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Global Healthcare Forum on Healthcare Innovations Event at TUC | June 4, 2022

The 11th "Global Healthcare Forum on Healthcare Innovations" event will be held at the Technical University of Crete (TUC), on Saturday June 4th, 2022. The event is organized by TUC's Digital Image and Signal Processing Laboratory and TUC's Rectorate, in collaboration with Professors Metin Akay and Yasemin Akay (Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston) and Professor Paul Sadja (The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, Columbia University).

The main objective of the event is to highlight and discuss how emerging interests and innovations, including the latest advances in the areas of science, engineering, technology and medicine, can be translated into cutting-edge healthcare curricula that could address emerging healthcare needs.

On the occasion of this event, eight internationally renowned speakers will share their knowledge on topics concerning, among others, the design and application of AI- and Data- driven methodologies in Health Monitoring, Biomedical Research and Precision Medicine.

The Global Healthcare Forum on Healthcare Innovations is sponsored by IEEE EMBS, TUC and UH BME.

The event will take place live at the "Manousos Manousakis" Amphitheater (Γ2.1) on TUC Campus.

Online participation is possible through this zoom meeting. Live stream will be available on the official TUC FB page.


The event will be broadcast live through the official TUC facebook page, while it will be recorded and photographic material will be taken. The digital material will be displayed on the website and on the official channel of the Technical University of Crete and may be published on social media and in newsletters. Your photo may be included in press releases issued by the institution for this event. For any issue, which concerns your personal data, you can be informed through the page with TUC's privacy policy.


Event Program

9:00 – 11:00

1st Session

Dr. Nektarios Tavernarakis

Precision Medicine and Data Driven Human Genome Editing

Dr. Colin Brenan

High Throughput Single Cell Genetics and Digital Biology

Dr. Tanya Kanigan

Developing AI for Emergency Medicine

Dr. Kristy Brock

Operational Ontology for Radiation Oncology

11:00 – 11:30

Coffee Break

11:30 – 13:30

2nd Session

Dr. Aldo Faisal

Digital Public Health: Solving Problems with Country-Scale Electronic Healthcare Records

Dr. Dimitris Fotiadis

AI in Global Health: The Beginning of a New Era

Dr. David Clifton

Building a Research Team in Biomedical AI

Dr. May D. Wang

Emerging AI with Digital Reality

13:30 – 15:30

Lunch Break

15:30 – 17:30

Panel Discussion (Moderators: Prof. Yasemin Akay, Prof. Michalis Zervakis)

All Speakers

Innovations in Personal Health and Wellness and Healthcare Career Development

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