We showcase the pioneers who have effectively implemented health tech solutions into the healthcare system, to the benefit of patients and/or healthcare employees.

We want to reward the frontrunners who take initiative and achieve successful implementation of health tech and make these people and stories the heroes that will enable a (faster) culture change in the public sector, going from build and pilot to purchase and implement.​

Implementing health tech is necessary if we truly want to create a health care sector ready for the current and future demographic challenges and address the workforce shortage.

Our goal is to emphasize the importance of successful health tech implementation, highlighting it as a positive and essential aspect of modern healthcare.​

Health tech is not a “nice to have” any longer, it is a “need to have”. ​

Mette Marklund has been the chief physician at the Department of Diagnostic Imaging at Nordsjællands Hospital since 2018. She previously held a position as the founder and daily leader of the Research Center for Advanced Imaging in Region Sjælland. Mette is highly dedicated to exploring alternative ways to ensure a more sustainable healthcare system.

Ricco Dyhr is a transformative leader in healthcare management, serving as the CEO of Zealand University Hospital, Denmark’s second-largest emergency hospital. With a remarkable track record in overseeing the present successful merger of three hospitals, Ricco has set new standards for integrated healthcare delivery. His visionary approach to healthcare management emphasizes innovation, resilience, and future-proofing systems to meet the evolving needs of patients and staff alike.

Over the past 15 years, Sara has worked to address complex societal challenges and drive change and innovation within the major agendas of health, welfare, youth mental health and aging. She has previously worked to develop and advise both public organizations and foundations in Denmark, the Nordics and internationally, in developing, working and investing in mission-oriented innovation and future design. She is internationally recognized and part of the Top 50 WEF & Apolitical list Most Influential People Revolutionizing Governance in the Futures Thinking category (2020).

Per Bennetsen is CEO of The Health and Care Administration, City of Copenhagen and former CEO and group director of Region Sjælland. Per holds a master’s degree in techn.soc from Roskilde University (1996). ​

Morten Freil is the CEO of Danish Patients (Danske Patienter). Morten is trained as a health economist (cand.oecon.) and has for many years worked with user involvement and patient-perceived quality among other things during previous municipal and regional roles. Morten represents the interests of patients and their relatives vis-a-vis authorities, organizations and the media. He is also Danish Patients' representative in the Medical Council and the advisory committee for The Danish Social Investment Fund.