VELES Hub

Between June 3–5, 2026, the project was represented at the 39th IEEE International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems (CBMS 2026) in 📍 Limassol, Cyprus.

During the event, Chrystalla Iosif from 3AE Health, one of our Consortium Partners, presented a poster showcasing the VELES project and its four pilot studies, highlighting our progress toward building a more connected and data-driven healthcare ecosystem.

At VELES, we are developing the first Regional Smart Health Data Space ( ) in South-East Europe, paving the way for the European Health Data Space ( ).

CBMS remains one of the leading international forums for advancing research and innovation at the intersection of healthcare and computing. Each year, it brings together clinicians, researchers, engineers, and technology experts to discuss emerging trends, share best practices, and address key challenges in computer-based medical systems.

👏 We thank all contributors for their valuable work and collaboration:

• Chrystalla Iosif – 3AE Health

• Irena Pavlova & Radoslav Rizov – GATE Institute

• Haridimos Kondylakis & Angelina Kouroubali – Hellenic Digital Health Cluster (HDHC)

• Costin Chirica & Catalin Mironeanu – Cluster Imago-Mol & Universitatea de Medicină și Farmacie „Grigore T. Popa” din Iași

• Maria Matsangidou & Andreas Panayides – CYENS Centre of Excellence

Day 2 of the VELES General Gathering in Valencia, Spain 🇪🇸, focused not only on presentations from our project pilots, but also on inspiring contributions from invited guests and consortium partners.

Our consortium partners shared valuable insights across health data ecosystems, AI, compliance, and precision medicine:

• 𝐿𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡’𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑠 𝑝𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 “𝐵𝑢𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑡ℎ 𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑎 𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑦𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑚 𝑖𝑛 𝐺𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑐𝑒: 𝑆𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑐 𝑝𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐸𝐻𝐷𝑆”
🎤 Eva Salmatani – Hellenic Digital Health Cluster (HDHC)

• 𝑍𝐸𝑁-𝑂𝑀𝐼𝐶𝑆: 𝑀𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑖-𝑂𝑚𝑖𝑐𝑠-𝑔𝑢𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑑𝑟𝑢𝑔 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑢𝑟𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑝𝑙𝑒-𝑛𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑟 𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑝𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡-𝑑𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑍𝑒𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑓𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝑋𝑒𝑛𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑓𝑡 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚
🎤 Chrystalla Iosif – 3AE Health LTD

• 𝐺𝐷𝑃𝑅 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑉𝐸𝐿𝐸𝑆 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛: 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑟 𝑎𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑅𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑢𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑠
🎤 Catalin Mironeanu & Corina-Mihaela Moroșan – Cluster Imago-Mol

• 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑎 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐴𝐼 𝑖𝑛 𝐴𝑙𝑧ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑟’𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ
🎤 Dean Palezhev – GATE Institute

We would also like to extend our thanks to Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) and valgrAI for two insightful guest presentations:

• 𝑁𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝐵𝑖𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑒
🎤 Jose M. Sempere

• 𝐴𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝐼𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑇𝑒𝑐ℎ𝑛𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝐻𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑡ℎ𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒
🎤 Jordi Linares

A big thank you to everyone who contributed! 🚀

Last week, we were in beautiful Valencia, Spain 🇪🇸, for a new VELES plenary meeting. It was a fantastic opportunity to reconnect with all Consortium Partners, align our next steps, and celebrate our achievements so far! 🎉

Consortium Partners: GATE | Health and Life Sciences Cluster | Telelink Business Services | JOIST | Hellenic Digital Health Cluster (HDHC) | Cluster Imago-Mol | Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding - UEFISCDI | CYENS Centre of Excellence | 3AE Health LTD | National eHealth Authority Cyprus | International Data Spaces Association (IDSA) | Chalmers Industriteknik | Inneürope | Archangelos Michael Elderly People Nursing Home / Rehabilitation Centre for patients with Alzheimer (AMEN) | the Ministry of Electronic Governance 👐

A huge thank you to Inneürope & the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) for being such wonderful hosts! 🙏

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Have you read the 𝐄𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟒𝟎 report?

Launched within the Consortium by UEFISCDI, the report presents the outcomes of a visioning and co-creation workshop held during a VELES General Assembly in February 2025.

It explores how a mature, inclusive, and citizen-centered Health Data Space could function by 2040.

Through forward-looking use cases, stakeholders from healthcare, research, and policy collaborated to shape a shared vision for a trusted and interoperable European Health Data Space, helping guide future policy, research, and investment decisions. 🌍

📖 Read the report here:https://veleshub.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/1.-Future-of-HDS-2040-WS-Report_T6.3_V2.-November-2025.pdf

At , we are building the Regional Smart Health Data Space, pioneering the European Health Data Space.

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At , we are building the Regional Smart Health Data Space ( ), turning secure and interoperable health data into practical solutions with impact. 🚀

Across four countries, we are tackling key health priorities through pilot studies:
🇷🇴 Romania – Advancing insights in cerebral tumors 🧠
🇧🇬 Bulgaria – Supporting progress in Alzheimer’s disease
🇬🇷 Greece – Enhancing innovation in cancer treatment 🎗
🇨🇾 Cyprus – Strengthening approaches to dementia care 🧓

We are helping shape a smarter, more resilient future for healthcare and contributing to the vision of the . 💡

🔗 Learn more: https://veleshub.eu/

Interested in health and health data?

At , we’re building the Regional Smart Health Data Space ( ) -pioneering the future of the European Health Data Space ( ).

Our consortium brings together 15 organizations from four widening countries -🇷🇴 Romania, 🇧🇬 Bulgaria, 🇬🇷 Greece, and 🇨🇾 Cyprus - supported by leading partners from 🇪🇸 Spain, 🇩🇪 Germany, and 🇸🇪 Sweden.

Discover more on our website. 🔗 https://veleshub.eu/

We’re proud that VELES was represented by the Hellenic Digital Health Cluster (HDHC) at the Regional Development Fund of Attica during the Interregional Learning Event of the HERCULES Project in Sweden. 👥

This event was a great opportunity to exchange knowledge and build meaningful connections with leading European regions, including Region Västerbotten, Regione Emilia-Romagna, and Axencia Galega de Coñecemento en Saúde.

Together, we’re driving innovation and shaping the future of digital health across Europe.

🔗 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/d5we9d9C

On March 24, was represented by 3AE Health at the 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐃𝐚𝐲 2026 in Vienna, Austria.

Bringing together global stakeholders, this year’s event focused on transformation across key areas such as mental health, AI, smart production, and internationalization, highlighting the future of health innovation.

🤝 During the event, the 3AE Health team:
• Actively participated in networking and matchmaking sessions
• Showcased the VELES project, sharing its goals, progress, and impact
• Connected with diverse stakeholders to explore new collaboration opportunities

💬 The discussions continued with a virtual B2B matchmaking session on March 25, reinforcing cross-border partnerships and innovation in healthcare.

🚀 At VELES, we continue to expand our network and contribute to shaping a more connected and innovative health ecosystem across Europe.