AI Health Vienna 2025, which took place from November 13–14, brought together experts from medicine, artificial intelligence research, law, industry, and public policy to explore how AI is transforming healthcare. The joint symposium was organized by Oliver Kimberger, Georg Langs and Georg Wildhalm, all three from the Medical University of Vienna, Clemens Heitzinger, co-director of the Center for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (CAIML) at TU Wien, and Maria Kletečka-Pulker, co-director of the Department for Ethics and Law in Medicine at the University of Vienna.

The first day focused on the balance between innovation and regulation. Sessions addressed the ethics of medical AI, digital therapeutics, start-up ecosystems, and the structural challenges involved in translating innovation into routine healthcare practice. The day concluded with a panel discussion examining whether current legal frameworks adequately support AI-driven innovation. The second day highlighted concrete clinical applications of AI, with presentations on imaging, dermatology, emergency medicine, and ophthalmology. Keynote lectures explored the strategic role of digitalization in healthcare (Markus Müller, Rector of the Medical University of Vienna) and the neurobiology of artificial intelligence (Peter Robin Hiesinger, Freie Universität Berlin). A final panel discussion reflected on how humans, machines, and medicine will jointly shape the emerging era of AI-enabled care.