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The first UNITE Open Call officially launches on 15 October 2025, inviting stakeholders from the digital health sector across the UNITE participating regions to collaborate on addressing the following two innovation challenges:

• Advancing More Personalised and Human-Centric Remote Care;

• Advancing European Health Data Spaces.

To guide interested applicants, UNITE will host an information session on 21 October 2025. During this session, participants will learn more about the UNITE initiative, its objectives, and the two thematic challenges featured in the first UNITE Open Call. The session will also outline the application process, eligibility criteria, evaluation steps, and other practical matters. In addition, attendees will be introduced to the UNITE Matchmaking Platform, which will support networking, matchmaking, and consortium building among participants. This event will provide valuable insights and opportunities to connect with potential partners and prepare strong proposals for the first UNITE Open Call.

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To facilitate the formation of interregional consortia for the first UNITE Open Call, the Lombardy Region is organising the Open Ecosystem Event on 24 November 2025 in the hybrid format: Social Innovation Academy in Cascina Triulza – MIND Area (Via Cristina Belgioioso, 171, Milan) and online.

This event will include various matchmaking activities, such as pitches from potential applicants, roundtables, and group workshops, and will welcome any concrete ideas aligned with the themes of the first UNITE Open Call.

If you plan to actively participate in this event, please provide details on your chosen innovation challenge for the first UNITE Open Call, your main areas of expertise, and types of partners you are looking to engage.

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This online matchmaking session spotlights digital solutions that enable personalised, human-centred care at a distance, for example, remote diagnostics and monitoring, AI/machine learning supported care pathways, and tools that help manage chronic conditions.

This session provides a brief overview of the first UNITE Open Call and explains the matchmaking process that supports building successful cross-regional consortia.

During this meeting, interested stakeholders will be given the opportunity to connect and explore potential collaborations with partners across various UNITE regions. Organisations will present project ideas for the first UNITE Open Call and look for partners to further develop project proposals collaboratively within the UNITE ecosystem. Companies, research groups, testbeds, living labs, and end users from the UNITE regions will meet potential partners and identify gaps to build or strengthen cross-regional consortia. The session will conclude with a discussion and opportunities to align needs and offers across the emerging digital health value chains. Participant profiles will be shared live on the UNITE Matchmaking Platform to facilitate follow-up, and attendees will gain concrete contacts and clear next steps for building interregional consortia for the first UNITE Open Call.

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This online matchmaking session focuses on data-driven innovations in the context of the European Health Data Space, such as interoperability, governance, secure data use, and privacy-preserving analytics. Key themes include health-data integration and predictive analytics, digital therapeutics and mHealth, and applications of AI/machine learning to healthcare data.

This session provides a brief overview of the first UNITE Open Call and explains the matchmaking process that supports building successful cross-regional consortia.

During this meeting, interested stakeholders will be given the opportunity to connect and explore potential collaborations with partners across various UNITE regions. Organisations will present project ideas for the first UNITE Open Call and look for partners to further develop project proposals collaboratively within the UNITE ecosystem. Companies, research groups, testbeds, living labs, and end users from the UNITE regions will meet potential partners and identify gaps to build or strengthen cross-regional consortia. The session will conclude with a discussion and opportunities to align needs and offers across the emerging digital health value chains. Participant profiles will be shared live on the UNITE Matchmaking Platform to facilitate follow-up, and attendees will gain concrete contacts and clear next steps for building interregional consortia for the first UNITE Open Call.