Speakers

Dr Sam Roberts
Chief executive, NICE
Prof Jonathan Benger CBE
Chief medical officer, deputy chief executive, NICE
Richard Vize
Journalist and public policy analyst and NICE Conference 2025 chair
Dr Dianne Addei
Senior public health advisor National Healthcare Inequalities Improvement Programme NHS England
Prof Matthew Ashton
Director of public health, Liverpool City Council, honorary professor, Department of Public Health and Policy, University of Liverpool
Dr Minal Bakhai MBE, MBBS, BSc, MRCGP, MRCP, DFSRH, FFCI
National director for primary care and community transformation and improvement for the NHS in England
Steve Bates OBE
Chief executive officer, BioIndustry Association
Paul Catchpole
Director of value and access policy, the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI)
Dr Anastasia Chalkidou
Programme director, guidance delivery – HealthTech, NICE
Dr Andrew Champion
Programme director, All Wales Therapeutics and Toxicology Centre (AWTTC)
Mark Chapman
Director of HealthTech, NICE
Ben Collins
Programme director for health and care integration in Hounslow, North West London Integrated Care Board
Mark Cubbon
Chief executive, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Prof Dalia Dawoud
Associate director (research), science, policy and research programme, NICE
Prof Kevin Fenton CBE PhD PrFPH FRCP FFSRH (Hon)
President of the Faculty of Public Health
James Halls
Founder and lead director, Open Source Healing Initiative (OSHI)
Dr Pall Jonsson
Programme director for data and real-world evidence, NICE
Victoria Jordan
Head of health technology assessment (HTA) and market access policy at the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI)
Helen Knight
Director of medicines evaluation, NICE
Louise Knowles
Deputy director, innovation accelerator and regulatory science, Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)
Dr Andy Knox
General practitioner (GP) partner, Ash Trees Surgery and associate medical director, Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB)
Prof Manisha Kumar
Chief medical officer, NHS Greater Manchester
Jeanette Kusel
Programme director – methods, research and health economics, NICE
Dr Xiaoxuan Liu
Associate professor in artificial intelligence (AI) and digital health, University of Birmingham
John McGrath FRCS MD
Consultant urological surgeon, North Bristol NHS Trust and national clinical co-lead for Getting it Right First Time (GIRFT) urology, NHS England
Emma McNally
Chief executive officer, Tourettes Action
Dr Clare Morgan
Director of impact and partnerships, NICE
Mark Rasburn
Senior public involvement adviser, NICE
Shaun Rowark
Associate director - data access and analysis, NICE
Gila Sacks
Director of medicines, Department for Health and Social Care
Chris Sampson
Senior principal economist, Office of Health Economics
Dr Koonal Shah
Associate director – science policy and research, NICE
Prof Reecha Sofat
Breckenridge chair in clinical pharmacology and therapeutics, University of Liverpool
Luella Trickett
Executive director, medical devices, value and access, Association of British HealthTech Industries (ABHI)
Luella Trickett
Executive director, medical devices, value and access, Association of British HealthTech Industries (ABHI)
Luella Trickett
Executive director, medical devices, value and access, Association of British HealthTech Industries (ABHI)