TEHDAS2 Stakeholder Forum 2026
The third TEHDAS2 stakeholder forum is organised alongside the Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the European Union event “Building a Robust and Secure AI-Enabled Connected Health Data Space for Stronger European Health Union” on 29–30 April. The event is hosted by the Ministry of Health and the National eHealth Authority in Cyprus, and will be held in Limassol, with online participation available. Onsite participation is invite-only. You can follow the live stream via the official Youtube channel of the National eHealth Authority in Cyprus.
The two-day event will gather stakeholders from across the European Union’s health and digital health sectors to showcase the vision of the European Health Union and the European Health Data Space (EHDS), fostering collaboration and advancing the integration of health systems.
On 30 April, plenary 6, hosted by TEHDAS2, will feature presentations of the third wave of draft guidelines aimed at harmonising the secondary use of health data. The session will raise awareness about the upcoming public consultation, encouraging stakeholders to engage with and contribute to these documents.
Draft guidelines to be presented at the event:
- M4.2 Draft guideline on a framework for collaboration
- M4.3 Draft guideline for health data access bodies on international and third country access and transfer of electronic health data
- M5.4 Draft guideline for data enrichment
- M5.5 Draft guideline for data user navigating the catalogue
- M7.5 Draft guideline for health data access bodies on linkage of health datasets
- M8.3 Draft guideline for health data access bodies on informing natural persons about the use of health data – “Citizen Information Point”
- M8.4 Draft guideline for data users on handling research outcomes
Recording
You can view the recording of the TEHDAS2 session here.
Programme (EEST, UTC+3)
Day 1: 29 April
| 08:30 | Doors open and registration |
| 08:45 | Opening session |
| 09:45 | Plenary 1 – EHDS from policy to practice: enabling better care and health innovation |
| 11:00 | Coffee break and networking |
| 11:30 | Plenary 2 – The role of the European health data space: strengthening trustworthy AI in healthcare |
| 12:45 | Networking lunch |
| 13:45 | Plenary 3 – Deploying AI in hospitals: from strategy and regulation to clinical practice |
| 15:00 | Coffee break and networking |
| 15:30 | Plenary 4 – Cases for scaling AI for healthcare delivery: research, innovation and European competitiveness |
| 16:45 | Closing session – from vision to impact: delivering a trusted European health union |
| 17:15 | End of day 1 |
Day 2: 30 April
| 08:30 | Doors open |
| 08:45 | Opening session |
| 09:00 | Plenary 5 – from vision to implementation: the European health data space and Xt-EHR outcomes |
| 10:30 | Coffee break and networking |
| 11:00 | Plenary 6 – Secondary use of health data: insights from TEHDAS Hosted by TEHDAS2, this session serves as the Stakeholder Forum and features presentations of the third wave of draft guidelines on harmonising the secondary use of health data. |
| 12:30 | Plenary 7 – Bridging primary and secondary use |
| 13:30 | Networking lunch |
| 14:30 | Plenary 8 – EHDS-related projects cluster on primary use |
| 16:00 | Coffee break and networking |
| 16:30 | Plenary 9: EHDS-related projects cluster on secondary use |
| 18:00 | Event ends |
Be sure to visit the Cyprus EU presidency’s event calendar for the final agenda and speakers for both day 1 and day 2.
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