Professor Paul Dimitri (BSc, MBChB, FRCPCH, PhD) is a Professor of Child Health and Consultant in Paediatric Endocrinology at Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust.

He has worked in the field of Paediatrics since 1998 and Paediatrics Endocrinology since 2004. As part of the paediatric endocrinology team, Prof. Dimitri sees patients with disorders of growth and puberty, and disorders of hormone excess and deficiency. Professor Dimitri co-leads the Hypothalamic and Pituitary Tumour Service at Sheffield Children’s Hospital and co-leads the Paediatric Late Effects Endocrinology service developed to support childhood survivors of cancer with hormonal complications.

Prof. Dimitri is internationally recognised in his research area studying the impact of childhood obesity on bone health and skeletal development. Professor Dimitri is the Director of Research & Innovation at the Trust, and is the Director of the NIHR Children and Young People MedTech Co-operative (NIHR CYP MedTech). NIHR CYP MedTech is hosted at Sheffield Children’s Hospital and is the first Paediatric NIHR MedTech Co-operative in the country, bringing together seven NHS Trusts to support the development of child health technology. He is also the Clinical Lead for the National TITCH (Technology Innovation Transforming Child Health) Network established to support the development and adoption of technology for children’s healthcare. In addition, Prof. Dimitri is also the NIHR National Children’s Specialty Lead, leading 15 Local Clinical Research Networks delivering research for children and young people, and the MedTech Strategic Lead for the NIHR Yorkshire and Humber Clinical Research Network.

Iain Hennessey is a consultant paediatric surgeon and clinical director of innovation at the new Alder Hey Children’s Health Park. He has always been interested in innovation, helping found a startup surgical simulation company as a trainee and then progressing to become the clinical director of innovation at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital. Notable achievements have included forming partnerships with large multinational companies such as Sony and IBM, building a unique underground 1000sqm innovation facility for collaboration with the tech sector and developing a team of clinician entrepreneurs to drive change within the NHS. All of this was recognised nationally with the prestigious Health Service Journal Improving care with technology award.

Professor Andy Stanford-Clark is the Chief Technology Officer for IBM in UK and Ireland. He is an IBM Distinguished Engineer, a Master Inventor with more than 40 patents, and IBM’s Quantum Computing leader for the UK. Andy is based at IBM’s Hursley Park laboratories near Winchester, and has been working in the area that we now call the Internet of Things for more than 20 years. He has a BSc in Computing and Mathematics, and a PhD in Computer Science. He is a Visiting Professor at the University of Newcastle, an Honorary Professor at the University of East Anglia, an Adjunct Professor at the University of Southampton, and a Fellow of the British Computer Society.

Clare Mortimer has worked in IBM’s services business for nearly 20 years using her background in statistics and operational research to bring data into strategic decision making for clients across industries. As an Executive Partner in the Public Sector, she works primarily with clients in Law Enforcement and Healthcare to establish data, analytics and AI capabilities that enable transformation of their operations; and as the Cognitive & Analytics Leader in the UK, Clare leads IBM’s Data Science and AI communities supporting teams and clients across the industries to identify, define and implement solutions using data science and AI to improve decision-making, optimize operational processes and create really engaging customer experiences.