Security is paramount when dealing with large-scale research platforms and data. This session delves into best practices in cybersecurity, compliance, and regulation. Learn how to protect valuable healthcare information, adhere to legal standards, and align with industry guidelines. A must-attend for professionals navigating the complex landscape of technology and healthcare security.
Rowland Agidee
Chief Analytics Officer, University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS FT
Rowland is one of the first Chief Analytics Officers to be employed in the NHS, specialising in building and scaling data and analytics capabilities to become more “insight-driven”. Rowland leads the delivery of data services at the University Hospital Derby and Burton, heading teams of multi-disciplinary data professionals to deliver data and analytics strategy and target operating models; the execution of data science and intelligent automation projects; and the industrialisation of data and analytics capabilities as part of a large-scale digital transformation programme. He specialises in data and analytics driven change, working closely with senior executives to deliver against strategic business cases.
Dr Phil Waywell
Director of Digital Partnerships, Health Innovation Yorkshire & Humber
As Director of Digital Partnerships for the health and care system in Yorkshire and Humber, Phil is focused on ensuring data infrastructure and assets are used to their full potential to inform decision-making, thereby improving patient access, experience and outcomes.
Phil is leading on work with regional and national stakeholders to develop a blueprint for partnerships between health and care organisations and commercial partners that deliver mutual benefit and ensure an appropriate share of any resultant value. Phil has particular expertise relating to real-world evidence, information governance and the operation of Trusted Research Environments.
Dr Saira Ghafur
Lead for Digital Health, Institute of Global Health Innovation, Imperial College London & Co-Founder, Prova Health
Saira is the Digital Health Lead at the Institute of Global Health Innovation and Security Science Fellow at ISST, Imperial College London and a honorary consultant in respiratory medicine at St Mary’s Hospital.
At Imperial College Saira has spearheaded the College’s collaboration for healthcare cybersecurity. Saira also leads work on evidence generation for digital health, the value of healthcare data and AI and machine learning for health in low and middle income countries.
Saira is also the co-founder of two start-ups: Psyma (mental health) and Prova Health (evidence generation in digital health). Saira holds a MSc in Health Policy from Imperial and was also a Harkness Fellow in Health Policy and Practice in New York (2017).
Chair: Paul Jones
Chief Digital and Information Officer at Leeds Teaching Hospitals & Chief Information Officer, West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care Partnership
Paul is the Chief Digital Information Officer at Leeds Teaching Hospitals, where he leads a team of 450 digital and information staff. He has held senior, digital roles in the public and private sector over the last twenty-years including CTO for the NHS in England and Group CIO at Serco.
