April 8 to 10, 2025 - Jaarbeurs Utrecht
Program
The Care & ict 2025 program comes about in close cooperation with our knowledge partners.
NEW: Care & hr theater
Randstad - founding partner of Care & hr
Technology can help reduce workforce shortages in healthcare by working more efficiently, reducing administrative burdens and supporting caregivers with new care techniques.
In the special Care & hr theater, inspiring sessions will be given by organizations such as mProve, Dutch Health Challenge, Maximaal Digitaal, Bureau StrakZ, CIZ, Anders Werken in de Zorg/Digivaardig in de Zorg and Utrechtzorg and exhibitors such as Attendi, Visma Connect and BPI Service.
Tech Mainstage
Well-known keynote speakers and directors share their knowledge and vision on current topics for three days. Be inspired by Marcel Levi (director NWO), Ruth Peetoom (chairman Dutch ggz), Anita Wydoodt (chairman RvB Parnassia Groep), Bianca Rouwenhorst (director Information Policy and CIO - Ministry of VWS), Bianca Buurman (chairman V&VN and Professor of acute elderly care), prof. Dr. Anne Marie Weggelaar (extraordinary professor of Innovation and Transformation in Healthcare TU/e), Carina Hilders (chair of the Board of Directors of UMC Utrecht), Anneke Westerlaken ( ActiZ director), Paul de Kort (director of ICT and Digital Transformation of the Philadelphia Care Foundation) and Saskia Peerdeman (member of the Board of Directors of Amsterdam UMC).
Partner theater 4
The program in this theater is full of interesting sessions in close cooperation with leading partners such as AIC4NL, IHE-NL, UMCU, Maximum Digital, InEen and CMIO. The current themes of AI, data availability, cybersecurity, regional cooperation, digital skills and remote care will of course be discussed in detail.
Guided tours: set out with an expert
Want to broaden your knowledge on a specific topic? Then join one of the expert-led tours below. The route will take you across the exhibition floor past various exhibitors, who will briefly update you on their smart healthcare solutions.
- 'Employment of older workers in health care' by BeBright
- "Data availability, how's it going?" by MedicalPHIT
- tours around 'Artificial Intelligence (AI)' by D&A Conclusion and MedicalPHIT
- 'Cybersecurity' by ICTU
Theater 'Collaborating on data availability'
VWS, Nictiz, VZVZ, NEN, MedMij and Zorginstituut Nederland have three days of their own program in the theater 'Working together on data availability'. Inspiring speakers update their audience on data exchange and data availability in healthcare.
Utrecht, Heart of Health-startupplein
Presentation National Care Innovation Award 2025
On the square are the finalists who have a chance to win the National Care Innovation Award 2025. This annual prize is celebrating its 10th anniversary and will be awarded for the second time during Zorg & ict in 2025; on Wednesday, April 9 at 3 p.m. Constantijn van Oranje will festively announce the winner of the professional jury prize and audience award on the Tech Mainstage.
In addition, visitors to the square will meet start-up, enthusiastic entrepreneurs, di who are supported by the ROM (regional development company). They show their products and creative ideas that contribute to future-proof healthcare.
The Utrecht, Heart of Health startup square is made possible in part by ROM Regio Utrecht and Health~Holland.
Presentation of Pioneers Award 2025 - The Innovation Award for Impact
ActiZ, Vereniging Gehandicaptenzorg Nederland (VGN) and association for care technology WDTM encourage care organizations, promising startups and innovators that make the elderly and disabled care future-proof. From smart technologies to practical applications-each idea contributes to better care and more job satisfaction for care workers.
Be inspired by the finalists of the Pioneers Award 2025 - The Innovation Award for Impact on Thursday, April 10, 2025 at 3 p.m. during a live pitch competition. Immediately following the pitches, the judging panel will take place and the winner will be announced.
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