On 25th and 26th November, the INDICATE Training & Education Workgroup gathered in Athens for a productive two-day workshop focused on advancing activities according to the ADDIE model (Analysis–Design–Development–Implementation–Evaluation) such as needs assessment, content and resource design, selection of methods and activities according to the expected outcomes.

These steps are essential building blocks for developing specialised and targeted education tracks that will support successful implementation and use of the INDICATE federated infrastructure for ICU data. The tracks are developed for clinicians, researchers, innovators, data providers, data users, service providers and infrastructure providers across Europe.

The meeting opened with a roundtable introduction, where all attendees briefly presented themselves, setting the stage for cross-disciplinary collaboration. Day one featured a showcase of the INDICATE knowledge platform, a review of the needs-assessment activities, and the breakout sessions of the three working groups.

Day two kicked off with great energy, as the groups shared their initial findings and continued shaping key priorities for the first topics and educational activities to be developed and delivered by June 2026. The sessions concluded with a concrete planning of the next steps for the Training & Education Workgroup.

Key highlights:

• Productive alignment on the needs assessment activities, ensuring the educational solutions address learner requirements.
• Strong collective commitment to advancing the development of critical resources for the INDICATE community such as a common glossary and repository, ensuring alignment on definitions and evidence-based insights that reflect the need for education on AI-driven critical care across Europe.
• Clear prioritisation of educational topics on the Legal Framework and Data Models, expected outcomes, methods, activities and timeline to take the next steps in developing education tracks and training materials.

A big thank you to Maria Theodorakopoulou and Despina Nikolopoulou (HSICM) for hosting us these two days!

And also thank you to all who joined! Michel van Genderen (INDICATE PI), Jan van den Brand (Erasmus MC) Joel Alexandre (ESICM), Maurizio Cecconi (ESICM), Maria Theodorakopoulou (HSICM), Maarten Ligtenberg (Cradeq), Melania Istrate (ESICM), Aliza Bos (Erasmus MC), Elisa Vera (ESICM), Despina Nikolopoulou (HSICM), Giovanna Mercurio (FPG), Celia Alvarez (SAS), Bert Cappelle (UZGhent), Mark Driessen (KPMG) and Philogirl.