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Invited talks, conference presentations, seminars and milestones, newest first. Where I have gone to explain this work and who I explained it to.

01Talks

Where this work has been presented

Newest first. Invited means somebody asked me to come and say it. Conference means I submitted it and it was accepted.

May 2026

InvitedMedical Informatics Europe 2026, Genova

On accessible federated learning frameworks. The main European conference for health informatics.

Dec 2025

SeminarKU Leuven, Department of Electrical Engineering

On personalised federated learning in clinical settings.

Nov 2025

IndustryRoche, federated learning team for multiple sclerosis

On federated prediction of disability progression using records from ordinary care.

Nov 2025

SeminarNorth American Society of Artificial Intelligence in Multiple Sclerosis

On routine clinical records and federated modelling.

Sep 2025

ConferenceECTRIMS 2025, Barcelona

Abstract accepted, and awarded a personal grant for scientific quality for FLoRank. ECTRIMS runs the largest multiple sclerosis research congress in the world.

Dec 2024

CommunityFlower Monthly

Invited to the Flower federated learning community, one of the most widely used open federated learning frameworks.

Sep 2024

ConferenceECTRIMS 2024, Copenhagen

Abstract and poster.

Aug 2024

ConferenceMedical Informatics Europe 2024, Athens

Paper presentation. Unlocking the power of real world data, a framework for sustainable healthcare.

2019

InvitedMultiple Sclerosis Data Alliance, Baveno

On scaling up real world data research across the alliance, a global collaboration bringing registries and consortia together.

02Milestones

News

September 2026

Innovation Mandate, Flanders Innovation and Entrepreneurship

A Flemish government grant that funds a postdoctoral researcher to carry their own research into industry, run jointly with a company. Awarded with Johnson & Johnson.

December 2025

Two papers submitted to Medical Informatics Europe 2026

The main European conference for health informatics.

July 2025

Paper published in npj Digital Medicine

Personalized federated learning for predicting disability progression in multiple sclerosis using real world routine clinical data.

November 2024

Defended a double PhD

From Centralized to Federated: The Journey of Data in Healthcare. KU Leuven and Hasselt University.