Rachel Dunscombe is AI Council member for the UK government and Visiting Professor at Imperial College London, UK, Co-chair of OpenEHR CiC and Chief Industry Advisor of the global health software company Dedalus,. She has over 25 years’ experience in the UK National Health Service (NHS), academia, management consulting, and the technology industry. Rachel was previously Chief Executive Officer of the NHS Digital Academy, leading postgraduate education programs both nationally and internationally, and the National Care Alliance Director of Digital and Group Chief Information Officer at the Royal Salford NHS Hospital in Greater Manchester, UK, where she implemented data science and AI approaches to health and wellbeing. Recently she led the KLAS Research Arch Collaborative International initiative for electronic health record optimization and supported the ‘Big 4’, consulting in Australia, New Zealand, USA, Europe, and low–middle income countries. Rachel is also Health Lead for the UK government’s artificial intelligence roadmap and contributed to policy including the UK AI strategy.

Rachel Dunscombe is AI Council member for the UK government and Visiting Professor at Imperial College London, UK, Co-chair of OpenEHR CiC and Chief Industry Advisor of the global health software company Dedalus,. She has over 25 years’ experience in the UK National Health Service (NHS), academia, management consulting, and the technology industry. Rachel was previously Chief Executive Officer of the NHS Digital Academy, leading postgraduate education programs both nationally and internationally, and the National Care Alliance Director of Digital and Group Chief Information Officer at the Royal Salford NHS Hospital in Greater Manchester, UK, where she implemented data science and AI approaches to health and wellbeing. Recently she led the KLAS Research Arch Collaborative International initiative for electronic health record optimization and supported the ‘Big 4’, consulting in Australia, New Zealand, USA, Europe, and low–middle income countries. Rachel is also Health Lead for the UK government’s artificial intelligence roadmap and contributed to policy including the UK AI strategy.

David is the Chair of Tektology, an international health innovation consulting and venture building company helping to enable a digital-first model of care. Formerly the global health lead for EY, he is well known across the sector for his publications on Participatory Health, Open Systems Architecture and Ecosystem Platforms.

Dr Louise Schaper is an innovator and a change agent who doesn’t sit still and whose passion and enthusiasm for digital health and health informatics is contributing to shaping the future of Australian healthcare. Her appointment as CEO came on the back of 10+ years of experience in, and applied passion for, health informatics. With a background as an occupational therapist and a PhD on technology acceptance amongst healthcare professionals, Louise is a world leader in allied health informatics and is intimately connected to Australia’s substantial health reform efforts, where digital health is a key enabler to achieving high quality, safe, sustainable and patient-centred care. In addition to her leadership of the Australasian Institute of Digital Health, Louise was on the Advisory Board for Stanford Medicine X 2013  conference, was part of the Australian Digital Health Agency’s Clinical Leads team and previously chaired the E-Health International Advisory Group of the World Federation of Occupational Therapists.

Aisha Hasan is a leader for health information technology [IT] policy and management with over 14 years of experience in health care, health IT, policy, government, and business. Ms. Hasan serves as the Head of Global Health IT at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT [ONC], a staff division in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services [HHS]. Ms. Hasan directs ONC’s global health IT efforts and projects, and leads the agency’s digital health international strategy; bi-lateral and multi-lateral engagements; programs; investments; and partner relationships. She represents the US’ health IT policies, strategy, and standards equities in multi-lateral engagements with the US government, countries, territories, and multi-national alliances and international organizations. Prior to her Head of Global Health IT position at ONC, Ms. Hasan worked as a health team Senior Advisor at Apple, Inc. At ONC, she served as the Deputy Division Director leading ONC’s Congressional affairs, finance, and human capital, and as the Senior Advisor to the National Coordinator for Health IT. She has worked in the HHS Immediate Office of the Secretary, National Institutes of Health, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response. She also served at the White House Office of Management and Budget, and the Vice President of the United States’ Office of Domestic and Economic Policy. Ms. Hasan earned her Master of Business Administration [MBA] in the top five percent of her class, focusing on strategic management and health IT, from the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business. She is also a Project Management Institute certified Project Management Professional [PMP] and a Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Master [CSM]. Ms. Hasan earned her Bachelor of Science cum laude in Community Health, focusing on health policy, from the University of Maryland, College Park School of Public Health.

Herko Coomans is a digital health policy coordinator who builds international alliances and partnerships at the Netherlands Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport in The Hague. He is an advocate of less talk and more action, challenging himself and those around him to go outside their comfort-zone. He created the National Health Information Council, sits on the SNOMED General Assembly, and is deputy vice-chair of the Global Digital Health Partnership. He has 15 years' experience with e-government development, but has found his heart is in digital health and innovation.