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4 Register today! www.healthcarecongress.org.nz Keynote Speakers
Sir Malcolm Grant CBE Chairman, NHS England, UK
Sir Malcolm is a New Zealander, born in Oamaru and educated at Waitaki Boys High School and Otago University, where he studied law. He has had an academic career as a law professor at Southampton University, University College London (UCL) and Cambridge University. In 1991 he was elected to the Chair of Land Economy at Cambridge and a Fellowship of Clare College. In 2001 he was elected Pro-Vice Chancellor of Cambridge, and in 2003 he returned to UCL as its President and Provost (Vice Chancellor), where he served for 10 years. UCL is now widely recognised as one of the top 10 universities in the world. He was knighted in 2013 for services to higher education. In 2011 he was appointed as founding Chairman of NHS England, which has the responsibility of investing the NHS budget of over £100 billion a year so as to secure the best outcomes for the health of the population of England. His other current roles include advising governments and universities on higher education in Hong Kong, Russia and the USA, and as a Bencher of Middle Temple, a trustee of Somerset House, a UK Business Ambassador and Chancellor-elect of the University of York.
Graeme Osborne Director, National Health IT Board, Wellington, NZ
The IT Health Board is responsible for health IT leadership. It has developed a National Health IT Plan that takes a “whole system” view to guide and prioritise the delivery of health solutions at a national, regional or local level. The Board emphasises the role of clinical leadership to promote improvements and innovation in the delivery of health care services, enabled by health information, that support the development of a sustainable health system. Graeme has worked in senior management roles in the financial, health insurance and information technology fields, including ACC, Statistics and Southern Cross Healthcare. Graeme obtained a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Marketing from Canterbury University in 1986. He has experience as a member on the Land Information New Zealand Audit Committee, the e-GIF Management Committee, as a trustee of the Computer Access New Zealand (CANZ) Trust, and a member of the Institute of Directors. He was also a member of the Health Intranet Governance Board, the Telecommunications User Association of New Zealand (TUANZ) Board, and the Digital Strategy Advisory Group.
Craig Rispin Business Futurist and Innovation Expert
Craig Rispin is a Business Futurist and Innovation Expert his expertise is in emerging business, people and technology trends – and how companies can profit from them. Craig has over 20 years experience working where the future has been created – with some of the most innovative companies in the world in the IT, consumer electronics, internet and broadcasting industries. He is an award-winning speaker and has addressed audiences as large as 16,000 people on 5 continents and has consulted with CEOs of leading companies worldwide. Some of his clients include: BHP Billiton, Canon, Colonial First State, IBM, Kimberly-Clark, King & Wood Mallesons, NRMA, Sportscraft, Symantec, Toyota, Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO) and hundreds of professional industry associations. Now a keynote speaker and innovation consultant, Craig shows his clients how to: Know First, Be First and Profit First.
Jamie Stanistreet Managing Director & Vice President, Medtronic Australia and New Zealand
With more than four decades of experience in the Australian and New Zealand healthcare sectors, Jamie Stanistreet is an active member of the Australian medical devices industry and is committed to improving access for all Australians and New Zealanders requiring medical technology. Jamie joined Medtronic in 1999 following their acquisition of AVE Inc and was appointed to the Managing Director role in 2001. Prior to joining Medtronic he worked in senior sales and marketing roles with Bard Australia, 3M and Biospectrum. He has been Vice Chair of the Board for the Medical Technology Association of Australia – Australia’s leading industry association for medical devices – since 2008, and has been an AmCham (American Chamber of Commerce) Governor since 2010. Jamie was instrumental in Medtronic’s recognition as one of Australia’s Best Employers in the 2005, 2006/07 and 2008 Hewitt Best Employers Australia and New Zealand Awards, and again in 2010 when the company received a Highly Commended award. He has also been deeply committed to promoting Medtronic as an Employer of Choice for Women by the Australian Government’s Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace agency since 2006. In 2013, Jamie was awarded the Medical Technology Association of Australia’s (MTAA) highest honour - the inaugural Outstanding Individual Achievement Award.
Professor Dr Dr Jens Mueller MNZM
Jens Mueller has over 25 years’ experience as Chairman/CEO/Co-Founder/Director in global health care firms from $1-900 million turnover. He is an award-winning Management School Professor with a focus on Governance and Leadership Strategies in global firms. He serves on the PHARMAC Boad, is one of the 4 Health System Capability reviewers for the Minister of Health Hon Jonathan Coleman, and reviews National Science projects for MBIE Minister Hon Stephen Joyce. Professor Mueller has authored/edited 100+ publications and 7 books, is an engaging speaker and a Corporate Consultantworldwide. He teaches in New Zealand, China, Colombia, Abu Dhabi, and the USA, and consults on long-term strategy for enterprises and non-profit firms.
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Duncan Babbage PhD, Director, Centre for eHealth, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, NZ
Duncan Babbage, is an Associate Professor in Rehabilitation in AUT’s School of Clinical Sciences and the Implementation Science cluster lead of AUT’s Centre for Person Centred Research. Duncan’s background is as a consultant clinical psychologist, with a particular focus on neuropsychological rehabilitation after brain injury. His work in eHealth includes the use of mobile computing devices as cognitive prosthetics and to deliver mental health interventions, as well as an interest in distributed health records and health infrastructure. His research has a focus on implementation science and translation of research into practice.
Siobhan Bulfin CEO, Social Code
Siobhan is CEO and founder of Social Code, a patient engagement and behaviour change platform for the prevention and management of chronic disease. Social Code empowers patients to take ownership of their health by giving them the tools, support, confidence and motivation to manage their health. Our web and mobile applications help patients manage their disease, through peer support, access to clinicians, symptom tracking, and remote monitoring. For the patient, it’s like having their coach, care-team and support crew in their pocket. Social Code has offices in Wellington, New Zealand and San Francisco, USA.
Professor Chris Bullen Director, NIHI, University of Auckland
Chris Bullen is Professor of public health, and Director, National Institute for Health Innovation (NIHI), at the University of Auckland. He is a public health physician and researcher with a special interest in the prevention and management of non- communicable diseases. His group at NIHI has more than a decade of experience of developing and testing technology- enabled behaviour change interventions, particularly those involving mobile phones, where they have been world-leaders. His PhD and much of his research has been on novel interventions for smoking cessation, but more recently he has begun to explore other behaviours where addiction is a major feature, and where technology may play an important supportive role in relapse prevention.
Debbie Chin Interim CE, Capital & Coast District Health Board, Wellington, NZ
Debbie has been tasked with the challenge of maintaining leadership and continuity across the organisation through times of financial challenge and transition. Debbie combines effective leadership with strong strategic direction. Debbie has nearly 20 years’ experience in the health sector coupled with extensive experience in both the private and public sectors. Debbie’s previous health roles include: • Crown Monitor for the Capital & Coast and Hutt Valley District Health Boards from 2009/10; a position she held until 2013 • Ministry of Health, Deputy Director-General, Corporate for seven years including a period as Acting Director-General • Health Advisor in the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet • Member of the National Health Committee In 2007 Debbie was appointed Chief Executive of Standards NZ. Debbie held this role and the role of Crown Monitor until September 2013, when she was asked to step into her current role.
Dr Gavin Clark Director of Research & Enterprise, UoO
Gavin has a PhD in microbiology from the University of Surrey in the UK. He served studentships at Nestle (Switzerland) and Glaxo Group Research (UK), and then worked in antibiotic discovery research at SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals (1993-6). Since 1997 Gavin specialised in knowledge transfer, serving a variety of roles in Universities, government and spin-outs in NZ and in the UK. Gavin commercialised technology at the Universities of Edinburgh (1997-9) and Bristol (2000-03), then moved to NZ to be Director of Commercialisation at Massey University (2003-07) and founding CEO of Polybatics Ltd (2005-7). Returning to the UK for the period 2007-12, Gavin was Deputy Director of the Biosciences Knowledge Transfer Network, advisor to government in the Innovation and Growth Team for Industrial Biotechnology and Industrial Liaison Director at an Engineering Doctorate Centre at Newcastle University. Gavin is currently Director of Research & Enterprise at the University of Otago and co-founder of the SEED enterprise programme that inspires student teams to form start-ups. Gavin is a member of the steering committee of NZ’s Consortium for Medical Device Technologies and a Director of NZBIO.
6 Register today! www.healthcarecongress.org.nz Ross Darrah General Manager for Procurement, healthAlliance
Ross Darrah is a familiar face to many in procurement circles internationally. In his current role as General Manager for Procurement within healthAlliance, a shared services organisation to the health sector, he is responsible for leading his team to deliver procurement nationally — a first within New Zealand. Managing procurement spend at a national level is significant but it takes on extra importance when it’s directly contributing to better healthcare in our communities. He brings a wealth of experience, having founded and led Management Toolbox, an innovative company of organisational engineers who help businesses sharpen their strategy for growth and efficiency. The company later formed Grant Thornton New Zealand’s new Business Transformation service.
Sean Gray CEO, New Zealand Artificial Limb Service
Sean Gray is the CEO the New Zealand Artificial Limb Service who provide prosthetic and rehabilitation services to 4,300 amputees across the country. Amputee expectations of their prosthetic limbs are changing rapidly which are driven by daily developments and media stories on technology components, materials and manufacturing processes. As such, how NZALS creates independence for amputees in the future will be heavily dependent on how it embraces technology. Mr Gray has a Bachelor of Applied Science from Massey University and a Master of Business Administration from Macquarie Graduate School of Management, Sydney, has served in senior management roles with Diabetes Australia – NSW, AIMEDICS and Life Without Barriers. Life Without Barriers is a national service provider for disability, foster care and community aged care in Australia with a $309 million per annum turnover. AIMEDICS was a venture funded medical device company while Diabetes Australia-NSW provides services to over 245,000 people with diabetes through a range of government contracts and commercial activities.
Clive Gold Director Healthcare and Education, EMC Corporation, Australia and New Zealand
Clive Gold is the Director Healthcare and Education at EMC Australia and New Zealand a role he started in 2014. Joining EMC Corporation in 1999, he became Marketing Director in 2000, moving into the Director Product Marketing in 2005, and then in 2009 he took on the Chief Technology Officer role for Australia and New Zealand. Clive is responsible for providing focus on EMC’s solutions for Healthcare and Education, by providing thought leadership and communicating EMC’s vision and strategy. Clive’s experience in projects such as ‘The Human Face of Big Data’ enable him to apply his knowledge of EMC’s technology to the most pressing issues in education, research and healthcare. Clive has over 30 years experience in the IT industry and has been active participant in industry holding positions such as the Chairman of the Storage Networking Industry Association’s Global Steering Committee. Having commenced his career with Hewlett-Packard, Clive subsequently held a variety of senior management positions in IT services, software development, systems implementation and marketing, with companies including ComTech and Pyramid Technology. Clive holds Masters Degree in Business Administration as well as a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering.
David Hepburn Senior Vice President, Smarter Hospital Orion Health
David Hepburn is the leader of Orion Health’s ENTERPRISE Hospital Solutions globally and is responsible for strategy and overall delivery of our products and services to Hospital customers. David is leading the capability development and investment in Orion Health ENTERPRISE – an end to end open platform for the “Whole of System” and Hospital. This platform gives Orion Health a rich capability within the walls of a hospital and when aligned with the broader Orion Health portfolio can deliver seamless integration across the care continuum. Prior to joining Orion Health, David was with Perot Systems / Dell and led its Services and Outsourcing business to Physician, Health Information Exchange, Insurance and Business Process Outsourcing customers. He spent 11 years with Perot Systems based in Europe and the USA, but has experience working with private and public customers in almost all global healthcare markets. Prior to joining Perot Systems, David was an officer in theU .K. armed forces and served on operational duties in Bosnia and Northern Ireland. He holds a bachelor of engineering degree in chemical engineering from Loughborough University, U.K. David currently resides in Auckland, New Zealand.
Professor Peter Hunter Director, Auckland Bioengineering Institute, University of Auckland
Peter Hunter completed his Engineering and Masters of Engineering degrees at the University of Auckland before undertaking his DPhil (PhD) in Physiology at the University of Oxford where he researched finite element modelling of ventricular mechanics. Since then his major research interests have been around modelling various aspects of the human body using an anatomically and biophysically based approach which incorporates the detailed anatomical and microstructural measurements and material properties into the continuum finite element models. As recent Co-Chair of the Physiome Committee of the InternationalU nion of Physiological Sciences he is helping to lead the development of modelling standards and the use of computational methods for understanding the integrated physiological function of the body in terms of the structure and function of tissues, cells and proteins. In 2006 Peter was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (London). In 2009, he was awarded the Rutherford Medal, New Zealand’s top science award, as well as the KEA World Class NZ award in Research, Science, Technology and Academia.
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Professor Nikola Kasabov Fellow IEEE, Fellow RSNZ, Director, Knowledge Engineering and Discovery Research Institute (KEDRI), Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, NZ
Professor Nikola Kasabov is Fellow of IEEE, Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand and DVF of the Royal Academy of Engineering, UK. He is the Director of the Knowledge Engineering and Discovery Research Institute (KEDRI), Auckland and Chair of Knowledge Engineering at Auckland University of Technology. Kasabov is Past President and Governor of the International Neural Network Society (INNS) and of the Asia Pacific Neural Network Assembly (APNNA). Kasabov holds MSc and PhD from the TU Sofia, Bulgaria. His main research interests are in the areas of neural networks, intelligent information systems, soft computing, bioinformatics, neuroinformatics. He has published more than 550 publications. He has extensive academic experience at various academic and research organisations in Europe and Asia. Prof. Kasabov has received the APNNA ‘Outstanding Achievements Award’, the INNS Gabor Award for ‘Outstanding contributions to engineering applications of neural networks’, the EU Marie Curie Fellowship, the Bayer Science Innovation Award, the APNNA Excellent Service Award, the RSNZ Science and Technology Medal, and others. He has supervised to completion 40 PhD students. More information of Prof. Kasabov can be found on the KEDRI web site: http://www.kedri.aut.ac.nz.
Professor Raechel M Laing Clothing and Textile Sciences, Head of Department - Applied Sciences, University of Otago
Raechel Laing, an academic at the University of Otago, has a PhD from that university and a Masters degree from the University of Tennessee. She was awarded a personal chair at the University of Otago in 2004, and is currently Head of the Department of Applied Sciences at the University of Otago. She is a Chartered Textile Technologist and Fellow of the Textile Institute, a recipient of an Honorary Fellowship and the Holden Medal from that Institute, and a member of the International Council of The Textile Institute. Her Board memberships have included Standards New Zealand, New Zealand Wool Testing Authority, Mercy Hospital (Dunedin). Key areas of research include the structure/function/properties/performance relationships of textiles, and interactions between textiles and the human body. This expertise has been called on by a number of organisations (e.g. employer groups, Department of Labour, Standards New Zealand, NZ Olympic Committee), industry groups (e.g. currently leading an international panel on wool in human health and wellbeing for the International Wool Textile Organisation), and the wider public (e.g. Radio New Zealand National’s Our Changing World).
John Macaskill-Smith CEO, Midlands Health
John is the CEO of Midlands Health Network and Pinnacle General Practice Network. John has a broad history of working in the health sector, as a provider, for central government in commissioning roles for the Health Funding Authority and the Ministry of Health, in policy development and for the last 10 years leading one of New Zealand’s most proactive and dynamic primary care networks. John is well known for his honest no mucking around approach to making things happen in primary health care. Currently Midlands Health Network is spear heading the exploration of new models of care, to ensure that there is a sustainable fit for purpose primary care environment that is integrated with the broader sector. John also chairs the Midland Alliance Team, a new emerging model for collective governance and management of a whole of system approach across primary and secondary care including both public and private sector services. The Midland ALT covers four District Health Board areas in the central North Island. John strongly advocates for a whole of system view for the health and broader social sector. He is also on a wide range of national governance and advisory groups. In the odd free time, John grows olives and chases his three kids with a little trout fishing thrown in when possible.
Susan Martin NZ Country Director, Johnson & Johnson Medical
Sue has had extensive experience across both the clinical and corporate sectors. She commenced her career as a Registered Nurse, working in the critical care arena in Australia, New Zealand and the UK. Sue is a senior commercial leader skilled in strategic planning, business development and change management. A proven ability to deliver consistent and sustainable results based on strong general management and engaged teams. Sue has been with Johnson & Johnson Medical for 15 years in increasing roles of responsibility and is currently the NZ Country Director & Global Surgery Franchise Lead, a role which she has held for 21/2 years. Sue holds a Bachelor of Science (Nursing), and has attended a variety of leadership & executive programmes at institutions including Smith College in Boston and Macquarie Graduate School of Management.
Jodi Mitchel CEO, SimplHealth and Chair, NZ Health IT Cluster
Jodi has been a leader in the IT industry for over 20 years. She started her career as a software developer, was an owner of the Ministry of Software in her mid-20s, has been Chair of the NZ Health IT Cluster for the last two and half years since 2012 and also a member for 7 years. Jodi was appointed CEO SimplHealth in 2012. She is also on the board of GeoOp, the company aiming to be the world’s leader in mobile workforce job management software. SimplHealth delivers technology solutions that connect and share with those that care, safely and securely. Its products enable improved health outcomes by integrating with existing clinical systems to improve information flow and collaboration, support health services and deliver cost savings. The company has developed and delivered the software driving the NZ ePrescription Service, the Socrates Disability Management System, the B4 School Check programme and Australia’s eRx Script Exchange e-prescribing service.
8 Register today! www.healthcarecongress.org.nz David Meates Chief Executive, Canterbury & West Coast District Health Boards
David is responsible for the health services for over 550,000 New Zealanders, and the leadership of over 10,500 direct employees and thousands more NGO health sector workers contracted by the DHB. He is a big picture thinker and has particular skills in leading change, and motivating and mobilising others to be part of the transformation. David is passionate about health and what’s possible when people grasp the vision and work collectively for the greater good. The achievements of the Canterbury Health System are testimony to his leadership. David has overseen the creation of what has been identified as one of the most integrated health systems in the world by The Kings Fund (an independent charity working to improve health and health care based in the UK). In 2011 David was awarded the highest standing award by the NZ Medical Association for exemplary leadership for the devastating earthquakes in Canterbury. In 2014 David was made a member of the NZ Order of Merit for services to health. Originally from Canterbury, David has worked in both the private and public sectors, in NZ and the UK.
Dr Lance O’Sullivan GP, Kaitaia
Dr Lance O’Sullivan is a GP based in Kaitaia. A Maori doctor fluent in Te Reo. A passionate advocate for Maori health and treating patients regardless of whether or not they could afford treatment. He is also committed to supporting and encouraging Maori Youth Leaders. In 2013 he established The Moko Foundation, to help support and encourage our children, youth and whanau living in Northland and Aotearoa. His drive for accessible healthcare and partnering with the Community extends beyond his patient-centric clinic Te Kohanga Whakaora, establishing MOKO (Manawa Ora, Korokoro Ora, “Healthy Heart, Healthy Throat”), V-MOKO, a school based and online service focused on preventing rheumatic fever among primary and intermediate students in and around Kaitaia. In recognition for his achievements, Lance was named Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year 2014, received a Sir Peter Blake Leadership Award and Public Health Association Public Health Champion Award in 2013 and named TVNZ Maori of the Year 2012. Dr Lance O’Sullivan a GP, creator of revolutionary health programs, pioneer for equal health care in his community. Charismatic and hardworking, making great contributions to healthcare in the Far North. Forging a path for our future leaders taking every opportunity to great heights.
Professor Matthew Parsons University of Auckland / Waikato DHB
Professor Matthew Parsons holds the position of Clinical Chair in Gerontology, a joint appointment between Waikato District Health Board and The University of Auckland. He has a PhD and Masters in Ageing from Kings College London, a Hons degree in Psychology and Human Biology and is a registered Nurse. Matthew has been significantly involved in the guiding older person and disability services in New Zealand for the last 15 years. He has published in excess of 80 peer reviewed journal articles and provides advice to numerous countries in relation to Home Care services. He has a passion for health technology and was a principal investigator in the ASSET trial; a multi-centred randomised controlled trial of tele-monitoring across New Zealand.
Dr Mary Quin Chief Executive, Callaghan Innovation
Dr Mary Quin is Callaghan Innovation’s inaugural Chief Executive. Born in Palmerston North, she returned to New Zealand to take up the role after more than 30 years working overseas in senior executive roles in NASDAQ-listed companies such as Eastman Kodak and Xerox, where she was VP of Strategy and Business Development for the US$5.5 billion Production Systems Group. Her most recent role was as President of the 2,800-person US support services company, NANA Management Services LLC in Alaska, which is jointly owned by the indigenous Inupiat people. Dr Quin graduated from the University of Canterbury with a Bachelor of Science (Honours) with First Class Honours in Physics. She has a PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from Northwestern University in Illinois. After working in research and development for engineering company Raychem for several years, she attended Harvard Business School, where she received an MBA with High Distinction and graduated as a Baker Scholar.
Mark Richards Manager Procurement Capability, New Zealand Government Procurement, Market Services Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
Mark has held senior management roles and led successful organisational change projects in both private and government sector organisations. As a result he has gained a wide range of experience across the procurement function and general business spectrum. He is particularly passionate regarding the opportunities that procurement excellence offers to mobilise supplier relationships, create innovative solutions and drive improved results. He has been a leader in driving procurement reform across the public sector since 2010 and is widely recognised for implementing one of the most effective individual agency change programmes. In his current role he is responsible for lifting the level of commercial acumen across all Government agencies. Mark’s leadership within the procurement profession were recognised in the award of Fellowship status by the United Kingdom based Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply in 2013.
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Chandra Selvadurai CEO Pharmaco (NZ & Australia) Ltd
Chandra Selvadurai qualified with a Medical Laboratory Science degree from the CurtinU niversity of Technology, West Australia, and pursued a Post-Graduate Degree in Haematology and has also a Diploma in Business (Marketing) from Auckland University, New Zealand. His wide and varied scientific work experience included a position as a tutor in Immunology and Microbiology for first year nursing and medical laboratory science students and Research Associate in the Immunology Department at the University. He also worked as a certified Medical Laboratory Scientist in laboratories in Australia and New Zealand. Chandra has worked in the healthcare industry for over 25 years. He joined Pharmaco (NZ) Ltd in 1994, having gained experience and success with multi-national pharmaceutical and diagnostic companies for a number of years prior to that. Pharmaco is a New Zealand owned company, involved in the Sales, Marketing, Warehousing and Distribution of Medical Devices, Pharmaceutical and Healthcare products, both in New Zealand and Australia. Chandra is passionate about the healthcare industry and his objective is for Pharmaco to continue, as it has done for the last 48 years, to make a difference in delivering exceptional products and services to the market.
Dr Diana Siew National MedTech Sector Manager, Callaghan Innovation
Diana Siew’s role in the NZ Innovation environment is to support and help develop NZ’s medical technology sector to grow the economy through partnerships and collaborations between firms, researchers, clinicians/end-users and government. Two complementary initiatives in NZ that underpin her Sector Manager role are the Consortium of Medical Device Technologies (CMDT - www.cmdt.org.nz) and the MedTech Centre of Research Excellence (MedTech CoRE). Diana co-chairs the CMDT and is an Associate Director of the MedTech CoRE, responsible for strategy and industry relationships.Diana previously held senior science management roles at Industrial Research Limited and Callaghan Innovation, becoming involved in the commercialisation of early stage technologies. This sparked her interest in developing the ecosystem to support start-ups into sustainable entities. She has worked closely with the Medical Technology Association NZ for the last 10 years to develop an industry network supporting emerging medtech companies. A chemist by training, Diana has 20 years of experience in operational management, and strategy development and implementation. She enjoys mentoring and coaching young science talent. Diana studied for her PhD, MSc (1st Class Hons) and BSc degrees at the University of Auckland.
Bram Smith General Manager, Kiwi Innovation Network (KiwiNet)
Bram Smith is the founding General Manager of the Kiwi Innovation Network (KiwiNet). KiwiNet is a national consortium of universities and Crown Research Entities from across New Zealand working together to connect scientific discovery with business innovation. KiwiNet provides support, connections, investment and expertise to help research organisations convert clever science into commercial opportunities. Bram has a background in mechanical and biomedical engineering with specific experience in software development and project management. He has a history with start-up ventures including starting his own company developing engine tuning software, and was closely involved in a biomedical equipment start-up company from Aalborg University in Denmark. Bram holds a Bachelor of Engineering and a PhD in Mechanical Engineering, both from the University of Canterbury.
Dr Bryan Smith Manager, ICT Research Group, Callaghan Innovation
Dr Bryan Smith is the manager of the ICT research group at Callaghan Innovation. The ICT group provides New Zealand companies with expertise in the areas of data analytics, smart materials, and serious gaming. The group has worked in a number of areas within the medical device sector, including stroke rehabilitation, OSA mask design, drug identification, and impact mitigation. Bryan completed a degree in Biomedical Engineering at Tulane University in New Orleans before studying for a PhD in applied mathematics at Northwestern University in Illinois. He came to New Zealand in 2008 to work at IRL as a research scientist in computational mechanics, and worked on projects across a range of areas including aerospace composites, microfluidics, non- destructive testing, elastic metamaterials, and more recently, data science and predictive analytics.
David Tse GM Healthcare, Spark Digital
David is a sales and marketing leader, with over 27 years of experience leading technology companies providing ICT solutions to New Zealand businesses and government agencies. As GM Healthcare for Spark Digital, David leads a team that guides our healthcare clients in their evolution to digitally-enabled businesses. With deep industry knowledge and relationships across the Health and Life Sciences sector, David is a strategic thinker, coach and mentor. He brings a creative but pragmatic approach to issues and opportunities, leveraging his multi-disciplinary background spanning technical, sales, marketing and management roles. Prior to joining Spark Digital in 2013, David was General Manager of Sales and NZ Healthcare Lead at IBM NZ.
10 Register today! www.healthcarecongress.org.nz Dr Johan van Schalkwyk Auckland District Health Board
Dr Johan van Schalkwyk is a Perioperative Physician in the Department of Anaesthesia & Perioperative Medicine at Auckland District Health Board. He is a fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians with a longstanding interest in quality improvement in Medicine. He started programming in Lisp and assembly language in 1978 and can get by in a variety of computer languages/programming environments including SQL, R, PHP, Perl, and Javascript. Like Deming, he believes that 95% of our behaviours are conditioned and constrained by our circumstances, but is keen on exploring the remaining 5% with vigour. He writes a bit: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=van+Schalkwyk+JM%5Bau%5D
Dr Robyn Whittaker, MBChB, MPH, PhD, FNZCPHM Programme Leader of Health Informatics & Technology Research, National Institute for Health Innovation, University of Auckland
Dr Robyn Whittaker is Programme Leader of Health Informatics & Technology research at the National Institute for Health Innovation, University of Auckland. She is also a public health physician leading healthcare innovations at Waitemata District Health Board. Her research interests are particularly in mobile health and digital health – using ICT to deliver health information and services to the population. Current trials include a diabetes self-management support programme and health information for young families. She is a member of the National Telehealth Forum Leadership Group and consults internationally to groups such as the World Health Organisation/International Telecommunication Union’s global mHealth programme.
Rohan Williams Country Manager NZ, Smith & Nephew – Healthcare Division, Auckland, NZ
Rohan is a past President of the MTANZ, was on the Board for 10 years, is a life member and is currently serving on the Market Access Group. Rohan joined Smith & Nephew over 30 years ago and has enjoyed a successful career in various Sales, Marketing and General Management roles during this time within NZ. He has also just completed a 4 year assignment based in Shanghai and Dubai where he lead business development and Strategic Marketing in the Emerging Markets for the Wound Management Franchise. Rohan has also served on the Board and as Chair of United Way NZ NZ’s local Charity focusing on helping the helpers. Raising some $1m each year to support approx. 130 Community Partners throughout NZ. Rohan is Chartered Accountant and currently resides on Waiheke Island, NZ
MASTER OF CEREMONIES
Andrew Patterson MCE, B.COM Broadcaster, Writer, Business, & Economics Commentator
A self-confessed ‘news junkie,’ Andrew is a close follower of global business trends, particularly innovation and entrepreneurship. Beginning his career in the finance sector after earning his commerce degree at the University of Auckland, Andrew switched to a career in media in 1992. He recently completed his Master’s in Business Commercialisation & Entrepreneurship. Following six years in Sydney working for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Andrew returned to New Zealand in 2006 to join RadioLIVE as business editor. In 2011 he became a freelance correspondent retaining his role as RadioLIVE’s business commentator and presenter of his popular weekend programme Sunday Business. He is also a columnist for the business news website interest. co.nz and a sought after speaker and MC at corporate events and conferences. He has a particular interest in social enterprise and business education and is an ambassador for the Lion Foundation Young Enterprise Programme and sits on the selection panel for the Vodafone Foundation’s World of Difference project.
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Tuesday 16th June 2015
0730 – 0845 Registration Desk and Exhibition Open. Welcome Refreshments Great Room I
0845 – 0900 Opening Remarks Great Room III&IV Chandra Selvadurai, Chair, Medical Technology Association of New Zealand Jodi Mitchell, Chair, New Zealand Health IT Andrew Patterson, Master of Ceremonies 0900 – 0910 Opening Presentation Sir Peter Gluckman (via video) 0910 – 1000 Where Health and Smart Technology are Converging Craig Rispin, Business Futurist and Innovation Expert
1000 – 1030 Plenary Presentation Professor Dr Dr Jens Mueller, MNZM
1030 – 1100 Morning Tea and Exhibitor Networking Great Room I
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1100 – 1230 Great Room III-IV 1100 – 1230 Great Room II
1100 – 1130 Growing NZ’s Medtech Sector - The Ecosystem, Initiatives Nanotechnology – How Small Things Will Have A Big Impact and Challenges Dr Michelle Dickinson NZ needs its Medtech industry to grow its economy and address its own healthcare cost challenges. We have 160 firms associated
1130 – 1230 with our Medtech sector today - many of which are startups. The Newcomers to the Health Sector that are Driving the Our challenge is to grow these emerging entities into sustainable Growth of Healthcare Consumerism businesses. How are we doing this? There has been much publicity about newcomers to the Medtech – Navigating NZ’s Innovation Ecosystem space i.e. Apple / Google and their possible influence on the trend Dr Mary Quin, Chief Executive, Callaghan Innovation of the more empowered and informed patient. Is the Medtech – Funding for MedTech R&D sector in the health space or the technology space? How can Bram Smith, General Manager, Kiwi Innovation Network (KiwiNet) traditional Medtech demonstrate its value with the growing health and Graham Scown, Return on Science consumerism? – The MedTech CoRE – What can this Translational Research Initiative do for your Company? Craig Rispin, Business Futurist and Innovation Expert Prof Peter Hunter, Director, Auckland Bioengineering Institute, Dr Michelle Dickinson University of Auckland – Annual Update from the Consortium of Medical Device Technologies Dr Gavin Clark, Director of Research & Enterprise, UoO and Dr Diana Siew, National MedTech Sector Manager, Callaghan Innovation
1230 – 1330 Lunch and Exhibitor Networking Great Room I
1330 – 1400 Global Trends in Medical Technology Great Room III-IV Jamie Stanistreet, Vice President & Managing Director, Medtronic Australia and New Zealand
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1400 – 1500 Great Room III-IV 1400 – 1500 Great Room II
How Are CEO’s Facing the Tide of Change? The Next Frontier in Healthcare Value: Changing Patient Behaviour The Healthtech industry is facing the challenge of delivering more and meeting higher expectations on decreasing budgets, but these Health systems all over the world need new solutions to address the are not the only changes facing Healthtech. The industry is being increasing cost of associated with chronic illness plaguing society. impacted by numerous developments which have the potential to There is agreement that a person-centric approach to change the revolutionise Healthtech in new and exciting ways. behaviour of individuals is the most likely to achieve success but why is it so difficult for these concepts to be adopted? Are they effective? Jamie Stanistreet, Vice President & Managing Director, What is their value proposition and who pays? Medtronic Australia and New Zealand Technology as an Enabler of Behaviour Change Sue Martin, NZ Country Director, Johnson & Johnson Medical for Patients and the Public Chandra Selvadurai, CEO, Pharmaco (NZ & Australia) Ltd Professor Chris Bullen, Director, NIHI, University of Auckland Rohan Williams, Country Manager NZ, Smith & Nephew – Adherence. Making it Stick Healthcare Division Siobhan Bulfin, Founder and CEO, Social Code Garth Bradford, Henry Schein
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Valuing Difficult Over Complex: Changing Our Own Focus Is Key To Changing People’s Health Behaviour Duncan Babbage, Director, Centre for eHealth, Auckland University of Technology Justin Vaughn, NIB
1500 – 1530 Afternoon Tea and Exhibitor Networking Great Room I
1530 – 1550 The Digital Health Landscape – 2015 to 2020 Great Room III&IV Positioning health technologies as a key enabler to support the delivery of high quality, integrated health services and models of care is going to drive planning, funding and implementation programmes over the next 5 years. What will need to be done differently and is the Health IT sector ready and able to take up this challenge? Graeme Osborne, Director National Health IT Board
1550 – 1615 The Social Impacts of Healthcare Merepeke Raukawa-Tait
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1615 – 1715 Great Room III-IV 1615 – 1715 Great Room II
The Digital Health Landscape Healthcare in the Community How will technology really make a difference – examples where a How can technology help us provide better care and outcomes? consumer-centric approach will influence models of care and health Dr Lance O’Sullivan, GP and Founder of The Moko Foundation, Kaitaia outcomes in the future. Technology in Healthcare: Creating a Problem 1615 – 1630 or Finding a Solution Focus on Population Health and System-Wide Platforms for Professor Matthew Parsons, Transformational Change Director, Institute of Healthy Ageing David Hepburn, Senior Vice President, Smarter Hospital Orion Health Technology: clients YES and service HOW
1630 – 1645 Sean Gray, CEO, New Zealand Artificial Limb Service Information, Sharing and Collaboration - the Lifeblood of the New Healthcare Environment Jodi Mitchell, CEO, SimplHealth and Chair, NZ Health IT Cluster
1645 – 1715 Panel Session: Mobile Health & Device Technologies A quick fire panel presentation by leading experts in their fields looking at the fast expanding and consumer driven use of mobile technology to support new models of care - what are the opportunities over the next 5 years?
The Future of Health is Mobile Dr Robyn Whittaker, Programme Leader of Health Informatics & Technology Research, National Institute for Health Innovation, University of Auckland
Mobile Technology in the Home-based Sector – Enabling a Mobile Workforce and Connected Clients in the Community. Josephine Wallis, Chief Executive, Geneva Healthcare
David Tse, GM Healthcare, Spark Digital
Q&A
1715 – 1730 Summary of the Day Great Room III&IV Andrew Patterson, Master of Ceremonies
1730 – 1900 Welcome Reception & Industry Exhibition Great Room
1930 Congress Dinner & Innovation Awards Venue: Langham Hotel Great Room III & IV Guest Speaker: Graeme Sinclair, “ Gone Fishin’ ”
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Wednesday 17th June 2015
Great Room III&IV 0645 – 0900 MTANZ AGM and Breakfast (Members only)
0800 – 0910 Registration Desk and Exhibition Open. Welcome Refreshments Great Room I
0910 – 0915 Welcome Back Great Room III&IV Andrew Patterson, Master of Ceremonies
0915 – 0945 Plenary Presentation Sir Malcolm Grant, Chair NHS England, UK
0945 – 1000 Outputs from the Monday forum
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1000 – 1045 Great Room III-IV 1000 – 1045 Great Room II
Can NZ DHBs become NZ Inc? Big Data is Here! What Happens Next? Collaboration is more important than ever as we look for solutions Data analytics is the topic du jour in every industry. What are we to deliver healthcare in more cost effective and efficient ways. What doing with healthcare data that is collected? What insight and good ideas are we sharing and nurturing together? value can we gain from this data?
Key DHB CEOs Panel Discussion Big Data — will Plato’s obese white elephant utterly crush Medicine? Debbie Chin, Interim CEO, Capital and Coast DHB Dr Johan van Schalkwyk, Auckland DHB The Future of Healthcare is a Data Problem! How do we progress from Big Data to an Open, Agile and Analytics driven Healthcare System? Clive Gold, EMC
Dr Bryan Smith, Manager, ICT Research Group, Callaghan Innovation
1045 – 1115 Morning Tea and Exhibitor Networking Great Room I
1115 – 1145 Overview of the Changing Landscape of NZ Healthcare: Towards 2020 Great Room III-IV David Moore, Managing Director, Sapere Research Group Limited
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1145 – 1245 Great Room III-IV 1145 – 1245 Great Room II
Reimbursement and Regulations Wearable Technology and Remote Monitoring Collaboration between industry and payers set to change market Wearable medical technology is becoming a hot commodity. As access landscape. There is growing perception that payers these devices come to market, they have the potential to help both and industry need to work together to solve problems and find patients and clinicians monitor vital signs and symptoms. What is NZ’s solutions. What will the new procurement landscape look like? competitive advantage in this space?
Ross Darrah, General Manager for Procurement, healthAlliance Interactions Between the Human Body and Clothing: What Can We Do with Them? John Macaskill-Smith, CEO, Midlands Health Prof Raechel M Laing, Clothing and Textile Sciences, Mark Richards, Manager Procurement Capability, Head of Department - Applied Sciences, University of Otago Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment From Neurocomputers for Brain Data Modelling to Novel Brain-Machine Interfaces and Neurorehabilitation Robots Sarah Fitt, Director of Operations, PHARMAC Prof Nikola Kasabov, Director, Knowledge Engineering and Discovery Research Institute (KEDRI), Auckland University of Technology
1245 – 1345 Lunch and Exhibitor Networking Great Room I
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Wednesday 17th June 2015
1345 – 1430 What Place Does Health Technology Assessment Have Today In The Great Room III-IV Rapidly Changing Health Environment?
National Health Committee
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1430 – 1530 Great Room III-IV 1430 – 1530 Great Room II
Chaired by John Windsor, Clinician, Auckland DHB Robotics in Surgery Design - The Importance of Design in Product Useability Peter Madson, Lessons learned from first generation robotic surgery applied to the VP, Worrell, Shanghai, China next generation?
1530 – 1545 Conference Close – The top 5 things that will change in the world you work in! Great Room III-IV Andrew Patterson, Master of Ceremonies
1545 – 1600 Afternoon Tea and Exhibitor Networking Great Room I
1600 – 1800 Workshop Great Room III&IV
PHARMAC “Factors for Consideration” The first Industry workshop to introduce PHARMAC revised factors for consideration. Essential for any organisation interacting with PHARMAC.
*Some invited speakers are not yet confirmed & programme is subject to change.
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Welcome Reception
Tuesday 16th June 2015 17:30 hrs to 19:00 hrs Venue Langham Hotel, Exhibition Hall Cost Included in the full registration fee Dress Business attire
Conference dinner:
Tuesday 16th June 2015 19:00 hrs to late Venue Langham Hotel, Great Rooms III&IV Cost $99 per person with a full registration. Additional guest tickets can be purchased for $155 incl of GST each Dress Business attire
Graeme Sinclair “Gone Fishin”
As Managing Director of Frontier Television (NZ) Ltd, Graeme Sinclair continues to produce the popular TV series “Gone Fishin”, which is now in its 21st year on television. Graeme has spent most of his formative years involved in outdoor pursuits both recreationally and professionally; fishing; hunting; as a white water rafting guide; diving instructor; and skiing to name just a few activities. He also developed and ran outdoor management and team building courses. Even now, having been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis approximately 17 years ago, Graeme does not let being in a wheelchair stop him. He continues to do as many of these activities and more!
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(NZ$ and inclusive of gst) Congress website at www.healthcarecongress.org.nz. Simply follow the instructions on the registration page. Full Congress Registration Please note: if one of your group cancels their registration Full Registration includes: prior to the Congress and is not replaced by another delegate, then every delegate within your group is liable for Earlybird by 4 May 2015 : NZ $820 incl GST the full cost of registration. There is no group discount for day Standard after 4 May 2015 : NZ $950 incl GST registrations. Group Discount ( min 4 people ) : NZ $765 incl GST by 4 May 2015 Day Congress Registration Please note: Full registrations cannot be shared. Day Registration includes: Full Registration includes: • Entry to all Congress sessions Earlybird by 4 May 2015 : NZ $495 incl GST • Congress Programme and Book of Abstracts Standard after 4 May 2015 : NZ $560 incl GST • Entry to Exhibition Day Registrations cannot be shared • Catering for the full Congress • One ticket to the Welcome Reception Day Registration includes: Group Discount Available! • Entry to Congress session on the day Register at least 4 full registrations from the same of registration only organisation, at the same time, and receive a group discount. • Congress Programme and Book of Abstracts Your registrations MUST be received by the earlybird date of • Entry to Exhibition on the day of registration only 4 May 2015. You can do multiple registrations online via the • Catering for the day of registration
Congress Venue
Langham Hotel, Auckland 83 Symonds Street, Auckland Central, New Zealand P: +64 9 379 5132 F: +64 9 377 9367
Location and Parking
Valet Parking Ensure your vehicle is safe and secure. A valet parking service is provided at a daily charge of NZ$35 per vehicle for 24 hours (subject to availability) and prices may vary.
Self-Parking Options Should you wish to park your own vehicle, there are a number of public carparks near The Langham, Auckland. http://auckland.langhamhotels.co.nz/pdf/ LocalCarParkMap2012.pdf
18 Register today! www.healthcarecongress.org.nz Accommodation Langham Shuttle The Langham provides a complimentary Shuttle Bus from Accommodation has been reserved at special rates at The the Langham Hotel to Downtown Auckland from 07.00am Langham Auckland. Please secure your accommodation to 09.30pm each day and return. Please see the Langham directly with the Langham via the Congress website. Reception for details. Rooms to be used at the Langham Hotel are as follows: Plenary Sessions: Great Room III&IV Wakefield St Paul St Mayoral Drive Concurrent Sessions: Great Room II 2 Airedale Street5 4 Great Room III&IV Greys Avenue Catering: Great Room I MYER’S Exhibition Area: Great Room I PARK
3 Registration Area: Great Room – Prefunction Pitt St Pitt City Rd Welcome Reception: Great Room I QUEEN’S STREETLiverpool St SYMONDS6 STREET Congress Dinner: Great Room III&IV KARANGAHAPE ROAD 1 Meet the Investor: Crystal Room GRAFTON BRIDGE
GRAFTON RD SPE Bar and Restaurant
I II III IV
Westhaven
Toilets THE GREAT ROOM 1. Liverpool Street 4. Unipark
Tournament Parking Wilson Parking Toilets The Great Room Pre-function
2. 450 Queen Street 5. Wakefield Street Cloakroom
Toilets Eight Tournament Parking Wilson Parking Lobby 3. Q Central 6. 100 Symonds Street
Wilson Parking Wilson Parking Outside Patio Lifts The Great Room Hotel lobby entrance and entrance
General Information
Airport Messages can be left at the registration desk. Delegates will need to check with the registration desk if they are Auckland Airport expecting any messages. w : www.auckland-airport.co.nz p : +64 9 275 0789 or 0800 247 767 Facilities for People with Disabilities e : [email protected] Please indicate when registering if you require disabled facilities.
The Langham Auckland is a 40 minute drive from Auckland Goods and Services Tax International Airport. The average taxi fare from the airport Goods and services in NZ are subject to a 15% tax (GST). This to The Langham Hotel is NZ$85 depending on traffic. For is usually included in the price, but if not, is clearly stated. those wishing to travel in style one of The Langham’s limou- sines can be booked to meet you at the airport for NZ$90. Sponsorship Please email the hotel to reserve your limousine. Airport Expressions of interest in participating as a Congress shuttle services are available and car rental and limousine Sponsor are welcomed. If you are interested, contact: services may be arranged on request by contacting the hotel concierge. Victoria Jantke, MTANZ p : +64 9 917 3645 Contact during the Congress e : [email protected] As a courtesy to speakers, delegates are requested to switch off mobile phones and pagers during sessions.
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Liability Disclaimer www.budget.co.nz www.thrifty.co.nz The Organising Committee, including the Congress Managers, will not accept liability for damages of any nature sustained by participants or their accompanying persons or loss or dam- www.hertz.co.nz age to their personal property as a result of the meeting or related events. In the event of industrial disruption or other unforeseen circumstances, the Congress Managers accepts Taxis and Shuttles no responsibility for loss of monies.
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Organising Committee
Scott Arrol Mike Munley New Zealand Health IT Medical Technology Association of NZ
Angus Brown Angela Pantano Johnson & Johnson Pacific Edge
Steve Hamilton Diane Siew Vento Limited Callaghan Innovation
Andrew Hickey Faye Sumner Intermed Medical Medical Technology Association of NZ
Victoria Jantke Nancy Yopp Medical Technology Association of NZ Brandwood Biomedical NZ Ltd John Kiteos 3M
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