Emma Hossack is the CEO of the Medical Software Industry Association (MSIA Ltd). She is also a Director of the Australian Digital Health Agency, Council member of the National Aged Care Advisory Council and a Director of the University of Melbourne Law School Foundation Board. Prior to this Emma was the CEO of several software companies, a commercial lawyer, and Board member of several not for profit and advisory committees for health and privacy including being President of the International Association of Privacy Professionals ANZ. In 2021 Emma was awarded a Telstra Health Brilliant Women in Digital Health inaugural Award. Emma holds a B.A (Hons), LLB and LLM. Emma is mother of triplet girls and enjoys marathon running.

Danielle is the Chief Product Officer at Best Practice Software. Previously, she has worked on large-scale digital transformation projects including ePrescribing. She is a practising pharmacist with experience in community, hospital and defence. Danielle is passionate about delivering innovative software that delivers exceptional customer experiences and provides optimal patient-centered care.

Grahame Grieve is HL7's Product Director for "FHIR" - the leading healthcare data exchange standard of the future. Grahame has a background in laboratory medicine, software vendor development, clinical research, open source development and has also conceived, developed and sold interoperability and clinical document solutions and products in the Australian market and around the world. Grahame has worked to develop standards and solutions with several US vendor consortiums, and the national programs of Canada, England, Singapore, and Australia. In the last decade, Grahame has focused on nurturing and leading the FHIR community around the world.

In April 2022 Elizabeth was appointed Managing Director of Telstra Health, Australia’s largest digital health company and a subsidiary of Telstra Group Limited. Prior to this Elizabeth was Secretary, NSW Health for a six year term. As Secretary, Elizabeth was responsible for the management of the NSW health system, the largest health system in Australia with a $30 billion budget and 124,000 FTE. Key strategy achievements include the implementation of value based care across NSW, the progression of e-Health initiatives and a $2B/year capital infrastructure program. In 2020/2021 Elizabeth lead the NSW Health system through the COVID-19 pandemic and advised NSW crisis cabinet on the management of COVID-19 in NSW, and the subsequent vaccination roll out. Elizabeth was chair of the Australian Health Ministers Advisory Council (AHMAC) and its subsequent iteration of Health Chief Executives Forum. She is also a member of Chief Executive Women. Elizabeth was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the Queen’s Birthday 2022 Honours. In September 2022 she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Western Sydney University for her contribution to healthcare in Western Sydney and in May 2023 she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Sydney in recognition ofexceptional service to healthcare and her significant role in shaping and guiding the future of health in NSW and across the nation.

As the Lead Solution Strategist of Oracle Health JAPAC, Philip focuses on emerging solutions along with workflow and regulatory differences for all solutions within Asia Pacific. Prior to his current role, Philip had a decade of experience in implementing Acute Care, Meds Management, & ICU systems on 6 different continents.

As Five Faces’ CEO, Nicole Nixon provides the overarching strategic direction to guide the company through rapid growth and innovation. She leads a team of nearly 30 to deliver consumer experience solutions accessed by four million Australians. Empathy lies at the core of Nicole’s approach. With a deep understanding of human connection, she champions the importance of putting consumers at the forefront of every experience. She ensures equal opportunities to thrive in the digital age by supporting vulnerable consumers with easy, accessible technology. These exceptional people skills are backed by a solid foundation of structure, process, and problem solving which Nicole acquired during her time in the Royal Australian Air Force and honed through diverse professional experiences in manufacturing, business consulting and entertainment. This rich background enables Nicole to lead with a unique blend of empathy and pragmatism, ensuring that innovation is not just a lofty ideal but delivered in a reliable and consistent fashion. Nicole was the driving force behind Five Faces’ pivot during COVID-19 to focus on patient experience solutions, supporting those at the frontline of the healthcare industry. She oversaw investment in the company’s new technology platform to ensure that the unprecedented innovation during COVID-19 would become the new normal.

Since July 2018, Kate Quirke has been the Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Alcidion Group, a company dedicated to providing smart technology to the health sector. Kate leads the business globally with current focus on Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom with a goal of developing mutually beneficial relationships with customers, partners and investors. Kate has 25+ years of digital health sector experience and has been involved in large procurements and implementations of healthcare information technology across Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and South-East Asia. Her background includes leading management roles at large healthcare software firms where she has driven strategic product direction. She strongly believes that the astute application of information technology will support the transformation of healthcare delivery worldwide.

• Inspirational leader with insight and vision, who sets and achieves challenging goals. • Strategic thinker with a sharp, innovative and analytical mind. • Clear, persuasive, honest, empathetic and intuitive communicator. • Energetic, outgoing and perceptive, with outstanding relationship and team-building skills. • Agile, results driven, with the determination and persistence to succeed. • Capacity to hit the ground running, courage to make fast and tough decisions, while maintaining business and performance momentum. • Comprehensive skill set covering strategy; business planning; finance; innovation; organisation growth; start-ups and commercialisation; governance; delivering change; partnership programs; project management; risk management; merger and acquisitions; analytics; sales; marketing; media and public relations; customer servicing; research and development in: healthcare; technology; software development; business intelligence; insurance and pharmaceuticals.