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Cloud data is powerful, but it raises tough questions about ownership, sovereignty, and accountability. This panel brings global, open-standards, and national infrastructure perspectives into one space, asking how we balance innovation with public trust. The goal is to help participants see beyond the technology — to the governance frameworks and ethical choices that shape how cloud infrastructures serve society. Dialogue here is about surfacing tensions, but also about identifying the common ground needed to move forward responsibly.
Padmavathi Roy, COO, Data First, AI Later (global movement).
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.
Dr Padmavathi Roy, COO of Data First, AI Later, is a medical doctor and healthcare IT strategist with over two decades of experience in digital health, enterprise platforms, and cybersecurity. A former Chair of The Open Group Healthcare Forum, she brings clinical insight and design thinking to global conversations on data governance, cybersecurity,...
Rafael Almeida is a Director at SPMS (Shared Services of the Ministry of Health, Portugal), where he plays a central role in infrastructure, operations, and cloud services for the Portuguese National Health Service (SNS). With more than 20 years of experience in hospital systems and health IT management, he is dedicated to strengthening the...
Dan West, Accenture, Co-founder & CEO verif.ai, Founding member of the UK 4 Nations Health & Care Digital Leadership Forum
Professor Rachel Dunscombe, CEO of openEHR International, is a globally recognised digital health leader with over 30 years of experience. Previously CEO of the NHS Digital Academy (2017-2022), she led the Salford/NCA Group to become the NHS's most digitally mature organisation. A Visiting Professor at Imperial College London, she has advised the...
Rebecca Cook, Chief Data Officer at Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW), is an accomplished leader with 19 years of experience in digital and data roles within NHS Wales. Joining DHCW in 2005, she has driven transformative change through data, focusing on health and social care innovation. As Head of Information Design and Standards Development,...
Rhodri Griffiths joined Life Sciences Hub Wales as Innovation Adoption Director in September 2020, following a three-year term serving the organisation as a board member. He's held a variety of senior management positions in the commercial, public and voluntary sectors, working with and for healthcare providers, pharma and medtech internationally,...
Dr Helen Howson is the Director of the Bevan Commission, an independent think tank for health and care in Wales, and the Bevan Commission Academy, which aims to help translate the Commissions' findings into practice. Helen played a lead role in its establishment and in developing the prudent healthcare principles and the Bevan Innovators and Bevan...
Ifan Evans joined DHCW in 2022 as Executive Director of Strategy. His responsibilities include strategic planning and organisational performance, digital transformation programmes, commercial services, engagement and partnering.
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...
