1. Brussels, 20 March 2013 Georges De Moor, MD, PhD 1 Convergence Workshop co-hosted by EuroRec and DG Connect (EC)

2. Brussels, 20 March 2013 Georges De Moor, MD, PhD 2 Organisers

3. Brussels, 20 March 2013 Georges De Moor, MD, PhD 3 DAY 1: 20 th of March 2013 12:00-14:00 Sandwich Lunch 14:00-14:45 General Introductions 14:45-15:30 Topic Introductions 15:30-16:00 Coffee Break 16:00-17:30 Break-out Sessions 19:00-21:30 Networking Dinner at the Warande Club Agenda (1)

4. Brussels, 20 March 2013 Georges De Moor, MD, PhD 4 DAY 2: 21 th of March 2013 09:00-10:00 Break-out Sessions 10:00-10:45 Consolidated Convergence Plans (by Topic Leads) 10:45-11:15 Coffee Break 11:15-12:15 Keynotes “How ISA is promoting Semantic Interoperability in the EU” (Joao Frade, PWC) “Keynote 2” (presenter TBC, eHGI) 12:15-12:30 Wrap-up and Next Steps (D. Kalra, Benoît Abeloos) Agenda (2)

5. Brussels, 20 March 2013 Georges De Moor, MD, PhD 5 Day 1 - General Introductions (1) “The Convergence Initiatives: History and Rationale” (Georges De Moor, EuroRec) “Convergence and the EU eHealth Interoperability Framework” (Benoît Abeloos, EC DG Connect) “The goals and expected outputs of the convergence initiative” (Dipak Kalra, EuroRec)

6. Brussels, 20 March 2013 Georges De Moor, MD, PhD 6 Day 1 - Introductions (2) “Convergence Topics” Topic 1 “Semantic Interoperability / Metadata / Glossaries” (Dipak Kalra, EuroRec) Topic 2 “Quality Metrics” (Bart Vannieuwenhuyse, Janssen) Topic 3 “Privacy policy & requirements (including ethics)” (Anne Bahr, Sanofi / Peter Singleton, Cambridge Health Informatics) Topic 4 “Privacy protection techniques & security” (Brecht Claerhout, Custodix) Topic 5 “Business Modelling” (Danielle Dupont, Data Mining International)

7. Brussels, 20 March 2013 Georges De Moor, MD, PhD 7 History and Rationale “The Convergence Initiative: its History and Rationale” (Georges De Moor, EuroRec) “Convergence and the EU eHealth Interoperability Framework” (Benoît Abeloos, EC DG Connect) “The goals and expected outputs of the convergence initiative” (Dipak Kalra, EuroRec)

8. Brussels, 20 March 2013 Georges De Moor, MD, PhD 8 The Convergence Initiatives: History First Convergence Workshop: Reykjavik, Iceland (June 3, 2010) (EFMI-STC: initiated by DebugIT, Christian Lovis) (EC Support) Second Convergence Workshop: Oslo, Norway (August 28, 2011) (MIE 2011: initiated by DebugIT, Christian Lovis) (EC and IMI support) Third Convergence Workshop: Basel, Switzerland (November 7, 2012) (EHR4CR Annual Conference: initiated by EHR4CR, Georges De Moor) Fourth Convergence Workshop: Brussels, Belgium (March 20, 2013) (EuroRec STC: initiated by EHR4CR with Dipak Kalra)

9. Brussels, 20 March 2013 Georges De Moor, MD, PhD 9 The Convergence Initiatives: Rationale To initiate and support cooperation and consensus building among related e-Health projects (cf. semantic interoperability, data reuse…) To identify opportunities To identify results achieved To identify challenges … towards a pan-EU e-Health Infostructure

10. Brussels, 20 March 2013 Georges De Moor, MD, PhD 10 Growing number of Participating Projects

11. Brussels, 20 March 2013 Georges De Moor, MD, PhD 11 Participating O rganisations

12. Brussels, 20 March 2013 Georges De Moor, MD, PhD 12 TOPIC 1 Semantic Interoperability (Dipak Kalra) TOPIC 2 Quality Metrics (Bart Vannieuwenhuyse) TOPIC 3 and 4 - Privacy Policies and Requirements (Anne Bahr) - Privacy Protection Techniques and Security (Brecht Claerhout) TOPIC 5 Business Modelling (Danielle Dupont) Topics and Topic Leads

13. Brussels, 20 March 2013 Georges De Moor, MD, PhD 13 Break-out Sessions Break-out sessions - Rooms: BU25 0/S1 - TOPIC 1 BU25 3/S1 - TOPIC 2 BU25 4/S1 - TOPIC 3 & 4 BU25 5/S1 - TOPIC 5

14. Brussels, 20 March 2013 Georges De Moor, MD, PhD 14 Dinner at the Warande Club When: 19:00-21:30 Where: De Warande Zinnerstraat 1 1000 Brussel By car W

15. Brussels, 20 March 2013 Georges De Moor, MD, PhD 15 How to reach the Warande Club by Metro Start at Beaulieu Take metro direction 1A (Koning Boudewijn/Roi Baudouin) Stop at Kunst-Wet / Art-Loi See previous slide for street map

16. Brussels, 20 March 2013 Georges De Moor, MD, PhD 16 Information available at: For workshop PPTs: http://www.eurorec.org/convergence2013/register.cfm#ppt For Info from Projects: http://www.eurorec.org/convergence2013/register.cfm#projects

17. Brussels, 20 March 2013 Georges De Moor, MD, PhD 17 Thanks for your attention! Georges.Demoor@UGent.be

18. Brussels, 20 March 2013 Georges De Moor, MD, PhD 18 Day 1 - General Introductions “The Convergence Initiative: its History and Rationale” (Georges De Moor, EuroRec) “Convergence and the EU eHealth Interoperability Framework” (Benoît Abeloos, EC DG Connect) “The goals and expected outputs of the convergence initiative” (Dipak Kalra, EuroRec)