Prof. Dr. H. Seval AKGÜN, MD, PhDs, Msc, CPHAA   CONGRESS CHAIR President of the Health Academicians Association, TÜRKİYE	Prof. Dr. Allen C. MEADORS, CONGRESS CO-CHAIR University of North Carolina at Pembroke (UNC-P),  Founding Chancellor, USA

The main theme of this year’s congress has been determined as: “Health Information Systems in the Digital Health Era, Cybersecurity in Clinical Research, Ethics, Data Privacy and Artificial Intelligence Applications”.

In the twenty-first century, healthcare systems are being reshaped through digital transformation, big data management, artificial intelligence technologies, telehealth applications, clinical decision support systems, and smart healthcare infrastructures. This transformation in healthcare services is not merely a technological change process, but also marks the beginning of a new era in terms of healthcare management, ethics, data security, patient rights, and sustainable health policies.

Today, healthcare institutions are evolving beyond structures that merely provide treatment services into organizations that manage data, operate through digital systems, utilize AI-supported decision-making processes, and continuously learn and improve. Particularly in the field of clinical research, the acceleration of digitalization has made the protection of health data, prevention of cyber threats, preservation of ethical standards, and safeguarding of patient privacy more important than ever before.