#EU2022FR Program and events
Every six months a different member state holds the presidency of the Council of the European Union. Since January 1st until June 30th 2022, France runned its program during the first semester of 2022.

2022: The French Presidency
A trio for long-term objectives.
Each Presidency works closely with the two other member states: the one that preceded it and the one that will follow it. This partnership is known as the ‘trio Presidency’. Czech Republic and Sweden will follow the French presidency, together they form the current trio.
The trio determines long-term objectives and draws up a programme containing the major issues the Council will tackle over the next 18 months. To this end, each of the three member states draws up its own six-month programme. The main purpose of the trios lies in ensuring that there is a smoother transition between presidencies and that the continuity and effectiveness of the Council's work is enhanced over the long term.
The presidency has two main tasks:
- planning and chairing meetings in the Council and its preparatory bodies (with the exception of the Foreign Affairs Council);
- representing the Council, mediating and brokering compromises between the EU member states and between EU institutions such as the Council, European Commission and European Parliament.
In 2017, during his speech at the Sorbonne, the French President of the Republic invited the EU to a sovereignty agenda which comes out with the opening of the PFUE and its three key principles
- Strength
- Relaunch
- European belonging
France’s priorities and orientations for the PFUE are reflected in the strategic challenges for Digital Health in Europe.
The official Presidency event program includes 22 events organized by the French and EU digital health ecosystem with 2 institutional events/ high-level conferences (Ministerial Conference “Citizenship, Ethics and Health Data” and the eHealth Network meeting)
Find more information below

Event Calendar
A 6-months program.
With a total of 22 events planned during the French Presidency, the ANS has hosted 3 of them in this first semester of 2022:
Date | Description |
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January 2022, 10th-14th |
AI4Health Winter School Host: Health Data Hub |
February 2022, 1st-3rd | West Data Festival health track
Host: Laval Mayenne Technopole |
1st of February 2022 |
eHealth in Europe post Covid
Host:The G20 Health and development partnership, Dedalus |
2nd of February 2022 |
High-Level Ministerial Conference: “Citizenship, Ethics and Health Data" |
8th of February 2022 | CyberCamp European Health 2022
Host: eHealth Agency (Agence du Numérique en santé) |
March 2022, 8th-9th | MedInTechs: innovation at the heart of Health
Host: MedInTechs with JJM Expo |
9th of March 2022 | SANTENUM 2022: Cooperation between health industries and digital companies in Europe
Host: NUMEUM, Syntec Numérique, TECH'IN France, French Federation of Health Industries |
March 2022, 14th-16th | Projectathon ANS 2022
Host: eHealth Agency (Agence du Numérique en Santé) |
22nd of March 2022 | Digital and physiotherapy: what progress, what challenges in Europe?
Host: French Order of Physiotherapists (Ordres des Masseurs-Kinésithérapeutes) |
29th of March 2022 | The future of AI in MedTech : Between the medical device regulation and the AI Act
Host: National Union of the Medical Technology Industry (Le dispositif médical SNITEM) |
6th of April 2022 3.30pm-5.30pm |
Challenges of heath data in Europe – Are we preparing ? Building trust – Enabling Science #ProtectHealthData
Host: National Order of Physicians (Ordre National des Médecins), Standing Committee of European Doctors |
6th of April 2022
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Facilitating research at European level through common data models Host: Health Data Hub |
7th of April 2022 | MyHealth@EU, accelerating the eHealth shift through cross border cooperation
Host: eHealth Agency (Agence du Numérique en Santé) |
7th of April 2022 |
Digital Health Scale-Up 2025 Host: EIT Health |
14th of April 2022 | Inauguration of the Academy of Digital Health
Host: The Pharmaceutical Industry (Les Entreprises du Médicaments ( LEEM)) |
26th of April 2022 | Cross-border Artificial Intelligence for health
Host: BIOVALLEY France |
11th of May 2022 | The creation of national health data hubs
Host: Health Data Hub |
12th of May 2022 | European VivreCovid19 seminar
Host: Health Data Hub |
May 2022, 17th-19th | International Health and Innovation Exhibition
Host: French Hospital Foundation (Fédération Hospitalière de France), European Hospital and Healthcare Foundation (HOPE) |
25th of May 2022 | Data Challenges around Health Data
Host: Health Data Hub |
May 2022, 27th-30th | Medical Informatics Europe Conference MIE 2022 (“Challenges of explainable AI and added value on health”)
Host: Sorbonne Université, LIMICS, Laboratory of Medical Informatics and Engineering of Knowledge in eHealth UMRS |
June 2022, 1st-2nd | eHealth Network meeting
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8th of June 2022 |
"Toward a common European data health infrastructure to ensure interoperability and valorization of the data for European stakeholders" Host: GIP Genopole |
June 2022, 14th-16th | HIMSS22 European Health Conference Implementing the digital healthcare future
Host: HIMSS |
June 2022, 27th-30th |
International Conference on Smart Living and Public Health (ICOST) Host: Mines Télécom Institute |