The Next-generation Digital Biomarkers Summit 2025
With the 2025 Summit, we pursue our aim to foster transdisciplinary collaboration to translate inventions in the field of next-generation wearable devices into clinical innovation.
Join us for the exchange on this groundbreaking topic
Building on the Summit’s success in the previous years, the 2025 edition is going to include workshops on how to successfully reach clinical implementation of next-generation wearable sensors.
These workshops are followed by a selection of interdisciplinary talks from world renowned national and international speakers focusing on biomedical engineering, translational, and clinical testing.
Programme
09:00 - 11:30h | Workshop Session
10:00 - 11:00h | Virtual Research Spotlight Session
14:45 - 19:15h | Symposium
Speakers Spotlight
Keynote: Portable Rapid Electrochemical Sensors for Point-of-Care Applications
Prof. Chwee Teck Lim | National University of Singapore
Collaborating for Impact: How Interdisciplinary Teams Turn Data into Better Patient Outcomes
Prof. Dr. Catherine Jutzeler | ETH Zurich, CH
How to build a wearable clinic
PD Dr. med. Patrick Badertscher | University Hospital Basel, CH
Plenty of room under the skin
Prof. Sheng Xu | University of California San Diego, USA (remote)
Innovations for better health for those most in need
Prof. em. Marcel Tanner | SwissTPH, CH
Skin-inspired sensors for wearables and implantable
Prof. Zhenan Bao | Stanford University, USA (remote)
Opportunities and challenges in bringing digital health technology to the market – an investor & inventor perspective
Chris Gugl, CEO | Evoleen, CH
Supported by Swiss Society for Translational Medicine and Basel Research Center for Child Health.
Date: November 6, 2025
Location: ETH Zürich, Central Campus
Organisation: Institute of Translational Medicine
Download the detailed event programme Download here (PDF, 364 KB)
Please register external page here
This summit will also be broadcasted online.
Bring your research to the big stage!
Virtual Research Spotlight Session during the Next-generation Digital Biomarkers Summit 2025 at ETH Zurich, November 6th 2025.
Are you a PhD student or undergraduate researcher enrolled at an academic institution? Do you want the chance to present your research to leading experts in the field?
We are excited to announce an open call for four speakers for an upcoming 1-hour virtual session that puts the spotlight on emerging talents involved in the development of innovative healthcare technology. As a speaker, you will have 8min time to put your important research into the spotlight with a subsequent 5min of Q&A.
Why Apply?
1. Present in front of:
Dr. Valeria Caprettini, Publisher Chair, Senior Editor at Nature Biomedical Engineering
Dr. Noé Brasier, Translational Medicine Chair, Medical Doctor and Researcher, Institute of Translational Medicine, ETH Zurich
Vanessa Matos Goncalves, PhD Chair, PhD student, Institute of Translational Medicine, ETH Zurich
2. Win a personal, virtual editing session with Dr. Valeria Caprettine from Nature Biomedical Engineering.
3. Get yourself and your project announced during the beginning of the main session in the afternoon.
Find further details and application documents below:
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