Fundamentally there are four main actors in the use of Big Data in Health, although there is a blending of the boundaries

• Data Aggregators (NHS, Private health companies, Institutes)
• Data generators (Medical professionals, patients, Companies)
• Data users (Researchers, Medical Professionals, Companies)
• Service providers (Application developers)

Presentations will be heard from:

• Dr Robert Winter, MD FRCP OBE, Managing Director,EAHSN
• Professor Andrew Morris, Scotland's Chief Scientist,University of Dundee
• Professor Jeremy Wyatt DM FRCP ACMI Fellow, Leadership Chair in eHealth Research, Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, University of Leeds
• John Ainsworth, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Health Informatics, University of Manchester
• John Parkinson, Director, Clinical Practice Research Datalink - CPRD
• Gisele Roesems, Deputy Head of Unit, European Commission
• Dr Alvis Brazma, Senior Team Leader of Functional Genomics, European Bioinformatics Institute
• Sue Dunkerton, Co-Director, HealthTech & Medicines KTN
• Tom Fiddian, Lead Technologist - Digital, TSB
• Mark Wall, Big Data & Analytics Leader, Catapult
• Simon Beaulah, Director, Healthcare Strategy, Linguamatics 

The event aims to address the challenges facing health service delivery with regard to big data capabilities as well as develop a value chain that will allow Big Data professionals, service developers, health professionals and health companies to invest in innovative services.

Underpinning this are issues of technology in the health and data sectors along with security, privacy and patient control. There will be opportunities to introduce the idea of learning from other sectors e.g. McLaren.

Objectives

• To shape future TSB or other investments
• To build a new community of data specialists and health professionals/businesses to stimulate new innovations
• To roadmap challenges, opportunities and barriers with recommendations of how to exploit opportunities
• To prepare for H2020 funding and partnering opportunities
• To contribute to and expand the data component of the Digital Health Special Interest Group

The event is FREE to attend. We encourage you to register for this event today as places are limited and allocated on a first come basis.

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