2. Digital Health Essential

2nd Digital Health

Essential

 17th May, 2023, 

Danubius Hotel Helia, Budapest, Kárpát u. 62-64, 1133

Digital health conference for public and private health care, digital pharma, and manufacturers of digital medical products and services. Join Linkedin Event. 
 

Topics

+  The Future Digital Hospital Already Today at Ichilov: Data driven, Intelligent & Personalized
+ Digitization and data science in healthcare
+ ChatGDP in medicine
Utilizing Healthcare Data to Generate Value
+ Digital Patient, Digital Doctor

Keynote speakers 2023

Rami Riman
Director of Clinical & Business Improvements EMEA
InterSystems EMEA

Rami Riman leverages clinical best practices across multiple healthcare disciplines through engagement with InterSystems solutions. In his role, Rami works to improve hospital workflows to ensure patient safety, improve efficiencies and increase system adoption. Rami has extensive consultancy experience in healthcare IT, including change management consultancy, professional accreditation, hospital workflow management, and realizing a return on investments. Prior to InterSystems, Rami had 10 years of clinical experience across multiple hospitals in the US, UK, Lebanon and UAE. Rami’s passion remains in increasing patient engagement to improve community’s health and awareness.

Rami holds a B.A. from the American University of Beirut in Biology, a Doctorate in Medicine from St. George’s University School of Medicine and a master’s degree in infectious diseases from the University of London. Rami is board certified in Internal Medicine and Medical Oncology.

Esther Saiag
Dep. Dir. For Information & Operation
Tel Aviv Medical Center (Ichilov Hospital), Israel

Dr. Esther Saiag is serving as the Deputy Director for Information & Operation at the Tel Aviv Medical Center (Ichilov Hospital) Israel since 2007; she is a Certified System Analyst since 1988, serves as a member of The Israeli National Council for Digital Health and has more than 30 years of experience in Medical Computerization.

Dr. Saiag (Lieutenant colonel) has graduated her Medical Studies on 1985 at the Military Academic Reserve, IDF. She completed a Master's degree in Industrial Engineering and a Master's degree in Continuing Medical Education. Dr. Saiag is a specialist in Pediatrics as well as in Health Care Management. She was the Founder and Head of the Clinical Patient Record Project in IDF, Medical Corps and today is leading the Steering Committee for Implementing EMR at all Israeli Governmental Hospitals.

Dr. Saiag's keynote presentation at Digital Health Essential 2023 will take the audience to a fascinating tour through various digital technologies and processes, part of them already embedded and others planned, all the way to fully embracing the concept of Digital Hospital of the Future, already here and now in Ichilov medical center

Tolnay Roland
Managing Director
ESZFK Nonprofit

From 1 February 2023, Roland Tolnay performs the executive duties of the Health
Informatics Service and Development Centre Nonprofit Ltd. (ESZFK)., He is a specialist with
an engineering degree in IT and previously gained experience in the field of e-public
administration in the construction of IT systems related to state administration. From 2015,
he participated in the strategic planning and professional implementation of numerous e-
public administration projects at the Deputy State Secretariat for Information Technology of
the Ministry of Interior. From 2018, he performed his duties as the Head of the Department
at the Ministry of the Interior, since 1 March 2021, he was involved in the development of
the electronic public administration as the Managing Director of Kopint-Datorg Kft., a
subsidiary of NISZ Zrt. Roland Tolnay is committed to supporting the implementation of the
goals outlined in the central development of eHealth.
In 2022, Roland Tolnay won the "Young ICT Manager of the Year 2022" award.

The Digital Health Essential was May 30th, 2022. We had 260 guests and one conference room. 

The Digital Health Summit brings together public and private health care, digital pharma, and manufacturers of digital medical products, venture capitalists ynd startups from around Hungary, to network, exchange ideas and to become more familiar with opportunities in Hungary. Our independent conference will become a significant event for many companies in the DH industry and is particularly important in Hungary given the explosion of business and entrepreneurship in the region.

Digital health is the convergence of digital technologies with health, healthcare, living, and society to enhance the efficiency of healthcare delivery and make medicines more personalized and precise. The discipline involves the use of information and communication technologies to help address the health problems and challenges faced by people under treatment. These technologies include both hardware and software solutions and services, including telemedicine, web-based analysis, email, mobile phones and applications, text messages, wearable devices, and clinic or remote monitoring sensors. Generally, digital health is concerned about the development of interconnected health systems to improve the use of computational technologies, smart devices, computational analysis techniques, and communication media to aid healthcare professionals and their clients manage illnesses and health risks, as well as promote health and wellbeing.

Digital health is a multi-disciplinary domain involving many stakeholders, including clinicians, researchers and scientists with a wide range of expertise in healthcare, engineering, social sciences, public health, health economics and data management.

Who attends
  • + Providers / Health Systems
  • + Payers
  • + Pharma
  • + Health Tech
  • + Platform Technology Pioneers
  • + Big Tech
  • + Investors
Why attend?
  • + INSPIRED. Our speakers are leading real business transformation, driving change across the enterprise and actioning measurable digital innovation for their businesses. Get motivated from leaders and walk away with new ideas you can implement.
  • + CHALLENGED. Rethink your current processes and business blueprints, the event speakers will challenge your way of thinking and allow you to realise that new methods may be your best way of moving forward sitting alongside your current beliefs.
  • + TRANSFORMED. The conference agenda and speakers are put together as such to reveal insights into how some of the biggest organisations are going about digital, from real business use cases to success stories and where the challenges may lie.
  • + MEET LIKE MINDED PEERS
  • + NETWORKING. It's an invaluable part of events and where real value often presents itself, meeting those who are facing the same challenges and coming together to solve similar issues. Our agendas feature numerous opportunities throughout the day to meet like minded folk from various industries and backgrounds. We have previously had extremely positive feedback from delegates who have found long lasted business relationships with those who they wouldn't normally meet from opposite industries and largely seeking out the same solutions to industry wide transformation sticking points.
     

     

Dress code

business casual

Organizers

AP Summit Now Kft. 

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Program

 

07.39 - 08.39 Registration, breakfast, networking
08.40 - 08.43 Opening - Rita Molnár (DHE, founder)
08.43 - 08.59 Telemedicine – a new form of healthcare service in the 300 most disadvantaged settlements in Hungary - Ferenc Nagy (Order of Málta)
09.00 - 09.16 Digital patient support from diagnostics to adherencend improved therapeutic outcomes. Through patient research we are looking for answers to the question of which solutions patients in Hungary today encounter, which ones workes well, understood and used, and which ones are not currently in use but would be accepted and used in the future. We also looke at who is providing these solutions to patients (healthcare providers, insurance-, pharmaceutical companies, IT companies etc.) and who could play a role in the future. - Balázs Kertész (Szinapszis) 
09.17 - 09.35 From text to treatment: impact of generative AI in the future of medicine - Roland Patai, PhD (Biological Research Centre of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences)
09.37 - 09.57 Government's objectives of digital health - Magdolna Kádár, PhD (Ministry of the Interior)
09.58 - 10.21 Keynote: Healthcare Industry DevelopmentsRoland Tolnay (ESZFK)
10.22 - 10.44 Keynote: Utilizing Healthcare Data to Generate ValueDr. Rami Riman, MD and Attila Tóth (Intersystems)
10.45 - 11.12 coffee break, networking
11.13 - 12.06 How can digitization and data science support the improvement of healthcare in Hungary?  - dr. Judit Bidló (Ministry of the Interior), Roland Tolnay (ESZFK), Zsombor Szirmai (Novartis), Hatem Lemia (AstraZeneca), Moderator: Anna Danó (Népszava)
12.07 - 12.37 Keynote: The Future Digital Hospital Already Today at Ichilov: Data driven, Intelligent & Personalized - Dr. Esther Saiag MD, MHA, MSc (Tel Aviv Medical Center, Ichilov Hospital, Israel)
12.38 - 12.58 Get ready for the future – genetic testing and a fully digital patient journey as cutting-edge tools for personalised health care. - Tamás Póda (Synlab)
12.59 - 13.59 Lunch, networking
14.00 - 14.46 Digital Patient, Digital Doctor - During the conversation the participants of the roundtable discussion will explore the possibilities of shifting the doctor-patient relationship into the digital space. They will overview how digital technologies change the way patients interact with their healthcare providers. They will consider the most significant challenges that patients and general medical professionals face in their interactions in the current digital era of healthcare? Furthermore, the participants will address the most important factors within patient-doctor, doctor-hospital/healthcare provider interactions in order to improve patient outcomes and reduce healthcare costs abroad. - Dr. Attila Végh, MD (Eurohealth), Attila Tóth (Intersystems), Dr. Gergely Vántus, MD (gp), Moderator: Fanni Márkus (KPMG)
14.47 - 15.32 Innovation in digital healthcare - Dr. habil. Bogos Krisztina (National Institute for Pneumology), Petra Oláh (Supercharge), PhD, dr. Mátyás Szentiványi (National Institute of Pharmacy and Nutrition of Hungary), Moderator: Hatem Lemia (AstraZeneca)
15.33 - 15.55 coffee break, networking
15.56 - 16.17 Health data and cybersecurity - Health data is practically created in the digital space today, and modern medicine uses many networked devices. This puts our health data at particular risk. The danger affects the individual, but also organizations, like hospitals, and they are important from the point of view of national security as well. Healthcare cyber security has become one of the defining factors of 21st century health security. What should we pay attention to these days so that we can keep this data safe and use it for data-driven healthcare developments. - DrTamás Palicz, MD (SE EMK)
16.18 - 16.39 NIS in healthcare - sector experiences - Healthcare, as a critical infrastructure, is constantly at the center of cyberattacks, as we experienced during the COVID pandemic and the current war taking place in our neighborhood. The European Union is trying to increase the cyberdefense preparedness of the Member States and their institutions with new regulations. What does this mean for healthcare institutions? Is there work in the health industry or for private providers? - dr. Viktor Munkácsi (National Cyber Security Center NCSC-HU)
16.40 - 17.25 During the round table discussion, the participants will get a glimpse and overview of the cybersecurity situation in the healthcare sector, including primarily the expectations related to the new NIS2 regulation. The new guidelines present complex challenges to healthcare providers. The focus is on providers classified as critical infrastructures and many healthcare providers, mainly in the private sector. The Hungarian legislature reacted quickly to the challenges of the European Union: in March 2013, the Cyber Certification Act came before the parliament, in which the healthcare sector is prominently present. What opportunities does the sector have for preparation? What is the role of education and training? Are there specifics necessary to be well prepared, and in general: how can we help protect our health information so that we feel safe? -  dr. Viktor Munkácsi (NKI), Dr. Tamás Palicz, MD (Semmelweis University), Attila Hartai (National Healthcare Service Center), György Jerabek (Hétpecsét Információbiztonsági Egyesület) Moderator: Dr. Tamás Joó, MD (SE)

Companies registered for the conference

444.hu, Abbott Medical, AbbVie, Alira Health, AP Summit Now, AIRMID-MED, AmCham Hungary, Anamed, AstraZeneca, Budai Egészségközpont, Büntetés-Végrehajtás Országos Parancsnoksága, B-Xpert Agency s.r.o, Bristol Myers Squibb, Belügyminisztérium, Berlin Chemie, DeriCom Informatikai, DRH & H,  Dr. Baraczka Mariann jogász, Dél-pesti Centrumkórház, DLA Piper Posztl, Nemescsói, Györfi-Tóth és Társai Ügyvédi Iroda, eHealth Software Solutions, EIT Health InnoStars e V, Egészségkalauz, Egis Gyógyszergyár, Észak-budai Szent Ĵános Kórház, ESZFK, Frontira, HARTMANN-RICO HUNGÁRIA, Házipatika, Hétpecsét Információbiztonsági Egyesület, Healthware, Hévízgyógyfürdő és Szent András Reumakórház, Hungaropharma, Hungimpex, IBT Premier Consulting, iBioScience, Ichilov Hospital, Infomix, Integramed, Instacash, Inspira Research, Intersystems GmbH, Innovatív Gyógyszergyártók Egyesülete - Magyarország, IQVIA Solutions Services, Janssen, Johnson and Johnson, JOB, KPMG, KRKA Magyarország Kereskedelmi, Konasoft, Laborpont, Legalaise, Magyar Kardiológiai Társaság, Máltai Szeretetszolgálat, Magyar Nemzet, Magyar Testnevelési és Sporttudományi Egyetem, Mária Medical, MedDeviced LLC, MediConcept, MediKix Gyermekgyógyász Háziorvosi, Merck, MindentMent, Motivive Solutions, MSD Pharma Hungary, Nagy Sportágválsztó, BBU Nonprofit, Nemzetbiztonsági Szakszolgálat - Nemzeti Kibervédelmi Intézet, NEAK, NKI, Népszava, Novodata, Novartis Hungaria, Novo Nordisk ​Hungária, OGYÉI, Omron Medistance, MDIT SZÁMÍTÁSTECHNIKAI ÉS SZOLGÁLTATÓ, NEAK, Oracle Hungary, Országos Kórházi Főigazgatóság, Országos Korányi Pulmonológiai Intézet, Pearl Hungary, Pharmazone WS, Patika Management, Pécsi Tudományegyetem Szentágothai János Kutatóközpont, PANNONPHARMA, Philips Magyarország, Prémium Pénztárszolgáltató, PwC Magyarország, Renyi Alfréd Matematikai Kutatóintézet, Ringier Magyarország, Roche Magyarország, Sanofi-aventis, Super Charge, SMP Solutions, Straumann GmbH MFT, Stratis Vezetői és Informatikai Tanácsadó, Semmelweis Egyetem, Semmelweis Egyetem Szív- és Érgyógyászati Klinika, Staplecare, Synlab, Századvég Konjunktúrakutató, Szinapszis, Szegedi Tudományegyetem, Telex, Teqtos, Thakkura, Zorkoczy Ügyvédi Iroda, Quantumread, Világgazdasag.hu, Végtagmentő applikáció Kft / MEROVA Diabetic Health, Webbeteg, QCG Consulting

 

Bidlo JUDIT
Deputy State Secretary for the Professional Management of Health
Ministry of the Interior

Dr. Judit Bidló has been the Deputy State Secretary for the Professional Management of Health at the Ministry of the Interior since March 1, 2023.

She is a pharmacist, economist, and infobionics engineer. Founding member of the Hungarian Health Economics Society. She gained her experience in the pharmaceutical industry at Novartis and the Association of Innovative Pharmaceutical Manufacturers. of which she was director for 4 years between 2005-2009. Since 2009, she worked at the National Health Insurance Fund, in the area of price reimbursement. She was the deputy general director of price reimbursement of the National Health Insurance Fund from November 1, 2018 until the end of February 2023. At NEAK, she was responsible for the operation and financing of the outpatient drug supply, the financing of medical devices and itemized based reimbursement technologies, as well as for procurement and orphan pharmaceutical products financing. She still participates in the work of the National Molecular Oncoteam at NEAK. Currently, she considers her main task to be the creation of outcome-based drug financing and the adaptation of financing systems to the telemedicine systems that are coming to the fore due to the COVID epidemic. In addition, she is a committed supporter of the development of data-driven healthcare decision-making.

Bogos Krisztina
Director General
National Koranyi Institute for Pulmonology

Krisztina Bogos MD, PhD has been the Director General of National Koranyi Institute for Pulmonology since 1
January, 2021.
She has been working at the institute since 1992 as Head of Pulmonology Department, then Medical
Director, and subsequently took over the management of the institute in July 2020 as acting Director
General.
She obtained her medical degree in 1992 at the Medical University of Pécs, and then passed the specialist
examination in pulmonary medicine, general internal medicine, clinical oncology and European adult
pulmonary medicine within the framework of the HERMES program.
She obtained a PhD degree in 2009, followed by an MSc degree in healthcare management in 2016 at
Semmelweis University, and a Habilitation in 2023 at the University of Pécs.
Between 2013 and 2021, she was regional supervisor specialist in pulmonology.
She is the president of the Pulmonology Section of the Professional College, a member of the
management and board of the Hungarian Society of Pulmonology, a member of the board of the
Oncopulmonology Section since 2000, then its president from 2014-2022.
She is also a member of the European Respiratory Society (ERS), the Hungarian Oncology Society and
the IASLC.
In 2020, she was awarded a certificate of recognition from minister of the Hungarian Ministry of Human
Resources, in 2021 she was awarded the Széchenyi Society award, and in 2022 she was recognised by the
award of the Hungarian Order of Merit by the Civilian Division of the Order of Merit.
She is an organiser and speaker of several national scientific conferences.

Danó Anna
journalist, healthcare professional manager
Népszava

Újságíró-egészségügyi szakmenedzser. Az utóbbi szakmámhoz a diplomát a Semmelweis Egyetem közszolgálati karán szereztem 2005-ben. Harmincöt éve írok újságot. A pályakezdés első néhány évének kivételével, amit a Magyar Ifjúság című és a kollégámmal Katona Józseffel alapított közös lapnál a 424 című hetilap töltöttem, mindig napilapnál (Mai Nap, Népszava, Népszabadság, Népszava) dolgoztam, dolgozom. Voltam kormányzati tudósító, politikai újságíró végül egészségügyi szakújságíró lettem. A napi munkámban a hírvadászat jól meg fér kedvenc műfajommal a riporttal. Az utóbbi évtizedekben főként egészséggazdasággal, egészségpolitikával foglalkozom. Az egészségügyből az orvos-beteg kapcsolata, az információs aszimmetria bontása, a kommunikáció foglalkoztat. A napilapos „pörgés mellett” szerkesztettem gyermeklapot, életmódmagazint és két rangos gyógyszeripari szaklap ( Pharmamarketing, Marketing Pirula) vezető szerkesztőjeként is kipróbálhattam magam.  

Hartai Attila
Informatikai Igazgató
Országos Kórházi Főigazgatóság

Hartai Attila mérnök informatikus, elektronikus információbiztonsági szakmérnök. Attila több mint 20 éve dolgozik az egészségügy területén, több intézmény informatikai és információbiztonsági vezetését látta el. Alapvetően intézmények informatikai működtetéséért felelt, de számos szakrendszer fejlesztésében vett részt vezető koordinátorként. Többek között az Egészségügyi dolgozók alap és működési nyilvántartása vagy a Deep Learning alapú LDCT tüdőszűrő pilot szolgáltatáshoz szükséges informatikai keretrendszer informatikai koordinátora.

2019 óta az Állami Egészségügyi Ellátó Központ, majd az Országos Kórházi Főigazgatóság Informatikai Igazgatója.

Hatem Lemia
Corporate Affairs Director, Central Europe
AstraZeneca

Lemia is an economist, graduated from Corvinus University of Budapest. After a short time spent in FMCG she immediately jumped into the world of pharmaceuticals where she’s been since 14 years now.
After several roles in Public Affairs at Sanofi, MSD and Novartis, Lemia is now heading AstraZeneca’s Government Affairs and Communications in Central Europe.
Lemia is passionate about advancing public health, especially addressing patient pathway optimization and health literacy.

Jerabek György
secretary
Hétpecsét Információbiztonsági Egyesület

Jerabek György a Hétpecsét Információbiztonsági Egyesület titkára 1989-ben végzett a Kandó Kálmán Villamosipari Műszaki Főiskola (ma: Óbudai Egyetem) Híradásipari Intézetében, ahol a műszaki akusztika és informatika ágazatok mellett műszaki tanári oklevelet is szerzett. Pályáját programozóként kezdte és részt vett az első olyan hazai fejlesztésű háziorvosi rendszer elkészítésében, amely úttörőként lépett piacra és tartalmazta a BNO kódok alapján történő pontszámítást. A IX. kerületben több praxis ennek a programnak a segítségével teljesítette adatszolgáltatási kötelezettségét – hajlékonylemezen – amellyel nem volt szabad a villamos első kocsijába szállni, hogy olvasható maradjon. Pályája során többször visszakanyarodott az egészségügyhöz: 2021 óta a Tatabányai Szent Borbála kórházi információbiztonsági felelősi feladatait is ellátja, illetve több országos egészségügyi rendszer fejlesztésének volt korábban információbiztonsági szakértője. A Hétpecsét Információbiztonsági Egyesület titkárának a szervezet 2020 -ban választotta meg. Rendszeresen publikál a Jegyző és Közigazgatásban – információbiztonsági témájú cikkekkel, interjúkkal és a Nemzetbiztonsági Szakszolgálat Nemzeti Kibervédelmi Intézetének sajtószemléjének kivonatával jelentkezik az adatvédelem/információbiztonság rovatban. A Nemzeti Közszolgálati Egyetem Elektronikus Információbiztonsági Vezető képzését 2018-ban végezte el, szakdolgozatában az információbiztonság és az adatvédelem kapcsolatát elemezte, aminek aktualitását a GDPR kötelező alkalmazásának időpontja is jelezte. Az NKE éves kötelező továbbképzésének egyik moduljának elkészítésére  – Ibtv. az önkormányzati szektorban címmel – 2019-ban kapott megbízást.

Jelenleg is tanácsadóként dolgozik – a 2013. évi L. és az Lrtv. hatálya alá tartozó szervezeteknél tölt be információbiztonsági felelősi beosztást.

Joó Tamás
health economist
SE EMK

2010-ben közgazdász diplomát szerzett az Óbudai Egyetemen. Az egyetem elvégzése után okleveles
egészségpolitikai szakértő mesterképzésben vett részt az Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetemen. A Nemzeti
Közszolgálati Egyetemen elektronikus információbiztonsági vezető képesítést szerzett 2020-ban. 2014-2016 között az Állami Egészségügyi Ellátó Központnál alprojektvezetőként az intézményfejlesztési stratégiai tervezéssel és teljesítményértékeléssel kapcsolatos módszertani fejlesztést és implementációt irányította, amelyek a nyugat-dunántúli és észak-magyarországi térségek 22 intézményét érintették. 2016-2017 között Dr. Szócska Miklós a WHO (World Health Organization, az ENSZ egészségügyi szervezete) főigazgatói jelöltségéhez kapcsolódó kampányidőszak szakmai és operatív irányítását
végezte. 2016-2018 között főigazgatói tanácsadóként dolgozott az Országos Gyógyszerészeti és Élelmezés-
egészségügyi Intézetben, ahol elsődlegesen az újonnan alakult intézmény szervezetfejlesztési feladataiban vett részt és az intézmény kiemelt projektjének dohányzással és táplálkozás- egészségüggyel kapcsolatos szakmai koncepciójának kidolgozását irányította. 2014-től az Országgyűlés Népjóléti Bizottságának állandó egészségügyi szakértője. Kiemelten a költségvetéssel, forrásteremtéssel, humán erőforrással és az egészségügyi ellátórendszer átalakításával és fejlesztésével kapcsolatos jogszabálytervezetek véleményezését és szakmai háttéranyagok készítését végzi. Több hazai és nemzetközi WHO projekt, valamint fejlesztés irányítója és résztvevője. Szerbiában a dohányzás társadalmi terheinek felmérését támogatta szakértőként. Spanyolországban magyarországi jó gyakorlatként a népegészségügyi termékadó hazai tapasztalatait összegző tanulmány elkészítését irányította. A budapesti WHO iroda munkáját támogatta a jövedéki adópolitikát, forrásteremtést és különböző dohányzás ellenes intézkedések meghozatalára javaslatot tevő kutatásokkal. 2014-től a Semmelweis Egyetem, Egészségügyi Menedzserképző Központjának munkatársa. Egyetemi adjunktusként különböző digitális egészségüggyel, adattudománnyal, mesterséges intelligenciával, ipari befolyásolási technikákkal, egészségbiztonsággal és kibervédelemmel kapcsolatos területeken végzi kutatási és oktatási feladatait.  2018 óta külső közreműködője a washingtoni székhelyű Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) egészségügyi kutatóközpontnak, ahol 204 országot és területet érintő, halálozással, kockázati tényezőkkel, betegcsoportokkal kapcsolatos globális kutatások résztvevője. Jelenleg a NAV mesterséges intelligencia munkacsoportjának szakértője és a BM e-Egészségügyi Szakértői Testületének tagja. A Magyar Egészségügyi Menedzsment Társaság elnökhelyettese. A társaság nevéhez kötődik számos civil és népegészségügyi kezdeményezés (Egészségpart, Dohányzásmentes Magyarországért Mozgalom, stb.). IME tudományos folyóirat szerkesztőbizottságának tagja.

Kádár Mónika
Head of the Health Development Policy Department
Healthcare Financing and Development of the Ministry of the Interior

Graduate public health specialist, Doctor of Health Sciences. She has 10 years of experience in IT software design and coordination of IT developments. Her main task was the process-level synchronization of IT developments. Contact with users of healthcare field, the measurement and organization of business requirements. Planning of system describe processes, preparing of prior specifications. Coordination of developments and support the functional testing.

Previously, she carried out IT process manager, lead coordinator and healthcare specialist tasks in several projects implemented with European Union funds. Between 2012 and 2017 she strengthened the project team of National Public Health Center (formerly Office of the Chief Medical Officer of State), between 2017 and 2022 she was responsible for the developments of central hospital integrated management systems and medical laboratory diagnostic systems at National Directorate General for Hospitals. Under her project leading, the national introduction of Central Financial Approval System was implemented in all institutions provide publicly owned in-patient care.

Currently, she pays special attention to the domestic digital healthcare and from 2023 to the coordination of e-health department operating within the Deputy State Secretariat for Healthcare Financing and Development of the Ministry of the Interior. Head of the Health Development Policy Department at Deputy State Secretariat.

Innovation and Managing Director, Consultant, Owner
Szinapszis

Balázs has an MA in Economics and works for Szinapszis from the beginning as the professional leader of researches, also responsible for internal innovation and international relationships.  Balázs is a developer Szinapszis’ branded pharmaceutical solutions and research models. Main research areas: sales force effectiveness, pharmaceutical targeting, segmentation, KOL mapping, price sensitivity tests, MCM and digital transition in the pharma industry. Presenter on various Hungarian and International conferences, member end representative of Szinapszis in the European market research associations (ESOMAR, EphMRA).

Márkus Fanni
lawyer
KPMG Legal Tóásó Law Firm

Fanni Márkus works at KPMG Legal Tóásó Law Firm as a lawyer. Fanni is a qualified lawyer from 2017 and member of the Budapest Bar Association. She is specialized in pharmaceutical law and data protection. Advised pharmaceutical, diagnostics service providers on several aspects of their Hungarian operations, including corporate, commercial, regulatory and consumer protection issues.

 

Molnár Rita
founder
Digital Health Summit

Rita Molnar earned her BA business communication degree in the Budapest College of Communication and Business in 2008. She finished her MBA master program in Budapest Metropolitan University in 2020 and she started Health Policy, planning and financing MA program in Budapest Corvinus University also in 2020. The program is designed to provide you with a comprehensive understanding of the complexities of health care systems both at macro- and micro-levels within the context of technological development, an ageing population and patient expectations. She is well-prepared to work in health administration, government departments, research and consultancy agencies, universities, national health services, health care organizations and pharmaceutical and medical device industry. 

She started her career as a professional photojournalist from 1997 to 2002. Rita was just 21 when she started organizing events, and she founded her own company. Her first event was an amateur film festival in Eger in 1998. Ever since, she has been organizing 2 conferences per year, mainly in the medical, VC investing and banking fields. Between 2001-2005 Rita also worked as a movie producer. She was involved in co-producing a movie directed by the iconic Magyar movie-maker Miklós Jancsó. From 2006 to late 2007 Rita managed the event marketing team at Ringier Publishing, a Hungarian subsidiary of a Swiss-based leading publishing firm. In the summer of 2010 Rita founded Slimexpo with a venture capital involvement, and she organized with her own team a Slimexpo Festival with a diet, health and beauty theme at a premium event venue in Budapest Aréna in the spring of 2011. 

Munkácsi Viktor
Head of National CSIRT Team
National Cyber Security Center NCSC-HU

Receiving information security notifications (managing customer
service), coordinating incident investigations at national and
international level. Malware analysis, bit of forensic (SANS FOR508)
Preparing the legislative implementation of Cybersecurity best
practices. Participation in cyber security exercises. Support the
executive as EU CyCLONe Officer and represent Hungary in ENISA CNW.

More than 20 years of experience in understanding machines, engineers,
managers, lawyers, users and how to explain exactly what the other
person wants. I like to understand and break down processes into small
pieces and find connections.

Nagy Ferenc
medical director
Order of Malta

Ferenc Nagy is the medical director of the Hungarian Charity service of the Order of Malta.
He has a degree in health sciences (paramedic) and adult education.
He gained experience in the field of medicine at Erzsébet and St. Imre Hospitals in Budapest.
Working in the ICU and ER he was also responsible for implementing outreach and
resuscitation teams for the hospital. He is founding member of the Hungarian Resuscitation
Council and member of the Hungarian Society of Emergency Medicine and the European
Resuscitation Council.
He has 20 years of experience in simulation teaching and adult education. Ferenc is
interested in teaching practical skills and emergency medicine. He also served as a guest
lecturer at Semmelweis University.
Ferenc organized the pediatric ophtalmoology screening program for the 300 most
disadvantaged settlements in Hungary.
He organized the testing of the newly developed telemedicine system in Hungary. Ferenc is
interested in innovative, mobility based healthcare services.

Oláh Petra
Product Strategist
Super Charge

I have always been fascinated by smart products that drive us to be healthier, more conscious and positively impact one’s quality of life. It is, therefore, a great pleasure for me to support innovative initiatives day by day and share my years of experience on digital product development to turn these ideas into impactful digital solutions.

Palicz Tamás
strategic deputy director
Semmelweis University, Health Services Management Training Centre

Tamás Palicz, MD obtained his doctoral degree in medicine at the University of Debrecen in 1993, then in 1998 he became a specialist in internal medicine at the 3rd Department of Medicine of Semmelweis University. After several years of clinical practice he started to plan, implement and monitor EU-funded projects. He has been working as a manager since 2003, initially as Deputy Director General of the Directorate General for Strategy and Operational Development at Semmelweis University, and from 2005 as Medical Director of the Kútvölgy Clinic. Between 2010 and 2013, he was the Head of the Managing Authority for Human Resources Development and Renewal Operational Programs (TIOP and TÁMOP) of the National Development Agency, which was responsible for planning and monitoring the implementation of these projects. From 2013, he worked for two years as the Deputy Director General of the National Institute for Health Development and as the professional leader of the TÁMOP-612A-14/1-A project, where he was responsible for the introduction of school health promotion. Since the end of 2015, he is the Deputy Strategic Director at the Health Services Management Training Centre of Semmelweis University, where he earned his Masters's degree in Healthcare Management in 2001. 

His main areas of interest are process-oriented management of healthcare organisations, leading organisational changes and project management in healthcare. In recent years, in the context of the digital transformation of healthcare, he has begun to address cybersecurity issues within healthcare organisations.

Patai Roland
research associate
Neuronal Plasticity Research Group at the Institute of Biophysics of the Biological Research Centre

Dr. Roland Patai works as a research associate in the Neuronal Plasticity Research
Group at the Institute of Biophysics of the Biological Research Centre, Szeged. He
received his Master's degree in Biology with a specialization in human and
neurobiology from the Faculty of Science and Informatics at the University of
Szeged in 2013, where he was awarded a TALENT Scholarship and enrolled in the
University of Szeged's Excellence List. In 2017, he obtained his Ph.D. in the
neurobiology program at the Doctoral School of Theoretical Medicine at the
University of Szeged. In 2018, he was awarded first place by the Qualitas Biologica
Foundation for his outstanding doctoral dissertation. From 2016 to 2020, he
conducted research with a Scholarship for Young Researchers aided by the
Hungarian Academy of Sciences. His research focused on the pathobiology of
acute and chronic neurodegeneration. His current research is focusing on
understanding the immunological and inflammatory processes involved in motor
neuron disease. As a principal investigator, he was awarded the Young Researcher
Grant by the National Research, Development, and Innovation Office in 2022. In
recognition of his achievements in the field of neuroscience, he was awarded the
Dr. Ferenc Joó Prize in 2019 and has received the "Young Talent of the Nation"
Scholarship from the Ministry of Human Resources six times since 2017. In addition
to his research, he has been supervising medical and biology students at the
University of Szeged since 2016., furthermore he is a guest lecturer at the University
of Cambridge (United Kingdom). For his teaching achievements as a junior
mentor from 2016 to 2021, he was awarded the "Student of the Year” Mentorship
Award by the National Academy of Scientist Education in 2018 and 2020. In 2021, he
was also elected as a member of the public board of the Hungarian Academy of
Sciences within the Section of Medical Sciences.

Poda Tamas
commercial and marketing director
SYNLAB

Póda Tamás 2017 óta vezeti a SYNLAB Hungary kereskedelmi és marketing csapatát.   

Tanulmányait erősáramú villamosmérnökként végezte a Budapesti Műszaki és Gazdaságtudományi Egyetemen. Az egyetem elvégzése óta az egészségügyhöz kapcsolódó területen dolgozik, 2008-tól egészségügyi rendszerek értékesítésével, telepítésével és az ehhez szükséges oktatásokkal foglalkozott. 2012-ben csatlakozott a GE Healthcare csapatához, ahol feladatai közé tartozott az LCS portfólió (aneszteziológiai, légzőszervi, monitorozási megoldások, diagnosztikai kardiológia, anyatejes csecsemőgondozás, fogyóeszközök és kiegészítők, valamint egészségügyi informatika) horvátországi, szlovéniai és magyarországi értékesítési csatornáinak vezetése, ehhez tartozó tevékenységek fejlesztése, végrehajtása.  Fontos feladatának tekinti az egészségmegőrzés minél szélesebb körű megismertetését, melyhez pályája minden állomásán megbízható, kiemelt minőségű eszközöket és szolgáltatásokat kínál.  

Director
General of the National Institute of Pharmacy and Nutrition

Mátyás Szentiványi MD PhD has graduated at Semmelweis University (Budapest) in 1992 where he received his PhD degree in 2002. Between 1992 and 1997 he was a Scientific Research Fellow and an Assistant Professor at Semmelweis University (Budapest). After that he had the opportunity to expand his professional knowledge as a scientific research fellow at the Medical College of Wisconsin (Milwaukee, USA) spending ghere 2 years. Between 2000 and 2005, he worked as a Clinical Research Associate, a Project Manager and a Clinical Research Manager at Quintiles Hungary Ltd. After 2005 he was a Scientific Consultant for 5 years and a Medical Director for 8 years at Roche (Hungary) Ltd. In addition he was an active member of the Communication Ethics Committee of Pharmaceutical Industry Associations (KEB) for 7 years. Since October 2018 he is the Director General of the National Institute of Pharmacy and Nutrition, where he is trying to utilize the experience he gained during his research and healthcare services for the benefit of the Institute and for the whole HUngarian population.

 

Szirmai Zsombor
Head of Business Excellence & Execution
Novartis Hungária

Zsombor Szirmai, Head of Business Excellence & Execution at Novartis Hungary. Economist, graduated from the Corvinus University of Budapest and earned his MBA degree at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland.

Throughout his career, he worked at various innovative pharmaceutical companies, including Novo Nordisk, MSD and Novartis. His roles primarily included the sales & marketing responsibilities across various therapeutic areas, but he also gained experiences in business support, financial and product supply positions. Zsombor has a broad international experience, having worked in Denmark, Malaysia, the USA and Switzerland. 

His key current responsibilities include among others strengthening data-driven decision making culture and managing innovation.

Tóth Attila
Senior Sales Engineer
InterSystems EMEA

Holding a master degree of Computer Economics from the University of Szeged, I work with InterSystems technologies from the beginning of my career. Joining InterSystems in 2011 as a Sales Engineer (later: Senior Sales Engineer), adopting to the main profile of the company, from the very first day I’ve been involved in various national, regional and insitutional e-health projects in several countries of Europe and the Middle-East.

In Hungary we’ve supported actively, and I’ve had the pleasure to personally contribute to the development of the HISCOM solution, a foundation of maybe the most important modules of today’s EESZT.

Vántus Gergely
general practicioner
2nd. District, Budapest

Dr. Gergely Vántus graduated from the Faculty of General Medicine at the University of Debrecen in 2005. Leveraging his experience in primary care, internal medicine, and the pharmaceutical industry, he currently works as a general practitioner in Budapest.
He has gained extensive experience in sales and marketing in the pharmaceutical industry and was been involved in product launches for innovative medicines in the fields of cardiovascular medicine, pulmonology, and rheumatology. He has also been a speaker at numerous education events.
Currently, Dr. Gergely Vántus works as a primary care physician in Budapest. He also practices in elderly care and rehabilitation institutes as a primary care physician. 

As a general practicioner, he considers disease prevention to be one of his most important primary care tasks. Instead of episodic preventive work, he aims to establish structured disease prevention. He places great importance on increasing patient responsibility to improve the efficiency of screening work. In this process, he sees digitalization as a significant aid through process automation, data collection and analysis, and simplification of communication with patients.

Vegh Attila
CEO
Eurohealth Ltd.

Dr. Végh Attila több mint 20 éves tapasztalattal, elnök-vezérigazgatóként irányította Európa legnagyobb kórházcsoportjait. Vezetői pályafutása magában foglalja a Capio AB vezérigazgatói pozícióját, amely Európa egyik legnagyobb tőzsdén jegyzett kórházlánca, több mint 200 kórházzal Franciaországban, Németországban és Skandináviában. Előtte a Penta Hospitals International korházcsoport vezérigazgatója, Közép-Kelet Európa egyik leggyorsabban fejlődő cégcsoportja több, mint 70 intézménnyel. Vezetői karrierjét Angliában kezdte, ahol egyetemi klinikákat vezetett Londonban, Cambridge-ben és Manchesterben. Jelenleg több multinacionális egészségügyi intézmény igazgatótanácsi elnöke, valamint londoni private equity alapnál befektetési igazgató.