Frederic is Vice Executive Director of the International Society for Telemedicine & eHealth (ISfTeH), the international network of digital health stakeholders, enhancing collaboration, partnership, and exchange of experience and good practice. The ISfTeH is a non-profit organization, registered in Basel, Switzerland and recognized as Non-State Actor in Official Relations with the World Health Organization. In addition to running the daily operations and development of the ISfTeH, Frederic was also responsible for the organization of the ISfTeH’s international Med-e-Tel event in Luxembourg between 2002 and 2017, and he oversees the organization of the annual ISfTeH International Conferences (held annually in collaboration with an ISfTeH member).
Frederic was active in several other national and international projects and initiatives dealing with technological innovation in the healthcare sector, telehealth service standards, ICT standards and open service platforms for active and healthy ageing. He was also a member of the Advisory Board of CRETECS, an interdisciplinary Center of Expertise for Care Technology at VIVES University College, Bruges, Belgium and part of the Steering Committee that developed and started up a Professional Bachelor for Care Technology at VIVES, and currently still a member of the Permanent Education Committee for this BSc curriculum.
