(UMCG Symposium) AI in Healthcare: From Research to Practice

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Many AI models show tremendous promise in research, yet only a small number successfully make the transition into clinical practice. What does it really take to get from a promising model to everyday care?
Join clinicians, researchers, PhD candidates, students and industry for a day at UMCG on exactly that question. Expert talks cover capacity planning, implementation, ethics and trust in human–AI collaboration, and the day closes with a panel on the future of AI in digital healthcare.

Who you’ll hear from

• Bart Scheerder (UMCG): UMCG’s quartermaster for the Dutch AI Factory in Groningen
• Prof. dr. Sandjai Bhulai (VU Amsterdam): the mathematician whose model cut late ambulance arrivals by 25–30%
• Prof. dr. Martin de Borst (UMCG): professor of nephrology leading AI research on donor kidneys
• Dr. Ishaan Jagota (A3 Lab): from AI algorithm to clinical implementation
• Dr. Kevin Groot Lipman (NKI): the problems and challenges of implementation
• Prof. dr. Els Maeckelberghe (ELSA-NN): ethics of AI in care
• Dr. Wico Mulder (TNO): trust and explainability in human–AI interaction
• Prof. dr. Jeanne Mifsud-Bonnici (ELSA-NN): the legal perspective, in the closing panel

Programme

• 09:30 Welcome and introduction by Prof. dr. Peter van Ooijen (UMCG)
• 09:45 AI Factory: Bart Scheerder
• 10:15 Health capacity planning: Prof. dr. Sandjai Bhulai
• 10:55 Coffee break
• 11:10 Health impact of resilience, from kidney physiology to trial network: Prof. dr. Martin de Borst
• 11:50 From AI algorithm to clinical implementation: Dr. Ishaan Jagota
• 12:30 Networking & lunch (90 min)
• 14:00 Implementation, problems and challenges: Dr. Kevin Groot Lipman
• 14:30 Ethics in resilience: Prof. dr. Els Maeckelberghe
• 15:00 Coffee break
• 15:15 Trust and explainability in agent and human interaction: Dr. Wico Mulder
• 15:45 Panel: the future of AI in digital healthcare, with Dr. Kevin Groot Lipman (clinical), Prof. dr. Jeanne Mifsud-Bonnici (legal), Bart Scheerder (business) and Prof. dr. Els Maeckelberghe (ethical)
• 16:15 Closing: the multi-faceted role of UMCG

Who is it for?
Everyone interested in AI and healthcare: clinicians, researchers, PhD candidates, students in AI, computing science, mathematics or business, and anyone curious how AI is changing care. No technical or medical background needed.
📍 Rode Zaal, UMCG, Groningen
🗓 Thursday 14 January 2027, 09:30–17:00
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Organised by the Digital Healthcare Community and the UMCG Data Science Center in Health (DASH).