Programme

The detailed programme of the Helsinki Health Law Days 2025 Conference will be updated periodically.
Wednesday, 27 August 2025

16.00-16.45: Registration table open. Porthania main lobby (Yliopistonkatu 3). 

  • By the end, it is possible to walk together to Dittmar and Indrenius Attorneys Ltd.

17.00: Welcome reception. Dittmar and Indrenius Attorneys Ltd (Pohjoisesplanadi 25 A). 
Thursday, 28 August 2025

8.30-12.00: Registration table open. Main Building 4th floor (Fabianinkatu 33). 

  • To ensure convenient access, please enter the building through the doors located at Fabianinkatu and take the elevator or stairs in the hall to the 4th floor.
  • Registration table will be located right outside the Small Banquet Hall (Room F4050).
  • Complementary coffee and snacks will be available at 9.00 in front of the Small Banquet Hall.
9.30-12.15: Opening session. Main Building, Small Banquet Hall (Room F4050).
  • Opening statement: Prof. Päivi Korpisaari. Faculty of Law. University of Helsinki. Head of the Helsinki Health Law Days Organizing Committee.
  • Greetings from the Project Coordinator of DECIDER project: Prof. Sampsa Hautaniemi. Professor in Systems Biology. Faculty of Medicine. University of Helsinki. Project Coordinator. DECIDER project.

 

Keynote speaker: Prof.  Timo Minssen. Faculty of Law. University of Copenhagen.

  • Blueprints for the Future: Rethinking the Law and Governance of European (Health) Innovation
*Short break*

Panel discussion: Perspectives on the upcoming Pharma Law Package. 

Moderator: 

  • Juli Mansnérus, Post-doctoral researcher, University of Helsinki and Partner, Head of Patents & Life Sciences, Dittmar & Indrenius Attorneys Ltd 

Panelists: 

  • Jaakko Laurila. Senior Advisor. Pharma Industry Finland.
  • Claudia Gonzalo. Attorney-at-law. Faus Moliner Law Firm. Barcelona.
  • Leena Hanski. Senior University Lecturer in Division of Pharmaceutical Biosciences. Faculty of Pharmacy. University of Helsinki. Principal investigator in Exploration of Anti-Infectives (AIR) research group. Director of the Master's programme in pharmaceutical research, development and safety.
  • Richard Bergström. PharmDhc. VP European Affairs at IQVIA.

12.15-13.30: Lunch Break 

13.30-15.00: First breakout sessions

Session A (Main building Room F3004)

Moderator: Juli Mansnérus
Start Session topics Presenters
13:30 Developing Digital Patient Twins in Alignment with European Ethical and Legal Frameworks Michal Koscík (Masaryk University)
14:00 Personalised medicine- incentives from patent law and regulatory exclusivity Laura Valtere (University of Copenhagen)
14:30 Practical perspective: Market access and reimbursement of digital therapeutics Tuomo Heinonen (Boehringer-Ingelheim Finland / University of Tampere)

 

Session B (Main building Room F3006)

Moderator: Miquel Díaz 
Start Session topics Presenters
13:30 Reimbursing Novelty – Pharmaceutical reimbursement of novel medicines

 

Waltter Roslin (University of Helsinki)
14:00 Opacity and Autonomy: Legal and Ethical Issues in Consenting to AI-Assisted Medical Treatment

Matteo Ciampa (University of Innsbruck)

Magdalena Faltcher-Thöni (UMIT Tirol)

Markus Firschhut (MCI Internationale Hochschule)
14:30 No Reimbursement, No Access? Comparing Poland’s and Denmark’s Hospital Exemption Pathways for ATMPs

Zainab Afshan Sheikh (University of Copenhagen)

Gabriela Lenarczyk (University of Copenhagen)

15.00-15.30: Coffee break 

15.30-17.00: Second breakout sessions

 

Session C (Main building Room F3004)

Moderator: Päivi Korpisaari
Start Session topics Presenters
15:30 Opting out of scientific research with health data: EHDS & GDPR

 

Maret Kruus (University of Tartu)
16:00 AI and Data-Driven Personalized Medicine: Balancing Clinical Autonomy and Legal Accountability Under the EU AI Act Sandra Liede (Life Sciences Law & Co. Helsinki)
16:30 Neither Fish, Flesh nor Good Red Herring: Classifying AI Systems for Disease Surveillance under EU AI Act

 

Petra Holmberg (Lund University)

Session D (Main building Room F3006)

Moderator: Miquel Díaz.
Start Session topics Presenters
15:30 Cross-Border Health Data Sharing: legal and regulatory issues in Slovakia

Silvia Capikova (Comenius University in Bratislava),

Maria Novakova (Comenius University in Bratislava)
16:00 Telemedicine in the European Union: Legal Fragmentation, Regulatory Ambiguity and the Home-Host Dilemma

 

Gisela Ernst (University of Vienna; Haslinger/Nagele (Austria))

 
16:30 Patient Autonomy and Decision-Making Issues in Palliative Care for Patients with Life Threatening Long-Term Health Conditions: A Comparative Perspective from Slovakia and Latvia

 

Laura Kadile (Riga Graduate School of Law),

Silvia Capikova (Comenius University in Bratislava)

17.15-18.45: University Reception with a speech from the Dean of the Faculty of Law of the University of Helsinki, prof. Johanna Niemi. Main Building Cristina-Sali (U2085)
Friday, 29 August 2025

9.15-12.30: Plenary session. Main Building, Small Banquet Hall (F4050) (Fabianinkatu 33)

 

Opening statement: Prof. Emeritus Raimo Lahti. 

  • Perspectives on the discussion over the legalization of euthanasia in Finland.

Keynote speaker: Dr. Tuomas Pöysti. Senior Counsel, Head of Investigations, Geradin Partners. Docent in Administrative Law, University of Helsinki. 

  • What Health Care Professionals and Patients Can Legally Expect from AI Design and Maintenance: Health Care at the Crossroads of AI Regulation and Human Rights. 

 

Keynote speaker: Asst. Prof. Santa Slokenberga. Faculty of Law. University of Uppsala. Topic: Transforming Health Data Governance: The European Health Data Space Regulation

  • Transforming Health Data Governance: The European Health Data Space Regulation

 

12.30-14 Lunch Break

14.00-15.00: Plenary session "International perspectives on Health Law". Main Building, Small Banquet Hall (F4050) (Fabianinkatu 33)

Moderator: TBA

 

Presenter: Ping Gu. Partner, Zhong Lun Law Firm (Beijing, China)

  • Navigating China’s Evolving Pharmaceutical Linkage System and Medical Device Patent Disputes

 

Presenter: Julian März. Research Fellow, University of Zurich (Switzerland)

  • Pharmaceutical Incentive Systems and Biomedical Progress: A Comparative Analysis of US and EU Law

 

15.00-15.15: Coffee break

15.15-16.45: Breakout sessions 

Session E. Main building F 3004. 

Moderator: Juli Mansnérus.
Start Topic Presenters
15:15 AI-based personal health applications and civil liability Gregor Dugar (University of Ljubljana)
15:45 Disability, health status and access to care in Europe: a comparative analysis of ECHR CJEU approaches to health equity

 

Sotirios Tsinganas (Université Paris-Cité)
16:15 Contemporary Legal Challenges in Assisted Reproduction – Call for a Common EU Regulation

 

Urban Vrtačnik (University of Maribor)

Session F. Main building Room F3006. 

Moderator: Päivi Korpisaari.
Start Topic Presenters
15:15 Artificial Intelligence in the medicinal product lifecycle, including potential impacts for reimbursement procedures

 

Tobias Volkwein (D+B Lawyers Rechtsanwälte, Düsseldorf, Germany)
15:45 AI-Driven Medical Devices in Precision Medicine – ensuring quality under the right to health

 

Sarah de Heer (Lund Univeristy)
16:15

Software and HealthTech – the complex regulatory framework governing medical devices, AI, data and IPRs

 

 

Anna Haapanen (Dittmar & Indrenius Attorneys Ltd, Helsinki, Finland)
16:45 Personalized Medicine & Health Tech Alesch Staehelin (Uto Legal, Zürich, Switzerland)

17.15-17.45 Closing session Main Building, Small Banquet Hall (F4050)
Saturday, 30 August 2025

12.00 Guided walking tour through Helsinki city centre. Guide: Suvianna Hakalehto. Professor of Law. University of Eastern Finland. Place of departure: Porthania Building (Yliopistonkatu 3).

14.00 Lunch and Sauna evening. Allas Seapool. Katajanokanlaituri 2 A (In front of the Presidential Palace)