Madrid, Spain · 28–29 May 2026
The session will open with welcome remarks by Mónica García Gómez, Minister of Health of Spain and František Ruzicka, Deputy Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
The group photograph will follow the opening remarks.
The programme will continue with pre-recorded keynote addresses from selected OECD Health Ministers in the Ernest Lluch Plenary Room.
The programme will open with a keynote address by Jennifer Dixon, Chief Executive of the Health Foundation, followed by a panel discussion which will bring together diverse perspectives on what successful AI integration looks like in practice and its implications for the future of care.
It will conclude with three spotlight deep-dives spanning the patient, the provider, and young people’s perspectives on the health systems of tomorrow.
The session will outline key enablers across infrastructure, people, policies and processes to accelerate the responsible scaling of AI in health by highlighting incentives to cooperate across countries. The programme will open with a keynote address by Brian Anderson, Chief Executive Officer of Coalition for Health AI in the Ernest Lluch Plenary Room. Next, participants will split into four breakout groups, each discussing identified actions within the enablers pillar of the AI Action Plan:
The groups will reconvene in the Ernest Lluch Room for a dynamic plenary panel, bringing together the breakout facilitators to synthesize insights, identify common practices, and prioritise actions to operationalise the AI Action Plan.
Note: Each session runs 1h45 in total, opening with a 20-minute plenary keynote, followed by 60 minutes of breakout group discussions, and closing with a 25-minute reporting back in plenary.
This session will outline required safeguards to ensure AI in healthcare 'does no harm', through data protection, human oversight and effective regulation to protect patients and empower providers.
The programme will open with a keynote address by Ricardo Baptista Leite, Chief Executive Officer of HealthAI – The Global Agency for Responsible AI in Health in the Ernest Lluch Plenary Room. Next, participants will split into four breakout groups, each discussing identified actions within the safeguards pillar of the AI Action Plan:
It will conclude with a dynamic plenary panel, bringing together breakout facilitators, to synthesize insights, surface common practices, and prioritise actions to operationalise the AI Action Plan.
Note: Each session runs 1h45 in total, opening with a 20-minute plenary keynote, followed by 60 minutes of breakout group discussions, and closing with a 25-minute reporting back in plenary.