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2 - 4 March, 2026 - Marbella, Spain

In conjunction with the 19th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies - BIOSTEC 2026

CO-CHAIRS

	Tobias Kowatsch University of Zurich, University of St.Gallen & ETH Zurich Switzerland
Brief Bio Prof. Dr. Tobias Kowatsch is Associate Professor for Digital Health Interventions at the Institute for Implementation Science in Health Care, University of Zurich. He is also Director at the School of Medicine, University of St.Gallen, and the Scientific Director of the Centre for Digital Health Interventions. CDHI is a joint initiative of the Institute for Implementation Science in Health Care at the University of Zurich, the School of Medicine, and the Institute of Technology Management at the University of St.Gallen, and the Department of Management, Technology, and Economics at ETH Zurich. In close collaboration with his interdisciplinary team and research partners, Tobias designs digital health interventions at the intersection of information systems research, computer science, and behavioral medicine. He helped initiate and participates in the ongoing development of MobileCoach (www.mobile-coach.eu), an open source platform for ecological momentary assessments, health monitoring, and digital health interventions. He is also co-founder of the ETH Zurich and University of St.Gallen spin-off company Pathmate Technologies which creates and delivers digital clinical pathways.

	Hannes Schlieter Technische Universität Dresden Germany
Brief Bio Dr. Hannes Schlieter is head of the Research Group Digital Health at the Faculty of Economics at TU Dresden. His research focuses on theories and design issues in the field of digital transformation, especially, but not exclusively, in the healthcare sector (Digital Health). His research contributions in the areas of methodological research, adaptation of digital care solutions, implementation of digital health ecosystems, standardization and digitization of patient pathways, and design and development of virtual coaching applications reflect the interdisciplinary nature of his research in national, as well as international research collaborations. His work has already been published in over 90 publications. Currently, Dr. Hannes Schlieter is also the spokesperson of the "FG Digital Health" in the "Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V." (the German Informatics Society). Furthermore, from 2017-2020 he was the head of the junior research group Care4Saxony. In the Research Group Digital Health, Dr. Hannes Schlieter is responsible for strategic orientation, international cooperation, and third-party funding activities. In this role, he works EU projects like vCare, collaborates in Gatekeeper, and is part of national projects, such as MiHubX and QPATH4MS.

	Marcia Nißen Centre for Digital Health Interventions Switzerland
Brief Bio Dr. Marcia Nißen is the Scientific Director of the Centre for Digital Health Interventions (CDHI), a joint initiative of the University of Zurich, ETH Zurich, and the University of St.Gallen, Switzerland, and CORE Director for Digital Women’s Health. She is also a postdoctoral researcher at the School of Medicine at the University of St.Gallen, and a lecturer in the CAS Digital Health at ETH Zurich and the Digital Society Initiative at the University of Zurich. With a background in Industrial Engineering, specialization medical engineering and healthcare management, from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany, and a PhD from ETH Zurich, Marcia’s work sits at the intersection of health technology, women's health, and equitable, human-centered design. Her research focuses on two main pillars: (1) developing and scaling digital health interventions for female-specific conditions and conditions that affect women disproportionately or differently, and (2) leveraging digital technologies to close critical data gaps in women’s health and gender medicine. She also coordinates multi-stakeholder innovation projects across academia, healthcare, and industry.

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