OMOP 4 Sweden! - National OMOP Coordinator

OHDSI Sweden Symposium 2026

Turning health data into impact!

How to make health data more available and reusable in a reliable way

The symposium brings together researchers, healthcare organizations, authorities, industry, patient organizations and the OHDSI community to explore how the international data model OMOP and complementary standards can support reliable reuse of Swedish health data. Presentations, panels, interactive demonstrations and a poster fair connect practical experience with national priorities and opportunities for collaboration.

Date: November 24, 2026
Time: 08:30–18:00
Venue: STUNS Life Science; Dag Hammarskjölds väg 38, Uppsala Science Park, Uppsala

Program

Open a session to read its description, format and abstracts.

08:30–09:00

Registration & Mingle

Block 1: Setting the scene – Opening and introductory presentations

09:00–09:15

Opening words

Christian Högberg (OMOP 4 Sweden, Passion 2 Improve Sverige AB)
Olle Bergdahl (Uppsala University Hospital)
Magnus Lejelöv (STUNS)

09:15–10:15

OMOP, OHDSI & OMOP 4 Sweden

What are these acronyms all about? What’s in it for Sweden?

Christian Högberg (OMOP 4 Sweden, Passion 2 Improve Sverige AB)
How can we integrate these assets in the Swedish health data ecosystem?

Jordan Kane (OMOP 4 Sweden, Stiftelsen Chalmers Industriteknik)

10:15–10:45

Fika break, Mingle & Poster exhibition

Block 2: The international health data standardization landscape and national activities

10:45–11:30

How do different health data standards link together in a vision for Sweden?

Björn-Erik Erlandsson (HL7 Sverige, KTH Royal Institute of Technology)
Lars Lindsköld (OMOP 4 Sweden, Svensk Förening för Medicinsk Informatik)

Moderator: Lars Lindsköld (SFMI)

11:30–12:30

Lunch, Mingle & Poster exhibition

Block 3: Stories and experiences from leading and emerging OMOP practitioners in Sweden and beyond

12:30–13:30

OMOP in Practice – Stories from the field

OMOP for epidemiologic research: Experiences from University of Gothenburg and DARWIN-EU

Fredrik Nyberg & Huiqi Li (Sahlgrenska Academy, Gothenburg University)
From workshop to ETL: Mapping Swedish registry data to OMOP with a collaborative approach

Valentina Giunchi & Pablo Maldonado Jimenez (Uppsala Monitoring Centre)

13:30–14:10

OMOP in Practice – Technology enabling transforming health data to evidence

From Multi-Modal Data to Real-World Evidence with the Data2Evidence Platform

Ben Illigens (Data4Life & OHDSI Germany National Node)

14:10–14:40

Afternoon break, Mingle & Poster exhibition

14:40–15:10

Taking the first steps with or towards OMOP – Emerging practitioners (part 1)

Anesthesia and intensive care data according to OMOP, practical experiences

Daniel Hall (Region Östergötland)
Standardizing antiemetic treatment data using OMOP in Swedish paediatric oncology

Arja Harila & Ruth Lochan Winton (Uppsala University/Uppsala University Hospital)
From registry to research on OMOP data, lessons from a vasculitis cohort

Morteza Najibi (Lund University)
Mobilizing for OMOP adoption within the region

Simon Wext (Region Skåne/Skåne University Hospital)

15:10–15:20

Q&A panel session with emerging practitioners (part 1)

Moderator: Magnus Lejelöv (STUNS)

15:20–15:50

Taking the first steps with or towards OMOP – Emerging practitioners (part 2)

Bridging Swedish health registries to modern EHR foundation models: Challenges and agentic solutions

Ludvig Hult (Uppsala University)
Harmonizing oncology data with OMOP

Stefano Rapisarda (Karolinska Institutet / SciLifeLab, Region Stockholm)
Region healthcare information platform into OMOP (WiP)

Ola Lövenvald (Region Halland)
Establishing a secure federated infrastructure for standardized Intensive Care data at Karolinska (The INDICATE project: Stockholm Region)

Logan Froese (Karolinska University Hospital)

15:50–16:00

Q&A panel session with emerging practitioners (part 2)

Moderator: Magnus Lejelöv (STUNS)

Block 4: OMOP in Action — From data to insights (demo sessions)

16:10–17:00

Once you have your data in OMOP format, what does it look like? What can you do with it?

Lars Halvorsen (Passion 2 Improve Sverige AB, edenceHealth NV)
- How to perform local and federated analysis using ARES, ATLAS, HADES and Vantage6
- How to run a patient level prediction model on an OMOP database
Huiqi Li, DARWIN-EU Data Partner (Sahlgrenska Academy, Gothenburg University)
- What is it like to operate as a DARWIN-EU data partner?
- How to run your own study with OMOP CDM

Block 5: Closure, Call 2 action & Mingle

17:00–17:15

Closing remarks & Call to action

Christian Högberg (OMOP 4 Sweden, Passion 2 Improve Sverige AB)
Olle Bergdahl (Uppsala University Hospital)
Magnus Lejelöv (STUNS)

17:15–18:00

Mingle, Networking & Poster exhibition

Connect and build new relationships or spend some extra time exploring the poster exhibition a last time.

Poster exhibition

OMOP in action!

Discover the people, projects and ideas shaping the emerging OMOP community in Sweden. The poster exhibition gives early practitioners, or those with project ideas and solutions including OMOP, an opportunity to showcase their work, share first experiences and connect with others exploring OMOP and OHDSI. Explore projects, exchange ideas, and spark conversations that could lead to new collaborations.

Posters are presented during all breaks, lunch and the closing networking session.

1
OMOP 4 Sweden – Making OMOP a formal part of the Swedish health data ecosystem

Christian Högberg, Passion 2 Improve Sverige AB
2
The OMOP School – A practical bootcamp building broader OMOP awareness and hands-on capabilities for OMOP data harmonization and analysis

Christian Högberg, Passion 2 Improve Sverige AB, and Lars Halvorsen, edenceHealth NV
3
OHDSI Sweden – The national chapter of OHDSI gathering individuals and organizations working with or interested in the OMOP CDM

Jordan Kane, Stiftelsen Chalmers Industriteknik
4
Cohort Profile – SWEdish register-based Evidence for Pharmacovigilance (SWEEP)

Judith Brand, Uppsala Monitoring Centre
5
We have mapped Swedish registry data to OMOP – and this is our experience

Michele Fusaroli, Uppsala Monitoring Centre
6
Data Quality Assessment of SWEEP: A work in progress

Valentina Giunchi, Uppsala Monitoring Centre
7
Launching OMOP Implementation on Swedish Health data – Tools and Workflows

Stefano Rapisarda, Karolinska Institutet / SciLifeLab, Region Stockholm
8
Case report of AI use in automated NCSP mapping

Ludvig Hult, Uppsala University