Apéro Innovation Open Innovation in European University Hospitals
About this Event
This special edition of the @Hôtel-Dieu Apéro Innovation series is held on the eve of the EUHA General Assembly, hosted this year by AP-HP in Paris (5–6 November 2026). For the first time, the apéro goes European. It is co-organised by AP-HP's @Hôtel-Dieu initiative and the EUHA Innovation working group, which meets at Hôtel-Dieu earlier that afternoon.
University hospitals are both a major source of innovation and a vast reservoir of unmet needs. How do Europe's leading academic medical centres open their doors to start-ups? Where should an innovator knock first? How do hospitals connect with national and regional funding and support ecosystems? This evening brings together the innovation leads and Steering Committee members of 11 major European university hospitals to share their approaches and exchange with entrepreneurs, healthcare professionals and ecosystem partners.
Programme : Open Innovation in European University Hospitals: How to Work with Start-ups
📣 18h00 – 19h15
6:00 pm Welcome and opening: why open innovation matters for university hospitals
- Étienne Gayat, Deputy CEO of AP-HP and incoming President of EUHA
- AP-HP's ambition for open innovation
- @Hôtel-Dieu: AP-HP's third-place (tiers-lieu) flagship in the heart of Paris
6:05 pm Introduction to the session and format
- Miranda Delmotte, Coordinator of the Hub Innovation, AP-HP, moderator
6:10 pm Open innovation across Europe: talks from EUHA hospitals
Each hospital answers three shared questions in 5 minutes:
- •What is our approach and what are our strategic priorities in open innovation ?
- One concrete example of collaboration with a start-up
- How do we connect with our national and regional innovation ecosystem ?
AP-HP, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris — Paris, France (host)
Nina Rognon, AP-HP
- Open innovation at AP-HP: both a source of innovation and a reservoir of needs
- The Hub Innovation, a single point of entry for start-ups and industry partners
- AP-HP's innovation platforms: @Hôtel-Dieu, BOpEx, SANTINEL, UniRein
- The @Hôtel-Dieu flagship: concrete examples and its place in the French innovation ecosystem
Speaking and participating EUHA member hospitals
Innovation leads and Steering Committee members from the 10 other EUHA university hospitals take part in the session, as speakers and participants:
- Aarhus University Hospital — Aarhus, Denmark
- Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus — Barcelona, Spain
- Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin — Berlin, Germany
- Helsinki University Hospital (HUS) — Helsinki, Finland
- UZ Leuven — Leuven, Belgium
- King's Health Partners — London, United Kingdom
- IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele — Milan, Italy
- Erasmus MC — Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Karolinska University Hospital — Stockholm, Sweden
- University Hospital Vienna (AKH Wien) & Medical University of Vienna — Vienna, Austria
6:30 pm Open discussion: working with a university hospital, from first contact to deployment
Moderated by Miranda Delmotte, with the speakers and innovation leads from EUHA member hospitals
- Entry points: who to contact, and how
- Timelines, regulatory and procurement hurdles: what start-ups should expect
- Success factors and lessons learned from real collaborations
- Cross-border opportunities: testing and scaling across European university hospitals
- Questions from start-ups, professionals and ecosystem partners
7:05 pm Wrap-up and next steps
🍻 A partir de 19h15
Networking cocktail at Biolabs Hôtel-Dieu
Keep the conversation going with speakers, hospital innovation teams and fellow entrepreneurs in a friendly setting.
Informations pratiques
📅 Le mercredi 4 novembre de 18h à 19h15
📍 Hôtel-Dieu, 1 place du Parvis Notre-Dame, 75004 Paris – Amphithéâtre Dupuytren (aile A1, rdc)
Accès libre et gratuit pour tous, professionnels de l'AP-HP, start-up, chercheurs et autres acteurs de l'innovation
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