February 21st 2020, the working group (WG) Consumer Health Informatics (CHI) of the German Association for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology (GMDS) met in Bochum for its annual (spring) meeting. The agenda was packed with preparations for the Symposium and Panel discussion at GMDS & CEN-IBS Invited Session on September 10th 2020 in Berlin. Headline for the event is “DIY Digital Health – Let’s help ourselves!?” which will be held in German.