THAIS pre-symposium course
Presentation

Pre-Symposium Course: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence in Health
This introductory course is part of the Taulí Health Artificial Intelligence Week and is aimed at health professionals, researchers and healthcare managers who want to enter the world of artificial intelligence (AI) and understand how it can transforming clinical practice, healthcare management and biomedical research.
With a practical and understandable approach, the course offers a first approach to the basic concepts of AI, its methodologies, the functioning of algorithms and the main fields of application within the health system. Key aspects such as data quality and management, ethics, risks and future opportunities will also be covered.
An ideal opportunity to build a solid knowledge base in AI, prepare to be part of its development and implementation in the healthcare sector, and actively participate in the 🔗 Taulí Health Artificial Intelligence Symposium (THAIS).
* Registration for the pre-symposium course requires registration for the symposium.
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General information
2025 edition dates
- Pre-symposium course: Monday, June 16
Organization
- Mixed Unit of the Clinical Interventional and Computational Nephrology research group of the I3PT
- High Performance Computing for Efficient Applications and Simulation Group (HPC4EAS) of the UAB School of Engineering
Accreditation
Accreditation requested from the Catalan Council for Continuing Education of the Health Professions — Continuing Education Commission of the National Health System. 2024 edition: 1 credit.
Your
Auditori Taulí
Parc Taulí Hospital Universitari. Edifici Taulí (planta -1)
Parc del Taulí, 1
08208 Sabadell (Barcelona)
Accommodation
Great Hotel Verdi ****
C / Francesc Macià, 62. 08206 - Sabadell
Room/day: €95 (VAT and breakfast included)
Reservations and payment must be made through the technical secretariat.
Technical Secretariat
Ester Freixa — I3PT
✉ efreixa@tauli.cat
Programme
Management and speakers
THAIS Management
Jose Ibeas
Clinical, Interventional and Computational Nephrology Research Group (CICN) of the Parc Taulí Research and Innovation Institute
Remo Suppi
Department of Computer Architecture and Operating Systems. School of Engineering of the Autonomous University of Barcelona.
Dolores Rexachs
Department of Computer Architecture and Operating Systems. School of Engineering of the Autonomous University of Barcelona.
Speakers
Ismael Ávila
Responsible for Fundraising. Park Taulí University Hospital.
Susana Aussó
Head of the AI Program. TIC Salut Social Foundation.
Anna Benavent
Doctor of Telecommunications Engineering. Director of Organization and Information Systems. Parc Taulí University Hospital. President of the Catalan Association of Health Informatics Professionals.
Luis Blanch
Specialist in Intensive Care. Former director of the Parc Taulí Research and Innovation Institute (I3PT). Coordinator of the Platform for the dynamization and innovation of the industrial capacities of the National Health System (SNS). Founder of Better Care.
Helena Boltá
Master in Visual Analytics and Big Data. Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence. Area of Big Data and Databases. Autonomous University of Barcelona.
Jordi Cahue
Innovation Director Spain and Portugal. Kyndryl.
Matias Calandrelli
cardiologist Master in Artificial Intelligence and Big Data. Associate researcher at the Hospital de la Santa Creu i Santa Pau. Collaborating researcher ISGlobal Biomedical Data Science Team.
John Calvet
Director of the Rheumatology Service. Parc Taulí University Hospital.
Maria Jose Campo
Director. Office of the DPD of Health. TIC Salut Social Foundation.
Xavier Canals-Riera
Director. Tecno-med Consulting Engineers.
Pedro Cano
Director of Innovation and Strategic Projects. Parc Taulí University Hospital.
Miriam Caravaca
Biomedical Engineer Researcher. Clinical, Interventional and Computational Nephrology Group. Parc Taulí Research and Innovation Institute (I3PT).
Pompeu Casanovas
director Institute of Law and Technology. Autonomous University of Barcelona. Professor of AI, Law and Ethics at AI Research Institute of the Spanish National Research Council.
Joaquin Cayon de las Cuevas
Director of the Research Group on Health Law and Bioethics. IDIVAL-University of Cantabria.
Davide Cirillo
Head of the Machine Learning for Biomedical Research Unit. Barcelona Supercomputing Center.
Xavier Contijoch
Founding Partner – VP Strategy & New Business. Trialing.
Xavier Cos
Innovation and Research Officer. Catalan Institute of Health.
Yolima Cossio
Director of Information Systems. Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus.
Jordi Cusido
Doctor in computer engineering. Research and Innovation Manager. beHIT.
Leticia Fernandez
Interventional Cardiologist. Mutual University Hospital of Terrassa. Master in Artificial Intelligence and Big Data in Health. Research Engineer in Life Sciences – NLP for Biomedical Information Analysis. Barcelona Supercomputing Center.
Daniel Fibla
Computer Engineer. AI, Automation and Robotics Coordinator. Parc Taulí University Hospital.
Roger font
Technology Consulting Director. Eurecat – Technological Center of Catalonia
Marc Fradera
Coordinator of the Research Support Unit. Parc Taulí University Hospital.
Carlos Gallego
Director of Digital Health. Institute of Diagnostic Imaging.
Sandra Garcia-Armesto
Director. Agency for Healthcare Quality and Evaluation of Catalonia (AQuAS).
Simona Giardina
Research Manager. Barcelona Supercomputing Center.
karina gibert
Professor at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC). Director of the Intelligent Data Science and Artificial Intelligence Research Center at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (IDEAI-UPC). Dean of the Official College of Computer Engineering of Catalonia (COEINF). Lüder from CETRA. Advisor to the Catalan and Spanish governments, the Commonwealth European Commission and Argentina.
Antoni Gilabert
Innovation Director (CINO). Hospital del Mar in Barcelona.
Deborah Gil
PhD in Mathematics. Head of the Interactive and Augmented Modeling research group. Computer Vision Center. Barcelona Autonomous University.
Aitor Gonzalez
Leader of Language Modeling in the Language Technologies Unit. Barcelona Supercomputing Center.
Claudia Gonzalo
Lawyer specializing in pharmaceutical law. Faus & Moliner Abogados.
Mar Gomis
director Digital Health Validation Center. Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau.
Joan Guanyabens
Director. Social Health ICT Foundation.
Paul Hernando
Vice-president. Bioethics Committee of Catalonia.
Miquel Hueso
Specialist in Nephrology. Bellvitge University Hospital, Barcelona. Member of the Big Data and Artificial Intelligence Group of the Spanish Society of Nephrology.
Jose Ibeas
Nephrologist. Director of the Clinical, Interventional and Computational Nephrology Group. Parc Taulí Research and Innovation Institute (I3PT). Member of the Ethics Committee for Research with Medicines (CEIm) of Parc Taulí. Co-director of the Master's in Artificial Intelligence and Big Data in Health of Parc Taulí – UAB. Coordinator of the Big Data and Artificial Intelligence Group of the Spanish Society of Nephrology. Director of the Health/AI Program.
Francisco Iglesias
Head of the Innovation and Research Support Office – Management Direction. Catalan Health Institute.
Martin Krallinger
Head of Natural Language Processing for Biomedical Information Analysis (NLP4BIA) research unit. Barcelona Supercomputing Center.
Elena Laura
Data Analyst and Artificial Intelligence Engineer. Agency for Healthcare Quality and Evaluation of Catalonia (AQuAS).
Guillermo Lazcoz
Postdoctoral researcher at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). Member of the Research Ethics Committee (CEI) of the ISCIII.
Martin Leon
Director of Innovation. Parc Taulí Research and Innovation Institute (I3PT).
Anuska Llano
Secretary of the Ethics Committee for Research with Medicines. Parc Taulí University Hospital.
Teresa Lloret
Director Knowledge and Technology Transfer Office. August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS)
Alex Lopez
Senior Computer Engineer. Head of product development and QA at the Digital Medical Imaging Center. Parc Taulí University Hospital. Specialist in developing applications for medical image management.
Fatima Lopez
Head of Technology Transfer and Industry Partnerships. Computer Vision Center.
Edward Macias
Applied Intelligence Engineer. Cognizant Netcentric.
Marcela Manríquez
Vice-president of the Ethics Committee for Research with Medicines. Parc Taulí University Hospital.
Ramses Marrero
Md. PhD. Specialist in anesthesiology and resuscitation. Hospital Clínic de Barcelona.
Tino Martí
Head of the Evaluation and Strategy Office – Department of Health.
Miriam Mendez
Head of Research and Innovation at the DPD Health Office. TIC Salut Social Foundation. Member of the Bioethics Committee of Catalonia.
Carolina Migliorelli
Head of the Healthcare Artificial Intelligence Research Line. Eurecat – Technological Center of Catalonia.
Philip Miralles
Doctor of Philosophy, Engineering and Advanced Technologies. Executive Director – Health Technologies. Eurecat – Technology Center of Catalonia.
Carolina Molto
Health Technology Assessment Area. HTA Specialist. Agency for Healthcare Quality and Evaluation of Catalonia (AQuAS)
Anthony Morell
Doctor in Telecommunications Engineering. Professor in the Department of Telecommunications and Systems Engineering. Area of Medical Data Analytics. Autonomous University of Barcelona.
Coloma Moreno
Former Secretary of the Ethics Committee for Research with Medicines (CEIm). Parc Taulí University Hospital.
Juan Carlos Muria
Independent consultant and expert in digital health. Director of Ikisan. Associate professor at the Polytechnic University of Valencia.
Luca Neri
Senior Director of Clinical Advanced Analytics. Fresenius Medical Care.
Gloria Palomar
Director of the Resources and Services Area. Agency for Healthcare Quality and Evaluation of Catalonia (AQuAS).
Julio Pastor
Consulting Manager and head of IA Health & Social Care. NTT Date Europe & LATAM.
Paul Perez
Director of the Information Systems Area. CatSalut.
Paula Petrone
Digital Health Unit Leader. Barcelona Supercomputing Center.
Raquel Pruning
Regional Marketing and Communications Lead. Daedalus Iberia.
Petia Radeva
Professor at the University of Barcelona. Director of the consolidated research group "Artificial Intelligence and Biomedical Applications". Aigecko Technologies R&D.
Oriol Ramos
Doctor in Computer Engineering. Head of the Computer Science Department. Autonomous University of Barcelona. Associate Research fellow at Computer Vision Centre.
William Reig
Lawyer. Master's degree in international business law. Specialist in health law and personal data protection. Member of the Ethics Committee for Research with Medicines (CEIm) of the Parc Taulí University Hospital.
Maria Jose Rementeria
Social Link Analytics Team Leader. Barcelona Supercomputing Center.
Ignacio Revuelta
Consultant at the Renal Transplant Unit. Hospital Clínic de Barcelona. President of the Technical Commission for the Evaluation of Chronic, Inflammatory, Nephrological and Respiratory Diseases of the AES. Former Coordinator of the Big Data and Artificial Intelligence Group of the Spanish Society of Nephrology.
Dolores Rexachs
PhD in Computer Science. UAB – Department of Computer Architecture and Operating Systems and researcher in the HPC4EAS group in the area of Computer Architecture and Intelligent Systems Oriented to Health Services.
Ana Ripoll
Degree in Physical Sciences. Professor of Computer Architecture and Technology and former rector of the Autonomous University of Barcelona. President of Bioinformatics Barcelona (BIB).
Carlos Romero
doctor Health Emergencies Center 061 (CES-061) Andalusia. Andalusian Health Service. Master in Big Data and AI in Health.
Victor Rotellar
Strategic Project Coordinator. Computer Vision Center. Coordinator of the RDI-IA Network.
Ramon Roman
Director of the Data Analytics for Health Research and Innovation Program (PADRIS).
Albert Shoemaker
director Observatory of Ethics in Artificial Intelligence of Catalonia (OEIAC).
Miquel Àngel Seguí
Specialist in Medical Oncology. Doctorate in Medicine. Head of the Oncology Service. President of the Ethics Committee for Research with Medicines. Parc Taulí University Hospital. Associate Professor at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Member of the Taulís of Directors of the Spanish Breast Cancer Research Group (GEICAM) and the Spanish Society of Medical Oncology (SEOM).
Xavier Serrano
Adjunct Lecturer at Strathmore University – iLabAfrica. Postdoctoral researcher in TIII, Abu Dhabi. Former professor at the Engineering School of the Autonomous University of Barcelona.
Remo Suppi
Doctor in Computer Science. UAB – Department of Computer Architecture and Operating Systems. Area of computer networks, distributed systems and infrastructures for data processing (clusters and Cloud). Researcher in the HPC4EAS group in the field of high-performance simulation based on Agent Based Modeling applied to health. Co-director of the Master in Artificial Intelligence and Big Data in Health of the Parc Taulí-UAB.
Conchi Torrejón
Senior Regulatory Affairs Consultant. ClarkeModet.
Alfonso Valencia
Professor at the Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA). Director of the Department of Life Sciences at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center. Director of the National Institute of Bioinformatics (INB-ISCIII).
Salome Valero
Innovation Director. Kyndryl.
Diego Velasco
Director of Innovation. Ramón y Cajal Institute for Health Research – Ramón y Cajal Hospital.
Salvador Ventura
Director. Parc Taulí Research and Innovation Institute (I3PT).
Carlos Vericat
Chief Business Development Officer SCALAI.
Laura Vigil
Pneumologist Master in Artificial Intelligence and Big Data in Health. Park Taulí Natural Language Processing for Biomedical Information Analysis Unit. Barcelona Supercomputer Center.
Lina Williamson
Former Head of Entrepreneurship at the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona. Scientist Entrepreneur in Healthcare.
Registration
Registration process
* Registration for the pre-symposium course requires registration for the symposium.
Preus
Registration |
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Pre-symposium course |
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| Ordinary | 150 € + VAT | 100 € + VAT |
Symposium |
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| Ordinary | 475 € + VAT | 350 € + VAT |
| Students of the microcredential courses in Artificial Intelligence and Big Data in Health at Parc Taulí | 320 € + VAT | 240 € + VAT |
| Students of specialization courses in Artificial Intelligence and Big Data in Health at Parc Taulí – UAB enrolled in previous and 2025 editions | 270 € + VAT | 200 € + VAT |
| Students of the specialization diploma in Artificial Intelligence and Big Data in Health at Parc Taulí – UAB enrolled in previous and 2025 editions | 150 € + VAT | 100 € + VAT |
| Students of the master’s degree in Artificial Intelligence and Big Data in Health at Parc Taulí – UAB enrolled in previous and 2025 editions | € 0 | € 0 |
* Includes recording of sessions that can be watched on a later date
* Cancellation fees: €50 up to 10 days before the start of THAIS. After that, the registration fee will not be refunded.



