Mr. Thienpont Geert

i~HD Managing Director

Geert Thienpont studied ICT at the Industrial State University B.M.E. GENT. Since 1992, Geert has been involved in over 40 national and international eHealth R&D projects. His daily activities, as project manager, include i) the coordination of the development of web applications (e.g. test-based eLearning, EuroRec Use Tools on certification Process, online tools supporting research), ii ) budget control and financial reporting of research and commercial projects, iii) the coordination of the Belgian EHR Certification process, iv) the organization of scientific conferences and v) supporting national and European scientific associations such as the Microsoft Healthcare User Group Europe (MS-HUGe), MedNet and ProRec-Belgium. Currently, he is President of RAMIT (Research in Advanced Medical Informatics and Telematics (vzw-asbl); President of WHiTe3 (World of Health ICT: Education, Events and Exhibitions); Vice President and EU-Project manager of EuroRec and founding member of i~HD (The European Institute for Innovation through Health Data). Since 2017, Geert is Managing Director of i~HD.