Cities@Heart Director Prof Dipak Kotecha was a panellist at the Innovative Health Initiative (IHI) Forum in Brussels this week, joining a discussion on how health systems can get ready to adopt innovation. The IHI Forum 2026 took place on 20–21 October at The Egg in Brussels, under the theme “Translating research into long-term impact”. Over two days, speakers from the European Commission, the European Medicines Agency, industry, academia, patient organisations, and research