EVENT CANCELLED – replaced by the DIGITAL HEALTH INSTITUTE SUMMIT
HIC 2020 BRISBANE 19 – 21 OCTOBER
Bringing together health’s forward thinkers
Australia’s largest digital health and health informatics conference
With delegates from all over Australia gathering to share the latest digital health research, case studies, trends and technology advances, HIC is the digital health and health informatics conference and expo to attend this year.
Early bird registration is now open
Don’t pay the price of waiting – we are offering a $250 early bird discount to attend HIC 2020 in Brisbane. So what are you waiting for?
Want to present?
As a profiled HIC presenter you will be heard by a broad and knowledgeable audience interested in hearing about your research, case studies, innovative ideas and life experiences.
Tailored partnerships & exhibition
Be a part of Australia’s unique and dynamic digital health community and build profitable business relationships. The HIC Innovation Expo floor caters to all size businesses and budgets..
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CHAIR PROFILE
Michael Walsh
Chair, HIC 2020
Digital health executive and sector leader, Michael Walsh was appointed independent chair of the Australasian Institute of Digital Health in February 2020. The former Director-General of Queensland Health from July 2015, he was also Chair of the Australian Health Ministers Advisory Council (AHMAC) providing advice to the COAG Health Council from 2016 to 2018 and was on the Board of the Australian Digital Health Agency which is responsible for the My Health Record.
CONFERENCE THEME
Bringing together health’s forward thinkers
150+ industry leaders, 1200+ delegates, 60+ exhibitors

Karen Blake
Head of Clinical Informatics
healthAlliance
Bio
She now specialises in digital health at healthAlliance; working across the northern region of NZ and four District Health Boards providing clinical informatics leadership and expertise.
Karen is a founding member and Co-Chair of the Clinical Informatics Leadership Network, which provides a national multi-disciplinary and responsive network for clinicians in NZ working in digital health.
Karen provides national expertise on health data through her involvement on the board of directors for HL7NZ and Health Informatics New Zealand, and sits on the Ministry of Health’s Health Information Standards Organisation, Digital Identity Advisory, and Sector Advisory Panel.
She is experienced in establishing health data governance, and the development of standards that enable interoperability.
Karen is regularly called upon to put out fires. This isn’t a euphemism, she volunteers as an operational fire fighter with Fire and Emergency NZ, maintaining her clinical practice as a first responder attending medical emergencies and MVAs, structural and vegetation fires.

Julian Ranger
Executive Chairman & Founder
Digi.me
Bio
Initially an aeronautical engineer, Julian founded STASYS Ltd in 1987, specialising in interoperability and the military internet, and grew it to a staff of 230, with subsidiaries in the USA, Germany, Malaysia and Australia prior to sale to Lockheed Martin in 2005. Julian is an angel investor in more than 20 start-up businesses, including firms such as Hailo, DataSift and Astrobotic.
Julian is a Chartered Engineer, Fellow of the IMechE and Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Engineers, and is also a Virgin Galactic Future Astronaut.

Liz Salmi
Senior Strategist
OpenNotes, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Bio
After being diagnosed with a life-limiting condition at age 29, Liz immediately put her digital communications skills to use by blogging, chronicling her daily symptoms, and seeing how much trouble she could get into with her online medical information. Today, she is passionate about empowering regular people to become more engaged in their own health care and improve their experience as patients.
In addition to her work with OpenNotes, Liz leads a palliative/neuro-oncology research network established by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), and serves on the Board of Directors for National Brain Tumor Society. Her interests include clinical informatics, citizen science and human-centered design.


Matiu Bush
Deputy Director, Health Transformation Lab
RMIT
Bio
Matiu contributes to health system innovation through involvement with Better Care Victoria as a board member and the Emerging Leaders Clinical Advisory Committee. Matiu is a Rotarian and a member of the Health Informatics Society of Australia (HISA) and mentors the next generation of undergraduate and postgraduate science students through the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health Mentoring Program.

Dr Ruth De Souza
Vice Chancellor’s Fellow
RMIT School of Art and Design
Bio

Renee Di Genova
President & Carer
Prader-Willi Syndrome Association of Victoria
Bio
Previously, Renee has spent most of her career in the insurance industry and enjoys working with organisations to improve business outcomes by implementing and reviewing procedures to assist organisations work more efficiently and effectively.

Grahame Grieve
FHIR Product Director
HL7 International
Bio

Ben Hanna
General Manager Australia
Soul Machines
Bio

Gillian Mason
Consumer, Physiotherapist, Researcher
University of Newcastle
Bio

Prof Keith McNeil
Acting Deputy Director-General and Chief Clinical Information Officer
Queensland Health
Bio
Prof McNeil has previously worked within Queensland Health as the Head of Transplant Services at The Prince Charles Hospital, Chief Executive Officer at Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, and Chief Executive Metro North Hospital and Health Service.
More recently, Prof McNeil was Chief Clinical Information Officer and Head of IT for the NHS in England following roles as Chief Executive Officer at Addenbooke’s Hospital and Cambridge University Hospital Foundation Trust.

Monique Murphy
Athlete
Australian Paralympian
Bio

Caleb Rixon
Founder/CEO
Genyus Network
Bio

Dr Isaac Seidl
Director General Health Business and Plans
Joint Health Command, Australian Defence Force
Bio

Dr Louise Schaper
CEO
AIDH
Bio

Michael Walsh
Chair, HIC 2020 and Chair Australasian Institute of Digital Health
Bio
Michael was Director-General of Queensland Health from July 2015 to September 2019. Queensland Health employs approximately 100,000 people and provides a public health and hospital system for nearly five million people.
Michael was chair of the Australian Health Ministers’ Advisory Council (AHMAC) providing advice to the COAG Health Council from 2016 to 2019 and was on the Board of the Australian Digital Health Agency from July 2018 to September 2019. The ADHA is responsible for the My Health Record. Michael has also previously been on the Board of Brisbane Diamantina Health Partners, an NHMRC accredited Advanced Health Research and Translation Centre.
Over the past 20 years, Michael has held senior executive positions in New South Wales and Queensland. Michael has worked as Chief Executive HealthShare NSW and was the inaugural Chief Executive of eHealth NSW. In Queensland, Michael has worked in both social and economic portfolios at the Deputy Director-General level including health, education and infrastructure. Michael has also worked in the private sector including as a Principal with PwC.
Michael holds a Master of Business Administration, Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in psychology, Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Education. Michael has a passion for organisational excellence and supporting values-based organisations and teams achieve outcomes that improve the lives of everyone.

David Wang
Medical student
University of Melbourne
Bio
In 2018, David and HISA started the HISA Student Network, a new community of practice group designed to support and enable health informatics student around Australia to achieve their career aspirations. He is currently the chair of the HISA Student Network and is a HISA VIC State Committee Member. David has a special interest in Radiology Informatics and conducts a research project in Machine Learning.

Dr Leanna Woods
Clinical Nurse Specialist
University of Tasmania
Bio
Key dates
2020
➠ Call for submissions Now open
➠ Registration Now open
➠ Submissions close Friday 7 August
➠ Early bird registration ends Friday 7 August
➠ Notification to authors Week 21 September
➠ Resubmission/author
registration deadline Friday 9 October
Your visit
Explore HIC 2020’s host city of Brisbane, organise your flights and accommodation and receive special delegate fares.
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