Martin Smatana studied at Oxford and Imerial College in London, where he graduated in health management. He worked in England as an analyst at a public health institute. From 2016 to 2020, he headed the Institute of Health Policy. He currently works in the field of artificial intelligence and works as an analyst for the World Bank, the Internati…

Petra Zappe is responsible for coordinating policies to support science, research and innovation in health, with the aim of systematically supporting excellent teams with strong research and innovation potential in biomedicine and health. For more than 6 years, she served at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce as a senior policy manager in health and i…

She specializes in digital health strategy, EHDS (European Health Data Space), interoperability, clinical terminologies, and international standards. In 2023, she founded the HL7 Slovakia branch under the Digital Health Slovakia organization, where she serves as President. Digital Health Slovakia focuses on establishing a healthcare digitalizati…