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Adam Skali
Director of Innovation and Science, International e-Health Forum
Holds a Master’s in Multidisciplinary Research, biophysics, and a Bachelor’s in Biotechnology, with extensive studies in bioinformatics and data science, and experience in healthcare innovation and entrepreneurship. Fluent in 7 languages, with 4 at native level. Adam started his career in biophysics, and later founded his first startup MidasTimes to help improve mental health of students, and later joined Luci Health where he achieved the position of COO.
Now board member of the Institute for Human Centered Health Innovation and ElevateHealth, Adam also serves as director of innovation for the e-Health Innovation Center. Adam also serves as president of Innovation Forum in Barcelona and consultant, associated expert and/or advisor in local and international private and public organizations in healthcare (EIT Health, Fundación Visible. Digital Mental Health Consortium, Scott Morgan Foundation Danish Life Science Cluster).
Recognized for leadership in healthcare innovation and global health discussions, his work has received more than 15 million impressions. Adam is also currently member of the Global Shapers Longevity Economy Task Force organized by the World Economic Forum.
During his career he has received training from some of the best institutions companies, universities, and accelerators/incubators, such as KTH, Johnson & Johnson, CIMTI, Health Inc, Innovation Forum, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Ghent University, Pompeu Fabra University, and Banco Santander.
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Carina Dantas
CEO, SHINE 2Europe
Carina Dantas has a degree in Law, she is a PhD candidate on Biomedical Sciences (AI ethics) and is the CEO of SHINE 2Europe with over 25 years-experience.
She is Co-Director of the SHAFE Foundation – Smart Healthy Age-friendly Environments, was the Chair of the COST Action NET4Age-Friendly (2020-2024), which gathered over 775 participants from 50 countries and she was Vice-President of the European Covenant on Demographic Change until 2023.
Carina is Committee Member of CEN/CENELEC TC 428, integrated the Expert Team developing the EU Ethics framework for the ICT Profession and led the group of experts designing the Reference Guidelines in the Field of Ethics, Data Privacy and Security, for the AAL Programme.
Carina led/participated in the writing of hundreds of proposals and was the Project Coordinator in projects such as SIRENE, a HORIZON Europe CSA. She is currently involved in 26 European projects leading works on multistakeholder engagement, social innovation, synergies, dissemination and ethics.
She is also evaluator/reviewer/Ethics expert for the European Commission; Advisory and Ethics Board Member of several international projects; author/co-author of refereed journals, book chapters, conference papers and performs public presentations in conferences and events regularly.
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David Somekh
Board chair (formerly Network Director), EHFF
As a former UK NHS medic and medical manager, engaged in European NGOs ESQH and EHFF at Board level for quality improvement and futures thinking including interfacing at European Commission level for 25 years. Have been part of successful consortia for Horizon Europe and Erasmus+ on a number of occasions, as well as previous projects for DGSante. Particular areas of interest and expertise: mental health, quality improvement, patient empowerment and health literacy, systems thinking and scenario planning.
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Eva Turk
Senior Researcher, University of Applied Sciences St. Pölten (USTP)
Eva Turk, PhD, MBA is a Senior Researcher and Program Lead at the Center for Digital Health and Social Innovation (UAS St. Pölten), specializing in Inclusive Digital Community Health. With extensive experience in HTA, digital health, person-centred care and quality of care, she has contributed significantly to various international health initiatives. She has contributed to, and evaluated various EU Horizon Framework, Erasmus+, THCS, Innovative Health Initiative and others.
She also serves in the Minister’s Office in Slovenia, responsible for HTA. Eva has held academic roles at the Universities in Slovenia and Norway, As the Founder and Chair of the SanAstra Foundation, she advocates for health innovations that empower communities. Her work with the Norwegian Red Cross as a Public Health Delegate highlights her commitment to global health, particularly in emergency response settings. Eva has served on various Boards, such as PWN, WGH Austria, EHMA and HTAi.
Originally from Slovenia, she has studied, lived and worked in Austria, Japan, Finland, Spain, Argentina, Syria and Norway.
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Lars Münter
Network Director EHFF
Lars Münter is a European leader in health literacy and wellbeing. As Network Director of the European Health Futures Forum and the International Director of the Nordic Wellbeing Academy, he advances practical initiatives and systems change, including serving as Communications Lead for the Nordic Health 2030 Movement.
For over 20 years, he has built cross-border platforms in Denmark, the Nordics, and Europe to promote self-care, empowerment, and citizen action. By bridging communication and science, Lars fosters knowledge sharing among stakeholders and sectors, embedding corporate social responsibility and collaborative action at the heart of health, innovation, and sustainable transformation.
He has so far been part of FP7, Horizon 2020, Horizon Europe, Erasmus+, Joint Actions, AAL, THCS, and EU Social Innovation Initiative projects – specialising in stakeholder engagement, ethics & trust, policy development, communication and outreach across a wide range of issues and disease areas.
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Marco Di Donato
Policy and Projects Manager, EUREGHA
Marco Di Donato works as Policy and Project Manager at EUREGHA – the European Regional and Local Health Authorities network, a non-profit association based in Brussels with nearly 30 members across Europe. With a background in International Relations and EU Affairs, Marco has solid experience in the technical implementation of European projects funded by Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe, Erasmus+, EU4Health, ERDF-i3, and Creative Europe. Among these projects, examples include IN-4-AHA, BOOST, PERISCOPE, Health InnoFacilitator, BeWell, ONCODIR, InnoMedCatalyst, Culture & Health, ENKORE, Predi-Lynch, and YARN.
He specializes in stakeholder engagement, community building, co-creation of policy guidelines, advocacy, dissemination and communication, and project sustainability. Central to Marco’s work is fostering collaboration and ensuring liaison with a broad range of European health stakeholders—including European institutions, professional associations, public authorities, research centers, and industry—through the projects he manages, to promote innovative and sustainable health policies.
He holds a Master’s degree in International Relations and Diplomatic Affairs from the University of Bologna, Italy.
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Michele Calabró
Executive Director EUREGHA
Michele Calabrò is Executive Director of EUREGHA – the European Regional and Local Health Authorities network, where he leads the Secretariat’s work on advocacy, knowledge exchange and partnerships, communication, and events. In this role, he also serves as Co-Chair of the European Alliance for Value in Health and is actively engaged in the EU Health Coalition.
Before joining EUREGHA in May 2022, Michele held positions at the European Health Management Association (Policy and Communications Manager), the European Patients’ Forum (Policy Adviser), and DIGITALEUROPE (Senior Manager, Digital Health Policy). Over the years, he has played a key roles including task and WP leads in several strategic EU-level projects funded through different EU programmes (including Horizon2020, Horizon Europe, Erasmus+, EU4Health, I3, IHI), such as as TO-REACH, DigitalHealthEurope, PERISCOPE, IN-4-AHA, Health InnoFacilitator, InnoMedCatalyst, ENKORE, YARN, and BeWell.
Michele is an active member of several informal health policy communities, such as the Young Forum Gastein Alumni network and the IPSE Network – Italiani per le Politiche Sanitarie Europee.
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Nurlan Dauletbayev
Senior Researcher – Philipps-University of Marburg
Doctorate, Philipps-University of Marburg
Lecturer / Senior Lecturer,Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University Montreal, Canada
Edoardo Montin
EHFF Comms & Support
Edoardo holds an MA in International Affairs and Diplomacy from SOAS, University of London. In 2021, he began his career in the pharmaceutical industry, focusing on patient engagement, health digitalisation, and patient access programs. He has been working in public affairs, health policy and now in development cooperation.
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