Behind every innovation is a passionate inventor like you. Your idea has the power to make a difference. The path from concept to reality is full of challenges, from refining your idea to navigating complex markets.
An inventor's journey is unique and requires more than just financial support. It requires a network of experts and mentors who understand how your idea can flourish. Your vision deserves the right resources and guidance to become a reality.
Think of us as partners on your journey. Together, we have the opportunity to push the boundaries of health technology and make a real impact. We invite you to get in touch and discover how your invention can make the leap to a breakthrough solution.
A.I. (Artificial Intelligence) is set to play a game-changing role in healthcare. Using advanced algorithms, datasets, and powerful computers, A.I. can detect diseases earlier, improve diagnoses, and personalize treatments.
It can help identify genetic risk factors and predict individual responses to medications. In addition, AI can sift through vast amounts of medical literature and research data to discover new treatment options.
We help startups and individuals partner with A.I. to advance healthcare and save lives on a scale never before imagined, focusing on longevity, among other things.
A growing group of people are dealing with the consequences of diabetes on a daily basis. In practice, we see that it places a considerable burden on patients and their environment.
We encourage the application of new technologies to make dealing with this disease easier to integrate into daily life, whereby we try to reduce the number of actions while increasing safety and reliability. (2023-2024)
Health Tech Acceleration Foundation (HTAF.nl) is proud of its extensive network in the health technology and startup sector. Our network spans disciplines and regions and includes groundbreaking researchers, leading industry professionals, innovative startups and renowned institutes.
Driven by personal and professional experiences in healthcare, with diseases and seeing the impact of the lack of easily accessible technology, the four board members decided to establish the HTAF Foundation in April 2023. In 2026, Joost was added to the team.
Elvira Abbink has been a dedicated nurse for over 17 years. Through countless conversations with patients over the years, she has recognised the growing need for advanced technology in home care settings. While hospitals are rapidly adopting new technological solutions, there is an equally important need to bring these innovations into patients’ homes, enabling them to live longer, healthier, and safer lives. Being part of this transformative journey is something that truly excites and inspires her.
Robert-Jan Brouwer is a seasoned startup founder and entrepreneur with a deep passion for technological innovation. With nearly three decades of experience, he has successfully brought advanced technologies to market in electric energy systems, smart grids, and online media. He consistently thinks in terms of future possibilities, while keeping solutions pragmatic, grounded, and human-centred. On a personal level, he is deeply interested in longevity and quantified self, driven by the ambition to reach at least 150 years of age with the vitality of a 35-year-old.
Judith Inberg is a business professional with over 20 years of experience in technology, product development, engineering, and manufacturing. This background enables her to bring a balanced and pragmatic perspective to the ideas and projects under discussion, advising on clear and realistic pathways forward. In her personal life, she sees both older individuals and many people who have experienced illness, impacting their ability to move freely, perform daily tasks, and maintain their health. She firmly believes that the right technology can play a vital role in improving wellbeing, supporting daily activities, and enabling people to live more independently.
Naomi Tielen has built extensive knowledge and broad experience in the development, marketing, and implementation of medical devices, e-health solutions, and pharmaceutical products, both within corporate organisations and start-ups. She has successfully brought new technologies and innovations to market, while enabling clinical teams to work effectively with these advanced products. Naomi is deeply passionate about significantly improving the lives of patients, helping them regain or maintain their autonomy, self-management, and overall vitality through the thoughtful application of the right technology.
Joost van Geijn is a professional with over 30 years of experience in Healthcare IT and Medical Technology. He has been a CEO and entrepreneur for over 10 years, during which time he introduced new business models, entered several new markets and gained experience with both private equity as majority shareholder and moving on to a strategic mother company. Joost is highly experienced in R&D, regulatory affairs, implementation services, finance, business organisation and the positioning of products and services. He also has thorough knowledge of the competitive landscape and market developments in Healthcare IT and Medical Devices. Since 2025, Joost has supported start-ups, scale-ups and investors. He is excited to help build a futureproof healthcare system via innovative technology, companies and business models.
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Welcome to DES, the leading international B2B event on AI and exponential technologies, where top experts and leading companies come together to drive innovation and business growth.
DES is a global expo and congress, with over 400 exhibiting companies and more than 500 of the world’s top speakers and experts at the Digital Business World Congress.
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AI to accelerate health and biotech solutions: Case studies and trends - DES-SHOW
What if AI could catch illness before symptoms appear—or tailor treatments in real time to your unique biology? In this keynote, Robert-Jan Brouwer dives into the rapidly evolving world where artificial intelligence meets healthcare, biotech, and the quantified self. Through vivid case studies and global trends, he reveals how AI is accelerating breakthroughs in diagnostics, … Continued
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Trends (4!) Accelerating Health and MedTech
At the MedTech 2025 Marbella-Málaga event Robert-Jan Brouwer, founder of the Health Tech Acceleration Foundation, gave a Keynote on the transition from curing disease to improving health. Through this form you can receive the paper explaining the details of the trends mentioned in the keynote.
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