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Conference programme
Session 1
Chair: Prof Jane Grimson, Chairperson, HRB Board.
9.00 Keynote: Opening our minds to the potential of big data
Dr Joel Selanikio, CEO Magpi; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Georgetown University Hospital.
9.45 Keynote: Key challenges for wider adoption of big data in an Irish context
Prof Jean-Christophe Desplat, Director, Irish Centre for High-End Computing (ICHEC) and NUI Galway; Honorary Professor, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies.
10.30 Case study: Managing big data in Ireland
Dr Howard Johnson, Clinical Lead - Health Intelligence, Health Service Executive
11.00 Coffee/Tea
Session 2
Chair: Muiris O'Connor, Assistant Secretary, Department of Health.
11.30 Case study: Applying data in practice
TBC
12.00 Case study: Personal data – using it in practice
Prof Andre Dekker, Professor of Clinical Data Science Maastricht University; Medical Physicist and Manager of Research & Education, MAASTRO Clinic, Maastricht.
12.30 Presentation: Applying GDPR in a health research setting
Dr Ruth Davis, Consultant, Higher Education and Research Managment, Funding and Policy.
13.00 Lunch
Session 3
Chair: Darrin Morrissey PhD, Chief Executive, HRB.
14.00 Presentation: The highly-integrated role of data-analytics and tech in helping people to be healthy and fulfilled at 100
Prof Linda Doyle, Professor of Engineering & The Arts; Dean and Vice President for Research at Trinity College Dublin.
14.30 Presentation: Big data – the business behind it
Dr Sorcha McKenna, Partner, McKinsey and Company, Dublin.
15.00 Presentation: Data privacy and useful purpose: can we get the best of both worlds?
Dr Natalie Banner, Policy Advisor and Understanding Patient Data Lead, Wellcome, London.
15.30 Panel discussion: Balancing big data, big profit and privacy
Discussion Facilitator: Miriam O'Callaghan, TV & Radio Broadcast Journalist.
Participants: Dr Joel Selanikio, Dr Natalie Banner, Dr Sorcha McKenna, Dr Derick Mitchell and Susan Mitchell.
16.15 Closing remarks
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