Scotland Digital Health and Wellness Day at Expo 2020
Discover what Scotland is doing to promote wellness, deliver better diagnosis and develop health treatments of the future, through data-driven intelligence and pioneering innovation. Explore highlights from our Digital Health and Wellness virtual event on 31 January 2022 including opportunities for investment, partnering and research.
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Keynote address
Professor Jason Leitch CBE, National Clinical Director, Scottish Government
The Scottish Government's shared vision for the future of healthcare and how Scotland is using technology to deliver this vision.
Digital health in Scotland - transforming the future of health and wellness
Panel discussion
Moderated by Hal Wolf, CEO, HIMSS
Panel:
- Professor Jason Leitch CBE, National Clinical Director, Scottish Government
- George Crooks, CEO, Digital Health & Care (DHI) Innovation Centre
- Brian Hills, Interim CEO, The Data Lab
- Marian McNeil, CEO, Precision Medicine Scotland Innovation Centre (PMS-IC)
- David Lowe, Clinical Director Scottish Health Innovation Partnership, Scottish Government
How healthcare education is progressing with technology
Panel:
- David Russell, International Lead, School of Medicine, University of Dundee
- Faisel Khan, Teaching and Research Systems Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Dundee
- Allison Beattie, Business Development Manager, Commercialisation, Research and Innovation, University of Dundee
- Iris Grunwald, Professor of Neuroradiology, University of Dundee
- Debbie Wake, CEO and Chief Medical Officer, MyWay Digital Health
Panel:
- Marian McNeil, CEO, Precision Medicine Scotland Innovation Centre
- Carol Clugston, Dean of Corporate Engagement Innovation, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow
- James Sheppard, Kadans
- Harper Vansteenhouse, President, BioClavis Ltd
How Scotland is using data and intelligence to enhance wellness
Panel:
- Janette Hughes, Director of Planning and Performance, Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre
- Chaloner Chute, Chief Technology Officer, Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre
- Paul McGinness, Founder, Storm ID
- Mahmood Adil, National Healthcare Advisor, Ministry of Public Health, Qatar
The roles of data and AI in delivering predictive healthcare
Panel:
- Brian Hills, Interim CEO, The Data Lab Innovation Centre
- Roger Halliday, Interim CEO, Research Data Scotland
- Elizabeth Fairley, Chief Operating Officer, Talking Medicines
- Alexander Weir, Senior Technical Manager, Canon Medical Research Europe
- Alex Hutchison, Director, The Data for Children Collaborative with UNICEF
The Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre (DHI) supports transformational collaboration between universities and businesses. The DHI team helps drive knowledge exchange around digital health and care innovation. It is recognised as one of Scotland’s key national assets to support health and care service transformation and promote Scotland to international networks.
The Data Lab is Scotland's Innovation Centre for data and artificial intelligence (AI). It enables industry, public sector and world-class university researchers to innovate and develop new data science capabilities in a collaborative environment. Its core mission is to generate significant economic, social and scientific value from data.
The Living Laboratory for Precision Medicine is an international centre of excellence focused on translating cutting-edge science and healthcare innovation into real-world clinical settings.
Offering a vibrant and supportive ecosystem that facilitates a ‘triple helix’ partnership between academia, industry and the NHS, the Living Laboratory will realise the full potential and benefit of precision medicine - delivering savings for the NHS, improving health outcomes and driving economic development in Govan, Glasgow, and beyond.
Precision Medicine Scotland Innovation Centre (PMS-IC) brings together industry innovators, clinicians and world-class researchers to collaborate on precision medicine opportunities.
Scotland’s ability to develop new solutions for healthcare based around informatics, big data and patient stratification is almost unrivalled. An outstanding level of academic and industry collaboration has created a truly open innovation environment.
Scotland has one of the largest information and technology communities in Europe, and an innate determination to provide healthcare solutions that benefit everyone. So, it's the natural choice for innovative digital health and care projects looking for integrated technology solutions.
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