Big data: how it will help us?

The goal of this summit is to combine the different perspectives of data scientists, healthcare professionals, patients and governance to find the much-needed consensus for the next generation of healthcare systems. Join us and share your views and experience.

We are pleased to announce that Lord Nigel Crisp will be opening our Summit this year, live from Oporto and broadcasted globally, with a provocative theme which is also the title of his latest book.

Along with other renowned guest speakers, such as Dr Samira Asma from WHO, Luis Goes Pinheiro President of SPMS (Ministry of Healthcare Shared Services Public Enterprise) and Dr Rui Ivo, President of INFARMED (Portuguese Medicines Agency) we will bring the world together in the co-creation of a global agenda that reinforces health data use and literacy for smarter health-creating strategies, under the vision that health is made at home, hospitals are for repairs.

This years’ edition of this Global Summit will take place next 28 to 29 October and will be offering the chance for all ECHAlliance ecosystem members and any health tech company to exhibit and showcase the latest product and service offers in the spacious halls of FMUP, Porto University’s Medical School same campus as Saint John University Hospital. the biggest hospital in the North of Portugal.

The venue will warrant maximum safety and the hybrid nature of this event will be reaching many more participants virtually.

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