Program 2025
AI2Med is Turku’s first dedicated conference bringing together AI researchers and medical professionals. This two-day event focuses on the growing need for collaboration between computational scientists and healthcare practitioners, covering applications from medical imaging to protein design and clinical text mining.
This event provides a platform for researchers, clinicians, and students to share their work, exchange ideas, and build collaborative networks at the intersection of artificial intelligence and medical research.
AI2Med 2025 successfully brought together leading experts and emerging researchers across two intensive days in November 2025. Attendees explored cutting-edge developments spanning digital transformation in radiology, generative AI in drug discovery, federated learning for privacy-preserving medical AI, and cardiovascular diagnostics through wearable technology. Beyond keynote presentations from international leaders at LMU Munich, UMC Utrecht, Orion Pharma, and Precordior, the conference featured research presentations on topics from seismocardiography to virtual tissue staining, an expert panel discussion with University of Turku faculty, interactive networking activities, and a pitch competition that showcased innovative AI solutions for healthcare challenges.
📅 Day 1 – Nov 25, 2025
☀️ Morning Session
8:45 – 9:10
Opening and Registration
Name badges, program info
9:10 – 9:15
Welcome & Introduction
Opening remarks from organizers
9:15 – 9:50
Keynote 1
Professor Lalith Kumar Shiyam Sundar
Digital transformation: A prerequisite for AI driven precision medicine
9:50 – 10:30
Coffee Break
Coffee, Cakes & Networking!
10:30 – 11:05
Keynote 2
Dr. Luis Eduardo Juárez
Artificial and Medical Sciences: the return of the Homo Universalis?
11:10 – 12:30
Research Presentations
Theme: Healthcare AI, Diagnostics & Biomedical Imaging
1. Ismail Elnaggar – Severe Aortic Stenosis Detection Using Seismocardiography
2. Noor E Zannat – Classification of glioma live cells using machine learning: a case study on Raman spectroscopy
3. Hesam Hakimnejad – H&E Virtual Tissue Staining Using Conditional Diffusion Models
4. Pengcheng Ni – The paradigm of the healthcare system driven by explicit knowledge embedded into AI
5. Aisvarya Adeseye – Enabling Machines to Truly Understand People through Agentic AI Interviewers for Deeper Qualitative Insight
🌙 Afternoon Session
13:30 – 13:45
Afternoon Check-in
Registration and help desk for afternoon session
13:45 – 14:15
Poster Presentations & Open Networking
Poster presentations and free style networking
14:15 – 14:30
Introduction to Networking Activity
Introduction to the group activity
14:30 – 15:15
Coffee Break & Group Talks
Coffee, Cakes & Networking!
15:15 – 16:15
Group Activity for Networking
Problem-solving challenge in groups
16:15 – 16:45
Group Presentations & Day 1 Closing
1-2 min flash presentations per group
📅 Day 2 – Nov 26, 2025
☀️ Morning Session
8:45 – 9:10
Opening and Registration
Name badges, program info
9:10 – 9:15
Day 2 Introduction
Overview of the day
9:15 – 9:50
Keynote 1
Kamal Jafarian Dehkordi
The Science Inside Your Pocket: Engineering the Future of Cardiac Care
9:50 – 10:30
Coffee Break
Coffee, Cakes & Networking!
10:30 – 11:05
Keynote 2
Dr. Serhii Vakal
Generative AI in Small Molecule Drug Discovery: From Hype to Reality
11:05 – 11:50
Research Presentations
Theme: Federated Learning, Privacy & Secure Medical AI
1. Priit Järv – Differentially Private Federated Learning in ECG Classification
2. Eero Lehtonen – Secure and Accurate Federated Learning as a Service
3. Susanne Vainio, Sudeep Das – Harnessing European Data Resources & Initiatives on AI
11:50 – 12:30
Expert Panel Discussion
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Panellists:
1. Riku Klén – Associate Professor, Turku PET Centre, University of Turku
2. Heikki Minn – Professor Emeritus, Turku University Hospital
3. Pekka Ruusuvuori – Associate Professor, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku
4. Leena Strauss – University Lecturer, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku
5. Susanne Vainio – Scientific Officer from Euro-BioImaging
🌙 Afternoon Session
13:30 – 13:45
Afternoon Check-in
Help desk available
13:45 – 14:10
Poster Presentations & Open Networking
Final poster session
14:10 – 14:45
Pitch Competition
5-min pitch presentation competition
14:45 – 15:30
Coffee Break & Talks
Coffee, Cakes & Networking!
15:30 – 16:30
Round Table Discussion
Themed tables with expert moderators and rotating panellists from participants! EVERYONE gets the mic!
16:30 – 17:00
Closing Remarks
Thank you & pitch competition award
Our Keynote Speakers
Inspiring voices at the forefront of AI-driven healthcare innovation.
Lalith Kumar Shiyam Sundar
Professor of Digital transformation in Radiology
LMU Munich University Hospital
Expert in AI applications in PET imaging and digital transformation in healthcare.
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Luis Eduardo Juárez
Medical Doctor & ML Scientist
UMC Utrecht University Hospital
Medical doctor and machine learning expert in cardiovascular risk prediction.
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Serhii Vakal, PhD
Lead ML/AI Scientist
Orion Pharma
Expert in AI-driven computational chemistry and molecular design, accelerating small-molecule discovery and lead optimization.
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Kamal Jafarian Dehkordi
Data Analysis Director
Precordior
Expert in algorithm development for medical technology, transforming physiological data into clinically meaningful insights.
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