Data-Driven
Approaches in
Health & Medicine.
13 November 2026
Bern, Switzerland
Connecting clinicians and data scientists.
Bits to Breakthroughs brings clinicians, data scientists and other stakeholders together to work on questions at the intersection of health, medicine and data.
The study-a-thon is an intensive, open-science collaboration built around specific research questions, complementary expertise and useful, reproducible outcomes. It is a space to share experience, work through challenges together and find ways forward.
Temporal
Representation
Sepsis
Conclusions may change depending on whether a model is anchored to T0, T1, or T2.
Surgery
The intervention itself provides a precise timestamp, while the true onset of an infection or complication may be much harder to capture.
Oncology
Disease can evolve over months or years, with different timelines emerging from clinical, molecular, and patient perspectives.
Across Domains
Baseline definitions differ between cohorts, clinically meaningful events are often incompletely documented in routine data, and disease trajectories unfold across very different timescales.
A day for
working together.
The study-a-thon brings different areas of expertise into the same room and gives participants time to work through real research questions together.
Rather than simply presenting work, the format creates space for discussion, practical problem solving and the exchange of experience. The aim is to leave with a clearer understanding of the questions, the challenges and the work that can happen next.
A day of focused collaboration.
Explore the programme, the scientific focus and see how the day comes together.
Focused Discussion & Collaborative Work
The day combines focused discussion, collaborative work and opportunities to share experience across disciplines.
FocusTemporal Representation
When does disease actually begin? How we represent time shapes the questions we ask, the models we build, and the conclusions we draw.
VenueStiftung Progr, Bern
A short walk from Bern central station, with free Wi-Fi and full wheelchair accessibility.
Join us in Bern.
13 November 2026
Bern, Switzerland
Registration is managed through the Swiss Data Science Center (SDSC) platform. Places are limited and allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.
Register13 November 2026
One day in Bern
Stiftung Progr
Bern, Switzerland
Study-a-thon
Open-science, cross-disciplinary
Limited
Register early to secure a seat.