Bilbao 2026 — Designing the Next Layer of Health Data Collaboration

Following the momentum of Wales and Dubai, the next chapter of the Data First, AI Later journey will take place in Bilbao in 2026 — not as another conference, but as a carefully curated space for signal over noise.

For those working in complex systems, this Summit is less about showcasing solutions and more about architecting the conditions for better ones to emerge.

At its core, Bilbao will explore a simple but often overlooked question:
How do we design collaboration environments where data, trust, and decision-making evolve together?

The programme will bring together policymakers, clinicians, data leaders, and industry not just to speak — but to work across boundaries on topics such as data governance, interoperability, real-world evidence, and the practical integration of AI into health systems.

This is fully aligned with the Data First, AI Later principle: meaningful AI cannot exist without trusted, well-governed data foundations.

For the Architecting Collaboration community, Bilbao represents something deeper:
a live laboratory to apply facilitation, dialogue design, and systems thinking to one of the most complex challenges of our time.

Because in the end, better health systems will not be engineered.
They will be co-created.