Chair Emeritus
Göran Henriks
Chief Executive of Learning and Innovation at Qulturum, Region Jönköping County; Sweden
Programme Co-chairs
Amar Shah
Chief Quality Officer, East London NHS Foundation Trust; National Clinical Director for NHS Improvement, NHS England; National Improvement Lead for Mental Health, Royal College of Psychiatrists, England
Helen Bevan
Professor of Practice in Health and Care Improvement, Warwick Business School; Strategic Advisor, NHS Horizons; England
Stream Chairs
Ian Leistikow (Safety)
Inspector, Dutch Health and Youth Care Inspectorate; Professor, Erasmus School of Health Policy and Management; The Netherlands
Aidan Fowler (Safety)
National Director of Patient Safety, NHS England; England
Bob Klaber (People)
Consultant General Paediatrician & Director of Strategy Research & Innovation, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust; England
Emma Doble (People)
Patient Editor, The BMJ; England
Dominique Allwood (Populations)
Director of Improvement and Partnerships at UCLPartners; Senior Visiting Fellow at The Health Foundation; Deputy Director of Improvement and Strategy at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust; England
Vibeke Rischel (Populations)
Deputy CEO, Head of HealthCare Improvement, Danish Society for Patient Safety, Denmark
Helen Bevan (Change)
Professor of Practice in Health and Care Improvement, Warwick Business School; Strategic Advisor, NHS Horizons; England
Göran Henriks (Change)
Chief Executive of Learning and Innovation at Qulturum, Region Jönköping County; Sweden
Amar Shah (Science)
Chief Quality Officer, East London NHS Foundation Trust; England
Marianne McPherson (Science)
Senior Director, 100 Million Healthier Lives, Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI); USA
Pierre Barker (Science)
Chief Scientific Officer, Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI); USA
James Mountford (Leading)
Health Strategy Officer, Galileo Global Education; Editor in Chief, BMJ Leader; England
Inge Kristensen (Leading)
CEO, Danish Society for Patient Safety; Denmark
International Forum London Programme Advisory Committee
Ajit Abraham
Consultant Trauma, HPB and Robotic Surgeon; Trust UG Dean; Group Executive Director, Inclusion & Equity; Barts Health NHS Trust
Aideen Keaney
Director of Health and Social Care Quality Improvement, Health and Social Care Quality Improvement (HSCQI) Northern Ireland
Bernie Flaherty
Deputy Chief Executive and Executive Director, Adult Social Care and Health, Westminster city council
Caroline Clarke
NHS London Regional Director, NHS England
Cristina Serrao
National Lived Experience Ambassador, NHS England
David McNally
Community Engagement & Resuscitation Manager, Blue light Collaboration Lead at North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust
David Sloman
Chief Executive, The Royal Free NHS Trust
Elizabeth Bradbury
Director, AQuA
Emily Audet
Doctor in Adult Medicine in the NHS, National Medical Director’s Clinical Fellow 22/23. Chair of the International Forum Next Generation Advisory Panel
Emma Doble
Patient editor, The BMJ
Frances Mortimer
Medical Director, The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare
Frances Wiseman
Director of Improvement and Insight, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board
Gabrielle Matthews
Academic Foundation DoctorAcademic Foundation Doctor, North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust
Helen Lee
Experience of Care LeadExperience of Care Lead, NHS England and NHS Improvement
Hesham Abdalla
Co-founder of Hexitime; Paediatrician and Head of Quality Improvement at Oxford University Hospitals
Hugh MacCaughey
Former National Director of Improvement and CEO at SEHSCT
Jamie Smyth
Public Health Specialist Trainee, National Medical Director’s Clinical Fellow
Jane Clegg
Regional Chief Nurse, NHS England
Janet Evans
Business Manager at NHS North East London ICS
Jason Leitch
Clinical Directot, The Scottish Government
John Ashcroft
Director, NHS England
John Boulton
National Director of NHS Quality Improvement and Patient Safety/ Director of Improvement Cymru, NHS Wales
John Dean
Clinical Vice President Royal College of Physicians, Deputy Medical Director East Lancashire Hospitals Trust
Julian Hartley
Chief Executive, NHS Providers
Kathryn Perera
Director, NHS Horizons
Kenny Ajayi
Programme Director, Patient Safety; Associate Director Quality Improvement & Safety at Imperial College Health Partners; Nye Bevan Executive Leadership Programme Alumnus
Liz Maddocks-Brown
Senior Manager, Networks and Faculty, Sustainable Improvement Team, NHS England
Lyn Williams
Associate Director for Quality Improvement – Programme Lead for Trustwide Quality Improvement, Nottinghamshire Healthcare Foundation NHS Trust
Marie Gabriel
Independent Chair at NHS North East London and the NHS Race and Health Observatory
Mark Dale
NHS Public Governor and Coproduction Advisor, Creator of Basildon Disability Equality Forum
Maxine Power
Director, North West Ambulance Service
Nora Colton
Director of the Global Business School for Health (GBSH) at UCL
Paul Gilluley
Chief Medical Officer, East London NHS Foundation Trust
Pedro Delgado
Vice President, Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI); Instructor, TH Chan Harvard School of Public Health; Senior Atlantic Fellow for Health Equity
Penny Pereira
Q Managing Director, The Health Foundation
Philip Crowley
National Director of Strategy and Research, Health Services Executive, Ireland
Rachael Moses
Head of clinical leadership at the NHS Leadership Academy
Rachel Matthews
Learning and Leadership Development Coach, National Voices
Samantha Roberts
Chief Executive, National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
Serena Simon
Director of Communities at Westminster City Council
Shobhan Thakore
Associate Medical Director, Quality Management, NHS Tayside
Stuart Duncan
Deputy Director, The Scottish Government
Sue Holden
CEO, AQuA
Suzie Bailey
Director of Leadership and Organisational Development at The King’s Fund
Vinod Diwakar
Medical Director for Transformation and Secondary Care, National Medical and Transformation Directorates NHS England.
Will Warburton
Managing Director, The Shelford Group
Zina Etheridge
Chief Executive, NHS North East London
Next Generation Advisory Panel
Emily Audet (Chair), Internal Medicine Trainee Doctor, The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, UK
Jamie Smyth (Co-Deputy Chair), Public Health Registrar, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, UK
Emma Tonner (Co-Deputy Chair), Clinical Fellow, National Institute of Health and Care Research, UK
Riddhi Shenoy (Conference Outputs Lead), Ophthalmology Trainee, UK
Victoria O’Brien (Conference Content Co-Lead), Specialist Registrar in Geriatrics, John Radcliffe Hospital, UK
Tom Hine-Thomas (Conference Content Co-Lead), Specialist Registrar in Anaesthetics, Milton Keynes University Hospital, UK
Rachel Rajadurai (Network Lead), Internal Medicine Trainee Doctor, Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals, UK
Gabe Cenzial (Events Co-ordinator), Associate Project Manager, Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), USA
Raykal Sim (Comms Lead), Specialist Registrar in General Practice, Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust, UK
Maja Troj Larsen (Media Support), Medical Student and qualified Nurse, Aalborg University, Denmark