FINAL CONFERENCE

AI4Health.Cro in Practice — Conference Programme

Project Final Conference

AI4Health.Cro
in Practice Four Services. Real-World Impact.

A showcase of results, user success stories and solutions that have moved from an early idea to testing, validation, investment readiness or real-world healthcare adoption.

Date
22 September 2026
Venue
Algebra Bernays University
Gradišćanska 24, Zagreb
Time
09:00–18:30

22 September 2026

Conference programme

Talk Conversation / panel Case study Break / showroom

Media Opportunities, Registration & AI4Health.Cro Showroom Opening

Registration & networking

Registration, morning coffee and a first look at the AI4Health.Cro user showcase. Meet the companies and teams behind the solutions for quick demos and one-to-one conversations.

Welcome & Opening Remarks

Opening session

Short welcome remarks, 2–3 minutes per speaker.

With representatives of: IRB, MIZ, MZOM, MINGO, MPUDT and the European Commission

AI4Health.Cro in 20 Minutes: From Project to Proven Impact

Keynote presentation

A fast-paced look at the project’s headline results: services delivered, organisations supported, partnerships built, and the best-practice and success-story models designed to live beyond the project.

Speaker: Anja Barešić, PhD

The AI4Health.Cro Effect: What Changed After the Support?

Case study • Test Before Invest

The Testing before investing user session. Founders and clinicians work through a shared Impact Board to unpack the original challenge, the services used, the change achieved, the evidence behind it and what comes next.

Panellists: Filip Pravica, CEO & Co-founder, WERXE; Diego Ivanović, CEO & Co-founder, Medusa TechnologiesModerator: Branka Lasić, Healthcare Digital Transformation Consultant

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Five Questions Every HealthTech Startup Must Be Ready to Answer

Fireside chat

No slides, no rehearsed pitches. A candid one-to-one conversation about integrating AI into healthcare, access to data, clinical evidence, accountability and trust, followed by questions from the audience.

Guest: Nina Šesto, PhD, CEO & Co-founder, MEGI HealthHost: Filip Stipančić, Croatian Startup Ecosystem Expert, Co-founder & CEO, Smion

Lunch, Networking & AI4Health.Cro Showroom

Break & networking

Lunch and an open showroom featuring rapid-fire product demos. Connect with healthcare providers, founders, researchers, investors and the teams that used AI4Health.Cro services.

No Filter: Taking Health AI from Innovation to Implementation

Panel discussion

Unfiltered & unplugged conversation about the roadblocks that determine whether health AI reaches practice: access to health data, GDPR, the AI Act, testing and implementation. Real cases, audience questions and actionable next steps take centre stage.

Panellists: Pero Ivanko, Croatian Institute of Public Health and the Croatian Health Data Centre project; Nikola Modrušan, Director of the Directorate for State Information Infrastructure and Electronic Services, Ministry of Justice, Public Administration and Digital Transformation; Milly Doolan, Managing Director, EuroNavigator, Public Affairs & AI Policy ExpertModerator: Anja Barešić, PhD, AI4Health.Cro Coordinator, Ruđer Bošković Institute

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Turning Health Data into an Innovation Engine

Presentation • White paper

Key findings from the white paper on using health data in innovation challenges: defining a real healthcare need, preparing and protecting data, supporting teams, evaluating solutions and moving the strongest ideas into further testing and development.

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Three Challenges. Three Winners. One Playbook for Health Innovation.

Founder conversation

The winners of the 2024, 2025 and 2026 Innovation Challenges — MediBoost, JMM and Insulogic — compare how they worked with health data, built their solutions, used expert and mentor support, navigated roadblocks and turned a win into their next move.

Panellists: Andrija Štajduhar, Marko Domagoj Benković and Hrvoje HrvojModerator: Ivana Rajković Pavlić, Head of Public Relations, ZICER

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Coffee, Connections & AI4Health.Cro Showroom

Break & networking

Recharge, catch a product demo and meet the founders and teams behind the solutions.

Future-Ready Doctors: Building Digital Skills with the Croatian Medical Chamber

Case study • Fireside chat
Guest: Ivan Bekavac, MD, Croatian Medical Chamber, Head of the Office for the Recognition of Foreign Professional Qualifications and President of the City of Zagreb Committee

The Investment Memo: From Big Idea to Investable Business

Case study • Ready for Investment

AI4Health.Cro users take us inside their Ready4Investment journey — from an early development concept to a credible investment case — and share how AI4Health.Cro support shaped their companies’ next stage.

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Not a Wrap-Up: What Comes Next with EDIH 2

The project coordinator distils the day into five key takeaways and opens the next chapter of collaboration under EDIH V2.

Closing Connections: Networking & Final Demos

Networking reception

Informal networking, final product demos and open conversations connecting project users with hospitals, partners, investors and fellow participants.

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