What to expect
The TechConnect Consortium is inviting fellow researchers, practitioners, hospital and healthcare partners and policy makers to join them in Utrecht as the team celebrates its midpoint on the journey.
The TechConnect team seeks to share the initial findings from their ambitious research that has observed over 9 months, the use of advanced digital technologies across 12 case studies in 4 hospital sites. It looks to explore the consequences for the future of work, the better development of advanced digital technologies and the practical steps that organisations can take to ensure a better alignment with humans and the systems.
We will invite similar initiatives to present and contrast their experiences and provide a forum for exploring how the absorptive capacity of teams for an ever-complex relationship with technologies can drive better outcomes for all. We also invite attendees to see first-hand how technologies are transforming healthcare and healthcare workers.
Who should attend
Researchers and academics working on digitalisation, work, and healthcare
Healthcare organisations, hospital managers, and practitioners
Policy makers and representatives from public institutions
Industry and technology providers active in healthcare and digital innovation
EU-funded projects and initiatives working on related themes
Agenda
- 08:30
- Utrecht University - Vening Meineszgebouw A - Lava
Registration and networking coffee
- 9:00
- Utrecht University - Vening Meineszgebouw A - Lava
Welcome

Prof. Na Fu
Chair of Responsible Leadership, Trinity College Dublin, TechConnect Coordinator

Frank Siebern-Thomas
Head of Unit F.3 - Fair Green and Digital Transitions, Research, DG EMPLY (TBC)
- 9:20
- Utrecht University - Vening Meineszgebouw A - Lava
Opening Keynote | Human-technology complementarity and our future roles

Prof. Chris Ivory
Department of Health Sciences, Innovation and Design, MDU
- 9:45
- Utrecht University - Vening Meineszgebouw A - Lava
Transitions in practice | cooperative development for digitalisation of healthcare

Rob Smeets
Director Public-private partnerships, Philips

Prof. Cornelis van den Berg
Professor Computational Imaging for MRI therapy and diagnostics, University Medical Centre Utrecht
- 10:10
- Utrecht University - Vening Meineszgebouw A - Lava
TechConnect Index | the compass to guide complementarity

Dr. Laura Piscicelli
Associate Professor, Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University
- 10:50
- Utrecht University - Vening Meineszgebouw A - Lava
Coffee break
- 11:15
- Utrecht University - Vening Meineszgebouw A - Lava
Transforming skills and technologies | linked cases and studies in the world of work

SkillAbility
Politecnico di Milano

NewWorkTech
Tampere University
- 12:15
- Utrecht University - Vening Meineszgebouw A - Lava
Networking lunch
- 13:00
- Utrecht University - Vening Meineszgebouw A - Lava
The policy envelope for the world of work

Brendan Rowan
Managing Consultant, Tech, Policy and Skills, BluSpecs
- 13:20
- Utrecht University - Vening Meineszgebouw A - Lava
Changing the dialogue | From people and skills to organisations and systems
Floor debate

Inès Maillart
Social Dialogue Network Officer, EUROFOUND

Glenda Quintini
Head of Division, Employment Labour and Social Affairs Directorate, OECD

Frank Siebern-Thomas
Head of Unit, F3, DG EMPLY
- 14:30
- Utrecht University - Vening Meineszgebouw A - Lava
Coffee Break
- 15:00
- Utrecht University - Vening Meineszgebouw A - Lava
Building new policies for the EU | workshop on specific outcomes for policies in
- Training
- Procurement
- Research
- 13:00
- University Medical Centre Utrecht
Transition to UMC Utrecht
- 13:30
- University Medical Centre Utrecht
The UMC Utrecht Innovation journey | From idea to implementation
- 14:00
- University Medical Centre Utrecht
The Ufound journey | The technology behind the UMC Utrecht device service
- 14:30
- University Medical Centre Utrecht
Coffee Break
- 15:00
- University Medical Centre Utrecht
Technologies in action | On the floor
- 16:00
- University Medical Centre Utrecht
Close and transition to University Utrecht
- 16:30
- Utrecht University - Vening Meineszgebouw A - Lava
Summary & Closing

Name Surname
Panel of selected attendees and TechConnect advisory board members
- 17:15
- Utrecht University - Vening Meineszgebouw A - Lava
Networking reception