This keynote block brings together three of the most influential voices shaping health data policy and practice internationally. Emmanuel Bacry will share lessons from the French Health Data Hub on driving innovation at scale; João Breda will highlight WHO Europe's perspective on quality of care and patient safety; and Steve MacFeely will frame the global shift from evidence-informed to data-driven decision-making through the lens of the OECD. Together, these insights connect national initiatives to global agendas — setting the stage for deeper conversations across the Summit.
Emmanuel Bacry, Chief Scientific Officer of the French Health Data Hub since 2019, is a CNRS Research Director at Paris-Dauphine University and a leading AI and data science expert. A graduate of ENS Paris with a PhD in Mathematics, Dr. Emmanuel Bacry led the Big Data & Data Science Initiative at École Polytechnique (2014-2019), creating France's...
Dr João Breda is a distinguished public health expert, currently serving as Head of the WHO Office on Quality of Care and Patient Safety in Athens, Greece, and Special Adviser to the WHO/Europe Regional Director for Subregional Offices. With over a decade at WHO/Europe, Dr Breda previously led the European Office for the Prevention and Control...
Steve MacFeely is the Chief Statistician and Director of the Statistics and Data Directorate at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), a position he's held since August 2024. He brings over two decades of international leadership experience in data and official statistics to this role. Before joining the OECD, MacFeely...
This keynote block convenes three of the most authoritative global voices on health data strategy, safety, and governance. From France's pioneering Health Data Hub, to WHO Europe's leadership on quality of care, to the OECD's systemic perspective, the session demonstrates how national and international agendas converge. It moves the conversation beyond individual projects to a shared roadmap for data-driven health innovation, ensuring delegates start Day 1 with a global lens.
Promote responsible and people-centred use of health data by aligning innovation (France), safety (WHO), and evidence (OECD).
Position Wales as a global leader by placing its experience alongside major European and international exemplars.
Facilitate cross-sector collaboration by offering delegates common frameworks to bridge national strategies with global cooperation.
Celebrate the "Data First, AI Later" movement by showing that strong data foundations, governance, and evaluation must underpin innovation.
At large congresses, keynotes are often delivered in isolation, leaving delegates with fragmented insights. Here, the block is curated as a sequence: innovation (France), safety (WHO), and evidence (OECD), with lunch and dialogue in between. This design ensures delegates not only hear from world leaders, but also connect the dots between them — turning high-level perspectives into a cohesive, actionable narrative for healthcare systems worldwide.
