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7th National Digital Health Symposium 2025

Innovation and Healthcare – Between Aspiration and Reality

02.12.2025

Design Offices Berlin Humboldthafen

10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

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Under the motto "Innovation and Healthcare – Between Aspiration and Reality", TMF e. V. invites you to this year's Digital Health Symposium, which will take place on December 2, 2025, at the Design Offices Berlin Humboldthafen. The focus will be on how innovative approaches can be translated into healthcare.

We would like to discuss the following topics:

How can innovations be brought into the healthcare system?
AI in healthcare – vision or reality?
When will intersectoral and comprehensive telemedicine become a reality?
The ePA as a driver of innovation – opportunities through upcoming expansion stages
Transfer and translation – what concepts and models exist and what else do we need?

The keynote speech will be given by Dr. Jacqueline Lammert (TMU), head of the "AI in Women's Health" research group at TUM Klinikum and winner of the High-Tech Young Talent Award.

You can look forward to hearing from other representatives from industry, research, politics, and healthcare, such as:

Prof. Dr. Karl Broich (BfArM), Moritz Eckert, Dr. Christiane Wessel (Digipraxis KV Berlin), Dr. Philipp Stachwitz (KBV), Prof. Dr. Gernot Marx (RWTH Aachen University Hospital), Dr. Martin Danner (BAG SELBSTHILFE), Maro Bader (Roche Pharma AG), Dr. Badra-Azar (BMG), Prof. Dr. Rainer Röhrig (TMF Executive Board), Delia Strunz (J&J Innovative Medicine), and Sebastian C. Semler (TMF).

We look forward to welcoming you to this year's National Digital Health Symposium.

Registration

You can register for the event using the button below. The participation fee is €195.00 (TMF members: €125.00).

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2025-12-02T10:00:00 - 2025-12-02T17:00:00

Topic

The 7th National Digital Health Symposium has the motto “Innovations and healthcare – between aspiration and reality.” Experts will discuss current innovations that could shape the healthcare of tomorrow – and the challenges that need to be overcome in the process.

Conference

The National Digital Health Symposium (NDHS) organized by TMF e.V. is an annual, cross-sector forum for exchange between healthcare providers, researchers, cost bearers, industry, patients, and politics. It promotes digital cultural change in the German healthcare system with a focus on telematics, data use, AI, and regulatory developments such as the EHDS.

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The TMF - Technology and Methods Platform for Networked Medical Research e.V. stands for research, networking, and digitalization in medicine. It is the umbrella organization for collaborative medical research in Germany, within which top researchers exchange knowledge, work together to develop ideas and concepts, and thus shape the future of medical research in the digital age.

Program (as of October 27, 2025)

Tuesday 02.12.2025

10:00–10:05 h: Welcome

Prof. Dr. Rainer Röhrig
Chairman of the TMF Board | University Hospital Aachen
10:05–10:10 h: Opening Remarks

Tino Sorge
Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Health (Bundesministerium für Gesundheit, BMG)
10:10–10:30 h: Keynote: AI Innovations in Practice and Research

Dr. Jacqueline Lammert
Technical University of Munich (TUM)
10:30–11:30 h: Session I: How Do Innovations Enter the Health System?

Dr. Jacqueline Lammert
Technical University of Munich (TUM)
Prof. Josef Hecken
Federal Joint Committee (Gemeinsamer Bundesausschuss, G-BA)
Prof. Dr. Karl Broich
Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (Bundesinstitut für Arzneimittel und Medizinprodukte, BfArM)
Dorothee Stamm
German Medical Technology Association (Bundesverband Medizintechnologie, BVMed)
11:30–12:30 h: Session II: Where Is the Digital Journey in Ambulatory Care Heading?

Moritz Eckert
Eckert & Poppe Medical Practice
Dr. Christiane Wessel
Berlin Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians (Kassenärztliche Vereinigung (KV) Berlin)
Dr. Philipp Stachwitz
National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians (NASHIP)
Dr. Florian Hartge
gematik GmbH
12:30–13:20 h: Lunch Break
13:20–14:20 h: Session III: When Will Intersectoral and Nationwide Telemedicine Arrive?

Prof. Dr. Gernot Marx, FRCA
University Hospital Aachen, Department of Operative Intensive Care and Intermediate Care
Dr. Christian Pfeiffer
Bavarian Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians (Kassenärztliche Vereinigung Bayern, KVB)
Dr. Martin Danner
BAG SELBSTHILFE
Dr. Jana Venhaus-Gießmann
Federal Ministry of Health (Bundesministerium für Gesundheit, BMG)
14:20–15:20 h: Session IV: Which Innovations Does the European Health Data Space (EHDS) Enable?

Maro Bader
Roche Pharma AG
Dr. Nilofar Badra-Azar
Federal Ministry of Health (Bundesministerium für Gesundheit, BMG)
Dr. Verena Benz
Bitkom e.V.
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Martin Gersch
Free University (FU) of Berlin
Sebastian C. Semler
Technology and Methods Platform for Networked Medical Research (TMF e.V.)
15:20–15:35 h: Coffee Break
15:35–16:35 h: Session V: How Can Transfer and Translation Succeed?

Prof. Dr. Rainer Röhrig
Chairman of the TMF Board | University Hospital Aachen
Delia Strunz
Johnson & Johnson Medical GmbH, Director Government Affairs & Policy Germany
16:35–17:00 h: Summary and Conclusion

Sebastian C. Semler
Technology and Methods Platform for Networked Medical Research (TMF e.V.)
17:00–18:30 h: Get-together