Adam is an Honorary Professor of Health Systems Transformation at Swansea University. He is a convergence scientist with deep expertise across health(care), informatics, innovation, technology, and business. He serves as a coach and connector among key opinion leaders and stakeholders, engaging at operational, strategic, and governmental levels, while fostering commercial relationships with global firms and start-ups to leverage data, technology, and design for health system transformation. With a background in strategy, consulting, technology advisory, and design, Adam transitioned from a successful tech industry career into health informatics in 2002. He has since led solution implementation across Asia Pacific and the Middle East, worked in business and market development with MNCs and start-ups, and pioneered clinical information systems at SingHealth. His work spans the full healthcare ecosystem, including primary care, tertiary hospitals, research institutes, government agencies, and NGOs worldwide.

Ashley is Professor of Population Data Science Research at Population Data Science, Swansea University. Based at Swansea University since 2008, Ashley plays a substantive role in major research programmes & projects utilising population-scale data, predominantly using the SAIL Databank. Championing Team Science, Ashley leads and collaborates with multi-disciplinary, multi-organisational groups developing and delivering research promoting the translation of research outcomes into policy across academia, and government, in order to improve services and people’s lives. Ashley is particularly interested in promoting Team Science and the development of the next generation of data scientists.

Esmond completed an MSc in Manufacturing Engineering & Management and a PhD in Knowledge Engineering at the University of Nottingham. After a postdoctoral role, he joined Loughborough University, where his research centred on knowledge management, interoperability, and ontology design for defence and aerospace, contributing to the international standard ISO 20534. Returning to Nottingham in 2020, Esmond played a key role in the CO-CONNECT project, applying the OMOP common data model to harmonise national COVID-19 datasets and co-developing a national serology data standard with NPEx and the NHS. He also collaborated with the University of Dundee to develop the CO-CONNECT structured healthcare vocabulary, supporting healthcare terminology standardisation and MIABIS specimen concepts. He now works with the NIHR Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, focusing on healthcare data engineering, standardisation, and interoperability.

James is the inaugural Chair of Digital Health at La Trobe University, where he leads the university’s Digital Health strategy to tackle inefficiencies in healthcare caused by fragmented information systems. With over 25 years of experience in working with large, linked population health datasets, he is an international expert in data linkage and a pioneer of the Privacy-preserving Record Linkage (PPRL) methodology, which has enabled numerous projects, particularly in chronic disease research. His work supports innovation in both the public and private sectors, advancing preventative medicine and digital health solutions. Over the past decade, Professor Boyd has been at the global forefront of developing digital platforms for virtual care and remote monitoring, including a successful collaboration with Northern Hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic to create a virtual emergency department model that has since been scaled to a state-wide service, enhancing patient access and healthcare delivery through digital technology. 

Simon is a Professor of Health Informatics at Swansea University and a systems architect with many years’ experience in the NHS and academia. He is the chief technologist who leads a large team of talented, diverse skilled software developers at Secure eResearch Platform (SeRP). Simon is Co-director of SAIL Databank and leads the innovation, design and implementation of all SAIL technical system developments. Simon is Deputy Associate Director at Dementias Platform UK (DPUK), playing an instrumental role in the ongoing development of the DPUK Data Portal. He is responsible for delivering the technical workstream for all data research investments at Population Data Science at Swansea University as part of an international network of e-research centres.