Panelist: Andrew Fearn,
Accountable Officer, EMRAD - UK

Over 30 years experience managing digital transformation programmes. Currently Director of Digital Services at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Andrew has overall responsibility for strategic and operational aspects of the EMRAD Network, which he has led since its inception.

Panelist: Dr. Osama Elhassan,
Vice-Chair of Emirates Health Informatics Society and the Head of eHealth section at Dubai Health Authority - UAE

Dr. Osama Elhassan is a co-founder and the vice-chair of Emirates Health Informatics Society and a board member in the International Society for Telemedicine and eHealth. He serves also as a Health Informatics Specialist at Dubai Health Authority. Dr. Elhassan is also the co-founder and the coordinator of the GCC Taskforce on Workforce Development in Digital Healthcare, which aims at empowering young local talents to enact eHealth roles through continuous training and rewarding career paths. He obtained a PhD in Informatics from University of Leicester and an MSc in Advanced Computing from Imperial College in UK. Dr. Elhassan research and practical interests include eHealth workforce development, HIE, TeleHealth and Information Governance.

Panelist: Prof. Dr. Hakki Muammer Karakas
Chairman, Radiological Services of Istanbul Province. Fatih Sultan Mehmet Research and Training Hospital - Turkey

Prof. Hakki Muammer Karakas, MD. is a global opinion leader in high performance imaging services and healthcare digitalization and is Istanbul Provincial Health Directorate Radiology Services Coordinator and Health Sciences University faculty member.

He is a nonvascular interventional radiologist with an in-depth expertise on advanced ultrasound applications and advanced MRI systems. He has also worked as a neuroradiologist at Bonn University in Germany; as a neuroscientist and neurophysiologist in Germany and at Turkish Scientific and Technical Research Council. He has over 500 scientific publications and over 2,300 scientific citations. He received over 20 national and international awards for outstanding scientific research and technological R&D, including a European Society of Neuroradiology Award for his contribution to the development of multimodal EEG/ERP-MRI technology. He has served in various academic, public and private institutions as physician and/or administrator and has in-depth experience in quality management, high performance management models, dose management systems, public private partnerships (PPP/PFI), healthcare architecture and medical IT. He serves as the member of advisory board and/or luminary board for various multinational corporations and governments and as an expert to International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna.

Moderator: Siddharth Purohit,
Chief Architect Healthcare Digital - GE Healthcare - USA

Panelist: Dr. Hugh Harvey,
Managing Director, MBBS BSc(Hons) FRCR MD(Res) FBIR - UK

Hugh is an experienced clinician and health technology advisor, with a focus on leveraging big data and artificial intelligence. He is a board certified consultant radiologist and academic, trained in the NHS and Europe's leading cancer research center, the Institute of Cancer Research, where he was twice awarded ICR Science Writer of the Year.

Panelist: Pr. Evis Sala,
Professor of Oncological Imaging – University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine - UK
Honorary Consultant Radiologist – Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge. University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - UK

Evis Sala, MD, PhD, FRCR, is the Imaging lead for the CRUK Cambridge Centre (CC) Integrative Cancer Medicine Theme and co-leads the Advanced Cancer Imaging Programme for the CRUK CC.

Dr Sala is an academic radiologist with a special interest in Cancer Imaging. She is the Professor of Oncological Imaging at the University of Cambridge, UK. Previously, she served as Chief of Body Imaging Service at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Professor of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medical College in New York until December 2017. Before joining the Memorial Sloan Kettering in July 2012, she was a University Lecturer in Radiology and Specialty Teaching Director (Radiology) at the University of Cambridge, UK. She obtained her PhD from University of Cambridge, UK in 2000 and completed her training in Clinical Radiology at Cambridge, UK in August 2005.

She leads the Radiogenomics and Quantitative Imaging Group in the Department of Radiology. Her current research focuses on integrated diagnostics, through the clinical development and validation of functional imaging biomarkers to rapidly evaluate treatment response using physiologic and metabolic tumour habitat imaging. Her research in the new field of “radio genomics” has focused on understanding the molecular basis of cancer by demonstrating the phenotypic patterns which occur as a result of multiple genetic alterations that interact with the tumour microenvironment to drive the disease in several tumours types. Her work integrates quantitative imaging methods for evaluation of spatial and temporal tumour heterogeneity with genomics, proteomics and metabolomics. She is also working on development and clinical translation of several novel PET tracers.

Dr. Sala is active in many academic organizations. She is a member of Board of Trustees of the International Cancer Imaging Society (ICIS) and The European Society of Urogenital Radiology (ESUR) and the Chair of the Research Committee of the European Society of Oncologic Imaging (ESOI). In recognition for her contribution to education and research in oncological imaging, she was elected as a Fellow of ICIS in 2014, a Fellow of ISMRM in 2015, a fellow of ESUR in 2018 and received the RSNA Honoured Educator Award in 2014, 2017 and 2020.

Panelist: Dr Rowland Illing,
Director & Chief Medical Officer, International Government Health at Amazon Web Services (AWS) - USA

Dr Rowland Illing is the Chief Medical Officer and Director of International Government Health for Amazon Web Services (AWS). He has responsibility for public sector healthcare strategy and operations for AWS internationally, excluding the US & China. This encompasses healthcare service delivery, research and genomics. He is passionate about the delivery of person-centred care, increasing access and improving outcomes at a lower cost by accelerating the digitization and utilization of healthcare data.

Rowland is an Honorary Associate Professor at University College London, who trained in both Cambridge and Oxford Universities. He is a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, Fellow of the Royal College of Radiologists and Senior Fellow of the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management in the UK. He continues to present and publish on topics including digital healthcare and AI, is a member of the Digital Health Roster of Experts for the WHO and member of the European AI Alliance for the European Commission.

Moderator: Jan Beger,
Senior Director Digital Ecosystem, Europe - GE Healthcare - Germany

Panelist: Dr Claire Bloomfield,
CEO, National Consortium of Intelligent Medical Imaging, University of Oxford - UK

Claire is a senior research management professional, with experience of working both directly as an academic researcher and also a senior research administrator.

She obtained her Doctorate in Neuroscience at the University of Oxford, and held research fellowships in Oxford and the United States before moving into a career as a research management professional. Claire then worked for the UK Medical Research Council, before returning to the University of Oxford, to establish the CRUK Oxford Centre. The Centre was a new type of entity for the University, being a virtual centre with the mission to facilitate research across a variety of disciplines and different Departmental structures to enhance cancer research activity at the University and Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Claire delivered a range of high-profile multidisciplinary and pan-Divisional grant initiatives for the University (with a combined value of over £250m), and most recently was focused on early detection for cancer and the use of AI for health care.

Panelist: Dr. Christopher Ahlers,
Radiologist and CEO of radiomed in Wiesbaden, Germany

2004-2006: Residency (Resident Ragiology, Radiation Oncology) - MVZ Radiologie Vechta

2009: Board Certification

2009-2011: Scientific Assistant (Resident Radiology) - Johannes-Gutenberg-University, Mainz

2009-2011: Radiologist (Gereral Radiology) - Radiomed, Wiesbaden

2011-today: Partner (Ragiology: General, Sebspecialties: Cardiovascular, MSK, Prostate-MRI) - Radiomed, Wiesbaden

2011-2013: Deputy Managing Partnet (Management: Opertional Leadership) - Radiomed, Wiesbaden

2014-today: Managing Partner (Management: Opertional and Strategic Leadership, HR Strategy, Strategic Partnership, M&)- Radiomed, Wiesbaden

Panelist: Dr. Said Mahmoudi,
Radiologist, CEO & Owner of Hospital Chahids Mahmoudi - Algeria

Professional experience:
• Principal Medical Imaging physician at Hôpital Chahids Mahmoudi (2015 - present)
• Team leader of PET-CT and Molecular imaging at Hôpital Chahids Mahmoudi (2016 - present)
• Member of steering commitee of the National Cancer Programme (2014 - present)
• Vice President of Algerian Society of Medical Imaging and Radiology (2014 - present)
• Advisor to MoH for innovative health technologies

Education:
• Algiers University - Medical School Radiology Residency Program 1990
• Algiers University - Medical School – M.D. Degree 1985

Administrative/Managerial experience:
• CEO and Owner of Hôpital Chahids Mahmoudi
• Project leader for the first integrated multimodality private hospital in Algeria
• Main Project leader for introduction of the first Cyclotron in Algeria
• Main Project leader for introduction PET-CT modality in Algeria
• Expert knowledge on innovation in Health Program,
• Technology Development Areas (HIS and many other computer related applications) experience as lead and hospital owner

Scientific Publications:
• more than 20 papers and posters in international scientific meetings,
• more than 10 papers and posters in algerian scientific meetings,

Moderator: Prof. Dr. med. Mathias Goyen,
Chief Medical Officer, EMEA - GE Healthcare - Germany

Panelist: Cecilia Olsson,
Patient Advocate, Global Mammography, GE Healthcare - France

Cecilia Olsson is a global spokeswoman for Patient Experience & Advocacy for Women’s Health at GE Healthcare. Olsson is 47 years old, married with two daughters. With roots in Swedish Lapland, she moved to France when she was 16 and has since lived an enriched life of travel and working for large international companies. She joined GE Healthcare in 2011 and naturally fell into her role as spokeswoman for Patient Experience and Advocacy after her own breast cancer journey in 2015. Cecilia is sharing her story with The Beryl Institute during Breast Cancer Awareness Month, because she is committed to improving the healthcare pathway for women around the world.

Panelist: Dr. med. Bettina Wolfgarten
Founder and Owner of the Wolfgarten Clinic and the affiliated Forum Wolfgarten- Germany

Dr. med. Bettina Wolfgarten is the Head of the Department of Diagnostic Radiology at the clinic Wolfgarten Bonn. After studying human medicine at the University of Bonn, Dr. Wolfgarten competed here professional training at the Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology and Neuroradiology at the Essen University Hospital. From 2014 to 2019, she worked at the Beta Klinik Bonn. Since December 2019, Dr. Bettina Wolfgarten has been the Chief Physician of the Department of Diagnostic Radiology at the Clinic Wolfgarten Bonn.

The specialist’s clinical interests include breast imaging diagnostics in women, mammography, breast MRI, breast ultrasound scanning, ultrasound-guided breast core needle biopsy, vacuum-assisted biopsy, as well as preoperative breast tumor marking. Previously, Dr. Bettina Wolfgarten has participated in the National Mammography Program. Since 2014, she has also been a Board Member of the Bonn Medical Association.

Panelist: Patricia Nicola
Head of Venture Development & Partnerships Wayra - UK

Patricia Nicola is the Head of Venture Development & Partnerships at Wayra UK, Telefonica’s Open Innovation arm. In her role, Patricia works with Telefonica, O2 and their corporate and government partners on key innovation initiatives aimed to identify and access start-ups and scale-ups with best in class solutions and technology across sectors such as cybersecurity, healthcare and mobility. Prior to joining Wayra, Patricia set up the Venture team at the leading online platform Seedrs and was a consultant in the Financial Services division at Accenture. Patricia graduated with First Class Honours and has a BSc in Business Management from King’s College London.

Moderator: David Labajo Izquierdo
VP Healthcare Digital Sales, Europe - GE Healthcare - Spain

David Labajo is the Vice President of GE Healthcare Digital in Europe. Formerly he was the Digital Strategy leader in Roche Diabetes Care Global, and Head of Digital Health in Telefónica in Spain during several years, with more than 15 years working on the Digital Health space.

He is Telecommunications Engineer and master in 'Corporate Management' by background. David is also Professor in different Business Schools focusing on the Digital Health Transformation. In the last 10 years, he has been collaborating with different organizations in the Innovation and Startups space in the Healthcare sector. David has developed his career mainly in Spain, UK and Italy.

Panelist: Prof Mel Pickup
CEO of Bradford Teaching Hospitals (NHS) - UK

Mel Pickup was appointed as Chief Executive of the Trust in November 2019. Mel qualified as a Registered General Nurse in 1990. Mel has worked in a number of management and leadership roles across Yorkshire and the Northwest.

Mel was Chief Executive of The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust from January 2007 (Taking it through its Foundation Trust application to a successful conclusion) prior to her appointment with Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS FT in 2011, and now Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS FT.

In 2015 Mel was invited by Baroness Cumberledge to be the provider Chief Executive representative on The National Maternity Review and continues to work in support of the maternity transformation programme as a member of the stakeholder council. Mel is the system lead for the Bradford and District Health and Care Partnership. As a member of the West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts, Mel leads on critical care and chairs the WYHP PPE Board.

Panelist: Alberto de Rosa
CEO of Ribera Salud Group - Spain

Moderator: John Deverill,
General Manager Solutions, EMEA - GE Healthcare - UK