🎥The Science for Health 2024 aftermovie is out!🎥 We caught up with organizing clusters MEDVIA and BioWin, the HST Group - Health, Science and Technology Group, and keynote speakers Jack Scannell, Yves Moreau and Geertrui Mieke De Ketelaere who shared their thoughts on the importance of this event, of working together across regions, and the impact that AI, data and digitalization will have on healthcare in the near future. 💡💡💡 Have a look – you might see some other familiar faces! 🧔🏾♂️🧑🏻🦰👵🏽 And thanks to Bruno De Keyser for being our videographer. You really brought our event to life! 🙋🏻♂️ https://lnkd.in/eKpsPMje #sfh2024 #AI #bigdata #digitalhealth #healthinnovation #healthtech #medtech #biotech Johnson & Johnson Pfizer UCB GSK KU Leuven Ghent University flanders.bio imec University of Antwerp VIB Université catholique de Louvain Université libre de Bruxelles Hasselt University University of Liège Université de Namur UMONS
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Science for Health explores innovation at the exciting interface of biology and technology! The 2024 edition will take place on 12 November at SQUARE Brussels, with content around the theme of AI, data & digitalization. We’ll examine how these tools can accelerate innovation in drug discovery & development and prevention & diagnostics. Through world-class speakers, international case studies and a collaborative round table, we’ll discuss how AI, data & digitalization can revolutionize the healthcare of today and tomorrow. Science for Health brings together academics, industry leaders and policymakers to promote out-of-the-box thinking, tackle complex challenges, and spark new collaborations. Every past edition has sold out, with over 300 people uniting to form connections in Belgium and beyond. These collaborations help shape the future of healthcare and build a brighter future for all! Come to Science for Health on 12 November 2024, to get inspired and join forces!
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With a closing speech by BioWin’s Sylvie Ponchaut and a glass of champagne, we wrapped up Science for Health 2024! 🥂 This year's ✨sold-out!✨edition had fascinating keynotes, illuminating case studies, in-depth breakout sessions, and vibrant panel discussions. 🙏A HUGE THANK YOU to everyone who worked to make this event possible: our incredible team from BioWin and MEDVIA, the HST Group - Health, Science and Technology Group for their partnership and support, our knowledge partners, our sponsors, the photographers, the crew at SQUARE-BRUSSELS CONVENTION CENTRE, and to all our attendees for being a part of this incredible event! 🥰 We hope all of you learned something about #AI, #data and #digitalization in healthcare from the talks, were inspired to take action by our panels, and connected with folks from around our ecosystem! Until next year...SFH out. 🎤 Johnson & Johnson Pfizer UCB GSK KU Leuven Ghent University flanders.bio imec University of Antwerp VIB Université catholique de Louvain Université libre de Bruxelles Hasselt University University of Liège Université de Namur UMONS Data Intuitive Deuse KU Leuven Institute for Single Cell Omics (LISCO) Rejuvenate Biomed Sanofi SAS Vrije Universiteit Brussel #SFH2024
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Rounding out the afternoon of #SFH2024 was a fireside chat on the use of health data for research purposes in Belgium (moderated by Liesbet M. PEETERS and a keynote from AI guru Geertrui Mieke De Ketelaere. Mieke shared her “10 commandments” of AI, including: 🤖Invest in hybrid AI systems with reasoning capabilities 🤖Request transparency in all systems 🤖Appoint human AI translators The program culminated with a roundtable discussion moderated by Bart Vannieuwenhuyse on how Belgium stacks up in the use of AI in healthcare and drug discovery. Some sage wisdom was offered by the panelists: 🔹Ann Van Gysel, MEDVIA: “Collaboration culture is essential for building a vibrant AI ecosystem. Belgium will benefit from being more open to this.” 🔹Valerie Vandeweerd, Monsana: “We have the right talent, in clinical and tech; it’s a matter of getting them together to work on the same cause.” 🔹Ward Servaes, moveUP - digital therapies: “Belgium doesn’t have access to enough data, but the new Belgian Health Data Agency could help with this.” 🔹Sari Depreeuw, Crowell & Moring: “Streamlining procedures would be immensely helpful.” 🔹 Jack Scannell, Etheros Pharmaceuticals: “It’s important for us to build on our strengths, not just do what we think will make the most money.” #sfh2024 #AI #bigdata #digitalhealth #healthinnovation #healthtech #medtech #biotech MEDVIA BioWin
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We just finished the afternoon breakout sessions, and heard some very cool talks around prevention & diagnostics! Isabelle Salmon (Université libre de Bruxelles) 💡“AI can improve early detection, diagnostic accuracy and patient outcomes – but we need to implement it!” Frederik Deman (ZAS - Ziekenhuis aan de Stroom) 💡ZAS is the only hospital in Belgium with AI software used for pathology, but the success with such software will come from interoperability Aloys du Bois d'Aische (Eonix) 💡Mammography is based on radiation which can cause cancer! Gloria’s personalized cancer screening program can reduce the risk for women by assessing mammography need based on genetics Nicolaas Fosselle (RheumaFinder) 💡Rheumatic disease has a diagnostic delay of 10 years in Europe and up to 15 years in the US! RheumaFinder’s AI engine could increase diagnoses up to 180 patients per year Nathalie Lambrechts (VITO) 💡The aim of We Are program is to change passive patients in disease-oriented system into empowered patients in a quality-of-life oriented health care system What did you find most compelling from our breakout sessions? #sfh2024 #AI #bigdata #digitalhealth #healthinnovation #healthtech #medtech #biotech MEDVIA BioWin
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The morning session wrapped up with two fascinating case studies and a keynote! Here are some highlights from our speakers: Ségolène Martin (Kantify) 🔸AI platform Sapien has helped to identify that diseases often have multiple targets rather than only one 🔸Has increased speed (6 weeks vs years), efficiency and scalability of drug discovery Sam Kool and Mohamed Mansour (Amazon Web Services (AWS)) 🔸To unlock the power of generative AI, we need the right foundation: the right mindset, people with the right skills, processes for accessing and sharing data, and the right technology Keynote: Astrid Gadeyne (imec) & Laurent Galibert (VIB) 🔸"We need to look at AI as not a revolution, but as evolution." 🔸By being applied to drug discovery, AI can help us to relieve the social and health burden of diseases with increasing diagnoses, such as dementia Gives you a lot to think about, doesn't it? Tune in later for more from #SFH2024! #sfh2024 #AI #bigdata #digitalhealth #healthinnovation #healthtech #medtech #biotech @MEDVIA @BioWin
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We're live at SFH and just heard some very interesting keynote talks from Jack Scannell and Yves Moreau! Jack spoke about his experiences incorporating AI into R&D, noting that there was a progressive decline in approved drugs from the 1950s until about 2010, when 'AI first' biotech firms began to be invested in heavily. He also shared that testing 100s of drug candidates in models with high predictive validity in humans is far more likely to identify potential clinical trial candidates than testing millions of drugs in models with poor predictive validity. In Yves’ presentation on AI-driven drug discovery, he made the point that doubling your data doesn't equate to doubling your performance. He emphasized that the validation of AI responses by human experience is so important, and that we need to be patient with AI models: "they don't work until they work!" The environmental impact of AI is also something that we will need to consider in the next 10-20 years, sharing the example that the future Microsoft and OpenAI centre will be powered by the equivalent of 5 nuclear power plants! The day is just starting, more reflections to come! #sfh2024 #AI #bigdata #digitalhealth #healthinnovation #healthtech #medtech #biotech MEDVIA BioWin
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🤯LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER: 99% of tickets have been sold!! 🤯 Only a few tickets left for Science for Health 2024, so if you still want to attend, RUN, don’t walk, to the website! https://lnkd.in/gQpHPQ9 And to those who have already registered, we’re looking forward to seeing you in Brussels! 👋 👋 👋 #sfh2024 #AI #bigdata #digitalhealth #healthinnovation #healthtech #medtech #biotech MEDVIA BioWin
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As we wrap up the last week before Science for Health, we want to give a huge thank you to Data Intuitive for sponsoring this year’s event! 🙏 🙏 🙏 Data Intuitive specializes in transforming complex data into actionable insights. With a mission to empower healthcare and biotech organizations, they provide the tools and expertise needed to make informed, data-driven decisions that enhance patient outcomes and fuel scientific progress. 💻🔬 With their support, we are able to continue driving important discussions in the health sciences. Thank you! 😊 Science for Health 📆12 November 2024 📍SQUARE, Brussels ✍️LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER: https://lnkd.in/gQpHPQ9 #sfh2024 #AI #bigdata #digitalhealth #healthinnovation #healthtech #medtech #biotech MEDVIA BioWin
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Set your alarms: SFH2024 kicks off in just a few days! ⏰⏰⏰ We’ve been giving a lot of attention to our expert speaker talks, but it’s also important to share different perspectives and challenge each other. 🤔💡😀 To scratch that itch, the afternoon plenary will feature two panel discussions which we think will spark lively debates! 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗴𝗶𝘂𝗺: 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸, 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 This fireside chat brings together a panel of industry, academia and policy experts to share their experiences around the use of health data. 🔸Nicolas Dubois (Belgian Health Data Agency) 🔸David Smeets (Johnson & Johnson), 🔸Ingrid Maes (Inovigate), 🔸Philippe Kolh (University of Liège) 🔸Kim Luyckx Moderator: Liesbet M. PEETERS (Hasselt University) 𝗨𝗻𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗜’𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗿𝘂𝗴 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆: 𝗶𝘀 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗴𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝗳𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱? Closing the program, this roundtable focuses on strategies, opportunities and solutions for Belgium to make the best use of AI in healthcare. 🔹Sari Depreeuw (Crowell & Moring) 🔹Jack Scannell (Etheros Pharmaceuticals) 🔹Ann Van Gysel (MEDVIA) 🔹Valerie Vandeweerd (Monsana) 🔹Ward Servaes (moveUP - digital therapies) Moderator: Bart Vannieuwenhuyse (formerly with J&J) There are only a few tickets left, so click the link below to get yours. We’ll see you in Brussels! 👋 Science for Health 📆12 November 2024 📍SQUARE, Brussels ✍️Registration: https://lnkd.in/gQpHPQ9 #sfh2024 #AI #bigdata #digitalhealth #healthinnovation #healthtech #medtech #biotech BioWin HST Group - Health, Science and Technology Group Pfizer UCB GSK KU Leuven Ghent University flanders.bio imec University of Antwerp VIB Université catholique de Louvain Université libre de Bruxelles Hasselt University University of Liège Université de Namur UMONS
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