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Healthcare Working Group
12 February 2026 | 10:00 - 12:00
The 5GSC Healthcare Working Group held on 12 February 2026, brought together leading experts who built on the recommendations presented at the 5G Community Conference and explored healthcare project blueprints and sustainable business plans beyond CEF funding by focusing on innovative healthcare use cases enabled by advanced connectivity, and featured keynote contributions addressing immersive technologies, their application in clinical care and education, and digital-twin projects.
Moderated by Ioannis Patsouras (WINGS ICT Solutions), the session featured four keynote speeches which topics ranged from the presentation of a CEF funding recently awarded project, how to power the future of healthcare through connectivity, surgical collaboration in the age of spatial computing and 5G, and the present and future of women's health in Europe.
The open discussion, chaired by Ioannis Patsouras (WINGS ICT Solutions), and co-chaired by Fredrik Engströmer(Region Stockholm) delved into healthcare digital innovations, challenges and next steps. The audience was invited to actively take part to the conversation, including by contributing to a Slido poll.
Agenda
Welcome
Ioannis Patsouras, WINGS ICT Solutions
Keynote speech: The pioneering "smart hospital” project at the Bordeaux University Hospital
Christophe Fouille, Head of Marketing for Industrial 5G, Bouygues Telecom
Keynote speech: Powering the Future of Healthcare Through Connectivity
Prof. Yujia Gao, Assistant Group Chief Technology Officer, National University Health System
Keynote speech: Surgical Collaboration in the Age of Spatial Computing and 5G
Rajeshwari Kanesin, APAC Business Development Lead | Healthcare | 4G/5G, Apoqlar
Keynote speech: The present and future of women’s health in Europe: the transformative role of 5G and connectivity
Marija Butkovic, Founder and CEO, Women of Wearables
Open Discussion
Chair: Ioannis Patsouras, Senior Solutions Architect, WINGS ICT Solutions
Co-Chair: Fredrik Engströmer, Head of Innovation, Region Stockholm
Contributors:
Katharina Hrom, Data & AI Go-to-Market Manager, NTT Luxembourg - 5G Connected Hospitals
Janet Zaharieva, Chief Advisor to the MB, VIVACOM - 5GEDGE4HEALTH
Timm Weber, Deputy Head Executive Department for medical IT-Systems and digitalisation, Frankfurt University Hospital
Mats Nordenback, Coordinator/Project manager, Region Västerbotten - 5G-AHTII