Faculty of Health and Care Conference 2026

Please join our third annual conference featuring keynote addresses, panel sessions, scientific abstracts and posters, and practical workshops. Our theme this year is 'Collaborate, Learn and Professionalise'.

Conference date: Tuesday 30th June 2026

Venue: BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, Ground Floor, 25 Copthall Avenue, London, EC2R 7BP

Conference schedule

Time	Session Type	Description
09:00	Welcome and opening keynote	Welcome: Conference Chair, BCS & FEDIP Leadership Opening Keynote: Preparing the NHS Health Informatics Workforce for Healthcare AI. Speakers: James Freed, Deputy Director, NHS Digital Academy and Hatim Abdulhussein, CEO, Health Innovation Network Kent, Surrey and Sussex
09:45	Keynote Panel Discussion	Digital profession in the UK – Future Direction. Speakers: Shana Vijayan, Asst Director for the Digital Profession, NHS England. Other speakers to be confirmed
10:45	Break	Networking Coffee & Sponsor Showcase
11:15	Presentations + Q and A	e-PRaSE - electronic prescribing risk and safety evaluation project. Results of a project looking at how ePMA systems are being configured, to mitigate medication related error, across England	AI Showcase
12:00	Presentations + Q and A	EPR implementation – improving clinical workflows and working in partnership with other trusts Speakers: Andy Carruthers, Group Chief Technology Innovation Officer, University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and Leicestershire	Cogstack – an overview of an AI driven clinical text analytics platform and examples of its use. Speakers: Dr Tom Searle, Research Fellow, Kings College London and Aleksandra Foy, NLP workstream lead, Cogstack
12:45	Lunch	Networking Lunch & Sponsor Showcase
13:45	Podium presentations	Podium Presentations: Best 5 informatics research project abstracts selected for podium presentation
14:15	Keynote	Governance framework for AI in Healthcare: As systems become more autonomous, how the regulatory system is changing. Speaker: TBC
15:00	Break	Networking Coffee & Sponsor Showcase
15:30	Presentations + discussion	Introducing AI tools in Healthcare settings: implementation challenges and how to navigate cultural and ethical issues and the regulatory framework. Speakers TBC
16:15	Presentations + Q and A	Digital Clinical Risk Management session
16:50	Plenary	Closing remarks
17:00	Evening	Conference Reception & Awards Ceremony

Speakers

To be confirmed shortly

Hear from national and international speakers in a CPD awarded programme and join us after the event for networking in an informal drinks reception.

Please register for your ticket here: BCS Third Faculty of Health and Care Conference 2026.