HL7 Finland celebrates its 30th anniversary with an international symposium on 19 January 2026 in Helsinki.
The event is organized simultaneously with Nordic Health Hackathon. Please register to the hackathon separately. You may also want to check out Radical Health Festival Helsinki which takes place on the same week.
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
Preliminary program, changes possible. Register NOW! (registration open until 15th january)
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 (10 min)
Greetings from HL7 Europe, Tapani Piha, Board member HL7 Europe (10 min)
The history of HL7 Finland, Juha Mykkänen, vice-chair of HL7 Finland (30 min)
Interoperability today and tomorrow – voice of HL7 Finland working groups:(60 min)
- HL7 Finland Technical committee, co-chair Timo Kaskinen
- Personal Health SIG, co-chair Jaakko Lähteenmäki
- OpenEHR Finland, co-chair Pirkko Kortekangas, Una
- IHE Finland, Juha Muinonen, SSBD / Anssi Kauppi, Intersystems
Overview of FHIR hack-a-thon challenges, Mikael Rinnetmäki (10 min)
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 (30 min)
HL7 in Europe (and around world), Rene Spronk (30 min)
The format: EHDS logical models Rutt Lindström, HL7 Europé (30 min)
Comments and discussion from Nordic and Baltic affiliates 30 min
- Nordic FHIR activities
- Comments from Sweden, Denmark, 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 (30 min)
Finnish situation in preparation for EHDS, Kela, Mari Peltola- Nykyri (20 min)
Panel discussion on implementation and effect of EHDS in Finland (30 min)
- 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
JOIN US IN CELEBRATING 30 YEARS OF INTEROPERABILITY IN FINLAND