PAEDIATRIC INNOVATION DAY 2026 Helsinki

18, September, 2026

PROGRAMME

Registration

8:00 - 9:00

Welcome Address

TBC

9:00 - 9:15

Opening Remarks

Jari Petäjä, Chief Executive Children and Adolescents HUS Helsinki University Hospital

9:15 - 9:30

THEME 1: ``Human-Centred Paediatric Care: Play, Mental Wellbeing and Family Support``

``Do We Really Need to Play?: Reimagining Paediatric Innovation through Children's Perspectives``

Dr Paulina Pérez-Duarte, Clinical Paediatrician and Medical Anthropologist, Great Ormond Street Hospital

9:30- 10:00

Panel Discussion: ``From Diagnosis to Daily Life: Innovative Approaches to Supporting Children's and Families' Mental Wellbeing``

Chair: Marie Korhonen, (Paediatric Psychiatry PhD – Pikkujätti)

Panel: Paulina Pérez-Duarte (Clinical Paediatrician and Medical Anthropologist – Great Ormond Street Hospital) Linnea Karlsson (Co-founder and PI of FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study and Co-leader of the Center for Population Health Research at the University of Turku and Turku University Hospital), Casper Mathiesen (Lead Play Designer – Mary Elizabeths Hospital, Copenhagen)

10:00 - 10:45

Coffee Break

``Play in Hospitals: Inspiring Practices Across the Nordics``

Nordic Hospital Showcase

11:15 - 11:35

``Digital Mental Health Care: From Evidence to Engagement and Real-World Impact``

Karri Budde, Psychologist and Development Manager, Internet Therapies, Digital and Psychosocial Treatments, HUS Helsinki University Hospital

11:35 - 11:55

``Family-Centred Innovations Improving Mental Wellbeing in Paediatric Care: From Hospital Experience to Long-Term Resilience``

Monika Rogalska, President & CEO, K.I.D.S. Foundation

11:55 – 12:15

Lunch

Theme 2: ``Data, Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Paediatric Healthcare``

``High Frequency Data & AI in Healthcare – Real World Applications``

Joseph J. Frassica, Professor of the Practice at MIT’s Institute for Medical Engineering and Science (IMES) and Executive Director of the MIT–Hood Pediatric Innovation Hub

13:00 - 13:30

Panel Discussion: ``Data and AI in Paediatrics``

Chair: Pekka Kahri, Development manager, strategy & development unit at HUS Helsinki University Hospital
Joseph J. Frassica (MIT IMES and MIT–Hood Pediatric Innovation Hub), Andrew Taylor (Director of Innovation, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust), TBC

13:30 – 14:15

``Launch of the Paediatric Health Data Space (PHDS)``

TBC

14:15 -14:30

``Can AI Survive a 3-Year-Old?``

Professor Laughalot

14:30 - 14:45

Theme 3: ``Solving Real Clinical Challenges: Innovation for Impact``

Paediatric Hospital Innovation Challenge 2026 Project Showcase

Participating Projects:
1. ``Sticky Adventure`` (Karolinska University Hospital - Sweden)
2. ``The Check-In Tools`` (Great Ormond Street Hospital - UK)
3. ``Antek`` (Children’s Memorial Health Institute - Poland)
4. ``Connected Paediatric Care`` (Hospital Pedro Hispano, ULSM - Portugal)
5. ``AI-Powered Pediatric Appointment Optimization`` (Children`s Clinical University Hospital - Latvia)

14:45 - 16:05

Coffee Break

Paediatric Hospital Innovation Challenge 2026 Awards

16:25 - 16:40

Closing Remarks

Arnau Valls, i4KIDS I i4KIDS-EUROPE Director and Innovation Coordinator at Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona Children's Hospital

16:40 – 16:50

End of Event

SPEAKERS

Our speakers are experts in the world of innovation, science, entrepreneurship and health within the fetal, paediatric and maternal field.