HPN Expo

  • Day 1

05 November 2025

  • 8:00 am - 9:00 am

    Main room

    Registration

  • 9:00 am - 9:05 am

    Main room

    Chair's opening remarks

    Josie Rudman

    Director of Nursing - System and Professional Leadership
    NHS England

    We meet at a time of rapid transformation across the NHS. From the New Hospital Programme and the 10-Year Plan to the growing influence of artificial intelligence and virtual care, the questions facing healthcare leaders are increasingly...

  • 9:05 am - 9:45 am

    Main room

    Opening keynote panel – Health and care workforce of the future: how do we get there?

    Eamonn Gorman

    Deputy Director of Digital Transformation & Clinical Informatics for the New Hospital Programme
    NHS England

    Josie Rudman

    Director of Nursing - System and Professional Leadership
    NHS England

    Amber Kennard

    Deloitte Partner
    Deloitte

    We open the event with a keynote panel coming with industry leaders coming from across the ecosystem. They will address what will be needed from the workforce to be come smart, intelligent hospitals of the future. They will touch on thei...

  • 9:45 am - 10:05 am

    Main room

    Spend more time with patients, less on paperwork - NHS-ready AI solutions

    Tannya Pearce

    Account Executive
    T-PRO

    Join us for an insightful session on tackling the growing challenge of clinical documentation within the NHS. Excessive administrative workload remains a significant pressure on healthcare professionals, contributing to clinician burnout...

  • 10:10 am - 10:25 am

    Main room

    Dragons' Den - Speed presentations

    Our signature ‘Dragons’ Den’ session provides each solution provider with an opportunity to deliver a short pitch, explaining why they are here and how their services can help tackle some of the sector’s ongoing challenges.

  • 10:30 am - 11:20 am

    Main room

    Networking and business meetings

    10 minute meetings with suppliers who are offering solutions most relevant to your challenges. Please check the schedule on the back of your delegate pass for your meeting timings.

  • 11:25 am - 12:05 pm

    Main room

    Panel discussion – The future of NHS estates: new and old

    Kay Mulcahy

    Associate Director of National Estates Operations
    NHS Estates and Facilities, NHS England - Commercial Directorate

    Neil McElduff

    Director of Estates and Facilities
    Medway NHS Foundation Trust

    Arun Sebastian

    Capital Programme Manager
    Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

    Martin John

    Director, New Hospital Programme
    Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

    This session brings together speakers coming from multiple angles, discussing the next steps for NHS hospitals and estates. Hear perspectives from national leads respectively focussing on existing and new hospital estates in addition, to...

  • 12:10 pm - 12:30 pm

    Main room

    So you’re opening a new hospital… Here’s what no one tells you

    Frances Cousins

    Deloitte Partner
    Deloitte

    Andy Lane

    Deloitte Director
    Deloitte

    Opening a new hospital is one of the most complex and high-stakes endeavours in healthcare — and no two are ever the same. In this candid conversation, Andy Lane, hospital activation specialist, and Fran Cousins, digital transformation...

  • 12:30 pm - 12:50 pm

    Main room

    Sponsor presentation - Catchup Applications

  • 12:50 pm - 1:30 pm

    Main room

    Networking lunch

    An opportunity to connect with your peers and suppliers to talk over the learnings from the event. Lunch is served buffet style and a range of options are available to cater for different dietary requirements.

  • 1:35 pm - 1:55 pm

    Main room

    Interactive discussion – Fireside Chat: Shifting to Preventative and predictive care: Identifying risks with geonomics

    Alexander Deng

    Programme Lead for NHS Fellowship in Clinical AI
    Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

    James Teo

    Joint Clinical Director for Data and AI
    Guys & St Thomas Hospital & Kings College Hospital

    Following on from the NHS 10-Year Plan’s call for a shift to a predict and prevent model rather than one of diagnose and treat, this fireside chat will cover how using geonomics and precision medicine in routine care can lead to si...

  • 2:00 pm - 2:20 pm

    Main room

    Gold sponsor presentations

  • 2:25 pm - 3:15 pm

    Main room

    Networking and business meetings

    10 minute meetings with suppliers who are offering solutions most relevant to your challenges. Please check the schedule on the back of your delegate pass for your meeting timings.

  • 3:20 pm - 3:45 pm

    Main room

    Keynote presentation – What makes a future hospital?

    Eamonn Gorman

    Deputy Director of Digital Transformation & Clinical Informatics for the New Hospital Programme
    NHS England

    Hear from a senior leader from the New Hospital Programme on updates following the changes earlier this year within NHS England.

  • 3:50 pm - 4:20 pm

    Main room

    Focus groups – Achieving Intelligent Hospital capabilities

    The New Hospital Programme has set out a set of minimum capabilities needed to attain the status of an intelligent hospital, they are grouped into three categories: Fabric, Footprint and Flow. Join one of the three breakout sessions whic...

  • 4:20 pm - 4:30 pm

    Main room

    Reflections and next actions/commitments

    Josie Rudman

    Director of Nursing - System and Professional Leadership
    NHS England

  • 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm

    Main room

    Networking drinks reception

  • 3:50 pm - 4:20 pm

    Focus group 1

    Achieving Intelligent Hospital capabilities – Fabric

    James Clegg

    Head of Digital Innovation
    Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

    Fabric is the foundation comprising of information technology, cloud infrastructure, cyber security and innovative tech underpinning a new hospital. Hear from those who have been behind these projects.

  • 3:50 pm - 4:20 pm

    Focus group 2

    Achieving Intelligent Hospital capabilities – Footprint

    Matea Deliu

    Clinical Lead Primary Care Digital Delivery
    NHS South East London Integrated Care System

    Tara Donnelly

    Founder
    Digital Care

    Footprint is the technologies that connect hospital estates and the wider care ecosystem. Such as remote monitoring, virtual wards and community care. Join this session to discuss best practices in virtual and remote care.

  • 3:50 pm - 4:20 pm

    Focus group 3

    Achieving Intelligent Hospital capabilities – Flow

    Robert Watson

    Chief Nursing Projects Officer
    James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

    Shaun Thompstone

    AAssistant Director – Operational Support and Operations Workstream Lead
    Hinchingbrooke Hospital Redevelopment Programme, North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust

    Flow encompasses the operating model of hospitals such as clinical pathways, patient flow, data capture with a heavy focus on digital. Understand the optimal operating model in this session.

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