copenhagen
Address: Jagtvej 128, 2200 Copenhagen
Moderator: Emma Ross, Director, Global Health Programme, Chatham House
09.00-10.00
Healthcare of Tomorrow – Healthcare in a changing world
09.00-09.05
Welcome
by Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen, Chair of Healthcare Denmark
09.05-09.15
Opening remarks
by Ida Auken, Minister for Health and Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs of Denmark
09.15-09.50
Panel discussion: Shaping Tomorrow’s Healthcare: International Perspectives
Panelists:
The panel discussion will, through multiple international perspectives, explore and seek to establish a shared understanding of the burning platform including the demographic, economic, technological and societal trends shaping healthcare today and in the future.
09.50-10.00
Wrap up and introduction to the program of the day
10.00-11.15
From frontier technologies to better health outcomes: translating AI and quantum into health system value
10.00-10.20
Presentation: Unlocking quantum in healthcare and life science?
By Ebba Carbonnier, CEO, QuNorth
More information coming soon
10.20-10.40
Presentation: Supercomputers as a national health innovation engine with Gefion
By Martin Svensson, CEO, DCAI
The presentation focuses on how Gefion’s artificial intelligence capabilities combined with large health data sets can help turn complex data into actionable insights and transform diagnosis, treatment, and drug development at a more rapid pace.
The presentation will also highlight Denmark’s strong ecosystem for data-driven healthcare innovation combining high-quality national health registries, biobanks, and cross-sector collaboration.
10.40-11.15
Panel discussion: AI and Quantum technology in healthcare and life science: Shaping the future of diagnostics, drug discovery, and personalized medicine
Other panelists to be announced
More information coming soon
11.15-11.45
Break and networking
11.45-13.00
Turning knowledge into health impact: Fostering cross-sector solutions and scale
11.45-12.05
Presentation: Policy actions that enable innovation in healthcare and life science
by Dorte Bech Vizard, Deputy Permanent Secretary, Patient Safety, Life Science and International Cooperation, Ministry for Health and Ministry for Ecclesiastical Affairs of Denmark
The presentation provides insight into Denmark’s integrated life science ecosystem and the role of dedicated governmental strategies that shape the conditions under which health innovation is developed, implemented and scaled.
Delegates will also gain an understanding of how universities, hospitals, foundations, start-ups, and industry collaborate to accelerate the translation of research into scalable health and life science solutions incl. the role of innovation districts.
12.05-12.25
Presentation: Beyond successful pilots: overcoming barriers to transform projects to viable healthcare solutions
By Lise Alter, Director General for Research, Innovation and Digital Health, French Ministry of Health
This presentation explores why promising health innovation projects often struggle to move beyond pilot stage — and what it takes to turn them into viable, scalable healthcare solutions.
12.25-13.00
Panel discussion: Supporting health and life science ecosystems; from innovation to implementation and scale-up
Panelists:
The panel brings together perspectives from across the health and life science ecosystem to discuss how innovation can be translated into implementation and scaled across healthcare systems. Panelists will explore shared challenges, successful approaches and the conditions needed to build stronger ecosystems — from policy frameworks and funding to public-private collaboration, clinical adoption and international partnerships.
13.00-13.15
Introduction to Innovation District Copenhagen
by Annemarie Munk Riis, CEO, Innovation District Copenhagen
Full description coming soon
13.15-13.45
Standing Networking Lunch
13.45-16.30
CONFERENCE PART II
Venue: Multiple sites in and around Innovation District Copenhagen
14.00-14.30
Guided Innovation District Copenhagen walking tour to workshop venues
14.30-16.30
Workshops
Workshop 1: Unlocking healthcare capacity with AI and digital technologies
Venue: Rigshospitalet
Address: Blegdamsvej 9, entrance 44, 2100 Copenhagen
Chair: Malene Fischer, Deputy Chief Executive, Rigshospitalet
This workshop examines how AI and digital technologies can fundamentally reshape the logic of healthcare delivery – from reactive treatment toward prediction, early intervention, and distributed care. In doing so, these technologies can help unlock healthcare capacity while improving patient outcomes.
Realizing these potential demands new commitments from both public institutions and private companies: new models for data capture and sharing, new forms of collaboration, and a willingness to invest in the shared infrastructure that makes innovation at scale possible.
Workshop 2: Rewiring primary care – integrated pathways and decentralized healthcare models
Venue: Maersk Tower, University of Copenhagen
Address: Blegdamsvej 3B, 2200 Copenhagen
Chair: Frans Boch Waldorff, Professor, University of Copenhagen
The workshop will focus on how to strengthen the primary sector and improve access to proximate healthcare especially in rural and underserved areas.
The dialogue will focus on discussing decentralized healthcare models to ensure treatment closer to home as well as cross-sector collaboration for patients with chronic diseases.
Workshop 3: Proving value – the economic and societal power of health innovation
Venue: Nation of Health, BioInnovation Institute
Address: Ole Maaloees Vej 3, 2200 Copenhagen
Chair: Jakob Kjellberg, Professor, cand.scient., m.sc. Health Econ, The Danish Center for Social Science Research (VIVE).
The session focuses on the potential of introducing new innovative solutions and investments in healthcare to optimize treatment outcome and value for patients, healthcare systems and society.
The session zooms in on the broader potential societal and economic value of healthcare interventions – often referred to as “dynamic effects” – including the long-term value created beyond clinical outcomes, such as enabling individuals to remain in employment and participate fully in society thereby contributing to economic sustainability and growth.
16.30-17.00
Walk from workshop venues to Maersk Tower
16.30-17.00
Arrival, networking and refreshments
17.00–19.00
Networking reception
Venue: Udsigten, Maersk Tower
Address: Blegdamsvej 3B, 15th floor, 2200 Copenhagen
17.15-17.25
Welcome
by Eva Hoffmann, Prorector, University of Copenhagen
17.25-17.35
Closing Remarks
by Martin Lidegaard, Minister for Business and Competitiveness of Denmark
17.35-19.00
Standing Networking Dinner