I am a highly collaborative and strategic leader with an entrepreneurial mindset, an authentic style, the ability to think differently and a commitment to lead through vision and empowerment, maintaining the highest standards of health, safety and wellbeing. With 20+ years’ experience across the Australian health system, I would describe myself professionally as an executive, a strategist, a reformer, a researcher, a clinician, a health informatician and Board non-executive director. In 2021 I was the recipient of the inaugural Brilliant Women in Digital Health award and in 2017 was awarded a Churchill Fellowship through world-leading research into patient safety.

Hanna von Gerich, MNSc, RN, PHN, is a doctoral researcher in the Department of Nursing Science in University of Turku and a project researcher for Turku University Hospital, Finland, currently focusing on secondary use of healthcare data to support knowledge-based management. She is the current chair of the IMIA-SEP-NI group.

Researching at Catholic University, studying data quality research, data analysis research, algorithm development, etc.

Swaminathan Kandaswamy, PhD is an Assistant Professor at Emory University Department of Paediatrics. He completed a PhD in Industrial Engineering from University of Massachusetts Amherst. His research focuses on design, implementation and evaluation of Clinical Decision Support to improve safety and quality.

Graduated from Hiroshima University. After graduation she had engaged in research and education as a research assistant and associate professor at School of Medicine in Hiroshima University. In 2003 she joined School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo. Her research has focused on quality management system for industry and healthcare.

Sean Smith is a Registered Nurse currently completing a PhD in clinical safety. Sean's experience in healthcare executive, education and the healthcare supply chain has provided unique insights into this challenging field. Sean strives to improve quality and safety across healthcare both in Australia and globally.

Dr Kit Huckvale, PhD, MSc, MBChB, BSc (Neurosci.) is Research Fellow at the Centre for Digital Transformation of Health at the University of Melbourne and leads development of the Validitron a new, research-informed platform for the design, development, testing and evaluation of digital health innovations.

David Lyell studies how clinicians interact with machine learning enabled decision support systems. His research focuses on how decision support technologies change human decision-making and its impact on patient safety.