Programme

Digital Health Leadership Forum

Tuesday 12 May 2026 · 8:50am – 3:30pm · InterContinental Hotel, Wellington

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8:50am

Mihi

Doug Healy

8:55am

Welcome

Stella Ward

9:00am

Government priorities for health system transformation

Casey Costello

keynote

9:30am

Opening keynote: How the baby boomers will disrupt healthcare delivery

Louise Zacest

keynote

10:00am

All-of-government transformation and service design

Target state and future direction.

Myles Ward

session

10:20am

Technology procurement and system foundations

Understanding the shift to All-of-Government technology procurement and what it means for health.

Michael Alp

session

10:50am

Morning break

11:10am

Clinical digital health leadership

Presentations followed by a panel facilitated by Rebecca McBeth.

Lara Hopley

Alex Kazemi

Alex Kemp

panel

11:50am

Industry leadership perspectives

Quickfire presentations and questions.

Gabe Rijpma

Angela Lim

James Daniell

Jono O'Sullivan-Scott

Noor Syed

panel

12:40pm

Lunch

1:30pm

Iwi-led digital health leadership

Community-driven solutions, and by-Māori-for-Māori innovation.

Michael Rongo

session

1:50pm

Leadership and patient privacy

Michael Webster

session

2:10pm

Leading transformation in Health NZ, ACC and MSD

Presentations followed by a panel facilitated by Rebecca McBeth.

Michael Dreyer

Tracy Voice

Stuart Bloomfield

panel

3:05pm

Leading into AI: preparing for what's next in health

Closing keynote.

Madeline Newman

keynote

3:25pm

Closing remarks

Stella Ward

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