The Microsoft-Universitat de Valencia Privacy and Digital Transformation Chair organized seminar Healthcare Research: a transatlantic and Trans-European Dialogue Summit. It took place on November 23 2021, in Madrid at the European Commission offices.
The event featured key experts from both sides of the Atlantic and addressed the key challenges and opportunities that healthcare systems encounter when developing data sharing models and bringing scientific research to the next level on both sides of the Atlantic.
We share the presentations of the invited experts to the conference.
Opening Session
Ms. Mar España Martí, Director of the Spanish Data Protection Agency; Dr. Ricard Martinez, Director of the Microsoft Privacy and Digital Transformation Chair at University of Valencia.
Session 1: European-North American scientific collaboration
Dr. Ricard Martinez, Director of the Microsoft Privacy and Digital Transformation Chair at University of Valencia; Dr. Josep Redón i Mas, Principal Research of the Cardiometabolic and Renal Risk Study Group at INCLIVA.
Session Chair: Mr. Gabriel López Serrano, Regulatory Affairs Director at Microsoft Spain
Inaugural Session and Session 1:
Session 2: Challenges for business in the health sector
Dr. Hans Hofstraat, Vice-President at Philips Research, Royal Philips; Dr. Geff Brown, Associate General Counsel at Microsoft; Mr. Alexandre Entraygues, Head Data Privacy Europe at Novartis.
Session Chair: Mr. Elliot R. Golding, Member of the data Data Privacy, Cybersecurity & Digital Assets Practice and Healthcare Industry Group leadership team at Squire Patton Boggs.
Session 3: Ethical and legal challenges
Mr. Leonardo Cervera-Navas, Director at European Data Protection Supervisor; Dr. Valentina Colcelli, Researcher at the Italian National Research Council, Institute IFAC; Dr. Lydia F. de la Torre, Board Member of the California Privacy Protection Agency.
Session Chair: Dr. Ricard Martinez, Director of the Microsoft Privacy and Digital Transformation Chair at University of Valencia.
Session 4: The patients point of view: health and the common good
Mr. Julian Isla, Foundation 29; Dr. Berra Yazar-Klosinksi, Chief Science Officer of the non-profit Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS).
Moderador/Session Chair: Dr. Federico de Montalvo Jaaskelainen, President of the Spanish Bioethics Committee.
Closing session
Mr. Gabriel Lopez Serrano, Regulatory Affairs Director at Microsoft Spain; Mr. Andrea Pescino, Member to the Gaia-X Healthcare Committe; Dr. Mª Dolores Real García, Office of the UV Vice-Principal of Innovation and Transfer.
