Side-event Digitalisation

Workshop on "AI in global health : blessing or curse?"

Side-event Be-cause health Conference 2026 'Do we Care?' on failing care in times of polycrisis

Artificial Intelligence is rapidly transforming global health. Through practical examples from digital health actors, this session will explore how AI can support decision-making, improve healthcare delivery, and address operational challenges in low-resource settings, while reflecting on its opportunities and risks.

Enabel (room Turkana), Rue Haute/Hoogstraat 147 1000 Brussels
Register via the general registration form for the Conference Do we Care?
12:30 - 12:35 PM
Welcome and Sandwiches
12:35 - 12:40 PM
Keynote by Stefaan Van Bastelaere, Senior Health Expert Enabel and co-chair of the Be-cause health WG on Digitalisation
12:40 - 1:00 PM
Pitch 1: “Closing the technical gap in Global Health with AI: timely and evidence-based decisions" by Bluesquare
1:00 - 1:10 PM
Pitch 2: “Early risk assessment and therapeutic guidance for severe malaria at the point of care using OpenAI large language models in low resource remote primary care facilities” by Frank Verbeke, Postfactum
1:10 - 1:20 PM
Pitch 3: “AI-supported expertise for corrective maintenance of biomedical equipment in resource constrained environments” by Frank Verbeke, Postfactum
1:20 - 1:30 PM
Pitch 4: “AI solutions designed around our customers’ needs and the constraints of LMICs” by Xavier Morelle, Savics
1:30 - 2:30 PM
Discussion & Closure

Dr Stefaan Van Bastelaere is a physician and senior global health expert with advanced qualifications in general surgery from KU Leuven and public health from the Université de Lorraine. He began his international career in 1995 as a surgeon in Rwanda with the Belgian Red Cross. With more than 30 years of experience in international development and public health, he specializes in health-system strengthening, policy analysis and strategic planning, programme monitoring and evaluation, quality improvement, performance-based financing, digital health, biomedical equipment maintenance, and health-workforce development. From 2022 to 2026, he served as President of Be-cause Health, the Belgian platform for international health and development. He now works as a Senior Health Expert at Enabel, the Belgian development agency, and co-chairs the Working Group on Digital Health.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/stefaan-van-bastelaere-50a8708/

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Stefaan_Bastelaere/research

Xavier Morelle is CEO and co-founder of Savics, a Brussels-based social enterprise in digital health founded in 2016. Savics develops DataToCare, a laboratory connectivity platform deployed in more than 1,000 laboratories, with national-scale rollouts in 13 countries. Built on open standards and handed over to national owners, it supports Ministries of Health in moving toward full ownership of their laboratory information systems.

Before Savics, Xavier spent more than ten years at Goodyear in engineering, marketing, and global innovation roles. He holds a Ph.D. in particle physics from ETH Zurich, an Executive MBA from London Business School and Columbia Business School, and is a certified Six Sigma Black Belt.

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