On 2 and 3 December 2024, the U Bremen Research Alliance, in cooperation with JUST ADD AI, the Transfer Centre for Artificial Intelligence BREMEN.AI and the Integrated Health Campus Bremen (IGB), organised the "Bremen Symposium AI in Health" for the third time.
As part of the AI in Health symposium, the "i2b meet-up" took place on 2 December at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Bremen. i2b stands for idea|2|business GmbH and is the largest business and science network in north-west Germany with a total of over 26,000 members.
As part of the evening event, high-calibre experts shed light on exciting questions about the use of AI in the healthcare system from various perspectives. Prof Dr Matthias Zündel, Director of the IGB, kicked off the event with a welcome address, followed by a keynote speech by Prof Dr Ralf Kuhlen, Chief Medical Officer of the Fresenius Group, on the topic of "Myth, hope and reality: AI in the clinic today and tomorrow". The highlight of the evening was an interdisciplinary panel discussion that brought together leading scientific minds from Bremen and Oldenburg:
Prof Dr Horst Hahn, Institute Director, Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Medicine MEVIS, Michal Kucera, Vice-Rector for Research and Transfer, University of Bremen, Prof Dr Dirk Weyhe, Clinic Director, Clinic for General and Visceral Surgery, University Hospital Oldenburg (Pius Hospital) and Prof Dr Karin Wolf-Ostermann, Head of the Department of Nursing Care Research at the IPP of the University of Bremen, who spoke about the use of AI in nursing.
The event focused on sustainable, innovative solutions for personalised and resilient healthcare that respond to the challenges of demographic change, the shortage of skilled workers and rising costs. The use of AI in the healthcare system in particular opens up new possibilities: Detecting illnesses at an early stage, optimising care processes, saving lives. But how can this potential be fully utilised? What challenges need to be overcome? And what role can collaboration between universities, colleges, clinics and research institutions in the north-west play in this? These and other questions were discussed. Bremen and the Northwest are important centres for interdisciplinary research with transfer potential - solutions are created here that combine science, application and practice.
