Speakers

Lincoln Gombedza is a multi award-winning Registered Learning Disability Nurse, Practice Educator, and recognised leader in healthcare innovation. He is dedicated to embedding artificial intelligence (AI) and advancing the adoption of digital technologies to transform patient care and empower the nursing profession.

He serves on the BMJ Future Health Committee and is the European Regional Hub Lead for the Nursing Now Challenge, contributing to groundbreaking healthcare initiatives and shaping future-focused digital policy. Lincoln is a member of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (Phi Mu Chapter) and has been recognised as a Rising Leader at Keele University, celebrated among the 75 Faces of Keele, and featured in the Florence Nightingale Foundation’s 90th anniversary.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Lincoln led the deployment of telehealth solutions that supported over 10,000 patients, integrating AI-powered patient management and predictive analytics. His collaborations include the NHS Digital Shared Decision-Making Council, CHIME International, Foundation of Nursing Studies, Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), Daisy Foundation, and the World Health Organisation (WHO).

He co-chaired the Chief Nursing Officer’s Professional Strategy Working Group on Digital and Technology, helping to shape the long-term vision for nursing and midwifery in alignment with the NHS 10-Year Health Plan: Fit for the Future.

Lincoln’s work with the World Health Organisation includes leading the project “Nurse-Build AI Teams: Addressing Global Workforce Shortages with Citizen Developers,” presented at the WHO Symposium on Modelling and Optimizing the Health and Care Workforce in Copenhagen (April 2025). The initiative explores the transformative potential of nurse-led AI innovation to tackle global workforce challenges through citizen development, advancing WHO’s Framework for Action on the Health and Care Workforce in the WHO European Region 2023–2030.

Passionate about democratising technology, Lincoln champions the role of nurses as citizen developers. Through mentorship and cross-sector innovation, he is committed to positioning nurses as trailblazers in the global digital transformation of healthcare.