DIGITAL HEALTH

Inviting you to take a playful journey, while critically reflecting on the Digital Age and how it transforms our lives

Systems and services: imagining the future of healthcare

Novel digital technologies related to health and medicine

Ethics in health data

Impact of big data in medical research and clinical practice

Designing molecules for personalized healthcare

Image guided diagnosis for better treatment

TRACK CHAIR

GET TO KNOW OUR DIGITAL HEALTH EXCELLENCE

Lothar Thiele

Professor of Computer Engineering, ETH ZURICH

“As a leading university advancing science, technology, and engineering, ETH Zurich shapes health technology and takes on the ethical debates surrounding the Digital Age.”

While the next generation of “digital natives” might regard new health technologies and data transparency as the “seamless backbone of society,” the current generation faces a data tsunami. Information is flooding in at an unprecedented rate and the receding wave presents a potentially devastating risk to personal safety and privacy. At the same time, advances in health research and technology serve society Improving quality of life on multiple levels.

At the WORLDWEBFORUM, ETH Zurich uses its digital platform to showcase the latest health technologies and to foster discussion and learning surrounding the important ethical principles of digitalizing health related data. It highlights Both the complexity and potential connections, while providing on interactive playground to explore questions, ideas, and solutions.

Speakers

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MIRKO MEBOLDT

Chair of Product Development and Engineering Design, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich

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SIMONE SCHÜRLE

Professor, Responsive Biomedical Systems Lab, Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zurich

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Gisbert Schneider

Full professor of Computer-Assisted Drug Design, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich

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ELGAR FLEISCH

Full professor of Information Management, Department of Management, Technology and Economics, ETH Zurich

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SEBASTIAN KOZERKE

Professor of Biomedical Imaging, Department of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, ETH Zurich

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Orcun Göksel

Assistant Professor, Department of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, ETH Zurich

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Petra Dittrich

Associate Professor for Bioanalytics, Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zurich

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EFFY VAYENA

PROFESSOR OF BIOETHICS, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY, ETH ZURICH

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PASCAL BUHOLZER

MSC. MECHANICAL ENGINEER ETH

STATE OF HEALTH

Workshop ''Re-inventing Digital Health for the 21st Century''

Health systems worldwide face fundamental challenges: rising costs, conflicting interests, societal trade-offs.

But many thought leaders and industry participants see a tremendous opportunity around the adoption of new technologies to achieve significant benefits for our health systems, both in terms of efficiency as well as the quality of the outcomes.

In this context, we want to create a new, innovative platform for this discussion in Switzerland, that combines the leading thinkers from Switzerland with the true Digital Health shapers and thinkers from around the world.

The findings of this standing group of members of academia, pharma and biotech, mayors and providers, politicians and regulators will regularly be published in a white paper

The «Re-Inventing Digital Health for the 21st Century in Switzerland» workshop will become an exclusive part of the Track Digital Health, chaired by ETH Zurich.

The event takes place for the first time at the 7th annual meeting of WORLDWEBFORUM in Zurich, January 17-18, 2019, by invitation only.

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