Speakers

Dr Yasmin Karsan, PhD is a Digital Clinical Safety Officer (CSO), AI consultant, pharmacist, health-tech founder, NHS clinical entrepreneur, micro angel investor, and board member. 

In her role as Digital Clinical Safety Officer, Yasmin works at the interface of clinical care, digital health innovation and patient safety, helping health tech companies navigate regulatory compliance, risk, and ethical deployment in real-world settings. She regularly advises on clinical safety for AI systems and emerging digital tools within healthcare. 

As a pharmacist by training, Yasmin brings deep domain knowledge in medicines, clinical pathways, and patient safety to her work. She combines this foundation with entrepreneurial leadership: she founded a Digital Clinical Safety Company to support compliance and safety in AI and health technology development. 

Yasmin is also active in investing and governance: as a micro angel investor and board member, she supports early-stage health-tech ventures aligned with safe, equitable innovation. 

As a speaker, she brings lived experience from clinical, regulatory, startup, and investor perspectives—speaking on topics such as clinical safety in AI, embedding ethics in digital health, regulatory frameworks (e.g. DCB0129 / DCB0160), and bridging clinical insight with innovation.