ENTR. FUTURE. HEALTH.

Rik Vera
International keynote speaker | Bestselling author | Thought provoker

Lieven Annemans
Professor of Economics of Health and Well-being at Ghent University (UGent) – Lecturer – Author – Advisor

Takeout

What if the biggest change in healthcare isn’t technological, but human? Discover why healthcare is the ultimate litmus test for AI and technology, what choices are needed to sustain our solidarity-based healthcare system, and why a healthier society requires a fundamentally different way of thinking about health, technology, and our responsibility as a society.

Innovation in the healthcare sector requires innovation from the healthcare sector itself.

Antwerp Health Harbour is looking for your solution to childhood obesity!

What if your idea could make a difference in addressing this complex health challenge?

Childhood obesity is a complex health challenge that requires solutions from various angles, ranging from prevention to specialized care. That’s why ZAS, UZA, UAntwerp, AZ Monica, the Antwerp Primary Care Zone, and the City of Antwerp are joining forces within Antwerp Health Harbour.

During ENTR. FUTURE. HEALTH., Antwerp Health Harbour is launching its first call for innovative solutions addressing childhood obesity. The call is open to entrepreneurs, startups, and scale-ups, as well as healthcare partners, health organizations, civil society organizations, and public partners.

Do you have an idea, a fresh approach, or an innovative (technical) solution that could make a difference? Find out what challenges the Antwerp partners are presenting and how you can get involved.

Stijn Ilsen
Senior Satellite Engineer, Redwire Space

This mindset revolves around bringing nearly impossible projects to fruition—a natural attitude for aerospace engineers. During his talks, Stijn translates the complexity of space travel into understandable, everyday language, peppered with humor and anecdotes. He knows how to captivate audiences of all ages with stories about space travel—a subject that is both technically fascinating and universally inspiring.

This keynote takes its cue from the ultimate moonshot, in which John F. Kennedy inspired an entire nation to achieve a seemingly impossible goal: putting a man on the moon. His vision fostered a moonshot mindset that made it possible to achieve the extraordinary. This example demonstrates how the moonshot mindset can be developed and applied within an organization, from small initiatives to groundbreaking projects. The talk will feature anecdotes about the management and design techniques used by companies such as Tesla, Apple, Google, SpaceX, and Kodak. These examples provide insight into the techniques used by the world’s most successful innovators.

Moonshot goals create a clear and bold vision for an organization, which not only helps attract top talent but also turns the organization into a talent magnet.

Takeout

What if the impossible simply calls for a different way of thinking? Discover what the healthcare sector can learn from the biggest moonshots.

Tom Van Daele
Clinical Psychologist | Research Coordinator, Psychology & Technology, Thomas More

In this keynote, Tom Van Daele reflects on the end of Dr. Google. For years, it served as a sort of unsolicited colleague for many healthcare professionals. But in recent years, that familiar competitor seems to be losing ground to ChatGPT and other AI chatbots. Why is that happening? And what does this shift mean for healthcare professionals and for people seeking information, advice, or support?

From his perspective as a clinical psychologist, Tom explores what this development means, what opportunities it offers, and what risks it entails.

Takeout

Dr. Google is facing competition from AI. What does that mean for healthcare professionals, patients, and trust in health information?

Morgane Janssens
Co-founder, Health.be | Engineer & Entrepreneur

Sofie Claeys
Co-founder, Health.be | Professor, Ph.D. | Ear, Nose, and Throat Specialist, UZ Gent

We’re collecting more and more data on our sleep, diet, exercise, stress, and metabolism. But how do we translate all that data into actions that people can—and want to—stick with? In this session, we’ll guide participants from age-related ailments to longevity, from scattered lifestyle advice to a cohesive 360° view of health, and from intuition to measurable impact. Using Health.be as an example, we’ll demonstrate how personal health insights can be transformed into achievable, affordable, and practical guidance.

In this way, lifestyle data becomes not an end in itself, but a powerful tool for actively protecting and improving health.

Takeout

We’re learning more and more about our health. But how do we ensure that all that data actually helps people live healthier lives?

Lucien Engelen
CEO, Transform.Health

We’ve been talking about the future of our healthcare system for years. We organize conferences, write reports, set up working groups, and launch one innovation project after another. But what has all of that really changed?
According to Lucien Engelen, we must dare to ask ourselves an uncomfortable question: haven’t we mainly been focused on superficial innovation, while the system itself has remained largely untouched?
After all, what good are successful innovations if the healthcare system is unable to adopt them? Perhaps we don’t need even more pilot projects, but fundamentally different ways to drive change—not only from within, but also through external pressure.
In this thought-provoking keynote, Lucien takes stock. What has worked? What hasn’t? Who should take the lead? And above all: what do we need to do differently starting tomorrow to finally achieve real, meaningful change?

Takeaway

Another innovation project? Or finally a healthcare system that no longer stands in the way of innovation?

Marc De Vos
CEO of Itinera Institute | Professor at Ghent University | author

The biggest health decisions of this decade were made in Copenhagen, California, and Beijing—not in Brussels. Marc De Vos wraps up the day with a geopolitical perspective on innovation and the real drivers of health.
Who produces the drivers of health, who owns them, who regulates them, and who will be able to afford them?
He compares how the United States, China, and Europe are positioning themselves, why Europe structurally regulates what it no longer produces itself, and what that means for a small country with a large pharmaceutical sector and a solidarity-based healthcare system modeled on the national framework.

Takeout

Who will ultimately control our health? A hard-hitting look at the international forces shaping our future.

Rudy Maertens
Managing Director – CEO of AZ Alma | Chair of the In4Care Board of Directors

THE BEST HEALTHCARE INNOVATIONS COME FROM THE FRONT LINES.

Zorgvinding supports bottom-up innovation in healthcare. It shines a spotlight on the people who see room for improvement every day: healthcare providers, informal caregivers, and entrepreneurs who have come up with their own solutions to specific problems in healthcare. In this fifth edition, we’ll announce the winner and you’ll discover what makes the winning innovation so powerful.
A festive end to the day, with inspiration you’ll take home with you right away.