Special Session: Medea Academy 2024

Title: EU partnering event for Sustainable Innovation in healthcare

Location: Belfast (Northern Ireland), UCAmI conference, hosted by Ulster University

Date: November 28th, 2024


The objective of the event is to share strategies, methods and best practices for sustainable innovation in healthcare sector. Throughout the event this perspective will be addressed, with specific declinations, in relation to all the innovation phases, in order to adequately support future research projects. Good practices and challenges will be also discussed about the deployment of sustainable innovation in daily practice and political strategies.


The event will consist of two main workshops and an intermediate matchmaking session among partners for future R&D projects.

  1. 9.00-11.00: Sustainable Innovation and R&D good practices - Workshop
  2. 11.00-14.00: Matchmaking session for the setting of partnership towards new EU R&D proposals
  3. 14.00-16.00: Value-based services and Sustainability - Workshop/Round Table

    Healthcare Policy makers and local stakeholders from different EU regions will share the value and status of implementation of an impact assessment approach in the daily practice as a key to promote the services’ sustainability, by highlighting barriers and facilitating factors.


The MEDEA Academy is an annual international event that provides learning courses and practices sharing in the field of health and social sector innovation. It is organized by MEDEA in collaboration with reference international partners. Each year, a specific topic is covered that embraces a multidimensional perspective: enabling technologies, policies, and sustainability. The red thread over the years is the integration of local dimension and international scenario and the organization of dedicated events, particularly Summer Schools, alternating with sponsorship of international events. For details https://www.medeaproject.eu/medea-academy/