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Isabelle is a bio-engineer with a passion for health and health care and a sweet spot for science. By joining Health House as Managing Director in 2018, she combines these two passions and, as a nice bonus for an engineer, deals on a daily basis with future technological innovations. Before joining Health House, Isabelle was an Intellectual Property Officer at KU Leuven R&D. Previously, Isabelle was Clinical Research Coordinator at Fugeia NV, Isabelle was also a postdoctoral researcher at KU Leuven unraveling the mode of action of antifungal compounds. Isabelle studied Bioscience Engineering and obtained her PhD in Applied Biological Sciences in 2001.

Dimitri is the communication and event manager at Health House. He started his career as an account manager working in an advertising agency for clients such as Coca-Cola, Nespresso and Nintendo. 2 years later Dimitri joined the province of Flemish Brabant as a graphic designer. After 8 years Dimitri found a new challenge at Health House where he can combine his passion creativity and project management.

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Bart De Moor was born Tuesday July 12, 1960 in Halle, Belgium. In 1983, he obtained his Master Degree in Electrical Engineering at the KU Leuven, Belgium, and a PhD in Engineering at the same university in 1988. He spent 2 years as a Visiting Research Associate at Stanford University (1988-1990) at the departments of EE (ISL, Prof. Kailath) and CS (Prof.Golub). Currently, he is a full professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering (http://www.esat.kuleuven.be/english) of the KU Leuven in the research group ESAT - STADIUS, Stadius Centre for Dynamical Systems, Signal Processing and Data Analytics His research interests are in numerical linear algebra and optimization, system theory and system identification, quantum information theory, control theory, data-mining, information retrieval and bio-informatics (for books and research publications, see the publication search engine at http://homes.esat.kuleuven.be/~sistawww/cgi-bin/pub.pl). Full details on his CV can be found at www.bartdemoor.be

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Wim Robberecht, MD, PhD is a neurologist, specialized in ALS. In 2001 he became a full professor at KU Leuven and he served from 2001 till 2013 as chairman of the department of Neurology at the University Hospitals Leuven. He became a member of the Board of Directors of the University Hospitals in 2005 and was appointed chairman of this board in 2016. In 2013 dr. Robberecht became vicerector of the KU Leuven and chairman of biomedical sciences at that university. Wim Robberecht has received several awards, the Sheila Essey Award of the American Academy of Neurology being one of them, and he is the recipient of an advanced grant of the European Research Council (ERC). He was member and chairman of various national and international associations and group leader of the Flemish Institute for Biotechnology (VIB). He mentored more than 20 PhD students and postdocs and published 300 peer-reviewed papers. Since October 2018 he is Chief Executive Officer of the University Hospitals Leuven.

Ludo Deferm received the Electrical Engineering Degree in Electronics and Mechanics in 1982 and the PhD degree in 1989 from the University of Leuven, Belgium. From 1982 to 1985 he was a research assistant at the University of Leuven. In 1985 he joined imec in Belgium where he was involved in the development of CMOS processes, became head of Si Process Development and proceeded his career as adjunct Vice-President of the Silicon Technology and Device Integration division and later as Executive Vice-President of Corporate Business and Public Affairs. Now Ludo Deferm is Executive Vice-President at imec, responsible for the relation with Governments, set-up of new imec entities, IP, contracts and compliance. Furthermore he is a member of the Board of Directors of Energyville, Xenics, Innotek, RVO-Society, Health House, Indigo, EIT Health, Fidimec, Imec Taiwan, Imec IC Link, Imec Florida, Stichting Holst Centre and member of the NERF Board.

Koen Kas is a health care futurist, entrepreneur, professor of molecular oncology, international keynote speaker, and author of ‘Sick no more’ and ‘Your guide to Delight’. He is revolutionizing health care through his speaking, writing and workshops by helping Healthcare providers prepare for future realities. He is focused on pioneering the novel concept of Delight thinking, combining his expertise in genomics, drug discovery and biomarker research with his expertise in shaping Digital Health companies. He combines Real World data with design & business model innovations into novel experiences redefining Health. Koen is chairman of the European Cancer Prevention Organisation; ambassador of Health House; Jury of the Prix Galien; editor of the mHealth and EJCP journals;…