30th November 12:30 - 13:00

Moderator - Denise Silber

Denise Silber is the founder of Basil Strategies consultants, specialized in communicating about eHealth and co-founder of VRforHealth - your 1st resource for therapeutic VR. A digital health influencer in the top 10 lists in both Europe and the US, Denise was awarded France’s highest civil award, the Legion of Honor, for her pioneering work in eHealth, and named to the "InspiringFifty Women in Tech » in France. A keynote speaker and author, she has an MBA from HBS, is the Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs podcast host, and a VP for HarvardClub of France.

Mélanie Peron

Mélanie Péron is the founder and CEO of l’Effet Papillon.

During her tough journey in haematology as a caregiver, Mélanie has discovered the limits of the healthcare system in the management of patient’s pain. After this, she has decided to dedicate her life to improve patients care in pain and anxiety management.She has created  Bliss Digital Therapeutics in 2017, a unique solution combining the power of sound and image on patient’s pain, delivered with a VR and an audio headsets.

Sara Riggare

Sara Riggare is an engineer by training. She experienced her first symptoms of Parkinson's disease around 1984, at 13, but wasn't diagnosed until nearly 20 years later. In 2010 she decided to combine her patient experiences with her engineering skills to try to improve things for herself and others with chronic diseases so she started studying at a masters programme in health informatics at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. Sara is currently a doctoral student at Karolinska and the topic of her research is "Personal observations as a tool for improvement in chronic disease". She is an actively engaged patient with a vast network across the chronic disease community and blogs at www.riggare.se.

Mette Dyhrberg

Mette Dyhrberg is a digital health innovator committed to improving the quality of life for those with chronic disease. She has a Master’s in Economics from Aarhus University/UCLA & is a certified health coach. Mette is the founder/CEO of Mymee, a digital program that is rethinking autoimmunity. Mymee's protocol eases the symptoms of autoimmune disease through data analytics and health coaching. As an authority on autoimmune issues, Mette frequently speaks at industry events/conferences such as Stanford Medicine X and Exponential Medicine.