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Meet the women at the forefront of change. Explore powerful sessions from the BMJ Future Health conference and webinars, and gain insights from the female leaders shaping the future of health innovation.

 

 


 

Conference sessions:

Day 1 - Thursday 6 November 2025

 

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09:20
  1. Broadgate suite
    40 mins
    • Women in healthcare
    • Patients in focus
    • Clinician focus
    • CCIO focus
    • Industry leaders focus
    At a moment of major change for healthcare in the UK, following the release of the Government’s 10-Year Plan for the NHS and in the midst of a growing push toward the use of digital, data and AI in fr ...
10:05
  1. Finsbury forum
    45 mins
    • Women in healthcare
    • AI in healthcare
    • CCIO focus
    Experienced digital healthcare leaders share their approach to developing and designing coherent innovation strategies, drawing on experiences shaping digital strategy for high-profile hospitals and p ...
  2. Commercial 3 & 4
    45 mins
    • Women in healthcare
    • AI in healthcare
    • Clinician focus
    As the drive toward preventative care models and population health management continues, hear what this means for everyday clinical practice and tangible patient outcomes, and explore what ethical, ef ...
11:25
  1. Broadgate suite
    45 mins
    • Women in healthcare
    • AI in healthcare
    • Clinician focus
    For many clinicians, digital has become a core part of their clinical work, as they champion innovation and technology in their own teams, organisations, and at the national level. Hear from clinician ...
  2. Commercial 3 & 4
    45 mins
    • Women in healthcare
    • CCIO focus
    • Industry leaders focus
    Understand how to use your entrepeneurial skills to create change where you work.   Receive practical support, guidance and find out what moves the needle at different levels of your organisation.
12:15
  1. Finsbury forum
    45 mins
    • Women in healthcare
    • Clinician focus
    • CCIO focus
    Digital literacy is increasingly becoming an essential competency for clinicians. Find out what this means for the modern clinician, and understand what mix of skills will be expected over the coming ...
  2. Commercial 1 & 2
    45 mins
    • Women in healthcare
    • AI in healthcare
    • Clinician focus
    In this session we will look at how the Foresight project is progressing and how the definition of translational medicine has changed with the advent of AI, and how the changes to the research ecosyst ...
  3. Commercial 3 & 4
    45 mins
    • Women in healthcare
    • Patients in focus
    • Clinician focus
    Through a first-principles approach that examines the opportunities for advanced design-led approaches and radical systems thinking, attendees will gain an understanding of how to start when developin ...
14:05
  1. Broadgate suite
    45 mins
    • Women in healthcare
    • CCIO focus
    Health and social care integration has long been a policy ambition, yet progress has often stalled in practice. We're exploring whether digital technologies can finally achieve what decades of reform ...
  2. Finsbury forum
    45 mins
    • Women in healthcare
    • Clinician focus
    • Industry leaders focus
    We believe the best advances in health come from a true understanding of the challenges faced by patients, health professionals and the wider system at the point of need - or preferably before. This y ...
15:15
  1. Finsbury forum
    45 mins
    • Women in healthcare
    • CCIO focus
    • Industry leaders focus
    New technologies are at the centre of national and local digital health strategies, with a focus on personalised, preventative care models. As healthcare evolves, and technologies such as wearables, t ...
  2. Commercial 1 & 2
    45 mins
    • Women in healthcare
    • AI in healthcare
    • Clinician focus
    From advice on running internal innovation projects and developing new skills, to joining digital networks, local and national innovation fellowships and embracing opportunities to work with startups ...
  3. Bishopsgate 2
    45 mins
    • Women in healthcare
    • Clinician focus
    Join editors from the BMJ Group journals — including BMJ Digital Health & AI, BMJ Leader, BMJ HCI, and BMJ Innovations — for an interactive session on how to develop and publish your work. Bring along ...
16:05
  1. Broadgate suite
    25 mins
    • Women in healthcare
    • Industry leaders focus
    In this intimate conversation, we will learn about the motivations of the big tech companies, how decisions about data governance and AI usage are negotiated by tech companies and governments, and how ...
16:30
  1. Broadgate suite
    5 mins
    • Women in healthcare
    • AI in healthcare
    • Patients in focus
    • Clinician focus
    • CCIO focus
    • Industry leaders focus

Day 2 - Friday 7 November 2025

 

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10:05
  1. Finsbury forum
    45 mins
    • Women in healthcare
    • CCIO focus
    Drawing on high-profile national case studies, explore how linking primary‑care, social‑care and voluntary‑sector data at PCN level drives local insights and targeted outreach, cutting inequalities in ...
  2. Commercial 3 & 4
    45 mins
    • Women in healthcare
    • Patients in focus
    • CCIO focus
    From problem statement to minimum viable product, clinicians responsible for the development of a new service share their experience of bringing new services and solutions to market, navigating barrie ...
11:25
  1. Broadgate suite
    45 mins
    • Women in healthcare
    • Patients in focus
    • CCIO focus
    Despite a significant growth in the market for women’s healthcare and rapid growth in investment in this area, significant gaps remain in access to women’s health, the availability of data on women’s ...
  2. Commercial 1 & 2
    45 mins
    • Women in healthcare
    • Clinician focus
    The benefits of digital transformation in healthcare are well publicised, but more recent evidence and research has demonstrated the detrimental effects of deploying new technologies into clinical and ...
12:15
  1. Finsbury forum
    45 mins
    • Women in healthcare
    • CCIO focus
    Providers, researchers and health innovation leaders share best practice in the effective evaluation of digital solutions within local organisations to ensure that innovation programmes and pilots can ...
14:05
  1. Broadgate suite
    45 mins
    • Women in healthcare
    • Patients in focus
    • Clinician focus
    With new tools changing how patients interact with healthcare services, the role that clinicians play in their patients lives is shifting, and so are patients' expectations. Digital experts, clinician ...
  2. Finsbury forum
    45 mins
    • Women in healthcare
    • Clinician focus
    • Industry leaders focus
    We believe the best advances in health come from a true understanding of the challenges faced by patients, health professionals and the wider system at the point of need - or preferably before. This y ...
  3. Commercial 1 & 2
    45 mins
    • Women in healthcare
    • Industry leaders focus
    Join experts from the RADIANT CERSI programmes as they share learnings from their regulatory innovation programmes, before outlining the priorities for safe, trustworthy digital rollouts to support cl ...
15:15
  1. Broadgate suite
    45 mins
    • Women in healthcare
    • Clinician focus
    • CCIO focus
    • Industry leaders focus
    Explore how digital health innovation can be designed and regulated to reduce, rather than reinforce, healthcare inequities. Drawing on both national regulatory leadership and grassroots clinical acti ...
  2. Finsbury forum
    45 mins
    • Women in healthcare
    • Industry leaders focus
    Develop your understanding of how to turn a clinical idea into a clear, compelling pitch – breaking down each step from framing the problem to outlining your solution - and practice pitching in a supp ...
16:05
  1. Broadgate suite
    25 mins
    • Women in healthcare
    • Patients in focus
    • Clinician focus
    The use of data, patient-centred care and meaningful stakeholder engagement by healthcare providers has already unlocked significant benefits for underserved patients, and helped many organisations to ...
16:30
  1. Broadgate suite
    5 mins
    • Women in healthcare
    • AI in healthcare
    • Patients in focus
    • Clinician focus
    • CCIO focus
    • Industry leaders focus

Webinars:

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  • This webinar will review the digital skills and capabilities expected of modern clinician, and provide clinicians with an overview of the opportunities for developing these capabilities, the routes to ...
  • This webinar will consider how clinicians can take advantage of virtual care solutions to bridge treatment gaps for hard-to-reach patients, covering telemedicine, virtual wards, digital inclusion, pro ...
  • Digital innovation is becoming an increasingly important aspect of a healthcare professional’s day to day role. For some, digital can become a passion – and how they choose to take this interest forwa ...
  • This webinar will explore how digital technologies are changing paediatric healthcare, focusing on how emerging technological solutions can enhance patient experiences, improve diagnostic accuracy, ex ...
  • To create impactful innovation in healthcare, effective collaboration between clinicians, solutions providers and other key stakeholders is essential. Many promising innovations fail to address real c ...
  • AI is increasingly being used to solve clinical problems across the NHS, with significant investment and increased optimism moving healthcare’s adoption of AI from theory to reality.  However, the pro ...
  • As digital health technology becomes more widespread, is it truly advancing equitable access to healthcare or widening existing gaps? Should technology itself be considered a social determinant of hea ...
  • As more people turn to the internet for health advice, healthcare professionals are increasingly leveraging online platforms to reach broader audiences, share their expertise, and connect with patient ...
  • In today’s rapidly evolving healthcare landscape, data is not just a tool but a critical foundation for driving equitable, trustworthy, and transformational change. This webinar explores the essential ...
  • If you ask Google Images to show you ‘digital healthcare’ or ‘remote consultations’, you will find pictures of an individual patient (usually a young professional) talking to their doctor over a smart ...
  • In this presentation, Alison, the SVP of ORCHA, will delve into the dynamic realm of digital health and its integration into clinical practice. As technology continues to revolutionise healthcare, Ali ...
  • Join us for a webinar delving into the future of healthcare leadership in the digital age. Explore the growing demand for digital health expertise and the role of the Shuri Network Digital Fellowship ...
  • Learn why we need to assess digital health products, such as apps, before you can recommend them to patients and people who use your services. Discover an easy way to make recommendations and track wh ...
  • This webinar helps you learn about what digital health is and the risks of using or recommending digital health products, such as health apps, without assessing them first.  You will explore why digit ...