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Visual Intelligence at Arendalsuka 2024: Hvordan implementerer vi KI for bruk i helsesektoren på en trygg måte?

AI tools wield enormous potential within the health sector. How do we ensure that such tools are safely implemented and used within this field? The event will take place on August 14th, 11:45-12:45 at Bankgården, Strandgaten 2-4.

Visual Intelligence at Arendalsuka 2024: Hvordan implementerer vi KI for bruk i helsesektoren på en trygg måte?

By: Petter Bjørklund, Communication Advisor at Visual Intelligence

AI has become a valuable tool in various industrial domains, being able to handle large amounts of information in a quicker and more efficient manner. Such tools wield enormous potential within the health sector. But how do we ensure that such tools are safely implemented and used within the field of health and medicine?

Such questions will be addressed by during the Arendalsuka event "Hvordan implementerer vi KI for bruk i helsesektoren?". The event will consist of a panel discussion between experts within the fields of AI, medicine, and law

The event will take place on August 14th, 11:45-12:45 at Bankgården, Strandgaten 2-4.

Read more about the event at arendalsuka.no.

The panel consists of the following:

Even A. Røed, Storting Representative, Arbeiderpartiet

Rolv-Ole Lindsetmo, Head of Clinic of Surgery, Oncology and Women's Health, The University Hospital of Northern Norway

Solveig Hofvind, Head of Mammografiprogrammet, Kreftregisteret v/ Folkehelseinstituttet

Therese Hoseth Blomsø, Head of Department, Helse Nord IKT HF

Mathias Hauglid, Senior Lawyer, Wikborg Rein

Robert Jenssen, Centre Director, SFI Visual Intelligence

Rune Nordgård Andreassen, moderator, UiT The Arctic University of Norway

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