Health Tech Sessions is the name of the two-day B2B health programme of FTI Leuven 2026, a city festival about innovation in healthcare.

Bringing together health professionals from Hardware, AI and Life Sciences our engaging B2B programme explores the key challenges facing healthcare today and searches for answers where the Extraordinary meets the Extra Ordinary.

Bovenmenselijk, Bovenal Menselijk

With ‘Bovenmenselijk, Bovenal Menselijk’ (Extraordinary, Extra Ordinary) FTI Leuven brings health tech to life in ways that are tangible, unexpected and open to debate.

Leuven has never taken the easy route when it comes to innovation. We love technology, but we also like to question it.

There is real optimism about what health tech can achieve. AI can already detect patterns that doctors may miss, sometimes even before symptoms appear. Health tech hardware is more performant than ever. That is extraordinary. Bovenmenselijk.

But progress also raises harder questions. What happens when technology moves faster than society can follow? Who controls our data? Who gets access, or gets left behind? And how do we make sure that health care remains human?

That is the other side of the theme: Bovenal Menselijk.

Through the Health Tech Sessions, Leuven MindGate brings together its three core domains: Deep Tech & Advanced Engineering, Digital & AI, and Health & Life Sciences.

That intersection is where many of today’s most relevant health technologies are being built. It's where researchers, entrepreneurs, healthcare professionals, companies and investors need to find one another.

Wednesday, 21 October
Health Tech Sessions - Hardware & AI
What does it take to develop technologies that work, prove their value, survive the market and earn trust in healthcare?

Thursday, 22 October
Health Tech Sessions - Life Sciences
What happens after the scientific breakthrough? How do we turn promising research into better care, accessible treatments and real-world impact?

Ticket prices

Tickets are day-specific.

Wednesday October 21: Hardware & AI

• Startup*: €99

• Leuven MindGate members: €149

• Non Leuven MindGate members: €249

Thursday October 22: Life Sciences

Full day tickets (09:00 - 16:00)

• Startup*: €99

• Leuven MindGate members: €149

• Non Leuven MindGate members: €249

Morning + Lunch tickets (09:00 - 14:30)

• Startup*: €79

• Leuven MindGate members: €109

• Non Leuven MindGate members: €179

Timing

• Wednesday, October 21, 2026 - Hardware & AI

• Thursday, October 22, 2026 - Life Sciences