A workshop on EU health data governance and the proposed European Health Data Space
Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society (TILT) is pleased to announce the online workshop on:
EU health data governance and the proposed European Health Data Space.
The workshop will explore the contours of EU health data governance and, in particular, examine the Commission’s plans for the EHDS and the policy options for health data access and sharing therein, including the types and sources of health data, the stakeholders involved, the expected benefits and the ethical and legal concerns, and the creation of a single market for digital health (data) and innovation.
The workshop speakers include:
- Hugo van Haastert, European Commission;
- Mahsa Shabani, Ghent University;
- Timo Minssen, Centre for Advanced Studies in Biomedical Innovation Law (CeBIL), University of Copenhagen;
- Santa Slokenberga, Uppsala University; and
- Giulia Schneider, Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies.
Program:
The workshop intends to map the contours of EU health data governance and, in particular examine the Commission’s proposal for the EHDS and the policy options for and implications of health data access and sharing therein.
| 14:00 | Introduction and welcome address |
| Session 1: EHDS: Sharing health data for better health care, research, and policy | |
| 14:05 |
Hugo van Haastert, DG SANTE, Unit European Reference Networks and Digital Health, European Commission European Commission’s plans for the EU health data governance/EHDS proposal |
| 14:30 |
Mahsa Shabani, Ghent University: Regulatory framework around EHDS: focusing on data altruism, safeguards, and legal bases for further processing data Timo Minssen, CeBIL, University of Copenhagen: Ethico-Legal Aspects of Governing AI for health within the EHDS |
| 15:15 | Break |
| 15:30 | Session 2: EHDS: Creating an EU single market for digital health & innovation |
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Santa Slokenberga, Uppsala University: Balancing individual rights and health research in the EHDS: sharing data and national divergences Giulia Schneider, Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies: Situating the EHDS within the Digital Single Market: health data sharing as an innovation and EU internal market objective |
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| 16:30 | Discussion: Synergies, tensions, (potential) blind spots in the EHDS |
| 16:45 | Concluding remarks |
Registration:
Registration is closed
10 November 2021, 14:00-17:00 CET
Logistics:
This workshop is organized in the context of the Digital Legal Studies research initiative, which is funded through the Law Sector Plan of the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OCW). Digital Legal Studies is a collaboration between Tilburg University, the University of Amsterdam, Radboud University Nijmegen, and Maastricht University that aims to stimulate pioneering research in the area of law & technology.
Organization and contact:
Workshop organizing committee consists of Tjaša Petročnik, Prof Giorgio Monti, and Dr Robin Pierce.
With any further questions, please contact Tjaša Petročnik, PhD candidate at TILT/TILEC, Tilburg Law School .