Bogi Eliasen

Director of health, Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies

Bogi Eliasen is Associate partner in the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies (CIFS).

Eliasen is a knowledge broker whose expertise lies in combining various fields of knowledge. He was one of the initiators of the FarGen project of the Faroe Islands in 2009, which aims at whole genome sequencing the entire population of the Faroe Islands in order to research and develop opportunities in genetics. He is also an expert on the Future of Health at Copenhagen Institute for Future Studies where his focus in on health of the future.

In 2019, he got the HIMSS Future50 International Achievement Award at a special ceremony at HIMSS19 in Orlando, Florida.