South West Connect Conference 2025
Description
24 June 2025, Sandy Park Conference Centre, Exeter
The South West Connect Conference is a learning and development event and is the largest face to face event for the network. The conference brings together digital health and care colleagues from across the region.
The programme is designed as a chance for you to meet, network and connect with new and old colleagues, hearing from both regional and national leaders in digital health and care as well as case studies in best practice.
The conference is the largest face to face event for the network. It brings together 150+ digital health and care colleagues from across the region including CNIO, CCIO and digital transformation leads to network and connect and to hear from regional and national leaders in digital health and care as well as case studies in best practice.
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Confirmed speakers:
Keynote speakers:
Sonia Patel, Chief Technology Officer, NHS England
James Freed, Deputy Director, The NHS Digital Academy
John McCormick, GP Partner & Chief Clinical Information Officer, NHS Devon ICS
Tilly Lockey, Motivational Speaker, Open Bionics
South West Snapshots:
Preventative Tech Enabled Care - Cornwall Council - Oliver Sleeman, Strategic Commissioning Lead, Tech Enabled Care People Commissioning, Care and Wellbeing
Referral management system - Bath & North East Somerset Council - Callum Graham-Robertson, Programme and Project Manager (transformation) Strategic Commissioning Hub,
SIDeR+ Somerset Data Sharing - Somerset ICS - Lucie Laker, Chief Data Officer
Our digital journey so far - South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust - Stuart Glanville, Digital and Information Transformation Business Change Manager and Tom Hart,
Senior Clinical Lead - Digital
Workshop facilitators:
Bernadette Clarke, Managing Director, Evolution Digital Health
Francesca Rees, Senior Information Officer for Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professionals, University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust
Ian Fletcher, Regional Security Lead (South West) Cyber Operations, NHS England
Angela Knibb, Regional Delivery Manager - South Region, NHS England
Hosts:
Melanie De Witt, Chief Nursing Information Officer & Associate Chief Nursing Officer, North Bristol NHS Trust
Peter Wathen, Head of Digital Transformation, Gloucestershire ICS
Cancellation policy
The South West Digital Health and Social Care Skills Development Network are providing this event free of charge, by completing this registration, you hereby agree to the following:
Failure to attend will result in you being charged a fee of £42.50. A late cancellation fee of £42.50 will apply to ticket holders who cancel within 5 days of the event start date.
Who is the conference for?
The event is designed for, and is free to attend for; NHS, public sector, non-for-profit and third sector providers, charitable sectors, academics and researchers.
What else is going on?
Monday 23 June: Pre-conference networking dinner
We will also be holding a free networking dinner on the evening of the 23 June for network members, the evening before the conference, with a limited number of spaces available.
08:15 |
Refreshments and networking |
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08:55
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Chairs’ welcome Melanie De Witt & Peter Wathen, Network co-chairs, South West Digital Health & Care Skills Development Network |
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09:05 |
The national picture on digital transformation and education James Freed, NHS Digital Academy, NHS England |
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09:45 |
An overview of Ambient AI and the Primary Care Lab (CoDE) John McCormick, Chief Clinical Innovation Lead, NHS England South West |
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10:30 |
Refreshments and networking |
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11:00
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Let’s Talk Architecture: a national update from the CTO Sonia Patel, Chief Technology Officer, NHS England |
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11:45
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South West Snapshots + Q&A
Bath and North East Somerset Council – Referral Management System Callum Graham-Robertson Programme and Project Manager (transformation) Strategic Commissioning Hub, Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES) Council and Paul Targett, Director, RIVIAM Digital Care Cornwall Council - Preventative Tech Enabled Care Oliver Sleeman, Strategic Commissioning Lead, Tech Enabled Care People Commissioning, Care and Wellbeing, Cornwall Council NHS Somerset ICS – Data sharing and SIDeR+ Lucie Laker, Chief Data Officer, Somerset ICS South Western Ambulance Service - Our Digital Journey so far Stuart Glanville, Digital and Information Transformation Business Change Manager, South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust and Tom Hart, Senior Clinical Lead – Digital, South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust |
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12:45 |
Lunch, exhibition and networking
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13:45
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Breakout sessions (all sessions will be repeated. Delegates can attend 2 of 5) Session 1a: The Federated Data Platform Angela Knibb (TBC), Regional Delivery Manager, South Region – Federated Data Programme, NHS England Session 2a: Digital Literacy Francesca Rees, Senior Information Officer for Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professionals, University Hospitals Plymouth Session 3a: Cyber-security and patient care, what’s the risk? Ian Fletcher, Regional Security Lead, NHS England Session 4a: Diversity Bernie Clarke, Managing Director, Evolution Digital Health - Katherine Potts, Chief Digital Officer, University Hospitals Plymouth - Jennifer Frampton, Head of Solution Architecture and Digital Transformation, Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - Oluyemisi Ibiteye, GP registrar, University Hospitals Plymouth - Liz Staveacre, CNIO, Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust Session 5a: EPR TBC |
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14:30 |
Refreshments and networking |
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15:00
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Breakout sessions (repeated slot) Session 1b: The Federated Data Programme Angela Knibb (TBC), Regional Delivery Manager, South Region – Federated Data Programme, NHS England Session 2b: Digital Literacy Francesca Ress, Senior Information Officer for Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professionals, University Hospitals Plymouth Session 3b: Cyber-security and patient care, what’s the risk? Ian Fletcher, Regional Security Lead, NHS England Session 4b: Diversity Bernie Clarke, Managing Director, Evolution Digital Health - Katherine Potts, Chief Digital Officer, University Hospitals Plymouth - Jennifer Frampton, Head of Solution Architecture and Digital Transformation, Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - Oluyemisi Ibiteye, GP registrar, University Hospitals Plymouth - Liz Staveacre, CNIO, RUH Bath NHS Foundation Trust Session 5b: EPR TBC |
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15:40 |
Biconically beautiful - Motivational speaker Tilly Lockey, bionic arm advocate, model, influencer, Open Bionics |
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16:30 |
Chairs’ close Melanie De Witt & Peter Wathen, Network co-chairs, South West Digital Health & Care Skills Development Network |