SEE THE DHF26 LINEUP

Dr. Patrick Aouad is an internationally published consultant neurologist, multi-business founder and CEO of CU Health. CU Health is Australia’s only digital primary healthcare platform that operates under a multidisciplinary care model to offer preventive and management solutions for all common...

Kavin is the Head of Government for Optus Enterprise and Business, leading engagement across Federal and State Government customers. He oversees the delivery of critical services and solutions that support government operations and is focused on building long-term, efficient partnerships. His work...

Krystal Barter is a recognised leader in genomics, preventive healthcare, and health system reform, with more than twenty years’ experience driving policy change and advancing patient-centred care.  Growing up in a family affected by the BRCA1 gene mutation, Krystal made the decision in her early...

Warren Bingham is a prominent leader in medical technology and healthcare innovation. He is Founder and Executive Chairman of MedTech International and a Director of several disruptive and innovation driven technology companies developing world class solutions to some of the world’s most pressing...

Laura Bird is a Research Fellow with clinical psychology background, working within the Supportive and Palliative Care Unit at Monash Health and Adjunct in the School of Clinical Sciences at Monash University. She has broad research and clinical interests spanning emotional and cognitive...

Adjunct Professor Charlie Corke AM is a pioneering intensive care physician transforming how healthcare approaches end-of-life conversations through innovative digital solutions. Past President of the College of Intensive Care Medicine and former Director of Intensive Care at Barwon Health...

Roshan Daluwakgoda is a seasoned cybersecurity professional with a proven track record of implementing robust security strategies and measures in the healthcare industry. Currently serving as the Director of Cyber Security and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Australian Red Cross Blood...

Dr Stephen Duckett is an Honorary Enterprise Professor in the School of Population and Global Health, in the Department of General Practice and Primary Care and in Melbourne Institute at the University of Melbourne. He has held top health sector leadership positions in Australia and Canada and...

Dr MaryAnn Ferreux is a multi-award-winning NHS leader driving equity, innovation, and system change. As Chief Medical Officer at the Health Innovation Network Kent Surrey Sussex, she leads bold, inclusive approaches to digital transformation and research implementation. With over 20 years’...

Dr Walid Jammal is a principal General Practitioner in Western Sydney. He has a strong commitment to quality, safety and patient centred health care. He has been a member of various advisory committees for NSW health and the Commonwealth. He is Co-Chair of the GP Advisory Group for the Agency of...

Xiaoyin Shang is a strategic innovation and commercialisation leader with a proven ability to translate research into impactful solutions across the hearing and healthcare sectors. As Head of Strategic Innovation and Engagement at the National Acoustic Laboratories (NAL), she oversees the...

Dr Derrick Tin is an Associate Professor of Critical Care Medicine at the University of Melbourne. He's a Disaster and Counter Terrorism Medicine Specialist and the Chief Medical Officer at Serco ASPAC.

Distinguished Professor Karin Verspoor is Executive Dean of the School of Computing Technologies at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. Her contributions to AI and Digital Health have been recognised through selection as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and...

Dr James Muecke AM is a retired ophthalmologist based in Adelaide. He graduated with Honors from Adelaide University Medical School in 1988. Following ophthalmology training in Adelaide, James undertook Fellowships in Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery at Salisbury District Hospital in the UK and in Ocular ...

Dr Rachel David is the Chief Executive Officer of Private Healthcare Australia, the peak body for health insurance funds in Australia. In her corporate career, she has earned a reputation of identifying strategic commercial opportunities and delivering on them by navigating complex regulatory and...

Julie McCrossin is a veteran radio and television broadcaster who spent over 20 years with ABC Radio National, ABC TV and Network Ten. Julie was treated for stage four, HPV-related throat cancer in 2013 and she is a member of the advocacy group, Cancer Voices SA. Julie has qualifications in the...

An Emergency Physician by training, Dr Lim Er Luen has overseen many medical informatics projects and EMR implementations in Singapore. He is keen to grow the medical informatics community in the region.

Dr Andrew Makmur is Group Chief Technology Officer at the National University Health System (NUHS), Singapore, and a Senior Consultant Radiologist. He leads NUHS’ Tech Office of engineers, developers, and data scientists, delivering enterprise AI and digital health platforms including...

Dr. Sabine Kapasi, CEO of Enira Consulting, UNDAC Advisor and a global health strategist Leading Enira Consulting, where she drives innovation in digital health, insurtech, and AI-enabled diagnostics, is Dr. Sabine Kapasi, a physician-turned-strategist. She advises the UN Emergency Response...

Dr Michael Wright is a Sydney based specialist general practitioner Health economist and health services researcher. Dr Wright is the national president of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, Australia’s medical college representing over 50,000 members working in or working...

Assocaite Professor Michael Ben-Meir is an Emergency Physician, heathcare leader and administrator with diverse experience in public and private hospital systems and community health care services. He has a deep interest and ongoing involvement in designing and implementing new models of care...

Dr Adam Brand is the Medical Director Digital and Information at Gold Coast Health and Staff Specialist in Emergency Medicine at Gold Coast University Hospital. For the Last 12 years he has been the digital medical lead for Gold Coast Health and is now at the forefront of Gold Coast Health’s...

Shelley Thomson is Co-Founder of the Patient Experience Agency, a human-centred design consultancy advancing practical, outcomes-driven healthcare reform. An allied health professional and facilitator, she helps services embed Patient-Reported Measures and meaningful consumer partnerships, driving...

Dr Ben Condon is a medical doctor passionate about leveraging innovation and system reform to enhance access to quality healthcare and drive positive health outcomes at scale. Ben practiced in surgical and critical care roles for five years before transitioning to the digital health space. At...

Dylan Coyne is the founder of Updoc, one of Australia’s fastest-growing telehealth platforms improving access to healthcare nationwide. Over one million Australians have used Updoc to consult with a doctor online. A Forbes 30 Under 30 honouree, Dylan is passionate about using technology to close...

Matthew is the Deputy Secretary of the System Sustainability and Performance Division at the Ministry of Health.  Prior to his current role, Matthew was an Independent Consultant predominantly supporting the Health & Not For Profit Sectors, and Adjunct Professor at the Faculty of Business, as...

Tracey Duffy leads the Medical Devices and Product Quality Division at the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA). The TGA is part of the Commonwealth Department of Health, Disability and Ageing. Her Division is responsible for medical device regulation, good manufacturing practices and laboratory...

Paul is a Principal and Co-Lead of Digital Health at the Nous Group, an International Management Consultancy, since February 2022. Paul is based in our Melbourne Office and leads the Victorian health practice, and works across all of our Australian offices, including our Toronto office. Nous has...

Dr. Nicholas Wilsmore is a Respiratory & Sleep Physician, with international fellowship training in Interventional Pulmonology. He is the current Medical Lead for Bronchoscopy and Interventional Pulmonology at Eastern Health Victoria. He is currently the only Respiratory physician in Victoria...

Domenic joined Gold Coast Health in 2025, bringing over 20 years of global technology leadership across healthcare, finance, banking, and aerospace. A specialist in digital transformation and AI-driven innovation, he has led large-scale initiatives in both the UK and Australia, scaling startups and ...

Lyndon Goddard is the Senior Legal Counsel and Head of Public Policy at Eucalyptus, one of Australia's largest telehealth platforms. In his legal role he advises on a wide range of health regulatory issues, including health practitioner regulation, the advertising of therapeutic goods and...

Rob Hosking is a seasoned healthcare professional with a passion for leveraging technology to enhance patient care and streamline healthcare processes. As the Chair of the RACG Expert Committee Practice Technology and Management at the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP), Rob...

Lynne is an  experienced healthcare technologyand clinical  leader with a proven track record in managing Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems and driving digital transformation initiatives. As EMR Services Manager, Lynne oversees the implementation, optimization, and support of EMR platforms to ...

I have over 17 years’ experience in the recruitment sector across Australia, New Zealand, UK and Ireland with exposure to many other countries around the world. The majority of my experience has been within the Healthcare sector, supplying doctors to regional and metro locations globally.In my more ...

Professor Daniel MacArthur is a human genomicist with over two decades of experience at the interface between human biomedicine, large-scale genomics, and data science. From 2012-2019 he served as Co-Director of the Medical and Population Genetics Program at the Broad Institute of MIT and...

Mark Opar is a Physiotherapist by training who now holds the position of Head of Strategy - Health at VALD, an Australian founded company with over 10,000 clients across more than 100 countries. His job involves developing the outer stages of VALD's roadmap with an innovation and disruption...

Nicole Pratt is a Professor of Biostatistics and Pharmacoepidemiology, and is Deputy Director of Quality Use of Medicines and Pharmacy Research Centre at Adelaide University. Prof Pratt is a leading authority on the harmonisation and standardisation of large, linked health data to generate evidence ...

Nicole Pritchard is an Accredited Practising Dietitian, exercise physiologist, seasoned health coach, and Head of Health Programs at Digital Wellness, the parent company of the CSIRO Total Wellbeing Diet. With over 19 years of clinical experience, Nicole is a trusted expert in evidence-based...

Professor Sandeep Reddy is head of the discipline, healthcare management, and health information management at the School of Public Health and lead for the Health, Human Biology, and Medtech theme at the Centre of Data Science at the Queensland University of Technology. He also serves as the...

Natasha Reid is a Senior Research Fellow and behavioural scientist with the Australian Frailty Network and Centre for Health Services Research at the University of Queensland. Natasha specialises in research aiming to understand and influence frailty and quality of life in older adults across...

Angela is a registered nurse, health informatician and executive, with decades long experience across the health system, leading policy reform and large-scale programs at the state and federal levels in digital health, virtual and clinical care, and now as Lead Healthcare Executive with Oracle...

Farhoud joined Telstra Health as Chief Technology Officer in April 2023, prior to which he held the position of Executive Director, Service Delivery (CTO) in eHealth NSW. Farhoud has a career spanning over 20 years with local and global experience both in private and public sectors. Farhoud has...

Joe founded HealthConsult with Lisa Fodero in March 2006. With over 41 years of experience in the health sector and 600 projects successfully delivered, Joe has an unparalleled track record of delivering results for clients across the health, aged care, and disability services sectors.

Professor Gemma Sharp established and leads the Body Image, Eating and Weight Disorders Research Program. She has held consecutive National Health and Medical Research Council Fellowships since 2018. She is known nationally and internationally for leading the development of world-first eating...

Prof Smith OAM is an experienced health services leader and researcher with expertise in clinical trials, epidemiology, operational and clinical improvement, innovation and AI. Prof Smith has collaboratively attracted over 38 million dollars (AUD) in competitive grants and tenders including two...

Jade StarkeyNursing & Midwifery Lead, Hunter New England Health – Single Digital Patient Record (SDPR) Jade Starkey is the Nursing and Midwifery Lead for the Single Digital Patient Record (SDPR) within Hunter New England Health, part of Tranche A and the first Local Health District in NSW to...

Doctor Dominika Kwasnicka (MA, MSc, PhD), is a Principal Research Fellow / Associate Professor in Digital Health at the Centre for Health Equity, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, at the University of Melbourne, Australia. She is also a Senior Evaluation Lead at Silverchain. She is...

I’m Kathleen Watson, a General Manager who thrives on turning bold ideas into real-world impact. I love leading teams that push boundaries and deliver exceptional results. My passion lies in transforming challenges into opportunities and driving innovation that shapes the future. Based in Macquarie ...

Nilmini Wickramasinghe, PhD, MBA, is the Professor and Optus Chair of Digital Health at La Trobe University within the School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences. She has been actively researching and teaching in health informatics and digital health for over 25 years, with more...

Peter Birch is Founder and CEO of Talking HealthTech, a podcast and membership community focused on technology in healthcare. He is also a Director of the Medical Software Industry Association (MSIA), representing healthcare software vendors in Australia, and Director of MetaOptima...

Mike is a Physiotherapist and health business leader with over 20 years’ experience across musculoskeletal, emergency medicine and sports Physiotherapy. He now leads the Comprehensive Concussion Clinic at Ramsay Health Plus at Lake Macquarie Private Hospital, Newcastle, NSW delivering evidence...

Tim is the Managing Director of Semantic Consulting, a consulting firm focused on leading digital change in health and aged care. Tim assists healthcare organisations in Australia, the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom with digital health strategy, and is passionate about implementing...

Dr Zoran Bolevich was appointed AIHW Chief Executive Officer in June 2024. Prior to his appointment as Chief Executive Officer of the AIHW, Dr Bolevich was the Chief Executive of eHealth NSW and the Chief Information Officer for NSW Health and responsible for planning, implementing, and supporting...

Michael is an optimist and believes that digital health can connect us better than ever before creating opportunities for better healthcare everywhere. He is the Chair of Public Health for the Australian Medical Association (AMA) and the immediate past AMA NSW President.

Craig Carter is a senior executive with over 25 years’ experience in public and private sectors, specialising in technology-driven transformation. As Chief Information Officer at ACH Group since 2018, he has led digital strategies that enhance customer service, operational efficiency, and care for...

20 years in health research, clinical trials, consulting, and higher education. Senior leadership across hospitals, academia, and global research. Expertise in governance, risk, finance, and strategy. Currently Director, Clinical Trials Unit at Chris O’Brien Lifehouse, overseeing 200+ trials and...

I am an experienced digital health leader, enabling the teams I lead to improve patient outcomes through digital health initiatives.

Sam Freeman is a postdoctoral research fellow at Macquarie University’s Australian Institute of Health Innovation in the Centre for Health Informatics and senior research fellow in the St Vincent’s Hospital Emergency Department. His research focuses on the development, application, and integration...

Dr Amir Ghapanchi is an Associate Professor at Victoria University, Australia, specialising in digital health and health informatics. He has led six funded projects—including grants from Western Health, the Alzheimer’s Australia Dementia Research Foundation, and the auDA Foundation—focusing on...

Professor Sharon Goldfeld is a paediatrician and Director, Centre for Community Child Health (CCCH) the Royal Children’s Hospital, Co-Group leader of Policy and Equity, and Theme Director, Population Health at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute. She has a decade of experience in state...

Stefan is a globally recognized scientist and intrapreneur at the intersection of AI, life sciences, and digital health. With degrees from TU Munich and research scholarships at MIT and UC Berkeley, he has spent two decades turning breakthrough ideas into technologies — from wearable AI predicting...

Anita Hobson-Powell trained as an exercise physiologist. Her career has been dedicated to excellence across health, sport and wellness domains. She spent almost 18 years working in associations, advocating for recognition and access to allied health professions, and establishing the quality...

A global leader in inclusive innovation, Pete Horsley is dedicated to harnessing technology to elevate all human potential. As the Founder of Remarkable, the global startup venture arm of Cerebral Palsy Alliance, he is investing in and accelerating the next generation of Disability Tech solutions...

Dr Olena Ivanova is a Senior Research Fellow at the SPHERE Centre of Research Excellence with a PhD in Health Sciences, a medical degree, and a Master’s in Public Health from leading European institutions. Her international, multidisciplinary research focuses on advancing equity and innovation in...

Robert Jordan is a seasoned digital transformation leader and AI innovation pioneer with over 20 years of experience driving breakthrough initiatives across healthcare, financial services, and education sectors. He has successfully led the development and deployment of transformative AI solutions...

Sankalp Khanna is a Senior Principal Research Scientist and leads the Health Intelligence team at the CSIRO Australian e-Health Research Centre. His research is focussed on applying Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning techniques to develop operational and clinical decision support...

As the Director of Operations for Virtual Healthcare at Metro North Health, I lead the delivery of the Virtual Emergency Care Service for Queensland. With a clinical background in nursing, and a range of unique leadership roles both within and beyond healthcare, I bring a diverse perspective to...

Jane is the Director, Development, at the Australian Centre for Artificial Intelligence in Medical Innovation (ACAMI) at La Trobe University which focuses on research collaboration, clinical trials and workforce development and powered by Australia's fastest supercomputer. Jane has over 25...

Cameron McBride is Divisional Director of Digital Technology Services at Western Health and Adjunct Professor at Victoria University. With two decades of experience leading major digital health transformations, he drives innovation across new hospital builds, cybersecurity, and modern workplace...

Bettina McMahon is the Chief Executive Officer of Healthdirect Australia. She is on the Board of SNOMED International, and former Board Chair of the Australasian Institute of Digital Health. She has considerable experience in digital transformation in the health sector over the past 15 years, and...

Shareen McMillan is a highly experienced senior leader and executive with extensive experience across a range of workforce, business and human resource functions. As Executive Director Workforce with Central Queensland Hospital and Health Service, Shareen leads a team of 71 specialists who support...

Sarah McRae is the Chief Executive Officer at Amplar Health Home Hospital, where she has overseen the full accreditation of their Virtual Hospital, against NSQHS Standards as one of the first in Australia. She is an known Executive in Health, and was the Executive of Strategy at the Southern...

After spending a decade in the Australian and US start-up ecosystems as chief medical officer, investor, and board member for med tech companies, Suzie shifted into public health by joining the VVED in its infancy. She has since helped grow the VVED from seeing 15 to over 1000 patients a day as it...

Jackie is a Prosthetist Orthotist with a Masters in Health Service Management who found her way into policy and advocacy due to a passion for wanting to address practice problems at a systems level. Jackie believes solutions to many system challenges lie within digital initiatives and is therefore...

As CMIO at Western Health I am fortunate enough to partner with our clinicians and leaders to improve patient care through innovation. Beyond the implementation of EMR, we are laying the groundwork for a Learning Healthcare System. Our recent work includes enabling Smart-on-FHIR, piloting AI...

Dr Joseph W. Po is a two-time medtech co-founder developing technologies in cancer diagnostics and obstructive sleep apnea. He leads the Health 10x Accelerator, part of UNSW Founders’ 10x Accelerator—Australia’s #1 recommended accelerator—supporting over 25 startups since 2022. Joseph specialises...

Sarah Powell is the Chief Executive Officer of Inherited Cancers Australia (ICA), a patient-focused organisation that supports, educates, and advocates for families with inherited cancer risk. She leads ICA’s vision to create a future where families can navigate their inherited cancer risk with...

Alan Pritchard is a highly regarded technology leader who has been recognised on Australia’s CIO50 list in five consecutive years (2021-2025). Since March 2018 he has been Director of EMR and ICT Services at Austin Health, a leading public health service in Victoria, Australia, where he has...

As Executive Director of an Electronic Medical Record (EMR) program, Laura Pumo brings extensive leadership experience and a commitment to advancing digital health. With a career focused on innovation and transformation, she has played a pivotal role in driving large-scale digital health...

Ramesh Raghavan is a digital transformation leader with over 25 years of experience within global organisations. He has built his career shaping and leading a variety of Fortune 500 Firms. He is currently the Head of Digital, innovation & Experience for Uniting NSW.ACT, responsible for leading...

Lisa Robins is Chief Executive Officer of Patients Australia, the national peak body championing patient rights and health system reform. A senior health executive with more than 20 years’ experience across public and private healthcare, Lisa is recognised for driving strategic growth, operational...

Colin Robinson is the Nursing Director for Mental Health Informatics at Gold Coast Health, where he integrates his dual background in computer science and nursing to drive digital transformation. With expertise in Azure, SQL, and modern application development, Colin has led initiatives such as...

Dr Louise Schaper is on a mission to fix healthcare. An internationally renowned digital health leader, she is a passionate advocate and catalyst for technology-enabled innovation to improve health outcomes at scale. With a background as an occupational therapist and a PhD in health...

A well regarded professional within the IT industry having established a reputation in building trust relationships between technology teams and business. I have facilitated and developed maturity in the technology strategy, enterprise architecture, IT governance frameworks, incident...

Richard Skimin is passionate about healthcare reform and was appointed as Digital Health Ambassador for Patients Australia in 2025, the peak body for patient advocacy in Australia. He is also CEO and co-founder of CrowdCoder, an Australian healthcare platform focused on clinical coding for...

Nithya Solomon is a trailblazer in health innovation, known for leading transformative initiatives at the intersection of technology, health, and social impact. As Director of the RMIT-Cisco Health Transformation Lab, she drives cross-sector collaborations that reimagine health systems through...

Dr Sean Stevens is a GP who's been obsessed with technology since he was 10 and discovered digital health could revolutionise medicine during his registrar years. As Chair of the RACGP Digital Health and Innovation Specific Interest Group, he spends his days convincing fellow GPs that AI...

Kareem Tawansi is a Board Director, Chair and Entrepreneur with twenty years of board-level experience and over 30 years’ experience in leading businesses in Digital Strategy & Transformation, across the Health, Education, Retail, Telecommunication, Energy, Insurance and Government sectors. At...

Erica is the Chief Pharmacy Information Officer and Director of Pharmacy Clinical Innovations at Alfred Health. Erica's interests include digital innovations to deliver safer medication management. Erica's team has led the implementation of numerous first in Australia innovations that have...

I am a senior executive and board director with extensive experience across healthcare, technology, and professional services. As Chief Information Technology Officer at TLC Healthcare, I lead large-scale transformation, digital innovation, and governance initiatives that deliver measurable growth...

Professor Angus Turner has provided outreach eye care services in outback Western Australia for 15 years as the McCusker Director of Lions Outback Vision. His research has focussed on collaborative digital health using remote imaging to streamline surgical access and now harnessing AI for point of...

Dr Sid Vohra's is a Chief Medical Officer in the hospital system, non-executive board director, strategy consultant and corporate advisor. He has worked clinically as a General Practitioner after completing his Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) qualification from Monash...

Zoe has previously held roles as the Director of Clinical Governance and Head of Public Health at Bupa Australia and New Zealand, and Chair of the Board of Dental Health Services Victoria. Zoe also has deep expertise and a continued advocacy focus on the importance of sex and gender differences...

Mitch Wallis is a mental health expert with a Master’s in Clinical Psychology from Columbia University and 20+ years of lived experience with anxiety, depression and OCD. He founded Heart On My Sleeve, a global movement helping people be real about how they feel. He created Real Conversations, a...

Tracey Webster OAM is Director of the Clinical Leadership, Effectiveness and Outcomes (CLEO) Team at Northern Health, helping to lead transformation in value-based healthcare and digital innovation. With over 30 years’ experience as a nurse, senior manager and health service leader across the UK...

Dren Xerxa is the Co-Founder & Director of LX Health, a launchpad for Australian HealthTech startups. Since 2021, LX Health has supported 52 startups through its LuminaX accelerator, providing community, expertise, and access to over $24M in capital via its investor network. LX Health also runs ...

Rachel is a Partner at Giant Leap. Giant Leap invests in founders solving our most pressing global problems at scale across climate, health and people and has invested in over 30+ companies to date. Rachel is also on the Advisory Board for the Victorian Government’s Equity Investment Attraction...

Annissa Hansen, UQ Business School, will be presenting ARC-funded research on reducing consumer ill-being from the use of digital technology in primary healthcare. Annissa is a PhD candidate with an industry background that includes working with not-for-profit, private sector, and government...