13:05 – 13:30 Keynote – The Future of Healthcare: How to Get From the Status Quo to Our Desired Future
Christine Spernbauer (AT), Innovation and Strategy Manager, Future Health Lab Vienna
Future Health Lab is an innovation center for the future of healthcare in Austria. We shape a patient-centred and future-ready healthcare system through bold, cross-sector collaboration.

Moderation – Jakob Doppler, Academic Director Master Digital Healthcare & European Joint Master Citizen-Centered Digital Health and Care, Director CDHSI – Center for Digital Health and Social Innovation, St. Pölten UAS

13:30 – 13:45 Digital Biomarkers in Healthcare to Optimize Training and Therapy
Vanessa Leung, Senior Researcher and Group Lead CDHSI – Center for Digital Health and Social Innovation, St. Pölten UAS
Vanessas research revolves around using multimodal data from sensor technologies to support, enhance, and validate training and therapy in healthcare. She believes combining different research modalities—such as subjective and objective metrics, qualitative and quantitative methods, modeling, and experimentation— while keeping real-world effectiveness as the ultimate benchmark leads to deeper scientific insights and more practical solutions.

13:30 – 13:45 Digital Healthcare Career Talk I – Private Hospitals and Their Role In Designing the Healthcare Future
Doris Kraushofer, Department Lead Digital Product Management, Mavie Med & Board Member of the Austrian Society for Nursing Informatics (ÖGPI) & Digital Healthcare Alumni
With a background in clinical risk management and process optimization, she plays a pivotal role in driving digitalization and efficiency in healthcare organizations. In her talk, she will discuss why roles like hers—focused on digitalization and process responsibility—are becoming indispensable in private healthcare, how organizations like Mavie Med are evolving, and why these developments are a vital (and sometimes controversial) piece of the future healthcare puzzle.

13:45 – 14:00 Digital Healthcare Career Talk II – Innovation from the System Within – The Role of a Healthcare Manager the IT Services of the Austrian Social Insurance (ITSV)
Lisa Theresa Dam, Project Manager –  IT Services of the Austrian Social Insurance (ITSV) & Digital Healthcare Alumni
Lisa joined the IT Services of the Austrian social insurance (ITSV) as a project manager focusing on ehealth and health reform in 2016. After accomplishing the Master’s Degree in Digital Healthcare at UAS St. Poelten, she completed her PhD in Educational & Communication Sciences at UAS Burgenland. As her research concentrates on people with intellectual disabilities and empowerment, she works to raise the awareness within Austrian social insurance.

14:00 – 14:20 Digital Health Students Pitches – Part I (5 min each)

• 🧘PrepWith – Smarter Examination Preparation
  Benjamin Schweinzer, Raphaela Maschik + Team: Andreea Bahnareanu, Laurence Douda, St Pölten UAS 
  PrepWith is a web-based prehabilitation platform that empowers patients to actively prepare for upcoming surgeries or medical treatments through structured, gamified self-monitoring tools. In this session, we’ll present the development of our minimum viable product (MVP), highlighting core features such as visual progress tracking, milestone achievements, and personalized feedback designed to boost patient motivation and adherence. With a strong focus on usability and accessibility, PrepWith is especially beneficial for patients in resource-limited settings, offering an intuitive and engaging alternative to traditional, paper-based prehabilitation methods. The session is aimed at healthcare professionals, digital health innovators, and patient empowerment advocates looking to enhance pre-operative care through scalable and patient-centric solutions. A live demonstration will showcase how PrepWith makes surgical preparation more accessible and effective.
• 🍽️ NudgeMe – Smarter Eating, Healthier Living
  Angela Löscher, Valerie Pramer + Team: Bettina Knabl, Niklas Schäfer, St Pölten UAS 
  In a world where busy schedules often lead to poor food choices, NudgeMe steps in as a refreshing alternative to traditional calorie-counting apps. Designed especially for working adults and those managing obesity or metabolic issues, this mobile app Prototype uses the behavioral science technique called “Nudging Technique” to promote sustainable, balanced eating without guilt or pressure. From personalized goals and AI-powered meal feedback to a visual photo diary and recipe suggestions, NudgeMe empowers users to make smarter food choices effortlessly. With an intuitive, user-centered design, it’s not just another health app Prototype — it’s a daily companion for real lifestyle change. Discover how small nudges can lead to big results—and why NudgeMe might just be the future of healthy eating.
• 🤖 Healthcare Navigator – AI-Powered Health Guidance Right When You Need It
  Andrea Eigler, Christopher Ptacek + Team: Tuan Luu, Paul Otzelberger, Julian Ployl, Roland Spannagl, St Pölten UAS 
  An AI-driven chatbot that supports users in making informed decisions about their health concerns, helping reduce unnecessary emergency calls and visits.

14:20 – 14:35 Digital Healthcare Career Talk III – Advantages of 3D Applications in Medical Imaging and Therapy
Alexander Raith & Christian Schneckenleitner, Lecturers &  Researchers in Radiology Technology, FH Campus Wien & Digital Healthcare Alumni
3D laboratories will be facilities in and outside hospitals in the future. These laboratories will enable patient-specific medicine with the help of new technologies such as mixed reality, 3D printing, virtual surgical planning and deep learning model training. In this talk, clinical fields and workflows will be shown.

14:35 – 14:50 Digital Health Students Pitches – Part II (5 min each)

• 🧠 Panic Companion Ai-based panic and stress assessment with wearable-based multimodal digital biomarkers
  Elena Falle, Thomas Hengsberger + Team: Caroline Schmid, Lukas Iselor, Tobias Stein, Felix Weis, Tatjana Walchhofer, St Pölten UAS 
  Panic Companion supports individuals at risk of panic attacks by providing immediate, data-driven coping strategies directly on their smartphone. In our session, we’ll show how the app uses wearable data and AI to trigger personalized interventions and visualize attack patterns over time. We’ll demonstrate the app’s main features and highlight its potential for everyday mental health support. This session is perfect for digital health enthusiasts, healthcare professionals, and tech-savvy users interested in mental health and wearable technology.
• 🏃 MotionXpert: Revolutionizing Motion Analysis – A realtime movement assessment tool
  Daniel Aichberger, Karoline Steinau + Team: Anna Fittl, Kathrin Lang, Sarah Reichart, St Pölten UAS 
  Want a faster, smarter way to assess range of motion? In this pitch, we’ll show you how MotionXpert makes it easy for healthcare professionals to measure shoulder mobility in real time, track progress, and plan better treatments. You’ll see how simple it is to bring more accuracy, visual feedback, and historical comparisons into your workflow, with no fancy hardware needed. This session is designed for healthcare professionals of all experience levels who want to take their movement assessments to the next level, whether you’re new to digital tools or already experienced.

14:50 – 15:30 Panel Discussion – Future/Skills In Digital Healthcare – How Much Human Do We Need
Discussion with Dirk Holste, Deputy Head of Center for Health and Bioresources at AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Co-Founder & Managing Director at EIT Health Austria and the speakers Christine Spernbauer, Vanessa Leung, Lisa Dam. Host: Jakob Doppler

15:30 – 16:00 Snacks & Drinks & Open Networking