What we'll talk about

At HIMSS25, you’ll have diverse opportunities to learn and connect—in the ways that work for you. And you’ll leave with rich insights to take back home and drive change in your health system.

Bridging Policy and Practice

Europe’s leading the world in health policy – and the legislation affects everyone in healthcare. From the European Health Data Space to the EU AI Act and the Cyber Resilience Act, there’s new innovations in digital health policy every month. But how does that regulation translate to practice? Here, you’ll learn how new initiatives from Brussels are changing technology strategy and implementation in health systems across the continent. 

Who should attend? 

- Transformation leaders in national, regional and local systems
- C-suite leaders
- Providers and healthcare professionals
- Stakeholders in healthcare/digital health (companies, startups, entrepreneurs)

Intelligent Disruption through Tech

Artificial intelligence (AI) is one part of a huge new wave in health innovation. It's helping hospital systems auto-detect the onset of diseases and infections, reduce wait times in frontline care, and turn massive datasets into actionable insights. We’ll discuss this type of disruption and much more, including new innovations in VR, gaming in pediatric health, and advanced analytics.

Who should attend? 

- Digital strategists and policymakers
- C-suite leaders
- Providers and healthcare professionals
- Startup leaders, entrepreneurs
- Big tech

Digital Maturity Roadmaps

You need a real plan to reach digital maturity – and this is where you’ll learn how it’s done. We’ll talk about all the challenges and roadblocks teams face, and how to build a transformation strategy that leads directly to outcomes. Looking to back your planning up with data? We’ll also explore the HIMSS maturity models, which cover every aspect of digital transformation from analytics to EMR usage, infrastructure, imaging, community care and beyond.

Who should attend? 

- C-suite leaders
- Health professionals who’re leading digital transformation
- Informaticists and analytics experts
- Solution providers and startup leaders

Women’s Health in Focus

The fight for gender health equity is still ongoing. Women face more barriers getting diagnoses, struggle to get heard in the medical system, and face completely unique health challenges. (It should not take 10+ years to get an endometriosis diagnosis!) We’ll dive into the tech built specifically for women’s health, strategies for supporting female providers and patients, and actions we can take towards gender equity in healthcare.

Who should attend? 

- Women, men and folks of all genders!
- Patient representatives and advocates
- C-suite leaders
- Researchers, AI and technology developers
- Startups and entrepreneurs focused on women’s health
- Tech and pharma companies

Using Health Data Right

Data is power, especially in healthcare. The patient records we collect (and how we share them) affect everything from privacy to care quality and patient safety, and the ethics behind data usage are crucial. Could transparency be bad? How can we ensure health AI models are trained on representative, unbiased data? And before we get there: how can we create effective governance and interoperability? We’ll talk about all this – and more.

Who should attend? 

- C-suite leaders, especially CIOs, CCIOs, CNIOs
- Legal and governance leads
- Analytics and data science professionals
- Population health experts
- Providers and patients who’re interested in data applications

The Future of Workforce

Healthcare workforce shortages are here, and burnout is an issue no system can ignore. At the same time, healthcare is shifting towards the home, and patient expectations are rising – which makes training and supporting talent with technology even more vital. We'll talk about strategies for fighting workforce attribution, how European systems can curb the talent tug-of-war, and ways to keep top talent in healthcare.

Who should attend? 

- C-suite leaders (especially CCIOs, CNIOs, and CIOs)
- Providers and healthcare professionals
- Digital transformation leads and project managers
- People leaders (HR, talent acquisition)

Learn by experience

With interactive formats and expert speakers, HIMSS25 Europe gives you the chance to meet, explore, learn and grow well beyond traditional boundaries.

Content led by industry experts

With great real-world experience and collective knowledge, the members of our Programme Committee take the pulse of healthcare today and weave those insights into what we focus on – creating a deeply relevant, engaging HIMSS25 Europe programme.