THEMATIC CONFERENCES
25 October 2022
BREAKTHROUGHS IN MEDTECH: HOW DIGITALIZATION AND MEDICAL DEVICE INNOVATION CAN REDEFINE THE FUTURE OF HEALTHCARE
Healthcare system all around the world is facing considerable challenges, significantly increased as a result of the pandemic. The critical condition for responding to those challenges is carrying out an effective digital transformation in the system and accelerating implementation of groundbreaking achievements regarding technological progress into medical practice. This fundamental problem is going to be the main subject of the thematic conference entitled ‘A Breakthrough in MEDTECH: How Digitization and Innovative Medical Technology Are Changing the View on the Future of Healthcare’, organised in cooperation with the Medical University of Łódź and Siemens Healthineers, a leading global manufacturer of medical equipment, which has been implementing AI solutions aimed at optimizing surgical and clinical procedures for many years.
SESSION 1
09.00 – 11.00
Reshaping the Future of Biomedical Engineering
CHAIRPERSON
- PROF. LUCYNA WOŹNIAK Vice Rector for Research Strategy and International Relations, Head of the Department of Structural Biology at the Medical University of Lodz, Member of the Supervisory Board and Strategic Innovation Council of EIT HEALTH, Member of the Supervisory Board of EIT HEALTH Innostars, Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board (Life Sciences) of Vrije Universitet in Brussels (Belgium)
SPEAKERS
- PROF. ABBAS ALAVI Professor of Radiology and Neurology, Director at the Institute of Aging, University of Pennsylvania
- PROF. DR ADAM LIEBERT Corresponding Member of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Director of the Nałęcz Biocybernetics and Bioengineering Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences
- DR MARTIN ROŽÁNEK Head of Department of Biomedical Technology Czech Technical University in Prague
- PROF. DR MICHAEL SCHROEDER Director of the Center for Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering of Technical University Dresden
- PROF. DR OLGA STĚPÁNKOVÁ Head of the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Assistive Technology, Czech Institute of Informatics, Robotics and Cybernetics, Prague
- DR ROLAND WOHLGEMUTH Chairman of the European Society of Applied Biocatalysis, President of the Swiss Coordination Committee for Biotechnology, Lodz University of Technology
- PROF. JAAK VILO Member of The Estonian Academy of Sciences, Head of the Institute of Computer Science, University of Tartu
SESSION 2
11.15 – 12.45
“IMPACT OF DIGITALIZATION ON DECISION-MAKING IN HEALTHCARE”
11.15 – 11.25
KEYNOTE:
„ Digital Twinning – a future of managing individual health and healthcare operations?”
- MARCIN DĘBIŃSKI , Head of Digital & Automation, Siemens Healthineers in Poland
11.25 – 12.45
Panel discussion:
- What technological concepts – such as digital twinning – will shape the way we manage our individual health?
- Big data, Automation & Artificial Intelligence – can they answer the most pressing challenges in everyday reality of healthcare provider?
- From personal health apps to e-health: will patient-, provider- and system-level digital solutions ever integrate into patient-centric digital ecosystem?
Panelists:
- Marcin Dębiński, Head of Digital & Automation, Siemens Healthineers in Poland
- Dr inż. Mariusz Dzieciątko, Chief Data Officer, Gabos Software / COIG
- Jarosław Furdal, CEO, Voxel
- Sylwester Grzebień, Advisor to the Management Board, Asseco Cloud
- Piotr Jagiełło, Chief Business Architect, Medical University of Łódź
- Prof. dr hab. Andrzej Szałas, Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics, University of Warsaw / Department of Computer and Information Science, University of Lonkoping, Sweden
- Dr hab. Witold Konopka Head of Laboratory of Neuroplasticity and Metabolism Dept. of Life Sciences and Biotechnology Łukasiewicz Research Network – PORT Polish Center for Technology Development
Moderation:
- Marek Witulski, Head of Diagnostic Imaging and Advanced Therapies, Siemens Healthineers in Poland
12.45 – 14.00
LUNCH BREAK
SESSION 3
14.00 – 15.30
“MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES AND THE FUTURE OF CARE PATHWAYS”
14.00 – 14.10
KEYNOTE:
„ Robotics in interventional procedures – how emerging technologies shape clinical processes and improve outcomes”
- MAREK WITULSKI , Head of Diagnostic Imaging and Advanced Therapies, Siemens Healthineers in Poland
14.10 – 15.30
Panel discussion:
- From front office, through facility maintenance to most advanced medical procedures – what is the current and potential role of robotics in healthcare?
- Automation and standardisation in healthcare operations – what are the lessons learned so far?
- Disruptive innovation in healthcare – to what extent medical technology can shape clinical pathways and solve current challenges?
Panelists:
- Anna Fuglewicz, Chief Operations Officer, HELIMED
- Michał Jastrzembski, Head of Sales, Varian Medical Systems w Polsce
- Dr hab. n. med. Cezary Kępka, Deputy Director for Science, The Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński Institute of Cardiology
- Dr hab. n. med. Paweł Ptaszyński, Central Teaching Hospital of the Medical University of Łódź
- Marek Witulski, Head of Diagnostic Imaging and Advanced Therapies, Siemens Healthineers in Poland
Moderation:
- Piotr Kuskowski , Head of Marketing and Strategy, Siemens Healthineers in Poland
15.30 – 16.00
CLOSING SESSION
Chair – dr. Zygmunt Krasiński, president of the Polish Chamber of Commerce for High Technology
- Summary of five Thematic Conferences – by the Chairs of individual Thematic Conferences
- Perspectives for cooperation between Polish and German companies in the field of high technologies and digital transformation – by dr. Lars Gutheil, General Director, Polish-German Chamber of Industry and Commerce, AHK Poland
- Announcement of the CETEF’24 – by prof. Jerzy Lis, rector of the AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow
- Closing the CETEF’22
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