title:: AWS AI Health Leaders Forum - Zürich, June 23rd, 2026
publisher:: Amazon Web Services (AWS)
people:: Razvan Ionasec, Allyson Fryhoff, Inti Zlobec, Michał Smoliński, Rowland Illing, Steven Malme
organization:: Amazon Web Services (AWS), University of Bern, Radpoint, BARMER, Philips, IQVIA, Olympus
domain:: Healthcare, Artificial Intelligence, Agentic AI, Cloud Computing, Life Sciences
Summary
The third edition of the AWS AI Health Leaders Forum took place on Tuesday, 23 June 2026 at the Careum Campus in Zürich, Switzerland (09:00–19:00 CEST), under the theme “Transforming Healthcare with Agentic AI.” The invite-only forum brought together healthcare leaders, technology executives, and AI innovators — including Ministry of Health representatives, Academic Medical Centers, National Insurers, and Healthcare Providers — for a full day of keynotes, live solution demonstrations, and networking. I delivered one of the opening keynotes as Head of Healthcare EMEA at AWS and helped shape the program alongside the EMEA healthcare team.
Event Details
- Event: AWS AI Health Leaders Forum 2026
- Theme: Transforming Healthcare with Agentic AI
- Date: Tuesday, 23 June 2026, 09:00–19:00 CEST
- Location: Careum Campus, Zürich, Switzerland
- Host: Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Program Highlights
Opening Keynotes — the intersection of clinical vision and technological possibility, setting the stage for healthcare’s next frontier. Speakers: Allyson Fryhoff (Managing Director, Global HCLS, AWS), Prof. Dr. Inti Zlobec (University of Bern), Michał Smoliński (Co-Founder & CTO, Radpoint), and myself (Head of Healthcare EMEA, AWS).
The day was organized around four themed sessions:
- The Voice of the Patient, The Voice of a Nation — how conversational voice agents are making healthcare truly accessible, from screening to self-care.
- Life OS to Health OS — how personal AI agent orchestration is reshaping healthcare providers, bringing multi-agent orchestration to the clinical workforce.
- Today’s Health Data, Tomorrow’s Care — enabling AI-powered research for precision therapy, from drug discovery and biomarker identification to personalized therapies.
- “Everyone Is a Builder” — how AI agents are rewriting software development, from assisted coding to autonomous agents.
A Lunch & Learn session, “From Model to App in 60 Minutes,” showcased how Kiro helps deploy an AI model on AWS through a real-world customer reference and a live demo. The day closed with a Closing Keynote and Award Ceremony featuring the AWS AI Achievement Awards across three categories: AI-Powered Patient Experience, AI-Driven Care Delivery, and AI-Powered Operations.
Key Focus Areas
- Agentic AI in healthcare
- Clinical decision support
- Administrative workflow automation
- Medical research & AI
- Data security & compliance
- Real-world implementations from Ministries of Health, providers, and payors
The forum was delivered in collaboration with a broad partner ecosystem, including University of Bern (Department of Digital Medicine), AMBOSS, BARMER, BC Platforms, BeeHealthy, Collective Minds, deepc, Digital Science, enGenome, ETH AI Center, Heidi Health, IKIM, IQVIA, Jacobian, Medāna, Medavis, Medical University of Vienna, MindWalk, Ministry of Health Albania, MonClinic, Olympus, Philips, Radpoint, Reply, UpHill, and the University of Zürich.
