Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Medicine MEVIS
Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Medicine MEVIS

Symposium

Thursday, September 4, 2025, 9am-2pm

30 Years MEVIS – Foresight Symposium

The Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Medicine MEVIS is celebrating its 30th anniversary.

To mark this occasion, a Foresight Symposium will be held on Thursday, September 4, 2025, at the Fraunhofer MEVIS institute building in Bremen. High-ranking experts will shed light on the possibilities and limitations of using AI in the early detection and treatment of cancer.

The event is not open to the public and can only be attended by invitation and registration!

During the subsequent open house, the institute will open its doors to the public.

 

Foresight Symposium “Impact of AI in Cancer Care and Beyond”

(Language: English)

09:00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wecome Address

Sandra Krey

Executive Board Member for Finance and Controlling, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft

Moderation

Horst Hahn

Director of Fraunhofer MEVIS
Professor for Digital Medicine University Bremen

Sade Krijgsman

Consultant Artificial Intelligence, Romion Health, Utrecht

09:15

 

 

 

Lecture & Discussion

Breast Cancer Screening: Past – Present – Future

Nico Karssemeijer

Professor emeritus of Computer Aided Diagnosis, Radboud University Nijmegen
Chief Science Officer and Co-Founder of ScreenPoint Medical
 

Lecture & Discussion

AI in Prostate Cancer Care: From Screening to Hyper-Personalized Treatment

Martin Eklund

Professor of Epidemiology at the Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm 

10:50

Break & Networking

11:20

 

 

 

Lecture & Discussion

Beyond Human - AI redefining Healthcare and Humanity

Christoph Wald

Senior Associate Consultant Radiologist at Mayo Clinic, Rochester/MN
Vice Chair of the Board of Chancellors & Chair of the Commission on Informatics, American College of Radiology

 

Panel Discussion

AI Paradigm Shift: From Tools to Autonomous Agents

Moderation

Gerhard Hindricks

Chief Integration Officer of Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité (DHZC)
Director of Clinic for Cardiology of DHZC, Charité Campus Mitte

Bianca Lassen-Schmidt

Principal Researcher Pulmonary Image Analysis & AI, Fraunhofer MEVIS

 

Panelists

Bram van Ginneken

Founder of Plain Medical and Thirona
Professor of Medical Image Analysis at Radboud University Medical Center

Sade Krijgsman

Consultant Artificial Intelligence, Romion Health, Utrecht

Christiane Kuhl

Chairman of the Department of Radiology, University Hospital Aachen
President of the German Radiological Society (DRG)

Christoph Wald

Senior Associate Consultant Radiologist at Mayo Clinic, Rochester/MN
Vice Chair of the Board of Chancellors & Chair of the Commission on Informatics, American College of Radiology

13:00

Demos, Networking & Snacks

14:00–17:00

Open House

 

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