Jerome Kim, M.D., is the Director General of the International Vaccine Institute (IVI) and an international expert on the evaluation and development of vaccines. His depth and breadth of scientific experience span basic research through advanced clinical development. IVI’s oral cholera vaccine is used around the world to prevent this deadly diarrheal disease.  IVI’s typhoid conjugate vaccine, tech-transferred to SK bioscience and PT Bio Farma, is completing Phase III testing.  IVI is working on several different vaccines against COVID-19, including the clinical testing of Inovio’s DNA vaccine at Seoul National University Hospital and Genexine’s COVID-19 vaccine at Severance Hospital.

Dr. Kim was Principal Deputy and Chief, Laboratory of Molecular Virology and Pathogenesis ,in the U.S. Military HIV Research Program (MHRP) and also served as the Project Manager for the HIV Vaccines and Advanced Concepts Evaluation Project Management Offices, U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity, Fort Detrick, MD.  He led the Army’s Phase III HIV vaccine trial (RV144) which was the first demonstration that an HIV vaccine could protect against infection, as well as subsequent studies that identified laboratory correlates and HIV sequence changes associated with vaccination.

Dr. Kim has authored over 250 publications and received the John Maher Award for Research Excellence from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in 2013 and the Department of the Army R&D Award for Technical Excellence (2013).  Dr. Kim is also an Adjunct Professor of Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and at Yonsei University Graduate School of Public Health and a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and the Infectious Diseases Society of America.

He is a graduate of the University of Hawaii, with high honors in History and highest honors in Biology, and received his M.D. from Yale University School of Medicine.

Kalle Killar is a Deputy Secretary General for e-services and innovation in the Ministry of Social Affairs in Estonia. Kalle has over 15 years of experience working in different positions in the international organisations (European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, European Commission) and in different ministries in Estonia. Throughout his career Kalle has gathered experience in different areas from EU agriculture policy to investment banking in London that allows him to adapt to changing environment and maintain a positive attitude with an ability to find innovative solutions in the age of wicked problems. Kalle holds a MBA in Business Administration from the University of Tartu.

Andrew is responsible for Medibank’s Group strategy and the Medibank Health Solutions business, which provides health services on behalf of business and government, including telehealth, care coordination, in-home care, and health services into residential aged care. He is also responsible for Medibank’s healthcare purchasing, relationships with providers and enhanced care initiatives to support members in primary and community care settings.

Andrew has 25 years of experience in the health system, and remains a practising psychiatrist and lecturer.

He was a founder and co-president of McKesson Asia-Pacific, a leading telehealth and digital health business, which was acquired by Medibank in 2010.

Andrew is a director of Private Healthcare Australia Limited, the peak body for private health insurers.

Angela Ryan leads the Office of the Chief Clinical Information Officer (OCCIO) and works collaboratively across the health system and promotes adoption and meaningful clinical use of digital health services and technologies to benefit all Australians. One of Angela’s key priorities is ensuring strong clinical engagement with Australia’s National Digital Health Strategy and associated programs and services including the My Health Record system. With more than 30 years’ experience in hospitals and the public-sector Angela provides clinical leadership in the implementation, advancement and optimisation of digital/ICT systems to support improved health and care outcomes. Ms Ryan also supports initiatives such as the Chief X Information Officer (CXIO) Network to help the Australian health workforce adapt, use, and embrace changes and opportunities created by digital health innovation and embedding them in their work flows. A leading patient safety advocate, Angela recently completed a Churchill Fellowship to investigate methods to reduce patient harm through digital health safety governance. Angela interviewed digital health and patient safety clinicians, researchers, policy makers and industry leaders in England, Canada and the United States to understand lessons learned from the design, development, deployment and surveillance of digital tools and technologies. Angela is also the President of the Australasian College of Health Informatics (ACHI), Credentialed fellows and members of the college are thought leaders, experts and trusted advisers in digital health and health informatics. ACHI sets standards for professional practice and education in Health Informatics, provides evidence-based guidance to jurisdictions, supports initiatives, facilitates inter-disciplinary collaboration and mentors the community. Before joining the Agency, Angela led key streams of state-wide NSW programs, playing key roles in establishing design assurance and support functions and winning buy-in across the sector for her work. Angela is also a Registered Nurse, with a Critical Care Certificate, and a Graduate Diploma in eHealth (Health Informatics).

Dr Lim is a General Practitioner and GP Principal in a small group practice in Mt Druitt. He is the Immediate Past President of AMA (NSW) President, immediate past Deputy Chair of AMA Council of General Practice, and a Wentwest Clinical Council member..  In 2015 he was awarded the RACGP General Practitioner of the Year award. He has previously served on the RACGP Faculty Board and Western Sydney PHN Board.  Among other things, he has been a Clinical Lead with the National E-Health Transition Authority is one of the developers of the schools based obesity prevention and lifestyle education program – SALSA, with which he remains heavily involved.  He was previously involved in developing the Health Care Homes training material as well as engaged in PHN Training.  He currently serves on several advisory groups including the QIPIP Data Governance Group , HealthDirect Clinical Governance Advisory Group and ADHA mHealth Working Group. He has been heavily engaged in the Western Sydney PCMH implementation project, and as a member of the Wentwest Clinical leaders group. He is also the Co-Founder of CareMonitor, a Patient-Provider Partnership  Shared Care Digital Platform.  

Professor Keith McNeil plays a key role in the clinical leadership of the state-wide eHealth program. He works closely with key clinical stakeholders to maximise the clinical and patient safety benefits associated with technology in the healthcare setting. Prof McNeil has previously worked within Queensland Health as the Head of Transplant Services at The Prince Charles Hospital, Chief Executive Officer at Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, and Chief Executive Metro North Hospital and Health Service. More recently, Prof McNeil was Chief Clinical Information Officer and Head of IT for the NHS in England following roles as Chief Executive Officer at Addenbooke’s Hospital and Cambridge University Hospital Foundation Trust.

Annie Butler is the Federal Secretary for the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation. Annie was formally appointed to the role in June 2018, having served as the Assistant Federal Secretary since March 2014, and following years of experience in the clinical, professional and industrial areas of nursing. Annie is a registered nurse with more than a decade’s experience working in public hospitals, the community and on health education projects, and a further decade working in research and education. She worked for the New South Wales Nurses and Midwives’ Association, for a further decade, as a professional officer, organiser and lead organiser, prior to moving to the national position of Assistant Federal Secretary and now holding the position of Federal Secretary Annie believes that we must fight to maintain the professions of nursing and midwifery in Australia and ensure their advancement. She is passionate about improving Australia’s system of health and aged care and the critical role nurses and midwives have to play in the future of our health system. Annie is particularly keen to see nurses drive change for improvements in Australia’s aged care sector. Annie has a degree in Health Science, an Honour’s degree in Nursing.

Zoran is the Chief Executive of eHealth NSW, a dedicated health IT agency responsible for planning, implementing and supporting the digital transformation of NSW Health. He is also Chief Information Officer for NSW Health. Leading a team of over 1,600 staff, Zoran is focusing on building on current strengths, streamlining governance of eHealth NSW’s key programs and activities and developing the eHealth Strategy for NSW Health. He is passionate about improving the health system through meaningful and effective use of digital technologies, data analytics, research and innovation in partnership with patients, clinicians, health organisations, government departments and industry partners.Zoran represents NSW Health on the Board of the Australian Digital Health Agency and on the NSW Government’s ICT Leadership Group. He is also a Board member of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Zoran previously worked as the NSW Ministry of Health’s Director of Demand and Performance Evaluation, and as Executive Director, Health System Information and Performance Reporting. Zoran also oversaw New Zealand’s national health information strategy and architecture at New Zealand’s Ministry of Health.As well as a medical degree, Zoran holds a Masters of Business Administration and is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators.

David Hansen is CEO of the Australian e-Health Research Centre, a joint venture between the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and Queensland Health and CSIRO’s national digital health research program. David leads a research program of over 100 scientists and engineers developing information and communication technologies to improve the safety, quality and efficiency of healthcare. The e-Health research program tackles the challenges of the healthcare system across Data, Diagnosis and Services.

David is also the Chair of the Health Informatics Society of Australia (HISA).

David is passionate about the role of information and communication technologies in health care and the role of Health Informatics professionals in developing a safe, high quality efficient and sustainable healthcare system in Australia.

Dr Zoe Wainer is the Head of Public Health and Medical Director at Bupa Australia and New Zealand, Chair of the Board of Dental Health Services Victoria and a Director on the Board of the Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation. Her passion and expertise in public health has driven formal and informal collaborations with the ICHOM and Harvard Business School in value based health care across multiple organisations and she has a continued advocacy focus on the importance of sex differences across health from basic research to health systems implications. Zoe holds a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery from Flinders University, and has a clinical background in cardiothoracic surgery and thoracic surgical oncology. She has a PhD and a Masters of Public Health from The University of Melbourne and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

John Pollaers has a proven track record in leading major Australian and international companies including Pacific Brands and Foster’s Group, and in his current roles is working across Government to bring about major reforms to vocational education and training and aged care. This is a realisation of his vision of building a strong future for Australia by creating opportunities for people and businesses to flourish and succeed. He is a passionate advocate for education and training, the care of senior Australians and including more people with disability in work and training. As former Chair of the Australian Industry and Skills Committee, he led the reform of the Vocational Education System. John is Chair of the Australian Advanced Manufacturing Council and a member of the Federal Government’s Aged Care Sector Committee. He is the Chancellor of Swinburne University and is Executive Chairman of Leef Independent Living Solutions, an innovative functional health and assistive technology business with 14 Independent Living Centres nationally

A/Professor Bev Muhlhausler is the Research Director of the Nutrition and Health Program in the Health and Biosecurity Unit in CSIRO. Bev joined CSIRO in November 2018 after 12 years as an NHMRC Early Career and then Career Development Award Fellow at the University of South Australia and University of Adelaide. Over this time, her work on the impact of maternal overnutrition on the programming of obesity and metabolic disease has made a significant contribution to current understanding of how exposure to maternal obesity and/or an excess nutrient supply before birth acts to alter the development of key systems involved in the regulation of energy balance. She has published 120 peer-reviewed papers which have been cited over 3,500 times, 14 invited book chapter, editorial and commentaries and presented 24 invited talks at national/international scientific conferences. Bev is current President of the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) Society of Australia and New Zealand, Chair of the Scientific Programming Committee for the 2019 DOHaD World Congress and Treasurer of the International Society for the Study of Fatty Acids and Lipids (ISSFAL).

Russell is the CEO of Western Health and commenced his career in Britain with the National Health
Service. Over a period of 17 years Russell held numerous executive roles across all sectors, ie mental
health, acute care, community care and as a commissioner of health services.

He moved to Melbourne to join Western Health as Executive Director Operations in February 2013.

Russell has overseen the development and opening of the new Joan Kirner Women’s and Children’s
Hospital, a successful Go Live to commence the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) at Western Health.

Russell has also worked with Government to secure funding to develop 2 new Community Hospitals
and $1.5B to build a New Footscray Hospital in Melbourne, Victoria.

Russell has also addressed significant challenges around access and capacity as the catchment
covered has grown by over 300,000 in 5 years.

He has a strong interest in working towards improvements in patient care aimed at helping the
health system support the patient in the way which is best for the patient, and the system.

Russell is also committed to use of the best possible technology to benefit patients and staff.

Dr Jean-Frédéric Levesque joined the NSW Agency for Clinical Innovation as Chief Executive in June 2017. He was previously Chief Executive of the Bureau of Health Information between 2013 and 2017. He brings to the ACI leadership in healthcare system analysis and improvement, combining experience in clinical practice in refugee health and tropical medicine, in clinical governance and in academic research. He is an Adjunct Professor at the Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity of the University of New South Wales.

Dr Levesque has a Medical Degree, a Masters in Community Health and a Doctorate in Public Health from the Université de Montréal, Canada. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada in Preventive Medicine and Public Health. He is a member of the Strategic Analytic Advisory Committee of the Canadian Institute of Health Information and a member of the HealthShare NSW Board.

Prior to joining NSW Health, he has held senior positions responsible for publicly reporting information about the Canadian health system at the Institut National de Santé Publique du Québec and the Commissaire a la santé et au bien-etre du Québec and was a Visiting Academic at the University of Melbourne.

Anna is Professor of Epidemiology and Equity in Public Health and the Director of the Institute for Health Transformation at Deakin University. As a public health researcher, she is particularly interested in the provision of information to facilitate objective and equitable choices in public health by policy makers, practitioners and the public. She is past President of the Australian and New Zealand Obesity Society (2011-14), and in 2014 she was awarded the World Obesity Federation Andre Mayer Award for research excellence in obesity and a Churchill Award for innovative work in equity and population prevention.

Dr Teresa Anderson is the Chief Executive of Sydney Local Health District, one of the leading public health services in Australia. She has more than 35 years of experience as a clinician and health service executive. She has a well-established reputation for implementing strategies to foster innovation and best practice, supporting collaboration and building partnerships, to provide excellent healthcare to almost 700,000 people living within Sydney Local Health District and the million people who come into the District each day to work, study and visit. Dr Anderson is a Speech Pathologist, internationally recognised for her specialist knowledge and skills in the research, assessment and management of paediatric and adult dysphagia, early communication development, early childhood development and early intervention.

Michelle is an experienced Human Resources Practitioner, who has delivered progressive, responsive and relevant services to Northern Health to support staff, whilst they deliver healthcare needs to the community.

She leads Northern Health, People & Culture directorate services, which include strategic employment, attraction and retention strategies, health/safety and wellbeing, learning and development, human resources and staff innovation system services. Her background is well suited in delivering sustainable workforce solutions, especially with the expected population growth of 59% by 2031.

Michelle has a Masters in Administration in Human Resource Management/Industrial Relations and has received Candidature for her Doctorate – Research Topic ‘Impact of nurse casualisation’.

Kym Ayscough is Executive Director of Regulatory Operations for the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA); the national regulator for more than 700,000 health practitioners across 16 professions. In this role she has accountability for national delivery of core regulatory functions of registration, notifications (complaints), compliance and legal services. Kym is a lawyer holding both a Bachelor of Laws and a Masters of Law and Management. She is also a member of the Board and President of the Council on Licensure, Enforcement and Regulation (CLEAR), an international membership organisation providing a forum for sharing information and experience in the fields of occupational and professional regulation.

Laura is the Chief Executive Officer at Hirondelle Private Hospital and Westmead Rehabilitation Hospital. She holds a Bachelor of Nursing, Professional Honors in Rehabilitation Nursing, Masters of Clinical Nursing and Graduate Certificate in Health Services Management.

With over 8 years’ experience in clinical leadership, Laura has supported her team to develop an organizational culture that is values based and patient centered. In 2018, Laura was awarded the Luye Medical 2018 outstanding employee award for her contributions to Hirondelle Private Hospital. In October 2018, Laura was appointed CEO/DON of Tuggerah Lakes Private a Greenfield hospital on the NSW, Central Coast. Laura successfully commissioned the $32 million hospital which officially opened in June 2019. Since returning to Hirondelle Private Hospital Laura and her team achieved great success in their Accreditation against version 2 of the national standards with the ACHS, meeting all criteria in all standards with no recommendations.

Jason Trethowan commenced as CEO at headspace, the National Youth Mental Health Foundation, in January 2017. Jason spent the previous ten years in CEO positions primarily focussed on health and community services. Jason is involved in many national health system networks and is currently a company director with Barwon Health and Professionals with Alzheimer’s (PALZ). Jason graduated from La Trobe University in 1995 with a Bachelor of Applied Science in Medical Record Administration and went on to achieve a Graduate Certificate in Health Informatics at Monash University and a Masters in Business Administration from Deakin University.

Sandra has over 12 years of experience in implementing health information technology projects in the public health environment. Trained as an Exercise Physiologist, Sandra moved into the field of implementing technology solutions to ensure that the needs of clinicians and people accessing health services was at the forefront when designing ICT solutions. Sandra has been working for ACT Health for the last 16 years and is currently the Executive Branch Manager of Future Capability and Governance for the Digital Solutions Division. This role incorporates development and adherence to the Digital Health Strategy as well as oversight over the delivery of ICT Projects and Programs of work for ACT Health.

Rachel Fojtik is an Experienced Senior leader in Analytics, influencing change in behaviour, company culture and improvement with analytics. Managing high performing teams that deliver across a myriad of knowledge areas. She is passionate about delivering information that sees results, using collaborative design and development. She has a demonstrated history of setting up teams that deliver end to end business intelligence implementations. Cross industry experience in Healthcare, telecommunications, the financial services industry, Travel and Tourism, and Energy.

Currently the Director of Analytics and Performance at the Mater Hospital in Brisbane she has worked with a team of analysts to deliver an end to end tool for Mater Hospital which looks at variation in care and analyses the patient journey from presentation to discharge. The applications developed include inpatient and outpatient analysis, Ward Capacity planning, Emergency Department overview (ED Today), Theatre Utilisation, Outpatient Clinic Utilisation, hospital acquired complications analysis, with targeted applications focussing on anaesthesia, dietetics, pathology test utilisation, pharmacy and many others.

James Downie is the Chief Executive Officer of the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA). Prior to this James was the Executive Director, Activity Based Funding, leading the teams responsible for delivering the classification, costing and pricing functions of IHPA as well as the data acquisition activities. He previously held roles with the Victorian Department of Health, the Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne and various technical and operational roles in the resources industry.

Dr Gillatt received his medical and surgical training in the United Kingdom. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, as well as a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.

After completing his medical degree, Dr Gillatt specialised in Urological Surgery, completing his fellowship in 1992. He has a Masters of Surgery, with his main thesis being on prostate cancer. Following this he undertook advanced training in urological malignancy at the world-renowned Bristol Royal Infirmary and further at Southmead.

Dr Gillatt was awarded as position of Consultant Urological Surgeon at Bristol, performing advanced urological cancer surgery there for more than 20 years. He subsequently became Professor and Director of the Bristol Urological Institute and lead the unit to pre-eminence, becoming the largest urological cancer service in the UK.

Dr Gillatt has become recognised internationally as an expert in prostate and bladder cancer, being regularly sort as a speaker, teacher and surgeon around the world. He is also recognised as being one of the world’s foremost robotic surgeons, both in the treatment of prostate cancer as well as bladder cancer – for which he pioneered the modern application of robotic techniques in the treatment of this disease. He has performed more than 2000 major urological cancer procedures during his career, and has published widely in peer-reviewed journals. He was Professor at the University of West of England and held visiting Professorships at the Universities of Malaya, Exeter and New South Wales. He has sat on national cancer bodies in the UK and helped write the UK report on ketamine as a recreational drug.

Currently, Professor Gillatt is also Medical Director at Macquarie University Hospital, with the aim of establishing a premier urological service and medical school at Macquarie University. He also has appointments at The St George Hospital and St George Private.

Kira Leeb is the Executive Director, Data Surveillance and Epidemiology, within the COVID 19 Intelligence, Data & Corporate Division for the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services.

Kira began this role in March 2020 as the Deputy Public Health Commander, Intelligence, when the COVID pandemic began to escalate in Victoria. In this role, Kira leads a multi-disciplinary team responsible for providing data and intelligence to all levels of government within the state and nationally to help inform decision-makers about Victoria’s pandemic response. This role has included facilitating the establishment of data and reporting platforms that has brought together surveillance information from a variety of sources across the health system to enable comprehensive reporting.

Prior to working within the department, Kira was the Executive Director of Health and System Performance Reporting within the Victorian Agency for Health Information. In this role, Kira was responsible for leading the development a portfolio of work related to performance reporting of health services within Victoria.

Prior to her roles in Victoria, Kira held several progressive positions within the Canadian Institute for Health Information over 18 years where she was responsible for the production of serial and specialised reports on Canada’s healthcare system.

Benjamin Kanter, MD, FCCP, is the Chief Medical Information Officer (CMIO) at Vocera, where he works closely with clinicians and engineers to co-design the next generation of real-time communication and collaboration solutions for hospitals and health systems. Prior to joining Vocera, Dr. Kanter worked as an industry consultant and thought leader with several innovative healthcare IT companies

He also served as the CMIO at Palomar Health in San Diego, where he spent seven years on the executive management team. As a medical staff leader, he chaired the departments of medicine at both Palomar Medical Center and Pomerado Hospital, where he was also Chief of Staff. Under Dr. Kanter’s leadership, Palomar Health achieved EMRAM level-6 at both hospitals.

Dr. Kanter earned his medical degree and completed internal medicine training at Northwestern University. He completed post-doctoral studies in both pulmonary disease and critical care medicine at the U.C.S.D. Medical center in California, where he remained on clinical faculty after graduation.

Dr. Kanter is board certified in internal medicine, pulmonary disease and medical informatics. He has been a member of several corporate advisory boards, including Cisco, Nuance, AirStrip Technologies, and Spyglass Consulting. In 2013, he was the SoCal nominee for the HIMSS Physician IT Leadership Award, and in 2015 he received the Steven S. Tanaka Renaissance Award from Palomar Health.

Darren Kilmartin’s career in Healthcare spans over 28 years. Initially working as a qualified Medical Scientist at the Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne, Darren has also spent time at Mayne Health Dorevitch Pathology, St. Vincent’s Pathology and ARL Pathology.

Darren’s experience is across a diversity of roles including scientific, business development management, operations management and executive leadership. This has allowed him to oversee the delivery and engagement of services to many organisations across Australia and New Zealand, including private and public hospitals, primary and specialist medicine, diagnostic services and aged care. Darren is passionate about managing teams, large workforces and services.

In the last decade Darren has worked in delivering, at the cold face and governance level, the first wave of Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) in the acute sector across in Victoria, Queensland, New South Wales and South Australia. He is also proud to have been a volunteer Director on the Board of a large Community Health Service over the past 13 years.

Darren currently leads the Healthcare Services operations and team for Kronos ANZSEA. In this role he enjoys engaging, advising and supporting the many organisations across our public, private and not-for-profit health care sector. His key areas of focus are in workforce management innovation, improvements and advancement.

As the Sales Director of Juniper Mist, Zohar is responsible for developing solutions and strategies that drive the adoption of Juniper Mist’s Mobility solutions throughout the Asia Pacific. With over two decades of experience introducing disruptive technologies, Zohar is passionate about working with customers and partners to assist them in understanding how Juniper’s technology could be leveraged to deliver improved business outcomes and superior customer experiences.

Zohar holds a BSc in Computer Science and a Graduate Certificate in Business Administration. Zohar lives in Sydney with his wife, son and daughter

Jeffery Saura is CTO, of the SimLEARN Center. The center is the operational hub for coordination of all national VA simulation-based clinical training activities, serving the largest integrated health care system in the world. Prior to that he was CTO of the Orlando VA Medical Center the first new VA hospital build in the United States in nearly 20 years. In that role, Jeffrey set the technical vision and goals to support every aspect of the patient experience.

Jeffrey has been described as an innovator who is bridging the divide between IT and business needs to improve patient care.