AI and health - global health in the AI era
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On September 25, 2025, the University of Montpellier is bringing together the academic community and its partners for a day dedicated to the theme of "AI and health - global health in the AI era" to explore advances, challenges, frameworks for experimentation and concrete solutions in training, research and innovation.
The day opens to the general public at 5:30pm with a talk by Michel Robert, Director of CINES, on the theme of "Artificial Intelligence at the heart of a responsible digital revolution", followed by the official launch of the IA Montpellier Méditerranée association at 6:30pm.
Program
9:00 am: Welcome coffee
9:30am: Opening by Philippe Augé, President of the University of Montpellier, and presentation of the UM's AI roadmap by David Cassagne, Vice President, Digital Education, and Anne Laurent, Vice President, Open Science and Research Data.
10am: Lecture by Benoît Gallix, Radiologist, Professor of Medicine, Managing Director of the American Hospital of Paris.
11 a.m.: Round table
Research in AI and global health: the AI revolution and the challenges of basic research in both health and AI
Moderated by Jacques Mercier, UM Vice-President Research , with the participation of Mircea Sofonea, University of Montpellier (PCCEI, Faculty of Science), ExposUM project, Julie Josse, Inria Research Director, IDESP, PREMEDICA project-team, Michael Sioutis, University of Montpellier Junior Professorship, LIRMM and Claire Daien, Doctor of Medicine and Science, University Hospital Practitioner in Rheumatology at Montpellier University Hospital, PhyMedExp.
- How has the UM taken up global health issues through major projects such as ExposUM?
- How do health issues fuel fundamental research in both health and "core" Artificial Intelligence, and how do these two fields feed off each other?
- How do we get from the need expressed by the practitioner to the link with the "AI heart" expert? Illustrations from Montpellier's recent Junior Professorships in AI.
12:30 pm: Buffet lunch
2pm: Round table
AI and health in training: a shift in teaching practices
Moderated by Agnès Fichard-Carroll, UM Vice-President for Training and University Life, and David Cassagne, UM Vice-President for Digital Training, with the participation of Maurice Hayot, UM Professor, Montpellier-Nîmes Faculty of Medicine, PhyMedExp, Director of ESNByUM, Christelle Reynes, UM MCF, Faculty of Pharmacy, IGF and Emmannuel Le Clezio, UM Professor, Faculty of Science, IES.
- How is AI revolutionizing healthcare studies?
- How can we train students in the 2 complementary fields of healthcare and engineering to meet the challenges of tomorrow?
3pm: Round table
Innovation and partnerships in AI and healthcare: success stories from Montpellier
Moderated by Philippe Combette, UM's Vice-President for Partnerships and Innovation, coordinator of Montpellier's Pôle Universitaire d'Innovation (PUI), with the participation ofEric Sturm, Digital 113 Innovation Manager, Michaël Chekroun, Director of the MedVallée mission, Emmanuel Lebouder, EurobioMed Innovation Manager (to be confirmed).
- How did Montpellier get to the top?
- What role does research and innovation play for innovative healthcare companies?
4pm: Round table
Experimenting with AI in healthcare: regulatory and technical frameworks
Moderated by Jacques Mercier, UM Vice-President Research , Chairman of the Scientific and Ethical Committee of the Health Data Warehouse (EDS) at Montpellier University Hospital, with the participation of Michel Robert, Professor at UM (LIRMM/Polytech), Partnership Chair, ISIA-Polytech Montpellier "Responsabilité, Étique et Impact du Numérique", Director of CINES, Pierre-Emmanuel Milhiet, Director of Research at CNRS, CBS, Director of the UM Biology-Health research cluster, Emmanuel Faure, CNRS Researcher (LIRMM CNRS).
- How can AI be tested within regulatory and ethical frameworks?
- What technical environments are used for AI testing? What are the sovereignty issues and what are the solutions?
5:00 pm: Break
5:30 p.m.: Conference for the general public
Artificial intelligence at the heart of a responsible digital revolution
with Michel ROBERT, Professor at the University of Montpellier (LIRMM/Polytech), Partnership Chair, ISIA-Polytech Montpellier "Responsabilité, Étique et Impact du Numérique", Director of CINES.
6:30 pm: Official launch of the IA Montpellier Méditerranée association
In the presence of representatives of the founding members: Région Occitanie Pyrénées-Méditerranée, Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole, Université de Montpellier, CHU de Montpellier, Digital 113 and La French Tech Méditerranée.
7pm: Cocktail
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