TAIPEI – October 29, 2026 -- The 2026 Global Health and Welfare Forum brings together 43 speakers and moderators from 11 markets on Oct. 19–20 to test how AI, interoperable health data and precision medicine can move from research into hospitals, pharmaceutical manufacturing, medical-device companies and care networks. The program runs under the theme "The Future of Global Care: Achieving Trust-Centric Digital Health."
Health system and big-tech executives anchor the AI governance agenda
Karen DeSalvo, M.D., former chief health officer at Google and professor at Tulane University School of Medicine, will examine how AI governance can be translated into platforms and operating models. Allen Hsiao, M.D., chief health information officer at Yale New Haven Health, will cover digital maturity and AI transformation inside a major health system. John Gillman, who leads strategic health initiatives for Google in Asia Pacific, will discuss FHIR-based interoperability and population-health infrastructure.
Medtronic, Mass General Brigham and EPFL speakers cover clinical and translational use
Austin L. Chiang, M.D., chief medical officer for endoscopy at Medtronic, will address how large language models and computer vision are entering the operating room. Long Phi Le, M.D., deputy director of the AI Research Institute at Mass General Brigham, will discuss patient foundation models. Andrea Cavalli, director of CECAM at EPFL, will link genomics, computational methods and drug discovery.
Yu Shyr, Ph.D., chair of biostatistics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and Joshua K. Lin, executive director of an integrated healthcare data research center at Mass General Brigham, will focus on real-world evidence, electronic health records and claims data for precision care. Nick Watts, director of the Centre for Sustainable Medicine at the National University of Singapore, will explore AI in healthcare decarbonization.
Further sessions will cover community care, health informatics, medical imaging, surgical robotics, remote care and responsible algorithms. Contributors include leaders from the Task Force for Global Health, Duke University, the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and the University of Sydney.
Taiwan's digital healthcare revenue reached NT$50.2 billion in 2022
IEK Consulting of the Industrial Technology Research Institute reports that Taiwan's digital healthcare revenue was approximately NT$50.2 billion in 2022, up 10.1% year over year. Applications span prevention, diagnosis, treatment, telehealth and hospital information systems.
A 2023 survey by the Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute (MIC) of the Institute for Information Industry found that more than half of domestic smart healthcare companies intended to keep investing in product R&D. Of these, 57% expected to increase R&D headcount and 65% planned to raise R&D spending.
Taiwan's semiconductor and ICT ecosystem is supplying high-performance computing, AI accelerators and data platforms to medical research, clinical workflows and care services. The source data indicate that the country's smart healthcare and medical AI sector is moving from technology development toward productization, clinical application and care-service implementation.