The Healthcare in Shape symposium is the premier annual event at the intersection of design, technology, and healthcare. It brings together healthcare professionals, researchers, designers, policymakers, and students to explore innovative solutions for a healthier future.

Last year, topics like sustainable healthcare, evidence-based design, and future-proof systems were tackled. Join us this year to connect, discuss, and gain fresh insights into building a more inclusive and resilient health system.

Highlights Symposium 2023

Keynote of Alec Momont (Apple)
The inaugural Healthcare in Shape Symposium was an overwhelming success. We’d like to thank all of our contributors and attendees for making it a meaningful day filled with engaging workshops, insightful keynotes and dynamic panel discussions led by more than 28 contributors.

The day began with NWO president Marcel Levi reminding us that our healthcare systems have never been more advanced. At the same time, the pressures on healthcare are forcing us to radically rethink the way we deliver care and deal with workforce shortages. Alec Momont from Apple argued for a designer’s oath, like the doctor’s oath. A designer’s oath to design where form follows emotion, to be inclusive, to be curious by asking the question behind the question, and to dare to ask. Yoko Sen, artist and founder of Sen Sound, took us through her personal story of what it means to be a designer for health. How a personal experience compelled her to take action and transform health systems in a profound way. We concluded with a moving interview with Roland van Esch, country manager at Zimmer Biomet, about what it means to be both a health manager and a healthcare user at the same time.

Organizing committee

Elif Özcan Vieira

Symposium Chair

Associate Professor at TU Delft & Care Technology Lead, Erasmus MC The Netherlands

Petra Kok

Symposium Co-Chair

Rheumatologist and Chief Medical Officer Information Officer, Reinier de Graaf Gasthuis, Delft, The Netherlands

Douwe Atsma

Symposium Co-Chair

Cardiologist at LUMC and Professor at TU Delft, The Netherlands

Marijke Melles

Design Research Curator

Associate Professor for Human Centred Design for Quality of Care at TU Delft, The Netherlands

Jeroen Raijmakers

Design Exhibition Curator
Visiting Researcher CardioLab and Connected Care TU Delft, The Netherlands

Jos Kraal

Design Exhibition curator

Assistant Professor of Health Behaviour Change at TU Delft, The Netherlands

Richard Goossens

Design & Health Scientific Director

Program Director Convergence Health and Technology at TU Delft, Erasmus MC, The Netherlands

Judith Rietjens

Networking Curator

Professor Design for Public Health at TU Delft, Erasmus MC, The Netherlands

Hilbrand Bodewes​


Event & Program Design

Head of Delft Design Innovation & Impact, Coordinator Health at TU Delft, The Netherlands Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering

Matthijs Netten

Event & Program Design

Project Manager TU Delft, The Netherlands Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering

Gaia Germanò

Communication and Graphic Design
Interaction Designer TU Delft, The Netherlands Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering

Join the second edition of the leading symposium on design, technology, and healthcare.

The event location: Delft University of Technology Auditorium Conference Center | Mekelweg 5, 2628 CC Delft

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