The Healthcare Data Institute is the first international think tank dedicated to Big Data in the health sector. An Orange Healthcare initiative, the Healthcare Data Institute was launched in partnership with other companies representative of the Big Data health ecosystem: government and regulatory agencies, pharmaceutical companies, leading figures from the medical world, start-ups and insurance companies. The Healthcare Data Institute will act as a forward-thinking catalyst not only in France, but internationally as well. Its missions include encouraging reflection and debate from its members, raising public awareness, improving understanding, and promoting the development of concrete projects through cross-fertilisation. It aims to: Develop thought leadership on Big Data for healthcare, be a catalyst for ideas and foster the emergence of concrete projects. The Healthcare Data Institute is an association constituted in accordance with the French law of 1901 concerning non-profit organizations.The supervision is headed by a board of directors : http://healthcaredatainstitute.com/about