Digital Health has published a functional Summer Schools 2026 program with speakers from CCIO, CIO and CNIO, national leaders and experts in the field.
The conference, which will take place on July 16 and 17 at the University of Nottingham, has a renewed format that relies on interactive and small group sessions to provide attendees with more practical insights and deeper knowledge exchange.
The CPD-accredited program will offer valuable peer-to-peer knowledge exchange and provide attendees with practical leadership skills to take back to their organisation.
Highlights include a session titled “AI is now the leading risk to patient safety: what can organizations and patients do to protect themselves?” which features leaders from Guy’s and St Thomas’, Northamptonshire University Hospitals, West London NHS and Patient Safety Learning.
An unmissable round table: ‘One year after the ten-year health plan: where are we and what’s next?’ It will also take place, with Salma Yasmeen, Chief Executive of Sheffield Health Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust.
She will be joined by Dr Masoon Nazir, medical director of integrated care at NHS Birmingham and Solihull ICB, and Dr Penny Kechagioglou, chair of the CCIO and CCIO Network Advisory Panel at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust.
Other notable sessions include:
- Workshop: Nurturing Digital Champions Across Your Organization: A Framework– NHS Central and North West London has developed a framework that you can apply to your organisation.
- Leading the digital change: how to take people with you– interactive workshop by Public Digital, the agency behind the creation of the Government Digital Service.
- Taking a Seat at the Table: A Survival Guide for First-Time Board Members – Experienced NHS CIOs Andy Callow and Amy Freeman will share strategies for anyone rising to executive level.
- Digitally enabled neighborhoods: early learning from best practices – Andy Poole, NHS Dorset and Abigail Harrison, CDIO, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust, share early lessons and discuss next steps.
Professor Kathrin Cresswell, professor of digital innovation in health and care at the University of Edinburgh, was one of the first speakers announced for the event.
Marie-Anne Ledingham, consultant clinical advisor at the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and Tharni Vasavan, senior horizon scanning health technologies lead at NICE, have also been confirmed.
He Summer schools 2026 The work program is available to view. here.
The premier learning and networking event for digital health leaders is exclusive to members of Digital Health Networks, the UK’s largest health IT community, and is open to current and aspiring digital health leaders.
The event is supported by Networks sponsors. AWS, Better, CereCore, Dell Technologies, Intersystems, microsoft, nervous center, Optum Emis and sales force.
Workshop reservations will open soon, with limited places. When registering for summer schools Now, you will be one of the first to be notified to secure your spot as part of your preferred sessions.
Assist summer schools to earn CPD points towards your professional registration. Places are limited, so secure your spot today and register here.
