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7:45
Registration and light breakfast
8:40
Welcome from the Chair
![Audrey Carville](https://healthsummit.ie/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Audrey-C.jpg)
Audrey Carville
Journalist and Broadcaster, host of Radio 1’s Morning Ireland
8:50
OPENING KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
Progressing change in our health system
![Damien McCallion](https://healthsummit.ie/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/damien-new.png)
Damien McCallion
Chief Operations Officer, HSE
9:05
Connecting people – technology and data as a bridge to integrated care
![Alastair Allen](https://healthsummit.ie/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/aa.png)
Alastair Allen
Partner and Head of Healthcare Technology, EY Ireland
MORNING PLENARY: Learning from two decades of changing healthcare in Ireland
9:25
PANEL DISCUSSION:
Understanding the past as we prepare for the future
Our opening panel discusses what we’ve learned from two decades of changing healthcare In Ireland, reflecting on progress made, challenges faced, and future goals for improving healthcare.
![Georgina Cruise](https://healthsummit.ie/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/GC-COLOUR.png)
Georgina Cruise
National Manager, the Patient Advocacy Service
![Tony O’Brien](https://healthsummit.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Tony-O-Brien.jpg)
Tony O’Brien
Leadership, governance and strategy consultant, columnist, Chartered Director, Board Chair, Strategic Advisor, former Director General, HSE
![Mary Harney](https://healthsummit.ie/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/mary_harney.jpg)
Mary Harney
Independent Director and Business Adviser, Minister for Health 2004-2011
![Robert Watt](https://healthsummit.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/robert-watt.jpg)
Robert Watt
Secretary General, Dept of Health
10:00
PANEL DISCUSSION:
Cancer Care in Ireland – Innovating for the Future
![Dr Grainne O’Kane](https://healthsummit.ie/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/gra.png)
Dr Grainne O’Kane
Consultant Oncologist and Director of the Cancer Clinical Trials Unit, Trinity St James’s Cancer Institute.
![Dr Thorsten Giesecke](https://healthsummit.ie/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/thorsten_giesecke.jpg)
Dr Thorsten Giesecke
General Manager, Commercial Business, Janssen Sciences Ireland UC
![Averil Power](https://healthsummit.ie/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/averil_head_shot.jpg)
Averil Power
CEO, Irish Cancer Society
10:30
Morning break
Choose your track
STREAM 1: The Future of Aged Care
STREAM 2: Moving Care Closer to Home
STREAM 3: The Workforce Challenge
1:05
Lunch break
AFTERNOON PLENARY: Creating a healthcare system fit for the future
2:10
Welcome back from the Chair
![Audrey Carville](https://healthsummit.ie/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Audrey-C.jpg)
Audrey Carville
Journalist and Broadcaster, host of Radio 1’s Morning Ireland
2:15
Digital Transformation in Healthcare: Pioneering the next Revolution
![Deb Mangone](https://healthsummit.ie/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/deb_mongone.png)
Deb Mangone
Ireland Country Manager, Pfizer
2:25
AFTERNOON KEYNOTE:
Digital models of healthcare and international comparisons of whole systems working
![Jos Creese](https://healthsummit.ie/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/jos_c_pic.jpg)
Jos Creese
Independent digital transformation consultant, Non-Exec Director, Hampshire Hospitals Foundation Trust, past president of Socitm, the Society of Innovation & Technology, UK
2:45
PANEL DISCUSSION:
What must the health service do to accelerate digital transformation?
We explore digital healthcare across Ireland – where are we now? And what will our future health service look like? Our panel discusses how healthcare providers need to develop a holistic digital strategy to accelerate the digital transformation journey:
- Creating a comprehensive digital healthcare strategy to streamline operations and increasing accessibility
- Ensuring an Electronic Health Record (EHR) system accessible across platforms and prioritise data security and privacy measures
- Fostering innovative and seamless clinical care through digital tools, emphasising accurate clinical decision-making and data interoperability between providers
- The integration of AI and digital tools to personalise healthcare services.
![Robbie Cline](https://healthsummit.ie/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/rob.png)
Robbie Cline
Joint Chief Information Officer, London Northwest University Healthcare NHS Trust & The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK
![Neil O’Hare](https://healthsummit.ie/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/neil_o_hare.png)
Neil O’Hare
Prof. Health Informatics (UCD) / Group CIO, Children’s Health Ireland
![Patricia Maguire](https://healthsummit.ie/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/maguire.png)
Patricia Maguire
Professor of Biochemistry, UCD & Director, the UCD Institute for Discovery
![Robert Forde](https://healthsummit.ie/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/rob-1.png)
Robert Forde
eHealth Director & CIO, Dublin Midlands Hospital Group, HSE
3:20
LOCKNOTE PANEL DISCUSSION:
Health in 2040: What tangible changes can be made now that will improve the lives of those living longer?
Plus, future healthcare demand and expenditure: The impact of demographic and policy change
![Prof. Desmond O’Neill](https://healthsummit.ie/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/DES-1.png)
Prof. Desmond O’Neill
Geriatrician and stroke physician
![Niall Conroy](https://healthsummit.ie/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/niall_conroy.jpg)
Niall Conroy
Acting Chief Economist and Head of Secretariat, Irish Fiscal Advisory Council
![Mairéad McCaul](https://healthsummit.ie/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/mairead_mccaul_3.jpg)
Mairéad McCaul
Managing Director of MSD’s Human Health business in Ireland
![David Cullinane TD](https://healthsummit.ie/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/David-Cullinana.jpg)
David Cullinane TD
Sinn Fein party spokesperson on Health