Bootstrap Conversations: AI x Healthcare

About the Programme:

Ever wondered how we might use AI more responsibly across the healthcare sector to improve societal health outcomes and personal well-being? Join us for our AI x Healthcare bootstrap session on 8 Jan 2025 where you will learn how AI is reshaping the healthcare space from research to frontline care, in conversation with expert from across the sector.

About Bootstrap Conversations:

Excited to deep dive into the most pressing issues on AI that practitioners in the industry encounter? Join our bootstrap conversations on AI and trust across healthcare, education and retail sectors. Here, you will get to apply your learnings through attending a panel discussion, followed by a small-group brainstorming session. You will also get the opportunity to cultivate new connections with industry leaders and peers.

About the Moderator and Panellists:

Dr Jonty Heaversedge​

Member of CHI Leadership Council​

Clinical Director, Health & Social Change Academy, CHI​

Adjunct Professor, Clinical Studies at LKC School of Medicine

Clinical Director & CCIO​, Population Health Office​, National Healthcare Group​

Jonty is Clinical Director, Population Health Office, National Healthcare Group, Singapore. He is also Director of The Health and Social Change Academy within the Centre for Healthcare Innovation, and Adjunct Professor for Clinical Studies at Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine.​

In his current role he is tasked with establishing data driven Population Health Management approaches to drive innovation and improvement in care, optimise population outcomes in north and central Singapore, and enhance equity of access to services for local residents.​

Prior to this he worked as Chief Medical Officer for NHS Southeast London Integrated Care Board (ICB), helping to oversee the planning and provision of care to 2M local residents. He was also Clinical Director for Imperial College Health Partners (ICHP) – working with NHS partners in northwest London to support the adoption and spread of innovation and management of complex change across the health and care system.​

Prior to his role with ICHP he was Medical Director for Primary Care and Digital Transformation in NHS England (London region) and Chief Clinical Information Officer (CCIO) for the NHS in London – with responsibility for both primary care and digital transformation across the Capital. He continues to hold a licence as a practicing family physician (GP) and has recently been awarded Fellowship of the Royal College of General Practitioners. He is an Executive Coach, author and media doctor.​

Dr Ng Yih Yng​

Deputy Clinical Director, Ng Teng Fong Centre for Health Innovation

Director, Digital and Smart Health Office, Tan Tock Seng Hospital & Central Health Region, Singapore​

A/Prof. Ng Yih Yng is the Director of the Digital and Smart Health Office for the Ng Teng Fong Centre for Healthcare Innovation (CHI) and a faculty with the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKC-SOM), Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Digital Health and AI, as well as the clinical director of the LKC-SOM, NTU World Health Organisation collaborating centre for Digital Health & Health Education. ​​He is a Senior Consultant, Department of Preventive & Population Medicine at the Tan Tock Seng Hospital involved in Population Health and Digital Health Transformation.​

His focus is on innovation development work at the Centre for Healthcare Innovation (CHI), running a Hospital without Walls program to digitalise healthcare and Health Empowered by AI Launchpad (HEAL), an AI adoption initiative in the National Healthcare Group to support clinical care, analytics and research. ​​

He has clinical interest in resuscitation, digital health, innovation, AI and public health systems.

Ai Ling Sim-Devadas

Deputy Director, Office of Patient Engagement (OPEN)​

Patient Mentor, SingHealth Patient Advocacy Network​

Member, Agency for Care Effectiveness (ACE) Consumer Panel​

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Ai Ling Sim-Devadas is a patient advocate, breast cancer survivor and a patient engagement professional. Committed to grow patient engagement in Singapore’s healthcare landscape, she is bringing patients’ voices to medical research and education through NTU Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine’s Office of Patient Engagement (OPEN) ​

In her work to elevate patients’ voices in healthcare and deepen patient-public partnership for medical research and education, she had been involved in projects on the impact of AI in Medicine for patients and public. ​

She embarked on the patient advocacy journey as the Founding Co-Chair (2018-2022) and now the Patient Mentor at the SingHealth Patient Advocacy Network, Singapore’s first Patient and Family Advisory Council (PFAC). She also brings patient perspectives to a number of forums including being a member of the TRUST Data Access Committee (DAC) and the Agency for Care Effectiveness (ACE) Consumer Panel. She a board member of the Alliance of Patient Organizations Singapore (APOS). Globally, she serves on The Beryl Institute Global Patient and Family Advisory Board as the first Asian board member to bring patients and families’ perspectives from this region.​

Dr Goh Wen Bin Wilson

Chief Data Scientist, Centre of AI in Medicine in NTU

Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor), Imperial College London

Head, Data Science Research Programme

Co-Director, Centre for Biomedical Informatics,​ LKC School of Medicine​

Dr Wilson Goh is Chief Data Scientist, Centre of AI in Medicine in Nanyang Technological University and Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Imperial College London. He is head of the Data Science Research Programme, and Co-Director of the Centre for Biomedical Informatics.​

He is interested in harnessing the potential of complex multi-modal clinical datasets, with an eye towards implementation and deployment of AI solutions in hospital settings, particularly mental health. More recently, his team has been working on implementation science projects, which includes trying to understand how clinicians trust and engage with AI.​

About Catalyst:

In a world increasingly powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI), using AI to improve our productivity is no longer enough. AI innovations are transforming the way we learn, buy, and stay well whilst bringing uncharted challenges around trust and individual well-being.

Join us in the first edition of Catalyst jointly organised with Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD). Focusing on the trending topic of responsible AI, get ready to expand your mind, skills and networks through panel conversations, ground-up solutioning and implementation to create real-world impact with like-minded peers.

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