The future of care runs through Leuven
UZ Leuven CEO Prof. Paul Herijgers on the medical innovations taking shape in Leuven, and how a leading university hospital turns breakthroughs into human care.
The future of care takes an ecosystem. In Leuven, that ecosystem is unusually strong. Research, clinical expertise, health technology, education, spin-offs and patient care are closely connected. At the centre of that landscape stands UZ Leuven: a leading university hospital where complex medical challenges, breakthrough science and care for real patients meet every day.
In this keynote, Prof. Paul Herijgers, CEO of UZ Leuven, looks at the medical innovations that could shape the coming decades. Earlier detection, personalised treatments, AI-supported clinical decisions, new therapies, remote monitoring and advanced care models are changing what medicine can do.
How does a hospital prepare for the future while caring for patients today? Which innovations will truly make a difference? How does UZ Leuven maintain its position as a reference hospital in Belgium and Europe? And how can cutting-edge medicine remain deeply human in a healthcare system under pressure?