EuroHealthNet Annual Seminar 2026 – Health promotion and prevention in the digital era: from challenges to solutions

The rapid advance of digital technologies and the acceleration of artificial intelligence is reshaping societies in profound ways, with far-reaching implications for health and wellbeing. This digital transformation is a key determinant of health, as it interacts with the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age.

This raises a critical question: how can we ensure that the digital and AI transformation advances health equity and wellbeing, rather than amplifying existing gaps and barriers or even becoming a threat to health?

Marking the 40th anniversary of the WHO Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion, EuroHealthNet’s Annual Seminar 2026 on ‘Health promotion in the digital era’ will explore this question by examining strategic considerations and promising initiatives to strengthening health promotion and prevention in the digital era.

Speakers include:

• Katarzyna Kacperczyk, Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Poland
• Kremlin Wickramasinghe, Regional Advisor, ‘Prevention and Health Promotion Division’ at WHO/Europe.
• Michele Cecchini, Responsible for the programme of work on Public Health at OECD
• Marta Puciłowska-Schielmann, Vice-President of the Instytut Cyfrowego Obywatelstwa (Institute of Digital Citizenship)
• Kerian Berose-Perez, Responsible for ‘Mental health and protection against the harmful effects of exposure to screens’ at the French Ministry of Health

…and many more leading experts in public health, research, and policy.

The event is kindly hosted by our Polish member, the National Institute of Public Health – National Institute of Hygiene

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