The 3-day program of Tour de Health’26: Healthcare of Tomorrow.
The program will continuously be updated leading up to and potentially during the conference.
14.00-14.30
Transport from Hotel Grand Joanne to Eigtveds Pakhus by bus
14.30-16.15
Welcome to Denmark and Tour de Health’26
Venue: Eigtveds Pakhus, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark
Address: Strandgade 25D, 1401 København
14.45-14.55
Welcome remarks
by Susanne Christina Hyldelund, State Secretary for Trade and Investments, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark
14.55-15.20
Introduction to Tour de Health’26 and the Danish healthcare system at a glance
by Jakob Skaarup Nielsen, Executive Director, Healthcare Denmark
15.20-16.00
Brief introductions
by all delegates
16.00-16.10
Group photo
16.15-16.30
Transport from Eigtveds Pakhus to Christiansborg Palace by bus
16.30-17.30
Tour of Christiansborg Palace
Venue: Christiansborg Palace
Address: Prins Joergens Gaard 5, 1218 Copenhagen
17.30-18.00
Walk from Christiansborg Palace to The Ceremonial Hall, University of Copenhagen
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
20.00-20.30
Transport from The Ceremonial Hall to Grand Joanne by bus
07.45-08.30
Transport from Hotel Grand Joanne to the Niels Bohr Building by bus
08.30-09.00
Arrival, networking and coffee
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 large health data sets can 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 shapes 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. Panellists 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 walking tour to workshop venues in Innovation District Copenhagen
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
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
19.00-19.30
Transport from Mærsk Tower to Hotel Grand Joanne by bus
07.45-09.00
Transport from Hotel Grand Joanne to Herlev Hospital by bus
08.45-09.00
Arrival
09.00-12.30
CONFERENCE PART III
09.00-09.15
Welcome and introduction to Herlev Hospital
by Niels Würgler Hansen, Hospital Director, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital
09.15-10.00
Joint learnings – perspectives from workshops
Moderated by Henrik Schødts, CEO, Not a Box
Panelists:
Full description coming soon…
10.00-12.30
Innovative approaches in emergency care
10.00-10.45
Presentation on “Rethinking Acute Care Through Hospital at Home”
by Kasper Karmark Iversen, Clinical Professor, University of Copenhagen, and Consultant & Head of Research, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital; Maria Normand Larsen, Postdoc, MD, PhD, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital; Josephine Lund Nielsen, MD, Emergency Department, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital; and Freddy Lippert, MD, International Chief Medical Officer, Falck, and Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen.
10.45-11.45
Q&A session, ambulance demonstration and lunch
11.45-12.15
Presentation on acute care and collaboration between Herlev and Gentofte Hospital and the Emergency Medical Services
by Lotte Klitfod, Deputy Director of the Emergency Medical Services and Charlotte Barfod, Chief Physician of the Emergency Department at Herlev and Gentofte Hospital.
12.30
Departure from Herlev Hospital to site-visit venues
12.30-15.30
CONFERENCE PART IIII
Venue: Multiple sites in and around Copenhagen
12.30-15.30
Site-visit 1: Innovation as a driver of patient and societal value
Venue: H. Lundbeck A/S R&D facilities
Address: Ottiliavej 9 2500 Valby
This visit offers exclusive insight into how neuroscience innovation is translated from scientific discovery into potential new medicines. Through a guided tour of Lundbeck’s R&D environment, delegates will explore how evidence, data, AI and advanced computing support critical decision-making across the innovation pathway.
The visit will bring to life the typical 12- to 15-year pathway from early discovery to potential new medicines that can ultimately reach patients. It will show how digital and data-driven methods, including AI and supercomputing, can accelerate learning, improve prioritisation and reduce uncertainty earlier in the process, supporting better health outcomes, healthcare sustainability and societal resilience.
Program
12.30-13.00
Transport from Herlev Hospital to H. Lundbeck A/S R&D facilities by bus
13.00-13.30
Arrival and registration
13.30–14.00
Welcome and introduction to Lundbeck
Speaker to be announced
An introduction to Lundbeck – who we are, our focus on brain health, and how we work to improve the lives of people living with neurological and psychiatric disorders. The introduction will also include an overview of the Lundbeck Foundation, its ownership of Lundbeck and its role in supporting research, education and initiatives within health and science.
14.00–15.30
Guided Global Research tour – from science to potential new medicines
Hosted by Helle Northeved, interim Head of Global Research, Lundbeck
Description
Participants will visit selected areas of Lundbeck’s research facilities and meet Lundbeck scientists working across different parts of the drug development process. Through examples from our laboratories, we will illustrate some of the steps involved in identifying, developing and testing potential new medicines. Participants will also gain insights into how AI and supercomputing can accelerate the drug discovery process and, ultimately, support the development of new medicines for patients.
The tour will highlight key aspects of our research, including:
Along the way, participants will have the opportunity to meet and engage directly with our researchers, hear about their work and ask questions.
12.30-15.30
Site-visit 2: Building healthier lives through integrated chronic disease management and specialized healthcare
Venue: Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen
Address: Borgmester Ib Juuls Vej 83, 2730 Herlev
This visit provides insight into how an integrated, multidisciplinary healthcare model can support prevention, treatment and long-term management of chronic diseases. Delegates will gain first-hand insight into how patient pathways are designed and coordinated across sectors, and how digital tools and data-driven approaches support prevention, equitable access to care and better health outcomes. The visit will also explore the close connection between obesity and type 2 diabetes, highlighting how early intervention can reduce the burden of disease throughout life.
12.30-13.00
Walk from Herlev Hospital to Steno Diabetes Center
13.00-13.15
Welcome and short introduction to Steno Diabetes Center
by Frederik Persson, Clinic Director, Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen
13.15–13.50
Presentation: Introduction to obesity in Denmark and the role of the Danish National Center for Obesity (NCFO)
by Jens Meldgaard Bruun, Professor, MD & Director, Danish National Center for Obesity (NCFO)
To explore how Denmark is addressing the challenge of obesity through national initiatives, knowledge sharing, and cross-sector collaboration. The session highlights the role of the Danish National Center for Obesity (NCFO) in strengthening competencies, supporting evidence-based practice, and contributing to more coordinated approaches to obesity across the healthcare system.
13.50–14.25
Presentation: Innovation in diabetes care and future models of chronic disease management
by Frederik Persson, Clinic Director, Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen
To explore how Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen develops and tests new model of care for people living with chronic diseases. The visit highlights how digital solutions, remote patient monitoring and personalised patient pathways can improve clinical outcomes, enhance patient experience and support more efficient use of healthcare resources.
14.25-15.00
Panel debate: International perspectives and reflections
Moderated by Jens Meldgaard Bruun and Frederik Persson
International participants:
Dr. Jane Philpott, Chair of Ontario’s Primary Care Action Team, Canada
Dr. Dinh Hung Nguyen, Deputy Director, Hanoi Department of Health, Vietnam
15.00-15.30
Guided tour of Steno Diabetes Center
12.30-15.30
Site-visit 3: Women’s health across the life course
Venue: Ferring Pharmaceuticals A/S – Soundport
Address: Amager Strandvej 405, 2770 Kastrup
Explore how Denmark’s integrated life science infrastructure is enabling world-leading scientific advances in women’s health.
During the site visit, participants will explore how strong research environments and innovation ecosystems are advancing women’s health across the life course through improved treatment, dignity and quality of life. Participants will also gain insights into how flexible and evidence-based workplace practices can strengthen work participation, and discuss how to accelerate innovation in underexplored areas within women’s health for the benefit of women, families and society.
12.30-13.30
Transport from Herlev Hospital to Ferring Pharmaceuticals A/S – Soundport by bus
13:30 – 13:35:
Welcome
by Jan Peutzfeldt, General Manager, Ferring Pharmaceuticals Denmark
13:35-13:40
Introduction to the programme
by the moderator of the day, Peder Søgaard-Pedersen, Director, Confederation of Danish Industry
13:40-14:00
Setting the scene: The state of women’s health
by Anna Cecilia Frellsen, Maternity Foundation
14:00 – 14:15
Patient perspective: Dignity, independence and participation
by Nana Folmann Hempler, Chief Research Officer, The Danish Multiple Sclerosis Society
Patient perspective on the importance of tailoring health solutions and supporting women’s needs to maintain dignity and independence, enabling them to continue living fulfilling personal, family, relationship, and working lives
14:15-14:35
Creating family friendly workplaces
by Julia Hoover, Global SVP reproductive medicine, Ferring Pharmaceuticals Denmark
Reproductive health is an under-supported occupational health issue. Through collaboration among the life sciences industry, governments, academia and patient organisations, there is a significant opportunity to drive meaningful progress, including fostering supportive workplace policies and inclusive cultures.
14:35 – 14:55
From knowledge to practice: advancing women’s health in workplaces and society
By TBA
14:55-15:00
Impulse speech: Bridging life science, entrepreneurship and capital to accelerate innovation and close the investment gap in women’s health
by Katrina Feilberg Schouenborg, Vice President, Danish Chamber of Commerce
15:00-15:25
Open floor dialogue on how to accelerate innovation in women’s health
by the speakers and delegates
Discussion on how to strengthen research and innovation environments, funding mechanisms and innovation incl. a focus on underexplored areas of women’s health.
15:25 – 15:30
Key takeaways and closing remarks
By Peder Søgaard-Pedersen, Director, Confederation of Danish Industry
15.30-16.00
Transport from site-visits to Hotel Grand Joanne by bus