[Deze bijeenkomst gaat door in het Engels]
How can AI truly support health and wellbeing? Event on responsible AI innovation in healthcare
How can we ensure that artificial intelligence supports care in a responsible, ethical, and human-centered way? On Tuesday, 2 December 2025, from 09h00 to 13h30, we invite you to join us at the Learning & Innovation Center of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) for an inspiring half-day event on responsible AI innovation in (health)care.
This event is a joint initiative of the learning community ‘AI and ethics in practice’ (Knowledge Centre Data & Society) and the learning network of the ‘8 Caring Technology Principles’ (King Baudouin Foundation and Thomas More LiCalab). Together, we will explore how AI can contribute to innovation in healthcare while safeguarding ethical values, care practices, and human dignity.
Highlights of the programme
- Keynote by Tom Braekeleirs, offering insights into the opportunities and challenges of responsible AI in healthcare.
- A testimonial from a care organisation, sharing their experiences with integrating AI responsibly into their working practices..
- Hands-on experience with practical tools in a workshop setting. The tools (see below) are designed to support responsible AI innovation in (health)care.
- Interactive discussions and exchanges with peers.
Who should attend?
- Care professionals integrating AI tools into their daily practice
- Board members and decision-makers in care institutions
- Researchers and knowledge institutions focusing on care and innovation
- Developers and innovators creating AI solutions for healthcare
- Citizens and patients or their representatives giving a voice to their needs and concerns
The tools you will get to know better
- AI blind spots in (health)care: AI holds great promise for (health)care, but it also comes with risks if not implemented responsibly. This card set helps you anticipate and avoid harmful impacts when bringing AI into healthcare settings. By shining a light on blind spots, it empowers everyone involved, from doctors, nurses, managers, IT staff to ethics committee members, to take proactive steps. Together, you can ensure AI innovations are introduced in ways that truly benefit both professionals and patients.
- 8 Caring Technology Principles: How can we ensure that technology in health and care truly serves people’s needs? In this interactive workshop, you will discover the 8 Caring Technology Principles as a practical and inspiring framework for co-creation with citizens and patients. We will explore how to involve end users meaningfully from the very beginning, so that innovations – including AI – respond to real needs rather than assumptions. You will get to know concrete tools to support this process and learn how to embed caring innovation in your own organisation.
- LASO: AI projects in healthcare often prioritize technological novelty over the real needs of healthcare workers, leading to solutions that fail to deliver the promised impact. The LASO methodology addresses this challenge by offering a practical, participatory approach to help hospitals harness the potential of AI in a responsible manner. By bringing together frontline staff, hospital leadership and legal, ethical and technical experts to identify workplace challenges and explore how AI can address them, LASO helps de-risk AI innovation by ensuring that AI opportunities are practical, ethically responsible and aligned with both workplace realities and institutional priorities.
