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Invitation to the First of Three Workshops for Exploring User Needs
March 26, 2026
𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 1: 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐔𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐍𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐰𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭: 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐬, 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐢𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
To ensure that the future Decentralised Digital Twin Environment (DDTE) reflects the needs and expectations of its users, the DTRIP4H consortium is organising a series of online co-creation workshops bringing together stakeholders from across healthcare, research, policy, technology, and society. These workshops will gather insights on user requirements, governance, ethics, and operational considerations that will shape the development of a trustworthy and responsible digital twin ecosystem.
If you are a healthcare professional, researcher, student, industry representative, policymaker, legal expert, patient, caregiver, or an interested citizen, we invite you to join us for the first session on March 26th, 2026 at 10:00 CET to share your expertise and contribute to advancing predictive, preventive, personalised, and participatory health across Europe.
𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬
Date: Thursday, 26 March 2026
Time: 10:00–11:30 CET
Format: Online
Registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/1WF9DuTTR-uZfZ95uzRuTg
𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐞
This workshop will introduce the DTRIP4H project and the DDTE that the project aims to create. An overview will also be provided of the technical capacities of this technology, which will include a presentation of five use cases. This workshop will also seek to better understand the needs of end-users to facilitate the wider adoption of DDTE. Interactive panel discussions will explore implementation pathways of DDTE in clinical education and practice and ethical frameworks required to ensure safe, transparent, and responsible use. Technical requirements for the development and deployment of DDTE will also be discussed and will cover aspects related to regulatory compliance and governance, addressing the balance between local data retention and federated processing, as well as interoperability requirements and quality assurance mechanisms. By the end of the session, this workshop will have identified key requirements, potential barriers, and guiding principles that should shape the development and deployment of a trustworthy and effective decentralised digital twin environment.
𝐀𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚 (10:00 - 11:30 CET)
10 min — 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
Overview of the DTRIP4H project, its objectives, and the broader ecosystem in which it operates. The introduction will also highlight key challenges the project aims to address and the role of stakeholders in shaping the DDTE.
Speaker: Pirjo Spuul (coordinator of the DTRIP4H project).
15 min — 𝐔𝐬𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
Presentation of one of the project’s proof-of-concept health-related use cases, demonstrating the potential of digital twin technologies in healthcare research and innovation.
55 min — 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧
Discussion on stakeholder needs and expectations in the ethical and healthcare domains, including transparency, accountability, ethical oversight, and the integration of DDTE into clinical education and healthcare workflows.
Panellists: Lars Münter (ethicist and social scientist), Valentina Grazia Sapuppo (AI and data protection expert), Ekaterina Kutafina (data scientist and biomedical informatics researcher).
10 min — 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐬
Summary of key insights from the discussion and outline of the next steps for stakeholder engagement within the DTRIP4H project.
This workshop is the first of a series of stakeholder-focused co-creation sessions designed to ensure that the DDTE for health is developed in alignment with real-world stakeholder expectations, operational needs, and governance requirements. The upcoming series of sessions are foreseen in April and May. Please find full information here:
https://www.dtrip4h.eu/news/dtrip4h-launches-workshop-series-to-explore-user-needs-for-a-ddte
Organised by: EHMA – European Health Management Association (Belgium) and the whole DTRIP4H consortium.
In the framework of: DTRIP4H project (www.dtrip4h.eu)
𝘍𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 (𝘋𝘛𝘙𝘐𝘗4𝘏, 𝘕𝘰. 101188432). 𝘝𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳(𝘴) 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘌𝘹𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘈𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 (𝘙𝘌𝘈). 𝘕𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘯𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮.
