KIKLO was pleased to participate in the OHDSI Europe Community Call, an online event that brought together researchers, healthcare professionals, and innovators to explore the winning OH! Factor pitch and the ideas behind the “Between-the-Visits” initiative.

During the event, KIKLO presented the PREPARE Project through the poster #61 “PREPARE Project Uses OHDSI Tools for Privacy-Preserving Clinical Prediction: A Unified ETL Strategy for Nine Clinical Datasets.” The presentation demonstrated how the project leverages the OHDSI ecosystem to harmonize heterogeneous clinical datasets using a unified ETL strategy, enabling privacy-preserving clinical prediction and supporting interoperable, trustworthy health data analytics across multiple institutions.

KIKLO was also represented by Themis Roustanis, who presented the concepts underpinning the “Between-the-Visits” initiative. His presentation highlighted how standardized health data and the OHDSI framework can support continuous, privacy-preserving clinical prediction beyond traditional healthcare encounters, fostering more proactive and data-driven patient care.

The event provided an excellent opportunity to exchange knowledge with the OHDSI community, showcase the innovative work carried out within the PREPARE Project, and strengthen collaborations among researchers, healthcare organizations, and technology providers committed to advancing data-driven healthcare.

KIKLO would like to thank the OHDSI Europe community and the event organizers for hosting this engaging and collaborative session. We look forward to continuing our contribution to the development of interoperable, privacy-preserving digital health solutions and to participating in future OHDSI community initiatives.

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KIKLO participated in the “12th RSCy2026 International Conference on Remote Sensing and Geoinformation of the Environment”, which was held from 27 to 29 April 2026 in Paphos, Cyprus and organized by the Eratosthenes Center of Excellence under the auspices of the Cyprus EU Council Presidency.

The conference brought together an interdisciplinary community exploring the intersection of Earth observation, geospatial technologies, and societal challenges.

As part of the PREPARE project, our team had the opportunity to present ongoing work that sits at the crossroads of environmental data, health research, and data science.

Representing the collaborative efforts of AUTH and KIKLO, we introduced our approach titled: “Integrating Copernicus Environmental and other Socioeconomic Data into the OMOP Common Data Model for Spatiotemporal Analysis of Hypertension and Comorbidities.”

KIKLO participated in the OHDSI Europe 2026 Symposium, which took place on April 18-20 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, with 375 participants, 130 approved posters, and 15 software demos.

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The participation of the PREPARE team was strong, with 3 posters:

1. “Experiences with OMOPping Rehabilitation Data: A Unified ETL Strategy for Nine Distinct Clinical Datasets”,
2. “PREPARE for Precision: Patient-level prediction models for nonsurgical thumb base osteoarthritis treatment”,
3. “An Iterative Annotation Pipeline for Building Clinical Datasets and Training Information Extraction Models: The PREPARE Project”

and a software demonstration

• “A Semi-Automated Pipeline for Extracting and Standardizing Clinical Concepts from Unstructured Medical Records”.

Together with the PREPARE team members, we had the opportunity to participate in the conference and actively contribute by presenting three posters that highlight different facets of our project’s ongoing work with Petros Patias, Ruud Selles, Erik Calcina, Janssen, Esther Janssen, Krijn Polder, Lisa Hoogendam.

From research design to implementation and results, each poster reflected a distinct perspective of our collective effort. Engaging with the community, exchanging ideas, and receiving valuable feedback made this experience especially meaningful.

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1. Experiences with OMOPping Rehabilitation Data: A Unified ETL Strategy for Nine Distinct Clinical Datasets

Petros Patias¹, Charalampos Georgiadis¹, Themistoklis Roustanis¹, George-Robert Patias², Alexandros Zacharegas² and the PREPARE Project Group

¹Laboratory of Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing, The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

²KIKLO – Geospatial Information Technologies, Greece

 

2. An Iterative Annotation Pipeline for Building Clinical Datasets and Training Information Extraction Models: The PREPARE Project

Erik Calcina^1,2,*, Erik Novak^1,2, Lucia Pepa³, Maria Gabriella Ceravolo³ and the PREPARE Project Group

¹Department for Artificial Intelligence, Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia

²Jozef Stefan International Postgraduate School, Ljubljana, Slovenia

³Marche Polytechnic University, Marche, Italy

 

3. PREPARE for Precision: Patient-level prediction models for nonsurgical thumb base osteoarthritis treatment

Krijn Polder^1,2, Lisa Hoogendam^1,2, Margarita Grammatikopoulou³, Vasilis Alepopoulos³, Giorgos Giannios³, Spiros Nikolopoulos³, Ruud Selles^1,2, and the PREPARE Project Group

¹ Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

² Department of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Hand Surgery, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

³ Information Technologies Institute, Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH-ITI), Thessaloniki, Greece

 

4. A Semi-Automated Pipeline for Extracting and Standardizing Clinical Concepts from Unstructured Medical Records

Tinkara Meterc¹*, Erik Calcina^1,2, Nadiia Shpanko¹, Nina Kokalj¹, Erik Novak^1,2 and the PREPARE Project Group

¹Department for Artificial Intelligence, Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia

²Jozef Stefan International Postgraduate School, Ljubljana, Slovenia

KIKLO is proud to participate in the UnitedXR 2025 Conference for exchanging ideas and supporting this innovative, sustainable XR learning initiative, and showcase the project results, from  7 to 9 December 2025,  Brussels, Belgium.

KIKLO is proud to participate at EuroXR 2025 Conference for exchanging ideas and supporting in this innovative, sustainable XR learning initiative, which will be showcased by the project team live, from  3 to 5 September 2025,  Winterthur , Switzerland.

KIKLO is proud to have taken part in EuINDTech2025, a conference  for exchanging ideas and experiences in Industrial Technologies and Materials for a Sustainable Europe, that took place  2–4 June 2025,  Kraków, Poland

The SITRANS project featured its progress and key contributions to energy transition in both the poster session and the thematic session “Just Transition and Circularity: The Next Driver of Innovation.”

Our participation highlighted our ongoing commitment to driving innovative, sustainable solutions and offered a valuable opportunity to connect with leading professionals across the sector.

In addition, we held the final SITRANS Project Meeting, which included:
-A comprehensive project summary
-Review of final deliverables
-Discussions on next steps and follow-up plans

KIKLO participated in TMM CH 25 –  4^th International Conference on Transdisciplinary Multispectral Modelling and Cooperation for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage, which addressed world challenges and was held at Athens, Greece from 7-9 April 2025.

Publications have been presented about the ENIGMA project, promoting its research achievements.

KIKLO as proud partner of Synerginn EDIH participated at the S.E. Europe and Cross Border Cooperation Congress 3-4 April in Thessaloniki, Greece.

Important event was the strategic internal meeting and networking with the funded European Digital Innovation Hubs (EDIHs) both in Greece and also the lately funded EDIHs in Bulgaria, Albania and North Macedonia.

We had the chance to contribute to the promotion of further synergies as well as exchange of experiences in ENERGY, HEALTH, and INNOVATION sectors, all of them having DIGITAL Technologies as common denominator.

Our expertise in SITRANS, PREPARE, and SURE-VFT XR4ED can contribute to these sectors.

KIKLO, a proud sponsor and member of Hellas G.I.s, is excited to support and participate in scientific debate and discovery in the heart of Athens for the 13th Hellenic G.I.s Conference on 28-29 November 2024, Athens, Greece.
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KIKLO will participate on 30 September 2024 at the webinar SymbIASIS -“Supporting digital transformation in healthcare through the development of Interoperable Electronic Health Records”.

The workshop is mainly aimed at the start-ups participating in SymbIASIS 2024.  The Healthcare startup space, and Digital Health in particular, is experiencing significant growth, which has boosted demand and investment in medical applications and solutions aimed at improving patient care.

SymbIASIS, a pioneering project for Greek data, seeks the cooperation of hospitals and startups to develop innovative solutions and strengthen open innovation. The goal of SymbIASIS is to strengthen dialogue and cooperation between hospitals and start-ups active in the health sector.

SymbIASIS project favours the faster development of innovative technological products and services by leveraging data and lessons learned from real clinical environments.

The workshop will focus on supporting the Digital Transformation in Health through the development of interoperable electronic health records, trends and opportunities in the digital sector and the interoperability of applications.

More: https://www.ekt.gr/el/news/30299