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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.

Location: Social Innovation Academy in Cascina Triulza – MIND Area (Via Cristina Belgioioso, 171, Milan)
Online location: Register here - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdsmPQJxAQuFeURGRcWBGNmR3RvXlrGg_-w25BfLALppdkWEA/viewform?pli=1

On the 15 of October the first joint interregional call (JIP) was launched (https://unitedigihealth.eu/open-call), and will remain open until 15 January 2026. The challenges of this JIP call are:

• Advancing More Personalised and Human-Centric Remote Care;

• Advancing European Health Data Spaces

To participate in the call, applicants must be part of a consortium, which must include at least three organizations from three different regions:

• a company (or another market-oriented solution developer);

• a research organization supporting the company (from any relevant perspective);

• an end-user organization that will use or demonstrate the proposed solution (for example, a public entity, living lab, testbed, or healthcare service provider).

For the organization of the consortia, Region Lombardia is attending an Open Ecosystem Event - Startups & Scaleups on 24th of November 2025, from 2.30 p.m. (CET) to 5:45 p.m. (CET) in Milan (IT) at Cascina Triulza - MIND Area (Via Cristina Belgioioso, 171 - 20157 Milan), and online on hybrid mode.
The important aim of this event is to facilitate matchmaking among potential applicants preliminary to the creation of interregional consortia. The event will include activities such as startup pitches, roundtables, group workshops, and more and we are pleased to receive a concrete idea you are ready to advance within the UNITE call. At the moment, we have over 70 Italian participants registered for the event (research organizations, end users, and companies) who are interested in forming a consortium with an international organization, so it is crucial to receive the support of your organization and an active participation during the meeting reporting the following information:

• main areas of expertise or activities;

• current place in the value chain and partner types needed;

• which challenge would you like to address through digital health solutions between “Digital innovations advancing more personalized and human-centric remote care” and “Advancing European Health Data Space” proving the main need you would like to address through digital health solutions and the solution, technology, or expertise you could bring to a potential consortium;

• which type of partners are you most interested in meeting;

Moreover, please be reminded that to accommodate consortium building UNITE Matchmaking Platform allows you to register on the platform and start creating a “virtual consortium” with other organizations from the partner regions with whom you are interested in initiating an innovative project.

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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 includes a brief introduction about  the UNITE call and an explanation of how matchmaking is facilitated to form project consortia. The central aim of this meeting is to form project consortia.

The main objective of this meeting is to give organisations the opportunity to connect and explore potential collaborations. Organisations will present project ideas for this call and look for partners to further develop them collaboratively within UNITE.. The session ends with the opportunity for discussion and to connect needs and offers across the value chain. Companies, research groups, testbeds/living labs, and end users will meet potential partners and identify gaps to build or strengthen cross-regional consortia. We will share the profiles on our matchmaking site B2Match,live to make follow-up easy. Participants leave with concrete contacts and clear next steps towards submission.

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This online matchmaking session focuses on data-driven innovation aligned with the European Health Data Space: interoperability, governance, secure data use, and privacy-preserving analytics. Themes include health-data integration and predictive analytics, digital therapeutics and mHealth, and the application of AI/Machine Learning to healthcare data.

This session includes a brief introduction about  the UNITE call and an explanation of how matchmaking is facilitated to form project consortia. The central aim of this meeting is to form project consortia.

The main objective of this meeting is to give organisations the opportunity to connect and explore potential collaborations. Organisations will present project ideas for this call and look for partners to further develop them collaboratively within UNITE.. The session ends with the opportunity for discussion and to connect needs and offers across the value chain. Companies, research groups, testbeds/living labs, and end users will meet potential partners and identify gaps to build or strengthen cross-regional consortia. We will share the profiles on our matchmaking site B2Match,live to make follow-up easy. Participants leave with concrete contacts and clear next steps towards submission.