Draft programme for Digital Health AI and Data unveiled

Digital Health has published the draft programme for the AI and Data 2024 conference, which will explore the latest developments in the use of data, analytics, machine learning and AI.

The event which, will take place at London Olympia on 22-23 October 2024, features digital health leaders, NHS case studies, start-ups and innovators.

Sessions on the programme will tackle topics such as policy, leadership, digital transformation, patient safety, ethics, data architecture, cyber, and information governance.

For its 2024 event, Digital Health is partnering with the Association of Professional Healthcare Analysts (AphA), the organisation representing the voice of health and care analysts.

Speakers at the two-day conference include Dr Marc Farr, chief analytical officer at East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust and Kent and Medway ICB and Ruth Holland, director of data and analytics at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.

Holland has a strong background as a board-level ICT director and is currently AphA’s director of regions, supporting its branches. 

Dr Farr is the chair of AphA’s recently launched chief analytics officer network, which is dedicated to unlocking the potential of data within organisations.

Other highlights include Ming Tang, chief data and analytics officer for NHS England, who has been announced as national keynote.

She joins keynotes Haris Shuaib, head of clinical scientific computing at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and Dr Nicola Byrne, the national data guardian for health and adult social care in England.

Other speakers at the event include Dr Abdulhussein, chief executive of Health Innovation Kent Surrey Sussex, and Jules Gudgeon, national digital midwife lead for maternity.

Selected programme highlights include:

AI and Analytics Stage 

• Keynote: How AI can benefit the future of healthcare – Haris Shuaib, Head of CSC, Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS
• The Wild West of Health Tech: a clinician’s guide
• Panel discussion: Ethics and patients in AI
• Live AI bake-off: ChatGPT vs human doctors 
• How do NHS staff and the public feel about AI?

Data and Research Stage 

• Keynote: Leadership insight into the future of health data – Ming Tang, Chief Data and Analytics Officer, NHS England
• Securing research data environment from Cyber attacks
• Keynote Session: Leadership insight into the future of health data – National Data Guardian Dr Nicola Byrne
• Building infrastructure for AI scalability in health
• AphA Annual Conference: Vision 2030: Delivering the Future of Healthcare Data & Analytics

Find out more and register here to join with more than 2000 attendees at AI and Data 2024 on October 22-23 at London Olympia – free for NHS, charity and education.