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Innovation Track

From Insight to Implementation 

The Innovation Track at **Europe’s Premier Festival for Health & Care brings breakthrough ideas into real-world practice. Here, the future of healthcare isn’t just discussed—it’s built. 

At Radical Health Festival Helsinki 2026, the Innovation Track connects innovators with implementers—from health systems to regulators—so that precision-impact solutions move from lab to life. 

Built into the festival’s core programme and aligned with the overarching theme Operationalising Precision Health, this track focuses on the structures, models, and pathways that turn bold ideas into scalable systems. 

What you’ll experience 

Who should join 

Whether you’re a startup refining deployment, a health system leader seeking the next wave of transformation, a policymaker building frameworks, or an investor targeting actionable innovation—this is where your work becomes impact. 

Why it matters 

Health systems are under pressure: ageing populations, chronic disease, rising costs and workforce shortages. Precision health offers one path forward—but only if we shift from potential to performance. The Innovation Track exists to accelerate that shift. As Pascal Lardier noted: “Radical Health Festival Helsinki is about rallying the changemakers who will lead this transformation.”   

Want to get involved?  

Interested in pitching or showcasing your solution? Head over to our Innovation Village page to see how you can join this radical ecosystem. 

Programme

Almost all of the sessions are open for all Festival ticketholders to participate in without any prior sign-up. Bring your debate spirit or your ideas, and see you in the Village!  

Tuesday 20th January  

Room 103A – Innovation  

10:30–11:00 – Speaker Corner

11:00–12:30 – Valo Unconference

Bring your questions to this interactive session on use of health data in research and innovation!

The Value from Nordic Health Data (VALO) project builds on these strengths and aims to establish a common Nordic model for collaboration on secondary use of health data. The model includes a theoretical framework and roles and responsibilities for different parties. The model aims to create an environment that empowers stakeholders to collaborate in advancing the use of health data for research, development, innovation, and policymaking — to benefit health and well-being and economic prosperity.

To ensure the model meets the needs of everyone, the project is engaging with a wide group of stakeholders. We are looking for perspectives from pharma industry and CRO’s, research institutions and individual researchers, innovators, EHR and app vendors and device manufacturers, and also patients. We want to ensure the model serves everyone in the Nordics in the best possible way.

We also welcome discussions with government officials, legislators, data holders, and health data access bodies outside of the Nordic region to share their views.

Finally, it is especially useful for this collaboration effort to learn of any perspectives we may have overlooked. So even if you don’t find yourself in the categories listed above, and if you have any ideas or concerns about secondary use of health data in the Nordics, please join the discussion! We’re all here to learn from each other.

The session is organized as an unconference. This means that there is no pre-defined list of presentations or discussion topics, rather the agenda is created by participants on-site. You may bring your discussion topic and even prepare a presentation or a workshop. All proposed topics are included in the agenda, and it is the audience that chooses what gets discussed, by splitting into smaller groups and setting the time for each discussion. See how to prepare to attend an unconference for some advice.

13:30–15:00 – Innovation Showcase — Solutions Session
🧩Startups Pitching for Adoption
Innovation matters when it is used.
The Solution Pitch invites startups to present solutions ready to engage with real healthcare needs, focusing on impact, integration, and adoption rather than financial narratives.

👉 Apply to present your solution and explore meaningful connections with potential adopters.

15:00–15:30 – Reverse Pitch Session

Pitch and Reverse Pitch

The Innovation Village, in partnership with G-Gravity, introduces two groundbreaking formats designed to reshape how innovation conversations happen in health and life sciences.

Reverse Pitch – Investors Pitching to Startups

In this dedicated session, investors, CVCs, and innovation enablers pitch themselves to startups, showcasing the value they bring beyond capital: domain expertise, market access, regulatory validation pathways, and strategic long-term partnerships. The best collaborations start with alignment, not just funding. This format empowers startups to choose partners based on genuine fit and shared vision, while helping investors differentiate themselves in a crowded landscape.

Solution Pitch – Startups Pitching for Adoption

Startups present their solutions without financial metrics, focusing instead on real-world problems, practical use cases, and readiness for implementation. Healthcare organisations, corporates, and institutions can discover solutions ready to be piloted, adopted, or scaled immediately. This format bridges the gap between innovation visibility and actual deployment, accelerating the path from concept to real-world impact.

Moderated by Roberta Gilardi, CEO, G-GRAVITY, Italy

15:30–16:30 – Speaker Corner

17:00 – 18:00 – Reimagining Healthcare Finance for Precision Health Fishbowl Discussion

This fishbowl session will feed into our main stage discussion “Rethinking Healthcare Finance for Precision Health” by creating space for stakeholders to collaboratively redesign how money flows through healthcare systems.

The Funding Paradox Precision health promises transformation through prevention and early intervention, yet European systems remain locked in outdated payment structures. Preventive care funding actually decreased from 6% to 5.5% of EU healthcare expenditure between 2021-2022, even as acute care costs soar. Fee-for-service models continue rewarding volume over value, financially penalising the very outcomes we claim to prioritise.

The Fishbowl Challenge Participants rotate through active discussion seats alongside payers, providers, policymakers, and innovators, exploring payment models already being tested across Europe: capitation schemes rewarding population health, pay-for-prevention structures, outcome-based pricing, and hybrid models bridging traditional reimbursement to value-based care. The central question: how do we enable precision health at scale without overwhelming systems already struggling with rising acute care demand?

From Dialogue to Action Key insights, tested models, and emerging commitments will be synthesized and shared with the main stage audience, translating collaborative thinking into coordinated implementation strategies. Join us to co-create the financial architecture for a genuine economy of well-being.

Tuesday 20th January  

Room 103B – Collaboration

10:30 – 11:00 – Speaker Corner with Elsevier

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Speakers:
Jukka Valimaki, Senior vice President, Global Commercial, Clinical Solutions, Elsevier

Tim Morris, Vice President, Commercial Nursing

11:00 – 12:30 – Women’s Health Fishbowl: From Data Gaps to Collaborative Solutions

This fishbowl session will feed into on our main stage discussion “Women’s Health – A Data Challenge?” by creating space for deeper, action-oriented dialogue on closing critical gaps in women’s health innovation.

The Context Male-centric healthcare research has created dangerous blind spots: misdiagnosed heart attacks, incorrect drug dosing, delayed diagnoses for conditions like endometriosis. Despite being primary health decision-makers and representing half the population, women remain underrepresented in health leadership and receive disproportionately limited innovation funding.

The Fishbowl Format Participants rotate through active discussion seats, tackling specific barriers and opportunities: strategies for increasing women’s health research funding, designing data collection that captures women’s unique physiology, scaling effective care delivery models, and advancing women into health innovation leadership. This evolving conversation moves beyond problem identification to concrete solution-building.

Impact Beyond the Room Key insights and commitments emerging from the fishbowl will be synthesized and shared with the main stage audience, bridging focused dialogue with broader festival action. Transform data gaps into opportunities for genuinely equitable, evidence-based care.

13:30 – 15:00 – Ageing and Longevity Discussion

15:00 – 15:30 – Speaker Corner

15:30 – 16:30 – Healthusiam Live Podcast Recording

Join us for a special live recording of The Healthusiasm Podcast, the acclaimed international panel discussion on behaviours, innovations and trends in health and self-care. Hosted by Christophe Jauquet – author of Healthusiasm and global keynote speaker on health business – this monthly conversation explores the positive changes transforming how we approach health and happiness.

What Is Healthusiasm? Healthusiasm captures a fundamental shift: people are increasingly looking to companies and brands to help them become healthier and happier. This trend creates unprecedented opportunities for deeper customer connections and business innovation in our health-conscious world.

The Live Panel Experience the show’s dynamic format as Christophe and Aline engages with their panel of international experts, each bringing unique perspectives. This live session offers a rare opportunity to witness the podcast’s engaging discussion format in person, explore emerging health trends with leading voices, and participate in shaping the conversation about health innovation’s future.

17:00 – 17:45 – Health Innovation: The Year 2025 in Review