This workshop brings together policy, research and industry voices to tackle a practical question: once EHDS enables access to health data, what does it actually take to make that data usable for research, innovation and product development?
Morning Panel – Setting the Scene 26/03/2026, 11.15 CET
During the IHE-Europe Experience Days, a dedicated panel will introduce the key themes that will be explored in depth during the afternoon workshop on interoperability and EHDS secondary use.
EHDS defines the framework for secondary use of health data at the Experience Days. This panel expands on what the regulation establishes and explores the operational layer where implementation decisions are being made: how data is prepared for reuse, how processing environments are configured and how the relationship between data holders and data users is structured in practice.
Bringing together perspectives from policy, research infrastructure and industry, the discussion will identify areas where community input is needed to address specific use cases — from data preparation and quality to federated analysis and algorithm portability — and where standards and good practice can fill the gaps that regulation intentionally leaves open.
The panel sets the stage for the afternoon workshop where participants can engage in depth on these themes.
Panelists include:
Irini Kissisouglu (Policy Officer, DG SANTE, European Commission),
Fidelia Cascini (Chair, EHDS Secondary Use Community of Practice),
Sofia Peltola (TEHDAS2, Sitra) and
Nienke Schutte (Head of Innovation in Health Information Systems, Sciensano).
An industry representative is being confirmed.
The panel is moderated by Dmitry Etin, Health Data Governance and Interoperability Expert.
