HELIX SUMMIT 2025

Innovating in continuing education to improve health:

HELIX has four key motivators:

  1. Facilitating dialogue  around continuing education between universities and teaching and learning settings in health organisations.
  2. Driving innovation in methodologies and the digital transformation in learning and teaching in the sector.
  3. Scaling up cooperation in international projects and initiatives, fostering co-creation.
  4. Using training and learning as a vehicle to positively impact people's health.

Events and activities

The International HELIX SUMMIT, held every two years, is a key gathering for innovation in continuing medical education and health education more widely. 

A variety of additional online and in-person activities and initiatives across the world will enable the HELIX network to continue sharing experiences and challenges. These events are also an opportunity for other healthcare professionals and organisations to join the network.

What’s in store at HELIX 2025?

Discover: explore new trends, methodologies and tools for continuing medical education.

Share: present your work, experiences and results and learn from other professionals.

Connect: forge valuable connections with other organisations, professionals and teams.

Co-create: take part in collaborative sessions to develop innovative and effective solutions.

Be part of HELIX 2025

Don’t miss this opportunity to help transform continuing education, learning processes and human talent development in the health sector. Together we can have a positive impact on health and quality of life for people across the world. 

We await you at HELIX 2025!

IL3 – UB

The Continuing Education Institute of the University of Barcelona, or IL3 – UB is at the service of society. Its mission is to enable people to meet their professional and personal development goals through ongoing access to training. It also helps businesses and organisations to manage knowledge better in order to become more competitive.

The University of Barcelona features highly in prestigious national, European and international rankings that look at quality of teaching and research, knowledge transfer and internationalisation.

Its facilities include various university hospitals (Hospital Clínico de Barcelona, ​​Bellvitge University Hospital, Consorcio Sanitario Integral, Mutua de Terrassa University Hospital, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu) plus other linked health and social care centres.

UManresa Campus of the University of Vic

The University of Vic – Central University of Catalonia is a private university geared towards public service. Its trustees include representatives from public authorities, business and wider society. The university has more than 19,000 students, more than 1,500 professors, 71 official degrees, 25 research groups, 16 chairs, 6 knowledge transfer centres and 1 research institute. Though firmly rooted in the heart of Catalonia, it has its eyes turned towards the global stage.

Each of the university’s campuses is autonomous. The UManresa campus specializes in three main areas: Health Sciences, Education and Business. Spanning some 30,000 square metres, UManresa delivers teaching, research, innovation, knowledge transfer and consulting services. It boasts post-graduate and language facilities, a Simulation Innovation Centre and an early-years science experimentation laboratory (Lab 0-6), plus other innovation and knowledge transfer centres. Its University Clinic plays a dual role in teaching and patient care in physiotherapy, podiatry and speech therapy, and will soon bring in dental science and dental prosthesis.

UCF

The Unió Consorci Formació or UCF, is a joint initiative between La Unió (an association of health and social care organisations) and the Consorci de Salut i Social de Catalunya (Catalan Health and Social Care Consortium). Together they represent more than 120 health and social care organisations comprising more than 65,000 professionals. 

UCF was set up in 2005 to support and advise professionals and organisations in the health and social care sectors to develop training programmes and projects. It provides public and private sector knowledge and learning models in Catalonia and beyond. With a team of experts specialising in training and individual support, UCF is equipped with training resources, in-house materials and technology, and a teaching model geared towards learning and results.

UCF is on a mission to give health and social care professionals the knowledge and skills they need to meet new challenges brought in by the transformation in how we care for people. It provides training and support, and facilitates innovative learning experiences to nurture professional talent in the health and social care sector. Over the last year, around 45,000 professionals have participated in one of the 800+ UCF training actions. A total of 12,500 training hours have been delivered by a teaching community comprising more than 300 professionals working in the sector.

Innovation Ecosystem:

Triple helix innovation model. The triple helix model for innovation describes the interactions between academia, industry and government in the knowledge economy.

Quadruple helix innovation model . A fourth helix incorporates the general public in the innovation process. In our case, this includes patients, anyone receiving health-related assistance, families and society in general. Through healthcare education points and health education/promotion more widely, we seek to improve the patient experience and foster a more personalised, participative and person-centered healthcare system. We need citizens to take an active role in improving, innovating and redesigning healthcare services in order make a participative model a reality.

Quintuple Helix innovation model. A fifth helix brings in the global context and the environment in which we work, including new needs, new competencies and new professional roles. The quintuple helix model is essential for addressing global challenges such as sustainable development and climate change.

Organizing Committee:

General Coordination:

Ms. Clara Rubio
Coordinación General HELIX 2025
The Unió Consorci Formació

Sr. Oscar Dalmau
Coordinación General HELIX
Ecosystem
UCF – UManresa – RECLA – IL3 UB

Executive Team:

Sr. Guillem Iñiguez
Director General
Instituto de Formación Continua Universidad de Barcelona

Dr. Valentí Martínez
Director Estrategia Internacional
Director Académico Cátedra
Liderazgo en Valores

UManresa UVic-UCC
Sra. Ana Sedano
Directora Gerente
The Unió Consorci Formació
(La Unió i, Consorci de Salut i Social
de Catalunya)

Organising Committee:

Sr. Dani Comas
Sra. Dolors Guitart
Sra. Teresa Ribas
Sr. Francisco Pérez

Instituto de Formación Continua Universitat de Barcelona

Sra. Núria Cabrera
Sr. Xavier Riba
Sr. Raul Rial
Sra. Mireia Tebar

Fundación Universitaria del Bages
Campus UManresa (UVic-UCC)

Sra. Celia Ramon
Ms. Clara Rubio
Sr. Jordi Cutrina
Sra. Mercè Pascual

UCF – Unió Consorci Formació
Unión Catalana de Hospitales y
Consorcio de Salud y Social de Catalunya

Local Advisory Board:

Sra. Izabel Alfany
CEO Fundación EITHealth Spain

Sra. Mireia Arnedo.
Gestora de proyectos. Centro de
Simulación Avanzada Vall Hebron.

Sra. Ángeles Barrios
Public Affairs & Stakeholders Lead
Fundación EITHealth Spain

Dr. Ramon Cunillera
Presidente SCGA Sociedad Catalana
Gestión Sanitaria.

Sr. Francesc Iglesias
Presidente EITHealth Spain y
Responsable Oficina Innovación e
Investigación ICS.

Dr. Ramon Martí
Digital Learning Manager
Médicos Sin Fronteras

Sr. Carles Pla
Subdirector de Desarrollo y Gestión del
Talento. ICS

Sra. Elena Puigdevall
Directora General en ASPACE

Sra. Dolors Sánchez
Responsable de Cultura y Talento. ICS

Sr. Ángel Vidal
Sociedad Catalana de Calidad Asistencial

International Advisory Board:

Sra. Elisabeth Valencia-Borgert
Director Professional Continuing Education
St. Cloud University (EEUU)

Sr. Jorge Blando
Presidente de RECLA – Red Educación Continua de Latinoamércica

Sra. Amy Claire Heitzman
Deputy Chief Executive Officer & Chief Learning Officer UPCEA (Canada&EEUU)

Sr. Miguel Ángel Hernandez
Director Ejecutivo Asociacion Nacional Hospitales (México)

Dr. Alfredo David Cantú
Decano Asociado. Escuela de Medicina y Salud. Tec de Monterrey (México)

Dr. Miguel Sánchez
Decano de Enfermería
Universidad El Bosque. (Colombia)

Sra. Carmen Royo
Executive Director EUCEN – European University
Continuing Education Network.

Dra. Mónica Rodriguez.
Directora de Docencia de Hospital
Vall Hebron. EUHA European
Universities Hospital Alliance

Dr. Enrique Terán
Profesor Universidad San Francisco
de Quito. Presidente Academia de Ciencias del Ecuador

Dra. Nenetzen Saavedra
SubDirectora Escuela Salud Pública

Sr. Fernando Saavedra
Director Educación Continua
Universidad Santo Tomás