EHDS Implementation Acts in the Making: State of Play and Key Challenges

This opening session sets the institutional context for the day by examining where the European Health Data Space (EHDS) stands today and how Member States are engaging with EHDS’s emerging governance structures.

The discussion will provide an overview of the role and progress of the EHDS Committee, the evolving coordination between Member States, and the current state of national preparation.

The session will explore the practical realities of participating in the EHDS process at European level: institutional coordination and the challenges of preparing national systems in a dynamic regulatory environment.

Moderator: Haralampos Karanikas

Keynote Speeches:

• The role and progress of the EHDS Committee, Fulvia Raffaelli

• What Greece is currently doing at policy level, Aris Angelis
• National Digital Health Systems in the context of EHDS Implementation, Ioannis Karagiannis

Member State Perspectives:

Bridging the European and the National: Participating in the EHDS Committee while Preparing National Implementation-the perspective of a Member State, Konstantinos Papakonstantinou

Moderated Discussion:

Coordination mechanisms and early reports from the EHDS governance process, and how they connect to national implementation activities unfolding concurrently