dHealth 2026 – Programme

Conference Programme

The current programme is preliminary and possibly subject to change in the future. More details are coming soon.

Day 1    |    Day 2

Day 1

Tuesday, May 12th, 2026

Tuesday (May 12), Day 1

09:00 – 10:30

Track 1 – Room Nr. 1

Cyber- & Information Security in Healthcare

BMSGPK

R. Scharinger

Track 2 – Room Nr. 9

Smart FOX, Health Data Donation for Research

Medical University of Vienna & AIT Austrian Institute of Technology 

T. Stamm, K. Donsa

eHealth Strategie - Barometer​

Umsetzung der eHealth-Strategie Österreich im Rahmen der Zielsteuerung

Die von den Systempartnern Bund, Länder, Sozialversicherung gemeinsam erarbeitete und beschlossene eHealth-Strategie Österreich ist der strategische Rahmen für die Digitalisierung im Gesundheitswesen. Die Strategie definiert die Vorhaben für die Umsetzung für die kommenden Jahre. Jetzt geht es darum, dass einerseits auf Länderebene die Vorhaben entsprechend umgesetzt werden und anderseits braucht es ein Monitoring zur Messung.

Moderatoren:

  Bernadette Matiz, MAS
Stabsstellenleiterin Öffentlichkeitsarbeit & Digitalisierung, Gesundheitsfonds Steiermark
  MMag. Dr. Andreas Huber
Zielsteuerungskoordinator; Institutsvorstand LIV Tirol

Vorträge:

Andreas Huber
Landesinstitute für integrierte Versorgung Tirol

Bernadette Matiz
Gesundheitsfonds Steiermark

Angabe folgt.
Christoph Hörhan
Hörhan Strategy Consultants GmbH
Zauberformel eHealth.
(10 min, Partnerbeitrag)
Alexander Kollmann
Land Salzburg;
Gesundheitsplanung und landeseigene Versorgungseinrichtungen
Angabe folgt.
Michael Felli
Stadt Wien
Angabe folgt.
Anja Laschkolnig
Gesundheit Österreich GmbH
Angabe folgt.

Track 3 – Room Nr. 8

Scientific Session #1 - T.B.D.

Chairs:
T.B.D.

Scientific Session #1

AI, LLMs and Digital Twins

Chairs: Jan Smeddinck, Ágnes Vathy-Fogarassy

Presentations:

  • Enhancing Malignancy Detection and Tumor Classification in Pathology Reports: A Comparative Evaluation of Large Language Models
    Sabrina B. NEURURER, Hasan TAHA, Helmut MUEHLBOECK, Christoph HICKMANN, Patricia GSCHEIDLINGER, Stefan RICHTER, Martin DANLER, Werner O. HACKL, Marko UEBEREGGER, Marco SCHWEITZER and Bernhard PFEIFER
  • Development of a Synthetic Oncology Pathology Dataset for Large Language Model Evaluation in Medical Text Classification
    Werner O. HACKL, Sabrina B. NEURURER, Stefan RICHTER, Hasan TAHA, Helmut MUEHLBOECK, Christoph HICKMANN, Patricia GSCHEIDLINGER, Martin DANLER, Marco SCHWEITZER, Marko UEBEREGGER and Bernhard PFEIFER
  • LLM-Driven Adjustments in Serious Games: A Feasibility Analysis
    Ivana MOSTACHETTI, Andrea VITALI, Daniele REGAZZONI, Caterina RIZZI and Giovanni Pietro SALVI
  • Exploring the Potential of Non-Proprietary Language Models for Analysing Patient-Reported Experiences
    Kerstin DENECKE
  • Acceptance and Usage of AI Applications in Health-Focused NGOs
    Franziska HAUER, Maximilian SCHULTZ, Sonja HAUG and Karsten WEBER
  • From Concept to Practice: Unlocking the Potential of Digital Twins in Clinical Engineering
    Jasmina LOZANOVIC and Maja PETROVIC
Tuesday (May 12), Day 1

10:30 – 11:00

Coffee Break

Tuesday (May 12), Day 1

11:00 – 12:30

Room Nr. 1

Opening Session

Chairs: Ruth Ladenstein, Günter Schreier
Welcome address by the organisers 
Opening address
Opening Keynote

Opening Keynote

European Health Data Space – catalysing digital health innovation

Speaker:

Elina Drakvik
Senior Lead,
Sitra

Bio:

Elina Drakvik works as a Senior Lead at Sitra, the Finnish Innovation Fund, and its Future Wellbeing Solutions Programme. She leads the joint action on the secondary use of health data, TEHDAS2, which supports the implementation of the European Health Data Space (EHDS) Regulation. Driving digital health, innovations and impact in cooperation with international partners and ecosystems as well as creation of new collaboration opportunities are at the core of her work. Prior to joining Sitra she has led various European multistakeholder projects and gathered experience in research funding, societal impact and innovations from Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University in Sweden as well as Research Council of Finland. She will showcase the lessons learned from Finland’s experiences in secondary use of health data and shed light on the developments around European Health Data Space in the context of the TEHDAS2 Joint Action.

Tuesday (May 12), Day 1

12:30 – 13:30

Lunch Break

Tuesday (May 12), Day 1

13:30 – 15:00

Track 1 – Room Nr. 1

ELGA News

ELGA GmbH

S. Sabutsch

Track 2 – Room Nr. 9

Digitale Souverenität & Digital Health

AUVA & KAGes

T. Mück, M. Pedevilla

Track 3 – Room Nr. 8

Scientific Session #2 - T.B.D.

Chairs:
T.B.D.

Tuesday (May 12), Day 1

15:00 – 15:15

Coffee Break

Tuesday (May 12), Day 1

15:15 – 16:45

Track 1 – Room Nr. 1

Entscheidungs-unterstützung & KI im Kontext von Gesundheitsportalen

Wiener Gesundheitsverbund

M. Binder

Track 2 – Room Nr. 9

Real-World-Data & Interoperability

Charité Berlin & FH Technikum Wien

S. Thun, S. Sauermann

Track 3 – Room Nr. 8

Scientific Session #3 - T.B.D.

Chairs:
T.B.D.

Tuesday (May 12), Day 1

16:45 – 17:00

Coffee Break

Tuesday (May 12), Day 1

17:00 – 18:30

Room Nr. 1

Plenary Session

Chairs: T.B.D.
Keynote 2
Call for Visions 2036 & Roundtable to reflect

Tuesday (May 12), Day 1

18:30 – 19:00

Change of Venue

Tuesday (May 12), Day 1

19:00 – 22:30

Networking Event

Networking Event

Relaxed get-together after Day 1

Location: 10er Marie (Ottakringer Straße 222-224, 1160 Vienna)

The networking event is the perfect opportunity to get to know the conference attendees in a relaxed setting after a long and intensive day of presentations, workshops and information. This event is at an authentic and traditional kind of Austrian restaurant (called “Heuriger”). This is your chance to talk to everyone, have a glass of wine, eat delicious traditional meals (e.g. schnitzel, pork roast, sauerkraut, …) and recharge for the next day. Do not miss it, this is generally considered one of the highlights! Here is an impression from a past conference:

Please note: You have to additionally register for this networking event. This is not included in the normal registration fee and not done automatically when registering for the conference.

There will be a free organised transport from the conference venue to the restaurant. Transportation back home afterwards to your accomodation is done individually.

All information can be found here: FAQs

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Day 2

Wednesday, May 13th, 2026

Wednesday (May 13), Day 2

08:45– 10:15

Track 1 – Room Nr. 1

Integrierte Gesundheitsversorgung und e-Health Roadmap – ein Widerspruch?

Österreichische Ärztekammer

Track 2 – Room Nr. 9

EHDS - HealthData@AT

Gesundheit Österreich GmbH

A. Degelsegger-Márquez

Track 3 – Room Nr. 8

Scientific Session #4 - T.B.D.

Chairs: 
T.B.D.

Wednesday (May 13), Day 2

10:15- 11:00

Coffee Break & Scientific Session #5: Poster Session​

Scientific Session #5

Poster Session

Posters:

  • Adherence to Guidelines Supported by Process Mining
    Klaus ARTHOFER
  • A SMART on FHIR Conformant Infrastructure for Recording Patient Reported Outcomes Based on Open-Source Components
    Yannick KÖRBER, Florian KATSCH, Tanja STAMM and Georg DUFTSCHMID
  • Identifying Caregiver Needs for EHR Functionalities: Insights from a Comprehensive Large Scale Nationwide Study
    Daniela PICHLER, René BARANYI and Thomas GRECHENIG
  • Standardizing Heat-Related Diagnoses for Predictive Modeling in Healthcare
    Jakob THIEL, Martin SEDLMAYR and Elisa HENKE
  • Climate Change, Vectors, and Public Health: Predicting Future Disease Risks in the Federal State Tyrol
    Alexandra SCHWAIGER, Sabrina NEURURER, Werner O. HACKL, Hasan TAHA, Marco SCHWEITZER, Martin DANLER and Bernhard PFEIFER
  • Design of a Decision Support System for Chronic Pain Management to Support and Empower Nursing Professionals
    Daiana Denisa DEMARCSEK, Barbara KRÖBER, Stefanie SCHRIEBL, Stephanie FREYDL, Bernhard NEUMAYER, Angela LIBISELLER, Philip STAMPER and Stefan HOCHWARTER
  • Requirements for an Instrument to Identify Context Factors for Enhancing Context Sensitivity in CDSS
    Katharina SCHULER, Ian-C. JUNG, Maria ZERLIK, Martin SEDLMAYR and Brita SEDLMAYR
  • Virtual Reality with Moodle for Training in Telemedicine
    Andrea CATTANEO, Anna SAVODELLI, Amin AMROUSSI, Maria Sofia CAVALLO, Debora PESENTI, Maria RAGAZZI, Cristian ROTA and Andrea VITALI
  • cMOOC Recommendations to Enhance AI Literacy Among Healthcare Professionals
    Bianca BUCHGRABER-SCHNALZER, Marco TILLI, Rupert BEINHAUER, Waltraud JELINEK-KRICKL, Raphaele RAAB, Klaus LICHTENEGGER, Michael HAMMER, Gernot REISHOFER and Helmut RITSCHL
  • Integration of Digital Tools into Clinical Reasoning Education: A Rapid Review
    Elske AMMENWERTH and Laura ZWAN
  • Nursing Informatics Education: Needs Analysis and Curriculum Design
    Elske AMMENWERTH, Hadas LEWY, Walter DE CARO and Vered ROBINZON
  • Real-Time Communication Infrastructure for Mixed Reality in Home Care: A Comparative Case Report of Three Approaches
    Cornelia SCHNEIDER, Philipp KOLMANN and Philipp RAMEDER
  • Shared Achievements: Exploring the Design of Gameful Collaborative Elements and Fostering Social Relatedness through Team Effort Contributions in a Social Physical Activity Application
    Faith YOUNG, Dmitry ALEXANDROVSKY, Daniela WURHOFER, Eva-Maria KRAH and Jan D. SMEDDINCK
  • Active Waiting: Facilitating Short Bouts of Exercise During Idle Times for Promoting Physical Activity in Daily Living
    Daniela WURHOFER, Magdelena MAISLINGER, Eva-Maria KRAH, Stefan T. KULNIK, Gunnar TREFF, Michael NEUDORFER, Faith YOUNG and Josef NIEBAUER
  • Evaluation of the “ActiveWaiting App”: A Waitlist-Control Pilot Study
    Andrea GREISBERGER, Daniela WURHOFER, Alireza FATEHI, Jan David SMEDDNICK and Stefan Tino KULNIK
  • Mobile Health Technology in Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy for People with Multiple Sclerosis: An Exploratory Field Study
    Stefan Tino KULNIK, Belinda BÖHM, Isabel HÖPPCHEN, Antonia LINDNER, Lisa SEIRINGER, Daniela WURHOFER, Ferdinand OTTO and Peter WIPFLER
  • Using a Logic Model to Explore Seniors' Interactions with a Coaching Robot
    Michelle BINDEL, Markus SCHWAIGER, Elske AMMENWERTH and Cornelia SCHNEIDER
  • A Learning Agent for Stress Multi-Level Diagnostics, Personalised Stress Profiles and Interventions in the Work Context
    Oliver JUNG, Mathias SCHMOIGL-TONIS, Christoph SCHRANZ, Beatrix Julia KUNAS, Anton-Rupert LAIREITER, Julian MEHLIS and Michael BEER
  • Application of Micro Design Patterns in Co-Design Workshops Using PROM Visualizations as an Example
    Maria ZERLIK, Ian-C. JUNG, Katharina SCHULER and Caroline GLATHE
  • Empowering Nursing Care Through Digital Innovation
    Renate NANTSCHEV, Eva ZOEBINGER, Angela LIBISELLER, Mirna BAN, Denise WILFLING and Katharina LICHTENEGGER
Wednesday (May 13), Day 2

11:00 – 12:30

Track 1 – Room Nr. 1

AI in der praktischen Anwendung

Gesundheit Burgenland

F. Öller

Track 2 – Room Nr. 9

Health Data Research Hubs

AIT Austrian Institute of Technology

K. Kreiner

Track 3 – Room Nr. 8

Scientific Session #6 - T.B.D.

Chairs: 
T.B.D.

Wednesday (May 13), Day 2

12:30 – 13:30

Lunch Break

Wednesday (May 13), Day 2

13:30 – 15:00

Track 1 – Room Nr. 1

COPD & Digital Health

UMIT Tirol

B. Tilg

Track 2 – Room Nr. 9

Digital Health Startups

LISAVienna & HTS

P. Hainzl, M. Pichler

Track 3 – Room Nr. 8

Scientific Session #7 - T.B.D.

Chairs: 
T.B.D.

Wednesday (May 13), Day 2

15:00 – 15:15

Coffee Break

Wednesday (May 13), Day 2

15:15 – 16:00

Room Nr. 1

Closing Session

Chairs: T.B.D.

Award Ceremony
Closing Keynote

Conference Closing