Join us in Leuven for the Intego Research Ideathon. In this collaborative event, early-career researchers come together to explore new research ideas using electronic medical record (EMR) data from the Intego Primary Care Database.
🔍 What is Intego?
Intego is a long-standing primary care database in Flanders, Belgium, containing pseudonymized EMR data collected from general practices. It offers a rich source of information for studying disease patterns, healthcare utilization, and population health trends in real-world clinical settings. The ideathon encourages participants to creatively engage with the types of data available in Intego and propose meaningful research directions.
🧠 What is an Ideathon?
Unlike a datathon, this ideathon focuses on conceptual innovation. Participants will develop research proposals addressing real-world primary care challenges using EMR data.
🏆 The Intego Research Ideathon
Participants will work in multidisciplinary teams to develop research proposals that:
· Address pressing primary care questions
· Leverage the Intego and Intego-II databases
· Balance innovation with feasibility and ethics
· Demonstrate clear impact for patients and clinicians
On November 20th, teams will pitch their proposals to a jury of experts. The most promising ideas may be selected for mentorship and collaboration with the organizing team to support ethics approval, data access, and future implementation.
📅 Dates
· Day 1: November 13, 2025 – Keynotes, workshops, team formation
· One week of remote teamwork and mentorship
· Day 2: November 20, 2025 – Project pitches, jury evaluation, networking
📍 Location:
Arenberg Castle (Kardinaal Mercierlaan 94, 3001 Leuven)
💶 Price & Practical Info
· Participation is free, but registration is mandatory.
· Coffee and lunch breaks will be provided on both days.
👥 Who Should Participate?
We welcome teams of 3-5 students and early-career researchers from diverse backgrounds, including:
· Primary care and public health
· Epidemiology and biostatistics
· Data science and informatics
· Clinical practice
· Health policy
📩 Register your interest now
Interested in joining?
➡️ Registration is mandatory for each participant. ➡️ Places are limited and subject to selection if necessary. You will receive a confirmation of your registration no later than October 13th. ➡️ Already have a team? Please include your team name when registering.
➡️ No team? No worries! Team formation will be possible on the first day of the event.
The full programme, along with the keynotes and jury participation, will be announced soon.
🤝 This event is organized by the Intego team at the Academic Centre for General Practice, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, KU Leuven. It is made possible with funding from the Flemish government through the OJO-call (Omkadering Jonge Onderzoekers) for interuniversity initiatives.
In partnership with:
· Data-Driven Healthcare Research unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Kulak Kortrijk Campus
· Biomedical Data Sciences, Biomedical Research Institute (BIOMED), and the Data Science Institute (DSI), Hasselt University
· Data Analytics Lab, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
· Team PreDiCT, IDLab research group, Ghent University