AI4Health.Cro in Practice — Final Conference 2026
Project final conference · Zagreb

AI4Health.Cro
in Practice.
Real-World Impact.

Four services. Real users. One day focused on what it actually takes to move healthcare innovation from an identified need to testing, validation, investment readiness and implementation.

Attendance is free. Advance registration is required.
Why this conference

From project activity to real users and solutions.

The final conference of the first three-year phase of AI4Health.Cro puts users at the centre. Founders, clinicians and healthcare organisations will show what happened between traininig and capacity building, networking, identifying a problem, assessing digital maturity, testing technology, validating it and preparing it for adoption or investment.

Not a report-out. A look inside the work.

The day combines case studies, fireside conversations, implementation debates and live product demonstrations. It also opens the next chapter: AI4Health.Cro has secured funding for a new three-year phase, extending the ecosystem built around responsible, useful and deployable AI in healthcare.

01 Test Before Invest
02 Skills & Training
03 Access to Finance
04 Networking & Ecosystem
01 · Main Programme

Talks, cases and conversations.

One main stage, built around real user experience: what worked, what changed, where implementation still gets stuck and what AI-in-healthcare teams need to answer next.

Keynote Case study Fireside chat Panel Founder conversation
Jump to Showroom ↓
09:00–10:00
Arrival

Registration, Morning Coffee & Showroom First Look

Pick up your badge, meet other participants and get a first look at the AI4Health.Cro user showcase in Dvorana Braut.

10:00–10:15
Opening

Welcome & Opening Remarks

Short opening remarks from the ministries and EU institutions connected to the project and the next phase of Croatia’s digital-health ecosystem.

10:15–10:35
Keynote

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

A fast-paced look at headline results, organisations supported, partnerships built and models designed to continue beyond the first project phase.

Speaker: Anja Barešić, PhD ↗ , AI4Health.Cro Coordinator @Ruđer Bošković Institute
10:35–11:10
Case study · TBI

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

Founders and clinicians use a shared Impact Board to unpack the original challenge, services used, evidence of change and the next practical step.

Panellists: Diego Ivanović, Medusa Technologies · Krešimir Kargačin, University Psychiatric Hospital Vrapče · Nataša Kovač, University Hospital Centre Sestre milosrdnice · Filip Pravica, WERXE
Moderator: Branka Lasić, Healthcare Digital Transformation Consultant
Powered by Klinika Magdalena
11:10–11:40
Fireside chat

Five Questions Every HealthTech Startup Must Be Ready to Answer

No slides and no rehearsed pitch: a candid conversation about integrating AI into healthcare, access to data, clinical evidence, accountability, trust and the questions founders cannot afford to avoid.

Guest: Dragutin Oreški,Founding Engineer @MEGI Health
Host: Filip Stipančić ↗ , Co-founder & CEO, Smion
11:40–13:00
Lunch · Connect

Lunch, Networking & Showroom

Lunch plus rapid-fire product demos and direct conversations with the teams in Dvorana Braut.

13:00–13:35
Panel discussion

No Filter: Taking AI in Healthcare from Innovation to Implementation

An unfiltered conversation about the roadblocks that determine whether AI in healthcare reaches practice: health-data access, GDPR, the AI Act, cybersecurity, testing, implementation and responsibility.

Panellists: Milly Doolan ↗ , EuroNavigator · Pero Ivanko ↗ , Croatian Institute of Public Health / CHDC · Nikola Modrušan ↗ , MPUDT
Moderator: Anja Barešić, PhD ↗ , AI4Health.Cro Coordinator
Powered by AI4Health.Cro Data Team
13:35–14:00
White paper

Turning Health Data into an Innovation Engine

Key findings on defining a healthcare need, preparing and protecting data, supporting teams, evaluating solutions and moving the strongest ideas into further testing and development.

Powered by AI4Health.Cro Data Team
14:00–14:35
Founder conversation

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

Winners from 2024, 2025 and 2026 compare how they worked with health data, built solutions, navigated roadblocks and turned a challenge win into the next move.

Powered by ZICER
14:35–15:00
Coffee · Connect

Coffee, Connections & Showroom

Recharge, catch a live demo and continue conversations with founders, clinicians, healthcare organisations and technology teams.

15:00–15:35
Case study · Fireside

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

A practical look at how structured education can strengthen physicians’ digital and AI competencies and support safer adoption of digital tools in clinical work.

Guest: Ivan Bekavac, MD, Croatian Medical Chamber
15:35–16:10
Case study · Investment

The Investment Memo: From Big Idea to Investable Business

AI4Health.Cro users take the audience inside their Ready for Investment journey, showing how an early development concept becomes a more credible investment case.

Featuring AI4Health.Cro users: Plasma Glow · Psihološki centar Juranić · AgeSync
Powered by Feelsgood Capital
16:10–16:20
Next chapter

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

Five takeaways from the day and the opening of the next three-year phase of collaboration under AI4Health.Cro.

Powered by Ruđer Bošković Institute

Tuesday 16:20–18:30
Closing connections

Networking

Informal networking and final showroom conversations connecting project users with hospitals, consortium partners, investors and fellow participants.

📍 Location
Old School Bar
Gradišćanska ulica 26
10000 Zagreb
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02 · AI4Health.Cro Showroom

Six solutions. Short demos. Direct conversations.

A relaxed, speed-date-style demo format in Dvorana Braut. Move between booths, meet the teams, see the technology in action and stay longer wherever there is a clinical, business or partnership fit.

From real problem to investment opportunity.

No long pitches. Each team gets straight to the point: the problem, the solution, evidence and testing, the path to market and what they need next.

01 / 06
Privacy & cybersecurity

PrivacyMark WERXE

PrivacyMark turns information about your systems, equipment and suppliers into compliant documentation — including records of processing activities under Article 30 of the GDPR, without the need to manually interpret regulatory requirements. You provide the data; the system generates the documentation.

See: process mapping · documentation · compliance status
02 / 06
Imaging

ResoluX Digicyte

Software using sparse deconvolution to increase the resolution of cytology images, demonstrated live through a microscope, camera and image-processing workflow.

See: microscope → camera → software → enhanced image
03 / 06
Cold plasma

EEYA Plasma Glow

A non-invasive device powered by innovative hybrid plasma technology, designed to bring professional-grade beauty experiences into the home environment.

See: working prototype · functionality · user experience
04 / 06
Mental health

Mental Boost Psihološki centar Juranić · Savjeti psihologa

A digital approach combining a short psychological self-assessment with personalised micro-interventions and guided self-help programmes.

Try: short check-in · personalised intervention logic
05 / 06
Digital health

Curativa Curativa / IVTECH

An AI that assistant delivers real-time analysis of complex medical data, provides concise, evidence-based recommendations, and automates routine administrative tasks so doctors can focus on patients and improve outcomes.

Discuss: pilot · business model · hospital use cases
06 / 06
Paediatrics · AI

SENDD TIS Grupa + Poliklinika Sabol

An AI system for early recognition of neurodevelopmental risk in infants, combining computer vision, machine learning and expert assessment of spontaneous infant movements recorded by smartphone.

Follow: clinical need → AI system → commercial pathway
Who should join

One room, different parts of the same pathway.

The programme is designed for people who build, test, regulate, use, finance or implement digital health solutions, and for those looking for the right partner for the next step.

Clinicians & healthcare organisations

See tools in action, discuss implementation realities and meet teams solving concrete healthcare problems.

Startups & SMEs

Learn from user journeys, regulatory and data roadblocks, clinical testing and investment preparation.

Investors & industry

Meet teams beyond the pitch and discuss evidence, market readiness, adoption and growth opportunities.

Public sector & research

Connect policy, infrastructure, data and research expertise with real implementation needs.

The network behind the hub

AI4Health.Cro Consortium

Ruđer Bošković Institute · Coordinator CroAI Ministry of Health of the Republic of Croatia Magdalena · Clinic for Cardiovascular Medicine Dom zdravlja Zagreb – Centar Croatian Institute of Public Health Croatian Health Insurance Fund University of Split School of Medicine University of Rijeka · Faculty of Engineering ZICER · Zagreb Innovation Centre Croatian Healthcare Employers Association Mreža znanja Feelsgood Capital Partners IN2 Ericsson Nikola Tesla NEWTON Technologies Adria

See the solutions. Meet the teams. Join the next phase.

22 September 2026 · Algebra Bernays University, Zagreb. Participation is free, with mandatory advance registration.