Keynotes, Invited Speakers and Panelists
Speakers that have been confirmed are listed below:
Keynote Speakers
| Speaker | Name | Affiliation | Talk |
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University Medical Centre Utrecht |
Big Data and Big Data Analytics in Medicine – Hype, Revolution or Evolution? Abstract | |
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Early Diagnosis of Medical Conditions Using Internet Data, and What It Means For Individuals and Internet Companies. Abstract | ||
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Crowdsourcing in Emergencies – Still a Game for Geeks or a New Standard? Abstract |
Invited Speakers
| Speaker | Name | Affiliation | Role |
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Martin Seychell |
European Commission |
Conversation Chair and Invited speaker: The Vision on EU Immunisation Registries from the Commission Perspective |
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Samuel Scarpino | Northeastern University and Dharma.ai |
Conversation speaker: “Digital Health Data for Public Health – Friend or Foe?” and SME Clinic Speaker |
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Gerard Krause |
Helmholtz-Centre for Infection Research |
Invited Speaker: “The Surveillance, Outbreak Response Management and Analysis System (SORMAS®)” |
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Ramesh Jain |
University of California, Irvine |
Invited Speaker: “Personal Health Navigator” and DH Innovation Prize Jury Member |
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Marcello Ienca |
ETH Zurich |
Conversation speaker: “Digital Health Data for Public Health – Friend or Foe?” |
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Virginia Murray | Public Health England | Panel Chair: “The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030” |
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Helen Green | Public Health England | Panellist and Invited Speaker: “Disaster mortality data and measuring progress towards implementation of the Sendai Framework: how can it be done?” |
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Carlos Castillo | Eurecat |
Panellist: “The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030” |
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Oliver Morgan | WHO Health Emergencies Programme | Panellist: “The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030” |
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M. Carolina Danovaro | WHO | Invited Speaker: “Global immunisation data management, analysis and use” |
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Jean-Louis Koeck | MesVaccins.net | Invited Speaker: “The citizen-centered Smart Vaccination Record of MesVaccins.net.” |
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Francisco Orchard | EpiConcept | Invited Speaker: “Text mining people opinion on public health debate” |
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Thomas Czernichow | EpiConcept | Introducing the Conversation: “Digital Health Data for Public Health – Friend or Foe?” |
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Pietro Ghezzi | Brighton and Sussex Medical School | Invited Speaker: “Using Google to sample the public health infosphere” |
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Daniela Paolotti | ISI Foundation | Invited Speaker: “Digital traces and participation for forecasting the flu” and PhD Track Mentor |
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Palakorn Achananuparp | Singapore Management University | PhD Track Mentor and Main Track Speaker |
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Lucia Maria Aiello | Nokia Bell Labs | PhD Track Mentor and Main Track Speaker |
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Caroline Wood | UCL IRDR | PhD Track Mentor and Conference Coordinator |
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Zsuzanna Varga | Bayer Grants4Apps | DH Innovation Prize Jury Member |
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Edyta Sobiesiak | Bayer Grants4Apps | DH Innovation Prize Jury Member |
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Elodie Panier | BioNeed | DH Innovation Prize Jury Member |
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Jose Guerra | WHO | Invited Speaker: ‘Argus – An Electronic Solution for Real-Time National Public Health Surveillance in Resource-Limited Countries |
Conversation
Digital Health Data for Public Health – Friend or Foe?
Date: Thursday 26th April 2018
Time: See detailed programme
Overview: With the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) coming into force only a month after this years DH conference, there has never been a better time to discuss the ethical issues surrounding the use of big data. Speakers in this session will either be supporting a data privacy perspective – highlighting the ethical issues around use of big data and potential opportunity costs – or championing unrestricted access to data. An audience vote will be held at the conclusion of the session.
The Conversation Panel:
| Speaker | Name | Affiliation | Role |
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Martin Seychell |
European Commission |
Conversation Chair |
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Thomas Czernichow | EpiConcept | Introducing the Conversation |
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Samuel Scarpino |
Northeastern University and Dharma.ai |
Conversation Speaker |
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Marcello Ienca |
ETH Zurich |
Conversation Speaker |
Panel
The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030
Date: Wednesday 25th April 2018
Time: See detailed programme
Overview:
The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030 recognizes the strong connection between health and disasters and promotes the concept of health resilience throughout. Several of the seven global targets stated in the Sendai Framework are directly related to health in terms of reducing disaster mortality, the number of affected people, disaster damage to critical infrastructure, and disruption of basic services such as health facilities. The Sendai Framework also maintains close coordination with other United Nations landmark agreements relevant to health such as the Sustainable Development Goals. However, the measurement of health-related indicators is challenging. Issues arise, for example, in linking deaths to disasters because of the complex interplay between exposure, risk, vulnerability, and hazards. The lack of a universal classification of disasters also means that recording of health data in disasters is not standardized. Developing the guidelines to enable data on the indicators to be collected and reported to support the Sendai targets requires engagement with a diverse range of stakeholders. This panel session will seek to provide strong collaboration and partnership that will be vital to achieving success.
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