Keynote Speakers
Liesl Capper is CEO of MyCyberTwin. MyCybertwin allows companies and individuals to create an artificial intelligence 'clone' of themselves, which can talk to clients on their behalf, 24/7. MyCyberTwins live on Social networks, normal corporate websites, and inside virtual worlds like Second Life. Lie sl has extensive international business experience as a CEO and has been managing growth businesses for over 15 years. Before MyCyberTwin, Liesl was founder and CEO of Mooter. Mooter is a stock-exchange listed company specialising in search and behavioural targeting. While leading Mooter, she raised millions in venture capital, created patents and defensible technology, managed the expansion into US and Asian markets, secured deals with major clients including Yahoo! and Fairfax; and prepared the company for listing. Prior to Mooter, while in her twenties, Capper built a multi-national education franchise to 38 branches in four countries. She took the business online, and exited the business successfully via management buyout. Liesl holds a bachelors degree in Psychology & Education, and has completed a Post-Graduate Certificate in Venture Development. She is also a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and has been an invited speaker at several international conferences. Liesl was honoured by the Women in Technology organisation, for her groundbreaking efforts in IT, as the recipient of their “ICT outstanding achievement” Optus award for 2007.
Mark Brommeyer is Head of Education and Training and has significant experience in e-health and change management. Mark has over twenty years experience in the health sector and information and communication technology. Working abroad his focus over the last twelve years has been on engaging people and organisations across cultures, in e-health strategy, projects and programs. He has provided consultancy and IT project management services in public and private health sectors in Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, China, England (NHS) and Wales (Health and Social Care). Mark is a Registered Nurse and has gained a Bachelor of Applied Science in Nursing, a Graduate Diploma in Adult Learning and a Masters of Educational Administration (Open Learning). Working as a general nurse for 10 years, with an emphasis on emergency and intensive care, Mark then moved into a Nurse Educator role before becoming Assistant Director of Nursing (Education) Paediatrics, then Director of Rural Health Training (North Queensland). The last fifteen years have involved the integration of information and communication technologies to support, connect and provide health care across distance and time barriers. Based on his clinical background Mark’s outcomes in Information Technology have centered on work optimisation, knowledge management and facilitation, e-collaboration, change management and business process re-engineering. Mark is on Executive Council and is a Fellow of the Australian College of Health Informatics, an Associate Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management and until recently, Director of Telehealth and member of the Board at the Australasian Teleconferencing Association.
Glenn Wightwick is Director of the IBM Australia Development Laboratory and the Chief Technologist for IBM Australia/New Zealand. In this capacity he leads a regional team of 650 software engineers and technical specialists engaged in the development and support of IBM software, and provides technical leadership across IBM's business in Australia and New Zealand. He has led numerous systems and software development projects, and has undertaken many international assignments, including major programs of work in the US and China. Glenn is an IBM Distinguished Engineer, a member of the IBM Academy of Technology and the IBM Corporate Technical Leadership Team. He is a senior member of the IEEE, and has served a three year term on the Australian Research Council College of Experts. He was recently appointed and Honorary Professorial Fellow at the University of Melbourne and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Technology Sydney.
NEHTA Chief Executive Peter Fleming is tasked to lead the national vision for e-health in Australia. Prior to NEHTA Mr Fleming managed a successful tenure as the General Manager Technology, Business Integration, for National Australia Bank. He is also past CIO of Colonial Group and Mayne Group Limited. He has extensive experience in large scale technology transformation and stakeholder management. At NEHTA he is focused on orchestrating the uptake of e-health systems of national significance. This involves enabling the progression and accelerating the adoption of e-health by delivering urgently needed integration infrastructure and standards for health information.
Professor Alain Franco was born in 1944 in Grenoble, France, and obtained his Medical Degree in Grenoble in 1974. In 1982 he became professor of Internal medicine and Geriatric Medicine, teaching geriatrics, gerontology and gerontechnology at the Joseph Fourier University, Grenoble 1, and since September 2009 in the south of France at Nice-Sophia Antipolis University Hospital. From 2000, he served as President of the French Society for Geriatrics and Gerontology, until 2002. He is a Board member of the European Union Geriatric Medicine Society (EUGMS). He founded the French Society for Gerontechnology, SFTAG in 2006. He is the President of the International Society for Gerontechnology, ISG, based in The Netherlands since 2008. He is the Secretary General and Vice-President of the IAGG since 2009. At last he serves as the President of the new French National Agency for health and autonomy in the Community (CNRSDA) based in Nice, France.
George took on the role of Industry Development Manager for Intel's new Digital Health Group in November 2005. For him it was an opportunity to take an active role in changing the way healthcare was delivered in Australia. Prior to moving to Intel Australia he has been very active in the healthcare informatics arena as the CIO of a private hospital group in Sydney, manager of an innovative software development group developing solutions for healthcare providers and consumers, and board member at the state and national level of the Health Informatics Society of Australia. He is a registered medical practitioner having graduated from the University of Sydney. He is also a registered optometrist and holds a graduate degree in E-Business from the University of Southern Queensland. He ran a successful software company during the heady days of the late 80's and early 90's and has been an active computer enthusiast from the late 70's when he acquired his first PC, a Sinclair Z80.
He's been called 'The Doctor of the Future' and one of the 'Top Ten Most Creative People in Healthcare' by Fast Company. Esquire Magazine included him in 2009's 'Best and Brightest: Radicals and Rebels Who Are Changing the World' issue. He's been featured in GOOD Magazine, CNN, Newsweek, and Health Affairs. The leading trade publication for hospital and system executives, Hospitals and Health Networks, dedicated a cover article to Jay entitled, Your Future Chief of Staff? Jay also appears in Seth Godin's new book, What Matters Now. Instead of pills and scalpels, Jay uses creative design to improve health. He is a pediatrician and preventive medicine specialist with a masters in public health from Johns Hopkins. He thinks big picture and loves pleasant little details and elegant processes. He intuitively understands aesthetics, our rapidly changing culture, and our health. He's a sponge for new technologies, new business models, and new processes. And he's able to use his experience to creatively approach health in a whole different way. He straddles lines - both pop culture and traditional healthcare have embraced his ideas. Jay speaks on an international stage - Pop!Tech, The Guardian Activate Summit, California Chronic Health Foundation, and the British Medical Journal.
Adam Powick is the national leader of Deloitte's technology consulting practice and has over 20 years IT consulting experience in Australia, the U.S. and Asia. Adam was the lead author of the Australian National eHealth Strategy which was endorsed by health ministers in December 2008. Adam has been involved in the development of eHealth strategies for Victoria, Queensland and Tasmania and has worked extensively for the national eHealth agency, NEHTA. Adam is widely recognised as one of the leading authorities on the Australian eHealth agenda and is currently providing strategic eHealth advice to a range of public and private health sector organisations across Australia. Professional Experience: :: Currently assisting the Australian federal government with the development of a business case for the introduction of a national electronic health record for all Australians. This work involves defining the implementation strategy and quantifying the costs and benefits associated with a multi billion dollar investment. :: Led the development of the National eHealth Strategy on behalf of Australian governments in 2008 and has been heavily involved in the eHealth strategies for many Australian states and territories :: Led the development of an eHealth go to market strategy for Telstra, Australia's largest telecommunications company :: Led the development of a electronic health record strategy for the Australian health insurance sector representing approximately 10 million members :: Led a wide range of strategy engagements for Australia's national eHealth entity, NEHTA, covering areas such as organisation strategy, electronic health records, ePrescribing, secure messaging and health sector stakeholder engagement.
Axel Schultze is founder and CEO of Xeequa Corp. a social media software company, helping businesses to create a better customer experience. Prior to Xeequa, he was founder and CEO of Silicon Valley based BlueRoads, one of the most successful SaaS based PRM companies, where he invented a new method of lead distribution and was granted patent 9514997 by the US Patent Office in 2006. Before that he was founder and CEO of Infinigate one of the largest Internet Security provider in Europe, (today over $100 Million in revenue). In 1983 he was co-founder of Computer 2000, the most successful European computer distributor, which grew to $5 Billion in revenue and merged with TechData in 1998.