Healthcare transition and healthcare technology in practice
On Tuesday, 14 April 2026, DASH (UMCG), the Jantina Tammes School of Digital Society, Technology and AI, and Aletta are hosting an inspiring day at the House of Connections, fully dedicated to healthcare transition and healthcare technology.
This day is specially designed for young researchers and students: PhD candidates, Master’s students, postdocs, and university/university of applied sciences students working with technology in healthcare. MBO students and professionals from hospitals, residential care, and home care are also warmly invited to share their practical experiences.
What to expect?
In the morning, we dive into the practice of Healthcare Transition and the Use of Healthcare Technology: healthcare professionals from hospitals, residential care, and home care will show which technologies do and do not work in their daily routines. An open, interactive conversation where you will hear directly about opportunities and challenges. We bring together practical issues and research so that, after this day, concrete follow-up steps can be taken in collaboration, pilot projects, education, or implementation.
Job van ’t Veer, Professor of Digital Innovation in Health and Well-being at NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences, will moderate the discussion.
The panelmembers are:
- Ingrid Breuker, programme manager Anders Werken in de Zorg
Around lunchtime, PhD candidates and Master’s students will present their research during a lively poster session. A good time to meet each other, get feedback, and make connections.
In the afternoon, small-scale workshops take place, composed on the basis of the submitted abstracts. These workshops focus on concrete cases, hands-on experiences, and direct applicability. Researchers and healthcare professionals will explore together how technology can truly make a difference in the workplace.
Programme
10:00 – 10:30 | Arrival
10:30 – 10:45 | Welcome
10:45 – 11:30 | Panel discussion
11:30 – 11:45 | Break & networking
11:45 – 12:05 | Lunch pick-up & arrival at poster boards
12:05 – 12:40 | Poster round 1 (posters 1–7)
12:40 – 12:45 | Switch
12:45 – 13:20 | Poster round 2 (posters 8–14)
13:20 – 13:40 | Informal lunch & conversations
13:40 – 13:50 | Introduction of workshops
13:50 – 14:00 | Transfer to workshop rooms
14:00 – 15:30 | Parallel workshops (4 sessions)
15:30 – 15:45 | Plenary wrap-up
15:45 | End of programme
Workshops
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Co-design Interactive Workshop
Speaker: Charissa Roossien, Assistant Professor in Medical Device Design -
Health Technology Implementation: Organizational Change & Management
Speaker: Amal Fakha, Assistant Professor of Innovation Management & Strategy -
Digital Health Care
Speaker: Anne Hoekman, PhD-candidate and Tarannom Mehri, PhD-candidate, UMCG -
Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Medical Technology
Speaker: To be announced
Invitation and registration
The official invitation has been sent and registration is now open. Participants can register for one or more parts of the event: the plenary morning session, the poster session, and/or the workshops. Registration is possible per individual session or for the full programme.
Don’t miss it!
14 April 2026 will be a day full of inspiration, connection, and impact, where MBO, HBO, and university participants come together to build the future of healthcare.
Afterwards, we ask participants to provide brief feedback, and after three months we do a quick check-in to see which follow-up steps have actually gotten off the ground.
We look forward to seeing you there!
