D4-Summit Programme Overview
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Day 1: Data, Rules & Possibilities
Day 1 sets the stage for data‑driven diagnostics: how we make diagnostic data reliable, comparable, and ready for AI—while staying within legal and cybersecurity boundaries. Expect practical insights on standards, data prerequisites, anonymization, and what it takes to move from promising ideas to safe, real‑world impact.
Day 2: Deploy, Adopt, Improve
Day 2 is about implementation and adoption: AI and CDSS in routine workflows, human–AI interaction, and how hospitals and regions are actually transforming diagnostics today. With real case studies, industry spotlights, and plenty of networking, the focus is on what scales—putting the patient first across disciplines.
Who talks?
D4 2026 brings together people who actually build and run data‑driven diagnostics—across laboratory medicine, radiology, pathology, data science, policy, law, and industry. Our speakers share practical lessons from real deployments, honest challenges (yes, including the messy parts), and a clear focus on what matters most: better diagnostics for patients through collaboration.
Axel
Axel Unger is a healthcare innovation leader working at the intersection of AI, digital health, and service design. He focuses on turning emerging technologies into real-world, patient-centered solutions—bridging strategy, implementation, and the human side of innovation. At D4 2026, he will set the stage with a keynote on leading innovation in the age of AI.
Joe
Joe (Jochen) Lennerz is a physician-scientist and pathologist, formerly at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, and now Medical Director for Pathology Innovation at Natera, where he leads work in AI-enabled diagnostics and digital pathology integration. At D4 2026, he brings a thoughtful, big-picture perspective on how we define certainty and value in diagnostics in the digital age.
Evis
Prof. Dr. Evis Sala is the Minister of Health and Social Welfare of Albania and a radiologist and academic leader in diagnostic imaging, with a strong focus on translating advanced imaging methods into clinical practice. At D4 2026, she will speak about Radiomics and AI and how imaging data can be used for public health.
Arho
Arho Virkki is Chief Analytics Officer at Varha, The Wellbeing Services County of Southwest Finland, combining healthcare data, clinical informatics, and real‑world implementation, with a focus on turning large‑scale health data into practical benefits for research and patient care. At D4 2026, he will share examples from Finland on how data can be used responsibly to enable both scientific discovery and data‑driven care.
Nic
Nicolas Tétreault is a clinical biochemist and medical laboratory innovation leader from Canada, focused on bringing data‑driven methods into routine diagnostics. At D4 2026, he will share clinical insights from Canada’s first approved AI laboratory algorithm, showing how everyday lab data (like CBCs) can be turned into actionable, validated tools for patient care.
Christian
Christian Haverkamp is the head of the Institute for Digitalization in Medicine at the University Hospital Freiburg. He works on the practical deployment of AI‑assisted clinical decision support systems (CDSS) in hospital settings, with a focus on turning promising methods into tools that fit real clinical workflows. At D4 2026, he will share lessons from applied AI‑assisted CDSS in Freiburg—what enabled implementation, what created friction, and what made adoption work.
Madeleen
Madeleen de Geus‑Bosma is a clinical chemist at Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) and a member of the Committee on Nomenclature, Properties and Units (C-NPU) of the IFCC. Her focus is on how digital metrology, including standardized nomenclature and units, make laboratory data comparable and trustworthy —exactly the kind of foundation needed for safe, scalable data‑driven diagnostics and AI.
Gregor
Gregor Hörmann is a laboratory physician at MLL Münchner Leukämielabor, where he leads work in hematologic diagnostics with a strong focus on translating innovations into routine workflows. At D4 2026, he will share how AI is already being used in everyday hematology testing—from scientific foundations to implementation details and practical integration in the lab.
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Programme
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Day 1 (11.9.)
Data, Rules & Possibilities
08:30 – 09:30
Arrival and Plug-In
09:30 – 09:40
Welcome Address: Putting Data to Work for Better Diagnostics
Janne Cadamuro
Professor of Laboratory Medicine
Head of the Dept. of Laboratory Medicine
University Hospital Salzburg
Salzburg, AUSTRIA
Data Bootcamp: Codes, Quality & Privacy
09:40 – 10:00
From Codes to Care: Digital Metrology and the Future of Laboratory Data
Madeleen de Geus-Bosma
Member of the Committee on Nomenclature, Properties and Units (C-NPU) of the IFCC
Department of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center
Leiden, The Netherlands
10:00 – 10:20
From Messy to Model‑Ready: Turning Diagnostic Data into ML Fuel
Andrea Padoan
Professor of Laboratory Medicine
Chair of the Committee “Atrificial Intelligence” of the European Federation of Laboratory Medicine (EFLM)
University of Padua – Department of Medicine DIMED
Padova, ITALY
10:20 – 10:50
Privacy Magic: De‑identification for Real‑World AI
TBD
10:50 – 11:00
Panel: From Data Dreams to Data Plumbing
All Speakers
11:00 – 12:00
Networking: Coffee
Innovation Meets Reality
12:00 – 12:30
Key Note: Leading Innovation in the Age of AI
Axel Unger
Co-founder & Chief Design Officer at Appliance Studio in Bristol.
Head of Health Practice at IDEO.
Partner and Managing Director at IDEO.
Founder of HiAxel GmbH and Co-founder of NextVenture.ai
Munich, GERMANY
12:30 – 12:50
Cloudy with a Chance of Lawyers: AI, GDPR & Security
Katharina Mitterer
Law firm Zirngibl
Lecturer in IT law at Augsburg
University of Applied Sciences
Munich, GERMANY
12:50 – 13:10
Routine Blood Counts as Crystal Balls: Clinical Insights from Canada’s First Approved AI Lab Algorithm
Nicolas Tétreault
Clinical Biochemist
Directeur Scientifique et Innovation at Biron Health Group
Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS
13:10 – 13:30
Panel: Innovation vs Constraints — Who Wins?
All Speakers
13:30 – 15:30
Networking: Lunch & Industry
Lunch – Workshop (TBA)
Sharing Signals, Shipping Solutions
15:30 – 15:50
Key Note: What Does It Mean to Know? Diagnostics, Doubt, and Data in the Digital Age
Joe Lennerz
Former Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School (HMS)
Medical Director for Pathology Innovation at Natera
Associate Chief of Pathology and the Medical Director of the Center for Integrated Diagnostics (CID)
Massachusetts General Hospital.
Massachusetts, USA
15:50 – 16:10
Heme Meets AI: From Paper to Pipeline
Gregor Hörmann
Laboratory physician
Head of Diagnostics Phenotype Division
MLL Münchner Leukämielabor GmbH
Munich, GERMANY
16:10 – 16:30
Presentation from the industry
TBD
16:30 – 16:50
One Patient, Many Signals: Making Data Work Together
Catharina Gerhards &
Alexander Hertel
Dept. of Laboratory Medicine
Dept. of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
Mannheim, GERMANY
16:50 – 17:10
Panel: Patient‑Centered Diagnostics — From Routine AI to Integrated Data
All Speakers
19:30 – 23:00
Social event “Data & Drinks Networking”
Day 2 (12.9.)
Deploy, Adopt, Improve
Humans, Machines & Meaning
09:30 – 09:50
RADIOMICS AND AI: LEVERAGING IMAGING DATA FOR PUBLIC HEALTH
Evis Sala
Minister of Health and Social Welfare of Albania
Professor of Radiology
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Chair
Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Radiation Oncology
Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS
Rome, ITALY
09:50 – 10:10
Presentation from the industry
TBD
10:10 – 10:30
Where the Data Sleeps: Storage, EHDS & CDRs
Giovanni Arcuri
Gerneral Director of the Isola Tiberina Hospital – Gemelli Isola
Rome, ITALY
10:30 – 10:50
Panel: Infrastructure Meets Reality
All Speakers
10:50 – 12:00
Networking: Coffee
Transformation Tales (with receipts)
12:00 – 12:20
Digitizing a Hospital City: Nürnberg’s Journey
Herbert Quinz
Head of Digital Process and Technology Management
University Hospital Nürnberg
Nürnberg, GERMANY
12:20 – 12:40
AI-assisted CDSS in the Clinic: Freiburg’s Playbook
Christian Haverkamp
Head of Unit – Institute for Digitalization in Medicine
University Hospital Freiburg
Freiburg, GERMANY
12:40 – 13:00
Nordic Lessons: Using Health Data at Scale
Arho Virkki
Chief Analytics Officer
Varha, The Wellbeing Services County of Southwest Finland
Turku, FINLAND
13:00 – 13:20
Panel: Lessons Learned, Mistakes Shared
All Speakers
13:20 – 14:20
Networking: Lunch & Industry
Lunch – Workshop (TBA)
Transformation Tales (with receipts)
14:20 – 14:40
AMPEL (Traffic Light) in Action: Real‑World CDSS at Scale
Toralf Kirsten
Computer Scientist
Technical Lead AMPEL Project
University Hospital Leipzig
Leipzig, GERMANY
14:40 – 15:00
Presentation from the industry
TBD
15:00 – 15:20
Smarter Images: AI in Radiology Practice
David Baumgartner
CEO of Diagnostic Imaging Center Doringer
Salzburg, AUSTRIA
CEO of MiraNext GmbH
15:20 – 15:40
Panel: Reducing Overuse, Increasing Value
All Speakers
15:40 – 15:50
Closing: Next Steps & New Friends
Janne Cadamuro
Head of the Dept. of Laboratory Medicine
University Hospital Salzburg
Salzburg, AUSTRIA
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