PHASE IV AI Final Conference – Advancing Privacy Compliant Health Data for AI

Join researchers, industry experts, healthcare professionals, and policymakers at the final conference of the PHASE IV AI project to explore advanced methods for privacy‑preserving synthetic health data, decentralized and compliant data access, and trustworthy AI deployment within the emerging European Health Data Space.

Key themes include:

The Health Data Hub: Connecting stakeholders across the health ecosystem and enabling local deployment of Data as a Service (DaaS) and Model as a Service (MaaS) solutions through a virtual Secure Processing Environment (vSPE).
PHASE IV AI use cases: Project results are being validated through real-world use cases in high-impact diseases: lung cancer, prostate cancer, and ischemic stroke – which will be presented during the event
Advanced research on privacy-preserving data synthesis: Showcasing research including Electronic Heath Records (EHRs) and medical imaging.
Expert panel discussion: Exploring the European Health Data Space (EHDS) from technical, regulatory, and practical stakeholder perspectives.

The conference concludes with a networking get‑together including refreshments.

During event breaks and the networking get-together, participants will have the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the project’s tools and services.

Programme

9.00 – 9.45 Registration and coffee

Session 1: PHASE IV AI – research highlights

9.45– 12.00

Welcome and opening remarks. Antti Airola, Associate Professor, Health Technology. University of Turku
Introduction to the PHASE IV AI project. Nihal Yildirim, Programme Manager Horizon Europe. Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA)
Keynote speech: Christina Kyriakopoulou, Policy Officer. Directorate‑General for Research and Innovation, DG RTD, European Commission
PHASE IV AI Health Data Hub governance framework for EHDS. Geert Machtelinckx, Fujitsu Technology Solutions, Belgium.
PHASE IV AI Piloting: Unlocking the value of health data to deliver earlier diagnosis, better health outcomes and sustained public trust. David Brown, Professor, Director of the Computing and Informatics Research Centre. Nottingham Trent University
Synthetic data generation and assessment: quality, privacy, and utility. Rafael Redondo, Director of the Multimedia Technologies Unit. Fundació Eurecat. Ileana Montoya Perez, Senior Researcher, the University of Turku.
Introduction to Privacy Preserving Computations (PETs). Mariya Georgieva, Head of Cryptography. Tune Insight SA

12.00 – 13.00 Lunch

Session 2: Legal, Regulatory, and Industry Perspectives

13.00 – 16.00

Safe and Secure use of Health Data in EHDS Era. Peija Haaramo, Acting Head of Data Services, Findata.
Health Data for AI: Ethical Bottlenecks and Possible Solutions under the EHDS. Jenina Soimala. Lawyer, the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)
Next-Generation Anonymization: Securing Nordic RWD for Cross-Border AI & RWE Innovation. Tuomo Pentikäinen, CEO, VEIL.AI
Research highlights

Poster session with coffee

Panel discussion : The European Health Data Space (EHDS), technical and legal perspectives
- Moderator: Juha Pajula, Senior Scientist, Health Data Analytics, VTT Research Centre of Finland
- Panelists:
  - Miikka Kallberg, Development Manager, Collaboration Service Environments & Solutions for Sensitive Data at CSC – IT Center for Science
  - Tuomo Pentikäinen, CEO, VEIL.AI
  - Ibrahim Sabra, Research Associate, the University of Vienna
  - Jenina Soimala. Lawyer, the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)
  - Arho Virkki, Director of Analytics, Wellbeing Services County of Southwest Finland (Varha)
Final remarks and conference closure. Antti Airola, Associate Professor, Health Technology. University of Turku

16.00 – 18.00 Networking get‑together with refreshments

Who should attend?

Healthcare professionals, especially clinicians using AI-assisted diagnostics
Technology developers and service providers, including secure data transfer and processing companies and innovators
Data providers such as hospitals and national health authorities
Authorities, policymakers, and legal/regulatory experts

Please check here for all practical information (arrival instructions, travel information, accommodation & transportation)

Practical information

Conference contact person: Riitta Pöntynen, Project coordinator (management)

riitta.pontynen@utu.fi

tel. +358 40 351 0476

Organized by: PHASE IV AI Horizon Europe Project – Privacy compliant health data as a service for AI development.

Grant Agreement Number: 101095384