EHTEL is putting the EHDS in the spotlight at its Thought Leader Symposium. This year we're going bigger and radical, by joining forces with the Radical Health Festival Helsinki (RHFH).

Our Symposium will be fully embedded in the RHFH, creating a dynamic platform for visionary ideas and transformative collaboration.

Two events, one powerful experience: Obtain exclusive insights at the EHTEL Symposium while tapping into the vibrant energy and wide expert network of RHFH.

📅 Join EHTEL and RHFH for up to three days:

• 19 January afternoon: Attend an EHTEL matchmaking event.

• 20 January: Take in all the interesting RHFH sessions on digital health and data e.g., on data and AI, human and AI collaboration, and ubiquitous technologies.

• 21 January: EHTEL’s Thought Leader Symposium agenda will zoom in on the European Health Data Space (EHDS).

On 21 January 2026, the Symposium’s focus will be on what implementers can learn. Throughout the day, the Symposium will give you the opportunity to get engaged in a conversation about how you, your health institution, company, or country could apply the EHDS Regulation in the most practical ways.

🌟 EHTEL deal: Get an extra 10% off by using the code RHF261.

The Symposium’s high-impact EHDS agenda

21 January 2026: get ready for a powerful line-up of topics. We’re kicking things off with a high-impact plenary session, where experts from distinguished international institutions will discuss the infrastructure needed to achieve the EHDS’s full potential:

• “Upgrading Data Infrastructures to Realise the Full Potential of the EHDS”.

But that’s just the beginning. Look forward to 4 dynamic sessions exploring key themes:

• Session 1: The EHDS Regulation of EHRs: Blind Spots and Pain Points, supported by SORSIX.
• Session 2: AI for Structured High-Quality Data.
• Session 3: EHR Algorithm Communication.
  
• Session 4: Innovating for Everyday Life with the Yellow Button, supported by xShare.

🌟 EHTEL deal: Get an extra 10% off by using the code RHF261.

Each one-hour session will draw on insights from leading-edge implementers. The sessions will be interactive, based on a synergy of state-of-the-art working papers with input from the papers’ authors. Attendees will be able to offer input through discussions, polls, and exercises. Whether as a speaker, participant or panellist, you are invited to continue the EHDS journey along with EHTEL and fellow Europeans. To warm up for 21 January 2025, join EHTEL already on 19 January 2025 afternoon, for an opportunity to network and match-make with a wide range of stakeholders.

Get ready meanwhile to roll up your sleeves

From September to December 2025, we’ll invite you to join forces with EHTEL colleagues on shaping the future of EHDS through your chosen area of focus. This work will prepare the ground for the EHTEL Symposium.

Autumn 2025 is your chance to get involved, get hands-on, and help drive real progress on the EHDS. In the lead-up to our January 2026 flagship Thought Leader Symposium, EHTEL will collaborate with the community to deep-dive into the practical implementation of the EHDS. The aim is to lay the groundwork for richer and more focused discussions at the Symposium. Together, we’ll tackle four working papers, all centred on EHRs - to spark meaningful insights and action when we finally meet in January.

These four working papers will form a key part of the RHFH  on “Operational precision health – making it real, together”.  

You’ll be able to finetune the messages to be submitted to European policy-makers on what needs to be done practically to implement the EHDS.

Helsinki: The Place to Be for EHDS at the start of 2026

Between 19-21 January 2026, Helsinki becomes the meeting place for EHDS visionaries and implementers.

Why Helsinki? Finland is setting the standard with cutting-edge progress on data spaces, EHRs, secondary use of health data, and citizen engagement. This prime location is your chance to connect with trailblazers, exchange ideas, explore best practices, and even visit important Finnish digital health-related sites. Expect to experience many highlights and special moments there.

Be where the future of EHDS is happening. Join us in Helsinki.