Webinar on Health Foresight Methodologies
Event Details
Webinar on Health Foresight Methodologies
Online, 16 June 2026, 5:00PM CET
On June 16 at 5:00 PM CET, Kateryna Ostrovska and Agathe Acchiardo are hosting a one-hour webinar designed to open up the world of futures thinking for anyone working in or around health.
We will start by introducing foresight as a discipline, exploring why it is increasingly relevant for those navigating complexity in health systems and policy. We will then move to practice, examining real examples of how organizations are already using futures methods to make better decisions under uncertainty.
The highlight of the session will be a short hands-on exercise, giving participants the chance to try a simple foresight method themselves — no prior experience required. We will close with an open discussion and key takeaways for those who want to take the work further.
Whether you are new to foresight or simply curious about its applications in health, this webinar offers a practical and engaging entry point into a discipline that is reshaping how we think about the future of health.
Link to the event
The meeting will be hosted on Teams.
Date and Time: Tuesday 16 June, 5-6pm CET
Link: https://teams.live.com/meet/9390538625598?p=WlZiGBe4sTpkKXTgYG
ID: 939 053 862 559 8
Passcode: G6E3WW
Speakers
Kateryna Ostrovska, MD, Health policy and systems strategist, foresight practitioner
Health policy analyst and system leader with a clinical background as a Family Doctor and extensive experience in public and private sectors. Former Health Governance Specialist with United Nations Development Programme in conflict-affected regions of Ukraine and contributor to the USAID Health Reform Support Project on workforce policy. Led national digital health initiatives during COVID-19 and the Russia–Ukraine war. Certified Lean Green Belt with expertise in strategic healthcare management, health systems strengthening, evidence-informed policymaking, and foresight. Fulbright Visiting Researcher at the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco (2024-25). A member of the Association of Professional Futurists, the Foresight Europe Network, the European Health Futures Forum, and the Millennium Project Ukraine Node.
Agathe Acchiardo
Agathe Acchiardo is a global expert in innovation and foresight, focusing on the future of health. She has worked for almost a decade in the pharmaceutical industry, in Belgium, Singapore, and Russia, before changing career paths to discover the world of trends & foresight in a trend agency in London. In 2018, she founded her own innovation and strategic foresight consultancy, ThinkNext, to work with clients in the life sciences and healthcare sectors. As the CEO of Think Next, she leads projects with large multinational companies such as AstraZeneca, Roche or Alcon. She is also a mentor for digital health start-ups, and a recognized international speaker at health or foresight conferences. She holds an MBA from a leading French business school, a MA in Philosophy, and a M.Phil. in Organizational Sociology.
Partners
European Health Futures Forum https://ehff.eu
Think Next https://thinknext.uk
