Big Data in Healthcare - From technology to therapy and trust

This conference is a continuation of the thematic meetings organized by the Télécom ParisTech alumni Health group. Themes already covered include: connected objects, digital security in healthcare, medical imaging and gamification. Find out more on the Health Group website.

Digital technologies have been revolutionizing modern society for several years now. Regulated professions have resisted this evolution more than others. But when these professions come to a standstill, new technologies make it possible to invent new business models with the active participation of the people who reshuffle the deck. This is what some people call Uberization, which has already been applied to cabs and tourism.

Are healthcare systems in developed countries safe from this phenomenon?

This latest edition of Entretiens du Numérique Télécom ParisTalks will take stock of the impact of Big Data in the healthcare sector. A panel of academics and representatives from the corporate and medical worlds will present recent technological developments and concrete examples of applications.

They will then look at short- and medium-term prospects. Will Big Data be primarily an aid to diagnosis, as medical imaging has been for several decades? Will it introduce predictive medicine, as we're beginning to see with genomics? What impact will it have on the production of new drugs? What role will it play in therapeutic processes? In short, will Big Data prove Leroy Hood right, when in the early 2000s he heralded the 4Ps of medicine: Preventive, Predictive, Personalized and Participatory?

Finally, they will address the indispensable human element: the patient's trust, so that he or she agrees to share data and apply treatments resulting from a mathematical algorithm.

During the evening, presentations and a round-table discussion will provide an opportunity to exchange views on the subject.

Discussions will continue during the cocktail reception following the conference.

Access is free and the conference is open to all. Pleasefeel free to circulate the invitation.
Registration (online) is imperative to gain access to the conference room, and identification will be required under the vigipirate plan.