Taulí Health Artificial Intelligence Symposium – THAIS
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Presentation
El Taulí Health Artificial Intelligence Symposium (THAIS) is a landmark event that brings together health professionals, researchers and experts in artificial intelligence to explore the impact and applications of this technology in the healthcare sectorThrough presentations, roundtables and case studies, the symposium encourages innovation and collaboration to improve medical care and health outcomes.
After three editions, the Mixed Unit of the Clinical, Interventional and Computational Nephrology (CICN) research group of the Parc Taulí Research and Innovation Institute (I3PT) and the High Performance Computing for Efficient Applications and Simulation (HPC4EAS) group of the UAB School of Engineering present the 5th THAIS on June 16 and 17, and the pre-symposium course on June 15.
El pre-symposium course Its objectives are to intensively review the main aspects to know about AI in health, understand the steps and needs when using this technology and teach the principles necessary for conducting research.
Targets
- Answer the question of the'impact that is having and will have in attendance
- What are the challenges What to consider when doing research
- Where can this technology take us?
- We know their risks and limitations?
- Why get to know the regulatory is it no longer an option?
- Why you need to think about “mode” innovation"?
- In what and how should we to train ourselves?
The perspective of the encounter is based on a multidisciplinary approach, with the participation of clinical staff, engineers, specialists in health technology, ethics and legal matters, managers of public and private entities and innovation experts.
The topics will be presented in round tables for references in the subjects with discussion panels to foster interdisciplinary interactions and facilitate a teaching and critical vision. The main challenges, opportunities and latest hot topics will be discussed.
Likewise, it will accommodate the presentation of communications, to provide the opportunity to show the experience of the groups that are working in the area.
Main topics
The great challenges of artificial intelligence in health, up for debateThe round tables of the THAIS will bring together experts to address, from a critical and multidisciplinary perspective, the main issues that mark the current and future agenda of AI in the healthcare field. Through dialogue and knowledge exchange, the aim will be to provide answers to key questions such as:
- Governance of AI in health: strategy, prioritization and accountability
- From AI that dazzles to AI that transforms
- Clinical co-pilots, agents and autonomy: who decides what?
- Multimodal foundational models: the new healthcare operating system?
- EHDS and data sovereignty: sharing without losing control
- Literacy, judgment and new professional roles in the algorithmic era
- Validation is not enough: surveillance, drift and real-life performance
- AI Act, MDR and healthcare reality: regulate without slowing down, innovate without improvising
- Cloud, edge, on-premise: infrastructure also decides
- Useful AI doesn't diagnose: it listens, writes, and automates
- Evidence or enthusiasm: what should a hospital require before implementing AI
- Biases, hallucinations and plausible failures: the other clinic of AI
- Ethics of AI in health: the border between innovation and responsibility
- Innovation in AI in health: scale, transform and not stay in the pilot
These debates will offer a complete and up-to-date view of the opportunities, risks, challenges and implications of AI in the healthcare ecosystem. An essential event for healthcare professionals, researchers, technologists and those responsible for healthcare management and regulation.
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General information
2026 edition dates
- Online registration opens: April 15
- Opening of sending ofabstract: April 20
- Deadline for sendingabstract: May 24
- Pre-symposium course: June 15
- Symposium: June 16th and 17th
Organization
- Clinical Interventional and Computational Nephrology Group (CICN). Parc Taulí Research and Innovation Institute (I3PT)
- High Performance Computing Group in Big Data for Efficient Applications and Simulation (HPC4EAS). UAB School of Engineering
Accreditation requested
Accreditation requested from the Catalan Council for Continuing Education of the Health Professions — Continuing Education Commission of the National Health System.
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: €110 (VAT and breakfast included)
Reservations and payment must be made through the technical secretariat.
Technical Secretariat
Ester Freixa — I3PT
✉ efreixa@tauli.cat
Program
Address
THAIS Management
Jose Ibeas
Clinical, Interventional and Computational Nephrology (CICN) Research Group of the Parc Taulí Research and Innovation Institute (I3PT)
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
Natalia Arenas. radiologist Breast Radiology. Sea Hospital
Ismael Avila. Director of the Technological and Translational Transfer Unit. Hospital del Mar Research Institute.
Susanna Ausso. Director of Information Systems. Vall d'Hebron University Hospital.
Gerard Badia. computer engineer Master in Data Science. Data scientist in Digital Strategy. Park Taulí University Hospital. Professor in the Department of Computer Architecture, UAB.
Anna Benavent. PhD in Telecommunications Engineering. Director of Organization and Information Systems. Park Taulí University Hospital. President of the Catalan Association of Health IT Professionals.
Antoni Berenguer. Senior AI Officer – Artificial Intelligence Area. ICT Social Health.
Luis Blanch Specialist in Intensive Care. Former director of the Parc Taulí Research and Innovation Institute (I3PT). Coordinator of the Platform for Dynamization and Innovation of the Industrial Capacities of the National Health System (SNS). Founder of Better Care.
Xavier Borrat. Head of the Clinical Informatics Service. Clinical Hospital of Barcelona. Research Affiliate, Computational Physiology Lab. MIT (Boston). Associate Professor of Bioengineering, UB.
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 y Sant Pau. Collaborating researcher, ISGlobal Biomedical Data Science Team.
John Calvet. Director of the Rheumatology Service. Park Taulí University Hospital.
Maria Jose Campo. Director of the Office of the Health Data Protection Delegate. TIC Salut Social Foundation.
Xavier Canals-Riera. director Tecno-Med Engineering Consultancy.
Pedro Cano. Director of Innovation and Strategic Projects. Park Taulí University Hospital.
Pompeu Casanovas. Research Professor on AI, Law and Ethics. Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (IIIA-CSIC).
Joaquin Cayon. Director of the Health and Bioethics Research Group. IDIVAL-University of Cantabria.
Davide Cirillo. Head of the Machine Learning for Biomedical Research Unit. Barcelona Supercomputing Center.
Francisco Xavier Cos. Innovation and Research Officer. Catalan Institute of Health.
Jordi Cusido. Doctor in Computer Engineering. Chief Innovation Officer. Top Doctors.
Sandra Eizagerri. Biomedical Engineer. Clinical, Interventional and Computational Nephrology Group. Parc Taulí Research and Innovation Institute (I3PT).
Eulalia Farré-Maduell. Senior Research Engineer Life Sciences – NLP for Biomedical Information Analysis. Barcelona Supercomputing Center.
Leticia Fernandez. Interventional Cardiologist. Mutual University Hospital of Terrassa. Ex-Research Engineer in Life Sciences – NLP for Biomedical Information Analysis. Barcelona Supercomputing Center.
Marc Fradera. Coordinator of the Research Support Unit. Park Taulí University Hospital. Sabadell, Barcelona.
Carlos Gallego. Director of Digital Health. Diagnostic Imaging Institute (IDI).
Fernando Gallego Donoso. Established Researcher Life Sciences – NLP for Biomedical Information Analysis. Barcelona Supercomputing Center.
Sandra Garcia-Armesto. Director. Agency for Healthcare Quality and Evaluation of Catalonia (AQuAS).
Francesc Garcia Cuyas. Manager Institute of Diagnostic Imaging (IDI).
Simona Giardina. Life Sciences Scientific Coordination Officer for Data Management. Barcelona Supercomputing Center
Joan Gilbert. Director of Artificial Intelligence Strategy, Innovation, Research and Teaching. Institute of Diagnostic Imaging (IDI)
karina gibert. Professor at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. Director of the Intelligent Data Science and Artificial Intelligence Research Center, Polytechnic University of Catalonia (IDEAI-UPC). Dean of the Official College of Computer Engineering of Catalonia (COEINF). Leader of CETRA. Advisor to the Catalan and Spanish governments, European Commission, Commonwealth and Argentina.
Deborah Gil. PhD in Mathematics. Head of the Interactive and Augmented Modeling Research Group. Computer Vision Center. Autonomous University of Barcelona.
Antoni Gilabert. Director of Innovation (CINO). Hospital del Mar, Barcelona.
Joan Guanyabens. Director. TIC Salut Social Foundation.
Carlos Hernandez Ferrer. Senior Research Engineer. Federated Analysis Infrastructures Team-TechBioLab – Barcelona Supercomputing Center.
Michael Hueso. Specialist in Nephrology. Bellvitge University Hospital, Barcelona. Secretary 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 CEIm. Co-director of the Master in Artificial Intelligence and Big Data in Health at Parc Taulí – UAB. Coordinator of the Big Data and Artificial Intelligence Group of the Spanish Society of Nephrology. Director of the Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee of the Department of Health.
Martin Leon. Director of Innovation. Parc Taulí Research and Innovation Institute (I3PT).
Anuska Llano. Secretary of the Ethics Committee for Research with Medicines (CEIm). Parc Taulí University Hospital.
Fatima Lopez. Head of Technology Transfer and Industry Partnerships. Computer Vision Center.
Edward Macias. Applied Intelligence Engineer. Cognizant Netcentric.
Marcela Manriquez. Vice-president of the Ethics Committee for Research with Medicines (CEIm). Parc Taulí University Hospital.
Tino Martin. Head of the Evaluation and Strategy Office – Department of Health.
carmen martin. CEO. CMG MedDev
John More. Director of the Digital Technologies Division. Eurecat – Technological Center of Catalonia. Director of the Innovation Center for Data Technology and Artificial Intelligence (CIDAI).
Ramon Maspons. Chief Health Innovation Strategist. Ministry of Health, Government of Catalonia. Chief Innovation Officer (CINO). Agency for Health Quality and Assessment of Catalonia (AQuAS).
Miriam Mendez. Head of Research and Innovation of the DPD Health Office. TIC Social Health Foundation. Member of the Bioethics Committee of Catalonia.
Felipe Miralles. Doctor in Engineering and Advanced Technologies. Executive Director – Health Technologies. Eurecat – Technological Center of Catalonia.
Carolina Molto. Doctor in Pharmacy. Specialist in Health Technology Evaluation. Agency for Health Quality and Evaluation of Catalonia (AQuAS).
Anthony Morell. Doctor in Telecommunications Engineering. Professor in the Department of Telecommunications and Systems Engineering. Medical Data Analytics Area. Autonomous University of Barcelona.
Maria Isabel Moya. radiologist First Vice-President of the General Council of Medical Colleges of Spain.
Josep Munuera. Director of the Image Diagnostics Department. Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau.
Juan Carlos Muria. Independent consultant expert in Digital Health. Director of Ikisan. Associate Professor at the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV).
Jerome Noailly. Full Professor Coordinator of the H2020 Disc4All ITN- ETN Project. ERC Consolidator Grant O-Health. Pompeu Fabra University.
Andy Olivares. Co-Founder. Virtest Technologies. CEO OTH.
Isaura Oliver. Degree in Physics. Clinical, Interventional and Computational Nephrology Group. Parc Taulí Research and Innovation Institute (I3PT).
Gloria Palomar. Director of the Resources and Services Area. Agency for Healthcare Quality and Evaluation of Catalonia (AQuAS).
Paul Perez, Director of the Information Systems Area. CatHealth.
Paula Petrone. Digital Health Unit Leader. Barcelona Supercomputing Center.
Raquel Pruner. Global Chief Marketing Officer – Group Head of Marketing & Communications. Daedalus.
Petia Radeva. Professor at the University of Barcelona. Director of the Consolidated Research Group "Artificial Intelligence and Biomedical Applications". R&D area of Aigecko Technologies.
William Reig. lawyer Master in International Business Law. Specialist in Health Law and Personal Data Protection. Member of the Medicines Research Ethics Committee (CEIm). Park Taulí University Hospital.
Maria Jose Rementeria. Social Link Analytics Team Leader. Life Sciences. Barcelona Supercomputing Center.
Ignacio Revuelta. Consultant in the Renal Transplantation Unit. Clinical Hospital of Barcelona. President of the Technical Commission for the Evaluation of Chronic, Inflammatory, Nephrological and Respiratory Diseases of the AES. Ex-coordinator of the Big Data and Artificial Intelligence Group of the Spanish Society of Nephrology.
Dolores Rexachs. PhD in Informatics. UAB – Department of Computer Architecture and Operating Systems. Researcher of HPC4EAS group in the area of Computer Architecture and Intelligent Systems Oriented to health services.
Maria Jose Reyes. Regulatory Consulting Director Europe. ClarkeModet.
Vincent Ribas-Ripoll. Research Line Manager in Data Analytics in Medicine. Eurecat – Technological Center of Catalonia. Coordinator of the Data Analytics in Medicine and Omics Integration (AGAUR).
Ana Ripoll. Degree in Physical Sciences. Professor of Architecture and Computer Technology and ex-rector of the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Honorary President of Bioinformatics Barcelona (BIB).
Alba Rodriguez Omenac. Biomedical Engineer. Clinical, Interventional and Computational Nephrology Group. Parc Taulí Research and Innovation Institute (I3PT).
Ramon RomanDirector of the Data Analytics for Health Research and Innovation Program (PADRIS).
Victor Rotellar. Strategic Project Coordinator. Computer Vision Center. Barcelona Coordinator of the RDI-IA Network.
Albert Shoemaker. director Observatory of Ethics in Artificial Intelligence of Catalonia (OEIAC).
Mabel Sampedro. Responsible for Transference and Innovation. Santiago de Compostela Health Research Institute Foundation.
Laura Sampietro. Deputy Director of Innovation, Head of Assessment of Innovations (Health Technology Assessment). Hospital Clinic, Barcelona. President of the Agency for Health Quality and Assessment of Catalonia (AQuAS).
Miquel Àngel Seguí. Specialist in Medical Oncology. Doctor in Medicine. Head of the Oncology Service. President of the CEIm, Parc Taulí University Hospital. Associate Professor at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Member of the Taulís of Directors of Spanish Research Group in Breast Cancer (GEICAM) and the Spanish Society of Medical Oncology (SEOM).
Fernando Seoane. Senior Lecturer at Karolinska Institutet.
Jordi Serrano. P8 Health
Remo Suppi. Doctor in Informatics. UAB – Department of Computer Architecture and Operating Systems. Area of computer networks, distributed systems and infrastructures for data processing (clusters and Cloud). Group researcher HPC4EAS 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 at Parc Taulí – UAB.
Carlos Tellería. Specialist in Biocomputing and Data Science in Health. Aragonese Institute of Health Sciences (IACS).
Salome Valero. Innovation Director. Kyndryl.
Miguel Vazquez. Genome Informatics Group Leader - Life Sciences. Barcelona Supercomputing Center.
Carlos Vericat. Chief Business Development Officer SCALAI.
Miguel Angel Vidal. Data Protection Coordinator. Catalan Institute of Health.
Laura Vigil. Pulmonologist Park Taulí University Hospital. Master in Artificial Intelligence and Big Data in Health. Natural Language Processing for Biomedical Information Analysis Unit. Barcelona Supercomputing Center.
Rosa Vivanco. Head of the Strategic Transformation Office. Sant Joan de Déu Health Park.
Lina Williamson. Ex-Head of Entrepreneurship. Clinical Hospital of 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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Residents |
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.
Communications
Sending communications
The following rules must be followed when sending:
- Start of sending communications: April 20
- Deadline for sending communications: May 24
- The summary must be sent by email to the technical secretariat ✉️ efreixa@tauli.cat
- Maximum of 10 authors per abstract
All the authors' details must be included: name and surname, center, department, country of origin and email (to send the corresponding certificates) - Free summary text structured into: Introduction, objectives, material, method, results and conclusions
- The summary, not including titles, authors and work centers, cannot exceed 400 words. If you want to attach a table or graph, it cannot exceed 300 words.
- Oral presentation: will last 8 minutes plus 2 minutes of discussion.
- Poster presentation: There will be no poster presentation, but it is advisable for one of the authors to be present during the breaks.
- Language: The summary of the communications must be presented in Spanish.
- The author presenting the paper (if accepted) must be registered for the symposium.
- The evaluation of the communications is carried out anonymously by the reviewers. The data of the work center must be indicated exclusively in the corresponding section of the authors. The center/hospital cannot be named in the title and/or text of the abstract. Failure to comply with this rule may result in a penalty in the evaluation.