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Preparing the healthcare workforce for a digital future
This event is sponsored by EPSRC NortHFutures and NHS England Education North East, in partnership with Innovation SuperNetwork, Health Data Research UK (HDR UK), Newcastle Health Innovation Partners, and Health Innovation North East and North Cumbria.
- Friday 8th of November, 9am to 5pm
- Hope St Xchange, 1-3 Hind St, Sunderland SR1 3QD
The event will bring together people working in healthcare, social care, the healthcare technologies industry, academia and the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector who are interested in innovation and eager to explore the digital future of healthcare.
The symposium provides an opportunity to network and take part in seminars and training workshops about data science and responsible innovation practices for healthcare.
Speakers include:
Graham Evans, Chief Digital and Infrastructure Officer/SIRO | NHS North East and North Cumbria – Integrated Care Board, Honorary Professor at Teesside University, Basil Bekdash, Consultant Paediatric Surgeon, Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Georgina Cosma, Professor of AI and Data Science at Loughborough University, Gordon Elder, Associate Director of Nursing Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust & Regional Chief Nursing Information Officer for NHS North East & Yorkshire, Emma Karoune, Deputy Lead of the Research Community Management team within the Tools, Practices and Systems Research Programme at the Alan Turing Institute, Thomas Owen, Data Scientist, NHS Business Services Authority, and Sarah Cox, Innovation Missions Programme Director, Innovation Super Network.
We welcome diverse, cross-sector participation for discussion on themes such as:
- Diversity & Future Data Science roles
- AI & Digital Clinical Safety
- Ethics and Equity in Digital Innovation
- Engaging Healthcare Workforce in Delivery of Change
- Cross-sector Engagement for Co-creating Futures