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What will the future of medicine look like? Join us for discussions on emerging approaches in drug development, cancer research, AI-driven innovation, and next-generation treatments for diseases such as malaria.
Preregistration is closed, last seats are available without registration.
For questions, contact: [email protected]
Preregistration is closed, last seats are available without registration.
For questions, contact: [email protected]
The Learning Hospital: Turning Routine Cancer Care into Discovery
Dr. Benjamin Kasenda
(Senior Researcher, Department of Clinical Research, University of Basel)
The Learning Hospital: Turning Routine Cancer Care into Discovery
For decades, cancer research and cancer care have lived in separate worlds — clinical trials on one side, everyday treatment on the other. But what if every patient visit could quietly contribute to the next breakthrough? In this talk, I'll show how hospitals are being reimagined as "learning health systems," where data from routine care is continuously turned into evidence, and a new generation of pragmatic clinical trials blurs the line between research and treatment. Drawing on examples from Basel and beyond, I'll explore what this shift means for patients, doctors, and the future of personalised oncology.
For decades, cancer research and cancer care have lived in separate worlds — clinical trials on one side, everyday treatment on the other. But what if every patient visit could quietly contribute to the next breakthrough? In this talk, I'll show how hospitals are being reimagined as "learning health systems," where data from routine care is continuously turned into evidence, and a new generation of pragmatic clinical trials blurs the line between research and treatment. Drawing on examples from Basel and beyond, I'll explore what this shift means for patients, doctors, and the future of personalised oncology.
Treatment of malaria : what comes next?
Caroline Boulton
(Global Program Head Malaria, Novartis)
Why do we still need new malaria treatments even with vaccines in use?
• What makes antimalarial drug development so hard—and why don’t some medicines work for everyone?
• How is drug resistance shaping the next generation of therapies?
• What makes antimalarial drug development so hard—and why don’t some medicines work for everyone?
• How is drug resistance shaping the next generation of therapies?
Can AI Write Your Psychotherapist’s Notes?
Dr habil. Ronan Zimmermann
(Head of Data Science and Psychology, MHIRA)
How quality assurance, digital assessments, and ambient listening are already changing mental health care in Switzerland?
The talk would explore how increasing pressure for quality assurance and outcome measurement is creating a growing documentation burden for psychotherapists and psychiatrists in Switzerland, and how AI-based “ambient listening” and structured digital assessments are beginning to change clinical workflows in practice.
Let's focus on concrete real-world developments rather than speculative “future of AI” narratives and on how structured data and AI can reduce administrative overhead, support clinical judgement, and free more time for patient care — while also raising important questions around privacy, trust, and the increasing quantification of mental health care.
More information about Ronan's work can be found here: https://mhira.app
The talk would explore how increasing pressure for quality assurance and outcome measurement is creating a growing documentation burden for psychotherapists and psychiatrists in Switzerland, and how AI-based “ambient listening” and structured digital assessments are beginning to change clinical workflows in practice.
Let's focus on concrete real-world developments rather than speculative “future of AI” narratives and on how structured data and AI can reduce administrative overhead, support clinical judgement, and free more time for patient care — while also raising important questions around privacy, trust, and the increasing quantification of mental health care.
More information about Ronan's work can be found here: https://mhira.app
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