EIT Health Morning Health Talks
Networking Opportunities
Expert Insights
Inspiration and Motivation
Community Engagement
About
We create a network environment for healthcare thinkers and doers in Central-, Eastern-, and Southern Europe. Practically, Morning Health Talks are highly positioned events, that take place in 11 Central-, Eastern- and Southern European countries (EIT RIS countries). The events aim to facilitate changes in healthcare innovation ecosystems and to achieve more advanced healthcare for the citizens, through discussions with high-level representatives and stakeholders about the major healthcare innovation challenges and their regional specificities.
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What to Expect!
At Morning Health Talks 2025, you will gain practical insights into the real challenges and opportunities that healthtech start-ups face when entering the EU market. You will hear first-hand founder experience, learn how to navigate and leverage EU regulations, and engage with experts working directly in Lithuania’s and Europe’s health innovation ecosystem. The session concludes with an open discussion and networking to help you expand your professional connections.
Event Modertor
Vaida Morkūnaitė Mačiulienė
Business Project Development Manager at KTU Startup Space
Program
09:30 - 10:00
Welcome and Registration
10:00 - 10:15
Welcome & Purpose | Reason why we are here
Vaida Morkūnaitė - Mačiulienė, Business Project Development Manager at KTU Startup Space
10:15 -10:30
Breaking Into Global Markets: A Founder’s Perspective – the startup VILIMED Story
Mantas Venslauskas, CEO at VILIMED
10:30 -11:00
Turning Regulations into Your Competitive Advantage
Heikki Pitkänen, CEO / Senior Expert, Regulations & Quality. Provides startups and researchers with Entries e-tools for instant, actionable guidance on MDR, IVDR, the AI Act, and EHDS
11:00 - 11:20
Networking Break
11:20 - 11:30
Capacity Unlocked: Innovation Agency and Lithuania’s Health Data Ecosystem
Viktorija Butrimaitė and Rasa Kavaliauskaitė, Coordinators at Innovation Agency Lithuania, BioTech Lab
11:30 - 12:00
Round table | From Innovation to Market: Navigating the EU Healthtech Landscape
Moderator: dr. Mindaugas Bulota, Head of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Kaunas University of Technology
Panelists:
Izabelė Čepurnaitė, B2B Account Manager at Pulsetto
Neringa Valantinė, Project Coordinator at Ligence
Gytis Junevičius, Project Manager at Lithuanian Innovation Center
12:00 - 12:30
Wrap Up & Networking
Speakers
Our speakers are key stakeholders and active supporters of health innovation — voices that initiate real change.
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