Work Field: Health and Care
Agentic AI marks the beginning of a new era in healthcare. Whereas earlier AI applications primarily provided support through analysis or recommendations, agentic systems can independently perform tasks and initiate processes. This offers significant opportunities for quality, efficiency, and accessibility, but also raises a fundamental question: how do we ensure that this development does not lead to fragmented initiatives, isolated experiments, and silos, but rather to a shared knowledge base and a powerful, collaborative infrastructure?
This breakout session focuses on that key management question. The goal is to become a leader in the intersection of health and care and Agentic AI by joining forces, systematically sharing knowledge, and jointly organizing innovation, with the aim of accelerating progress toward tangible real-world impact. Fairtech, legal considerations, and responsible implementation are key themes in this context.
We approach this through three interrelated dimensions. First, expertise: how do we connect academic AI research with healthcare innovation and ensure that knowledge development is centralized at the national level, rather than fragmented? Second, experience: how do we systematically learn from real-world implementations and organize structured feedback loops to inform research and policy? And third, organization: what governance, coordination, and infrastructure are needed to orchestrate Agentic AI in a responsible and scalable manner?
In conversation with representatives from the fields of research, practice, and policy, we will address questions such as: Who should take the lead? Is a national AI architecture desirable? How can we prevent fragmentation? And how can we share data, knowledge, and models securely and at scale?
The outcome of this session should be more than just an exchange of ideas. The goal is to identify clear action items and a joint next step, so that Agentic AI in healthcare is not only innovative but is also implemented in a coordinated and responsible manner, with a tangible impact in practice.
The breakout session consists of three parts:
- An overview of the current state of Agentic AI in the health and healthcare sector in the Netherlands. Three examples will be discussed. Topics such as Fairtech, ELSA considerations, and implementation challenges will also be addressed.
- In a panel discussion with representatives from the business community, the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport, UMCU, and AIC4NL, we will discuss the steps needed to implement Agentic AI in the Dutch healthcare sector with maximum impact and in a responsible, Fairtech manner. What actions are needed, and by which parties? And how do we organize the coordination now, while it is still relatively new, so that we can coordinate before fragmentation sets in, as we often see in health and healthcare today?
- A discussion with the audience to refine the conclusions. We will conclude with a list of proposed activities that AIC4NL can undertake with its participants in the areas of orchestration, organization, and program implementation.
Who might be interested?
For professionals within healthcare organizations who are responsible for AI policy, governance, and implementation.
Speakers:
– Edith van de Weg
Program Manager – AIC4NL
-Carl Moons
Director/Figurehead AI – UMC Utrecht
–Arnaud Hartog
Program Manager for AI Implementation in Healthcare – Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport
– Minke Bergsma
Medical Operations – Juvoly/Tandem
