Dec 09, 2025

Antwerp Health AI meeting

The first edition of AntwerpHealth.AI – a symposium on data and AI innovation in healthcare!

Save the date - 9 December 2025!

We're very excited to welcome you to the first edition of the Antwerp Health AI meeting, which will feature presentations on current AI & data-driven projects, flash talks, and opportunities to connect with colleagues in our UAntwerp/UZA ecosystem.

 

Date: December 9th, 2025

Time: 13:30 -17:00 (with a poster session & reception until 19:30)

Location: UZA, Aula Kinsbergen (route 12)

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Program

Full program soon here and at http://antwerphealth.ai/

      

13:30 - Introduction by Kris Laukens & Philippe Jorens

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First session (14:00 - 15:15)

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14:00 - Elyne Scheurwegs & Geert Hellebaut (Data Innovation Lab, UZA)

OMOP for your research. An introduction.

14:15 - Annelies Verbiest (General Oncology, UZA)

Real-world evidence through network studies 

14:30 - Pravesh Gurung (Data Innovation Lab, UZA)

Enabling Federated Clinical Research: OMOP CDM Implementation in FHIN

14:45 - Frederick De Baene & Hanne Derycke (Data Innovation Lab, UZA)

HEARTwise

15:00 - Flash presentations 

  • Paulien Vermunicht: Machine learning for reliable PPG heart rate data
  • Jos Rozema: SyntEyes - Virtual twins of the human eye
  • Mathias Huybrechts: Guidelines for neuroimaging AI for memory clinics
  • Renée Spoelman: Multi-omics prediction of ICI response in NSCLC

 

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Break (15:15 - 15:45) 

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Second session (15:45 - 17:15)

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15:45 - Pieter Meysman (Adrem Data Lab, UAntwerpen)

Decoding the adaptive immune system using artificial intelligence

16:00 - Ewa Sieliwonczyk (Center of Medical Genetics, UAntwerpen)

Artificial Intelligence Enhanced Electrocardiography

16:15 - Stig Hellemans (Adrem Data Lab, UAntwerpen)

Training AI on medical texts

16:30 - Kim Van Hoorenbeeck (TWI²N, UAntwerpen)

How data driven research improves quality of care in children with asthma

16:45 - Wout Bittremieux (Adrem Data Lab, UAntwerpen)

Understanding the molecular phenotype with AI for proteomics and metabolomics

17:00 - Flash presentations  

  • Ceder Dens: De novo peptide sequencing for immunopeptidomics
  • Moira Breëns: Healthy aging and the TCR repertoire
  • Remco van Schadewijk: ExplainMed: Specialised AI to Turn Cardiology Letters into Patient-Friendly Information

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Poster session & reception (17:15 - 19:30)