What are Catalonia's strengths as an ecosystem of innovation in health technology? How can effective open innovation be established between the different actors? What should be the role of the public and private sector in the dynamization and promotion of these processes? These are some of the questions that have been resolved in "Building Bridges for HealthTech Innovation", the first event in a series of conferences organised by Xartec Salut (CREB UPC) to promote synergies between the entire ICT community.