2nd Annual Meeting for Nordic Network for Hospital-based HTA and Mini-HTA

Join us on the 24th and 25th of February 2026 for the 2nd Annual Meeting for Nordic Network for Hospital-based HTA and Mini-HTA

When and where

Date: 24-25 February, 2026

Place: Entrance 93, Auditorium 1 & 2,
Odense University Hospital, J. B.
Winsløws Vej 4, 5000 Odense C, Denmark

Language: The meeting will be held in English

Organiser: HTA-unit at Odense University
Hospital and the secretariat for the Nordic
Network for Hospital-based HTA

Audience: Representatives from Nordic
countries involved in Mini-HTA and
representatives from other regional health
authorities in Denmark

Registration: Register here.

Purpose of meeting

2nd meeting of Nordic Network for Hospital-based HTA with discussion of specific use-cases of Mini-HTA across healthcare sectors and Mini-HTA to assess hospital-at-home-technologies
Further develop the purpose of the Nordic Network of Hospital-based HTA

Programme outline

Tuesday 12.00 – 16.30: Nordic collaboration meeting - Mini-HTA across healthcare sectors

Tuesday 18.30: Dinner in Odense (at participants' own cost)

Wednesday 8.30 – 14.00: Nordic collaboration meeting - Assessment of Digital Health and Development of Nordic Collaboration

Full programme*

Time	Activity	Speaker
12.00 - 12.45	Lunch
12.45 - 13.00	Welcome Background for meeting	Tue Kjølhede, Head of HTA-Unit, Department of Clinical Development, Odense University Hospital, Denmark
13.00 - 13.20	Introduction to OUH, Mini-HTA at OUH	Michael Dall, MDM, PhD, Chief Medical Officer, Odense University Hospital, Denmark
13.20 - 13.50	Hospital-based HTA Experiences from AdHopHTA	Laura Sampietro-Colom, Head of Assessment of Innovations and New Technologies, Research and Innovation Directorate, Clinic Barcelona University Hospital, Spain
13.50 - 14.05	Coffee
14.05 - 14.55	Norwegian database for Mini HTA Norwegian experience with Mini-HTA across healthcare sectors	Vidar Jusnes Vang, Senior Adviser, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway Helene Arentz-Hansen, Senior researcher, PhD, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway Maria Bjerk, Researcher, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
14.55 - 15.45	Experience with or examples from Mini-HTAs across healthcare sectors	Anna-Kaisa Parkkila, Chief Assessment Physician, Tampere University Hospital and The Wellbeing Services County of Pirkanmaa, Finland Karin Borgen, HTA-Consultant, Oslo University Hospital, Norway Fiona Kusk Poulsen, Consultant, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark
15.45 - 16.25	Panel debate: Mini-HTA across healthcare sectors	Morten Tandberg Eriksen, Chief Medical Officer, Oslo University Hospital, Norway Maria Bjerk, Researcher, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway Michael Dall, Chief Medical Officer, Odense University Hospital, Denmark Jakob Blaabjerg Espesen, Head of Department, MD, Department of Local Healthcare, Lillebaelt Hospital, Denmark Johanna Liinamaa, Chief Assessment Physician, FinCCHTA and The Wellbeing Services County of North Ostrobothnia, Finland
16.25 - 16.30	Closing remarks day 1	Kristian Kidholm, Professor, Head of Research, Centre for Innovative Medical Technology, Denmark
18.30 -	Dinner at Madklubben Odense (at own expense)

Time	Activity	Speaker
8.30 - 9.30	Coffee and light breakfast
9.00 - 10.45	Evaluation of Digital Health Evaluation of Hospital at home	Kristian Kidholm, Professor, Head of Research, Centre for Innovative Medical Technology, Denmark Jari Haverinen, PhD, Senior Planning Officer, FinCCHTA, Finland Constanze Wartenberg, PhD, HTA-Centre Region Västra Götaland, Sweden Maja Kjær Rasmussen, Researcher and HTA-consultant, Centre for Innovative Medical Technology, Odense University Hospital, Denmark
10.45 - 11.00	Coffee
11.00 - 12.00	Digital Health - panel debate	Øyvind Melien, Senior HTA-Consultant, Oslo University Hospital, Norway Laura Sampietro Colom, Innovation Deputy Director, Clinic Barcelona University Hospital, Spain Anna-Kaisa Parkkila, Chief Assessment Physician, Tampere University Hospital and The Wellbeing Services County of Pirkanmaa, Finland Mette Maria Skjøth, Chief Administrative Officer, Department of Clinical Development, Odense University Hospital, Denmark
12.00 - 12.30	Lunch
12.30 - 14.15	Development of hospital-based HTA network Discussions of mandate, sharing via database, next meeting	Secretariat Nordic HB-HTA
14.15 - 14.30	Closing remarks day 2	Tue Kjølhede, Head of HTA-Unit, Department of Clinical Development, Odense University Hospital, Denmark

*Minor adjustments to the programme may occur.

Need accommodation during your stay?

There are a number of hotels close to the central train station in Odense.

How to get to the meeting?

To arrive at Odense University Hospital, you can take the train to Odense Sygehus Station, or take a bus from the central station to the hospital. You can check Rejseplanen for departure times.