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HL7 Finland 30th Anniversary Symposium

HL7 Finland celebrated its 30th anniversary with an international symposium on 19 January 2026 in Helsinki.

The event was organized simultaneously with Nordic Health Hackathon. The symposium was organized together with Radical Health Festival Helsinki.

HL7 Finland  30 vuotta juhlasymposium –

HL7 Finland 30 years celebration symposium

Time and place: 19.1.2026 @ 10.00 am, Helsinki Finland, Messukeskus / Convention center, Room 103A

Program and presentations:

9.30 – 10.00     Coffee and networking

10.00 – 12.00 Session 1: Past, current state and future of HL7 Finland (partly in Finnish)

  • Opening words for the seminar, Jari Porrasmaa, Chair of HL7 Finland (pdf)
  • Greetings from HL7 Europe, Tapani Piha, Board member HL7 Europe
  • HL7 Finland 30 v – poimintoja matkan varrelta, Juha Mykkänen, vice-chair of HL7 Finland, THL (pdf)
  • Interoperability today and tomorrow – voice of HL7 Finland working groups:(60 min)

    • HL7 Finland Technical committee, co-chair Timo Kaskinen, NHG (pdf)
    • Personal Health SIG, co-chair Jaakko Lähteenmäki, VTT (pdf)
    • OpenEHR Finland, co-chair Pirkko Kortekangas, UNA (pdf)
    • IHE Finland, Juha Muinonen (pdf)
  • Finnish Health Data Hackathon Overview and challenges, Mikael Rinnetmäki (pdf)

12.00- 13.00    Lunch

13.00-15.00     Session 2: HL7 around the world

  • HL7 Europe: 15 years in review from Trillium Bridge to xShare, Catherine Chronaki, HL7 Europe
  • FHIR in Europe (and around the world), Rene Spronk, Ringholm (pdf)
  • Xt-EHR Logical Models and HL7 Europe’s Implementation Guides as a Proposal for EHDS, Rutt Lindström, HL7 Europe (pdf)
  • Comments and discussion from Nordic and Baltic affiliates

    • Nordic FHIR activities
    • Comments from Sweden (Mattias Colliander, pdf), Finland, Estonia etc.

 15.00 – 15.30   Coffee and networking

 15.30-16.50     Session 3: Implementation and effects of EHDS in Finland and Europe

  • IHE in the era of EHDS and the collaboration with HL7 for the EEHRxF specifications, Alexander Berler IHE catalyst, HL7 Hellas (pdf)
  • Kanta services – preparing for EHDS primary use, Mari Peltola- Nykyri, Kela (pdf)
  • Panel discussion on implementation and effect of EHDS in Finland (pdf)

    • Experts from wellbeing services counties, key vendors and national actors

17.00-18.15      Radical Health Festival – plenary session

18.30 –> Welcoming reception and Symposium networking in collaboration with HL7 Finland, ministry and social affairs and health

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US IN CELEBRATING 30 YEARS OF INTEROPERABILITY IN FINLAND!