AI and Health Day – Full Conference Summary
AI and Health Day, held at Tel Aviv University last December as part of the Fifth IDSAI International Conference, served as a flagship event for the AI and Data Science academic community. The conference brought together leading researchers, clinicians, technologists, entrepreneurs, and policymakers from Israel and around the world. The program highlighted the transformative potential of artificial intelligence across the healthcare continuum, from foundational data infrastructures and new regulatory processes that support emerging technologies to advanced machine‑learning applications and real‑world clinical deployment.
The day opened with Keynote Presentations that brought to life the vision of advancing AI‑driven healthcare innovation. Among the presentations that opened the AI and Health Day:
- Ziv Katzir provided an overview of the current state of AI in the Israeli healthcare ecosystem, outlining national strengths and emerging opportunities.
- Professor Ran Balicer offered an international perspective, situating Israel within global developments and emphasizing the country’s growing leadership in AI‑enabled health innovation.
- Professor Noam Shomron explored the critical interplay between academia, industry, and regulatory bodies, underscoring the importance of responsible, collaborative development of AI technologies.
Other presentations from the AI and Health Day
Professor Gabi Barbash presented the “PESIFAS” initiative, focusing on structured clinical data frameworks. Guy Livne discussed the Ministry of Health’s “Kineret” project, aimed at enhancing national data accessibility and interoperability. Professor Joachim Behar shared a practical use case and offered expert commentary on methodological considerations. Professor Steve Labkoff discussed the development of a collaborative longitudinal data platform designed to support large‑scale, multi‑institutional AI research.
Another morning session highlighted the innovation ecosystem driving AI in healthcare. In this session, Marc Greuter (Planven, EU) and Bruce Taragin (Blumberg, USA) provided insights into global investment trends and evaluation frameworks for AI health ventures. To complete the perspective on the sector, a Startup Lightning Talks session was held: presentations from Viritis, Agado, Taracyte, PathKeeper, and Nucleai showcased breakthrough solutions in diagnostics, imaging, therapeutics, and clinical operations.
In the afternoon, a parallel scientific track offered participants an opportunity to engage with cutting‑edge research spanning intelligent agents, computational oncology, and deep‑learning applications. This track complemented the main program and highlighted the breadth of AI‑driven biomedical innovation. For example: Professor Mor Peleg presented advances in multi‑agent large language models, emphasizing their potential to support distributed reasoning and complex clinical workflows. Professor Barak Akabayov discussed computational frameworks integrating biochemical modeling with machine learning to accelerate therapeutic discovery. Professor Ofir Cohen presented and led an engaging session on integrative models for tumor evolution and treatment dynamics.
In the link below are some of the interesting presentations. Please note: these presentations are legally protected and cannot be re-used without the written permission of their creators.
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