Digital Health Security and the Vaccine Certificate
When? 24 March 2021, 11:00 – 13:00 CET (Tallinn time is 12:00 – 14:00)
Where? Online, free of charge
Who? Public officials and government decision-makers of the healthcare sector, ICT industries working on vaccination certificates and other digital health solutions, health care providers, representatives of patients, EU Commission, World Health Organisation.
Why? The COVID19 pandemic has created a new reality for the healthcare sector, globally testing its limits. The European Commission, along with the World Health Organisation is looking for a scalable digital infrastructure for secure vaccination certification to help governments to reopen societies and economies. For credible future digital health solutions, we need people to understand better both medical and cyber security challenges.
The Digital Transformation Talks is a series of timely online discussions organised by the e-Governance Academy. This event is organised in close collaboration with the Estonian Government Office. While sharing the materials in social media, please use the #ehealtsecurity. For inquiries, please contact us at
Panel 1: Challenges and opportunities of cross-border health data exchange
Panel 2: How to raise trust towards vaccine certificates?
- Terje Peetso, Member of the Management Board, North Estonia Medical Centre: Opportunities and Challenges of digital health data exchange
- Vincent van Pelt, Nictiz, Competence Centre for Electronic Exchange of Health and Care Information, the Netherlands: Digital Green Certificate. Trust Framework – putting it all together
Speakers
Kalle Killar
Undersecretary for E-Health and Innovation, Ministry of Social Affairs, Estonia
Konstantin Hyppönen
Policy Officer (SNE) DG Health and Food Safety (SANTE)
Vincent van Pelt
Nictiz, Competence Centre for Electronic Exchange of Health and Care Information, the Netherlands
Dr Ain Aaviksoo
Chief Medical Officer at Guardtime Health
Marten Kaevats
National Digital Advisor, Government Office of Estonia Estonia
Clayton Hamilton
Coordinator, Digital Health Flagship, World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe
Paul Timmers
University of Oxford, former advisor EC/DG SANTE Digital Health
Dr Terje Peetso
Member of the Management Board, North Estonia Medical Centre (Estonia)
Hannes Astok
Executive Director, e-Governance Academy
Merle Maigre
Senior Expert on Cyber Security, e-Governance Academy
11:00-11:15 CET (12:00 – 12:15 Tallinn time)
Opening and Keynote
- Hannes Astok, Executive Director at e-Governance Academy (eGA)
- Kalle Killar, Undersecretary for E-Health and Innovation, Ministry of Social Affairs, Estonia
11:15 – 12:05 CET (12:15-13:05 Tallinn time)
Panel 1. Challenges and opportunities of cross-border health data exchange
- Clayton Hamilton, Coordinator, Digital Health Flagship, World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe
- Terje Peetso Member of the Management Board, North Estonia Medical Centre
- Marten Kaevats, Government Office of Estonia
- Moderator: Merle Maigre, Senior Expert on Cyber Security at e-Governance Academy (eGA)
12:05 – 12:55 CET (13:05 – 13:55 Tallinn time)
Panel 2. How to raise trust towards vaccine certificates?
- Konstantin Hyppönen, DG SANTE, European Commission
- Dr Ain Aaviksoo, Chief Medical Officer, Guardtime Health
- Vincent van Pelt, Nictiz, Competence Centre for Electronic Exchange of Health and Care Information, the Netherlands
- Moderator: Paul Timmers, University of Oxford, former EC/DG SANTE advisor Digital Health
12:55 – 13:05 CET (13:55 – 14:05 Tallinn time)
Discussion Conclusions and Way Forward
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