Switzerland's annual medical informatics and digital health congress in Bern, a single dense day run by the Swiss Society for Medical Informatics, with a practical AI in healthcare block set alongside the Swiss regulatory agenda of TARDOC and Digisante.
The Swiss eHealthSummit, styled ehealthsummit, is Switzerland's annual medical informatics and digital health congress, held at Eventfabrik Bern and organised by the Swiss Society for Medical Informatics (SGMI). The 2026 edition is a single main congress day on 17 September, preceded by a networking dinner talk on 16 September, and it coincides with the SGMI annual assembly. Its 2026 theme is Hoch hinaus mit Deep Dives, and the format is built around focused deep-dive blocks rather than an exhibition floor. It gathers hospital IT, providers, insurers, vendors, regulators and academia around how Swiss healthcare digitalises.
The summit exists to convene the Swiss medical informatics community for one concentrated day on national digital health questions. It is a society-run congress, not a commercial trade fair, so the value is content and community rather than a vendor hall. Its 2026 programme pairs practical AI in the clinic with the Swiss operational agenda: TARDOC and ambulatory flat rates, the federal Digisante programme, and data protection against information security, which is what makes it specific to Switzerland rather than a generic AI event.
The 2026 programme is organised into deep-dive blocks, including:
The day runs short talks organised into deep dives, plus a science slam for university students, a solution slam for vendors, a closing roundtable and a farewell aperitif. A networking dinner talk is held the evening before. Talks are given in the speakers' native language, mostly German with some French, without on-site interpretation.
The 2026 programme is chaired by SGMI president Dr. Marc Oertle. Confirmed 2026 speakers include Mary-Anne Hartley of EPFL on AI, Prof. Stephane Meystre of SUPSI on multimodal clinical data, Prof. Franziska Sprecher of the University of Bern on AI and data protection law, and Dr. Frederic Ehrler of the Geneva University Hospitals.
Mostly German, with some talks in French, and no on-site interpretation. The site and content are in German, which reflects its national Swiss audience.
There is one main congress day on 17 September, with an optional networking dinner talk the evening before on 16 September, plus the SGMI general assembly.
The main congress day is held at Eventfabrik Bern, in the Von Roll district of the city. The 16 September dinner talk is held at a separate Bern restaurant.
The summit is the flagship annual meeting of the Swiss Society for Medical Informatics, a non-profit society, and it is held alongside the society's annual assembly.
The Swiss eHealthSummit is the national touchpoint for medical informatics in Switzerland, a single dense day where practical AI in the clinic is discussed next to TARDOC and Digisante, in German, for the people who actually run Swiss hospital IT.
Registration is through the SGMI site, in Swiss francs. Published rates are 590 CHF for industry, 300 CHF for healthcare facilities, service providers and academia, and 80 CHF for full-time students, with reduced rates of 490 and 240 CHF for SGMI members. Hospital pharmacists receive continuing-education recognition.
At Eventfabrik Bern in Switzerland.
Yes. SGMI members pay reduced industry and service-provider rates, and full-time students pay 80 CHF.
The main congress day is 17 September 2026, with a dinner talk on 16 September.
| Official website | https://www.sgmi-ssim.org/event-details/ehealthsummit-2026 |
| Register | https://www.sgmi-ssim.org/ehealthsummit-tickets |
| Organiser | https://www.sgmi-ssim.org/ |