On 5 March 2026, INDICATE hosted a hybrid round table in Düsseldorf, bringing together experts from across Europe for an active exchange between clinicians, researchers, and technical experts working on data-driven healthcare. The day was moderated by INDICATE PI’s Michel van Genderen from Erasmus MC and Christian Jung from Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf.

The event featured presentations from leading initiatives, including:

• INDICATE – Jan van den Brand (Technical Lead INDICATE)
• Num SN CritCare – Patrick Meybohm
• NUM Rapid – Falk von Dincklage
• Irish Critical Care Clinical Trials Network – Bairbre McNicholas
• Genome of Europe – Jeroen van Rooij

Each project shared its objectives, current progress, and key lessons learned. 

Key topics included:

• Building federated platforms for cross-hospital research
• Ensuring secure, privacy-by-design data sharing
• Governance and legal frameworks for multi-institutional studies
• Interoperability and data harmonization across systems

Insights

Federated infrastructures are increasingly viable, but challenges remain around data standards, governance, and coordination. Synthetic data environments and shared governance models are helping build trust while enabling large-scale research and AI development.

The round table was a valuable forum for sharing experiences, identifying challenges, and exploring future European collaborations in health data research.