Finland and Bavaria Health Ministers to Kick Off Radical Health Festival Helsinki 2024
The Radical Health Festival Helsinki 2024, a premier event in the health innovation calendar, is set to commence with an opening by two distinguished figures in the health sector. Finland’s Minister of Social Affairs and Health, Sanni Grahn-Laasonen, and Bavaria’s Minister of Health, Judith Gerlach, will jointly inaugurate the event on Tuesday, May 21st, at 5:30 PM.
The ministers will each deliver a speech highlighting the festival’s theme and ambitions.
Following the opening words, Dr. Päivi Sillanaukee, Special Envoy, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, Finland will moderate a thought-provoking discussion. The discussion will center around the theme "Welcoming Act: Why Deploying Prevention and Precision at Scale?"—a critical inquiry into the future of healthcare, emphasizing prevention and precision medicine. The discussion features experts including the Head of the Novartis Foundation Dr. Ann Aerts, Chief Translational Science Officer at Phenome Health Dr. Jennifer Lovejoy, CEO Gareth Prech from World Health Innovation Summit, and Prof. Kazuhiro Sakurada from RIKEN and Keio University.
The Radical Health Festival Helsinki is a beacon for health innovation, drawing together experts, policymakers, and enthusiasts from across Europe and beyond. The festival is a collective endeavor, supported by over 20 European contributors. Key partners such as the City of Helsinki, the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), Nightingale Health, and a myriad of influential organisations like the College of Health Information Management Executives (CHIME), The International Associations of National Health Institutes (IANPHI), and The European eHealth Multidisciplinary Stakeholder Platform EHTEL, have pledged continued collaboration for this year’s event.
This year, the festival also features an exclusive full-day program of site visits and high-level conversations for international ministerial delegations and selected participants, hosted by the Finnish Ministry of Social Affairs and Health. The curated program by the ministry provides an excellent view of Finland’s leading digital health landscape and offers a unique opportunity to find inspiration and forge potential partnerships.
In its previous iteration, the Radical Health Festival Helsinki attracted over 1,000 participants, featuring over 150 speakers and 100 companies and organizations. This assembly of minds and institutions underscores the festival's pivotal role in fostering innovation and dialogue within the global health sector.
For further information about Radical Health Festival Helsinki 2024 and updates on upcoming events, please visit the official website at www.radicalhealthfest.com.
Photos of the 2023 edition can be accessed at: https://mediabank.messukeskus.com/kuvat/Radical+Health+Festival+Helsinki/
Save the date: Radical Health Festival Helsinki 2024, 21st–23rd May, at Helsinki Expo and Convention Centre (Messukeskus). | www.radicalhealthfest.com | #radicalhealth #healthcare
About the Organizing Partners of the Radical Health Festival Helsinki:
The Helsinki Expo and Convention Centre (Messukeskus), with a legacy of promoting Finnish trade and industry through face-to-face events since 1919, joins forces with éditohealth, an international healthcare thought leadership and content creation agency, combining over a century of experience in promoting digital health and global health leadership conferences.
For further inquiries or information, please contact:
Pia Heikkurinen
Expert, Sitra, the Finnish Innovation Fund
Secretary General, Radical Health Festival Helsinki
Pia.Heikkurinen@sitra.fi | +358 50 4651025
Sean Roberts
Strategic Relations Officer, éditohealth
sean@editohealth.org | +33 6 19 553 339
Tarja Gordienko
Communications Manager, Helsinki Expo and Convention Centre
tarja.gordienko@messukeskus.com | +358 50 5847262
Finnish Ministry of Social Affairs and Health
Susanna Rekiranta, susanna.rekiranta@gov.fi | +358 295 163 456
