Programme

Digital Health Leadership Forum

Tuesday 12 May 2026 · 8:50am – 3:30pm · InterContinental Hotel, Wellington

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8:50am

Mihi

Doug Healy

8:55am

Welcome

Stella Ward

9:00am

Government priorities for health system transformation

Casey Costello

keynote

9:30am

Opening keynote: How the baby boomers will disrupt healthcare delivery

Louise Zacest

keynote

10:00am

All-of-government transformation and service design

Target state and future direction.

Myles Ward

session

10:20am

Technology procurement and system foundations

Understanding the shift to All-of-Government technology procurement and what it means for health.

Michael Alp

session

10:50am

Morning break

11:10am

Clinical digital health leadership

10 min each + 20 min panel facilitated by Rebecca McBeth.

Lara Hopley

Alex Kazemi

Alex Kemp

panel

11:50am

Industry leadership perspectives

8-10 min quickfire presentations + questions.

Gabe Rijpma

Angela Lim

James Daniell

Jono O'Sullivan-Scott

Noor Syed

panel

12:40pm

Lunch

1:30pm

Iwi-led digital health leadership

Community-driven solutions, and by-Māori-for-Māori innovation.

Michael Rongo

session

1:50pm

Leadership and patient privacy

Michael Webster

session

2:10pm

Leading transformation in Health NZ, ACC and MSD

10 mins each + 25 min panel discussion facilitated by Rebecca McBeth. Collaborating to enable data to flow across health and social care. Interoperability, breaking down data silos, and building workforce capability.

Michael Dreyer

Tracy Voice

Stuart Bloomfield

panel

3:05pm

Leading into AI: preparing for what's next in health

Closing keynote.

Madeline Newman

keynote

3:25pm

Closing remarks

Stella Ward

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