HPN Expo

26 - 27 June 2025, East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham

  • Day 1
  • Day 2

26 June 2025

  • 8:00 am - 8:45 am

    Mezzanine room

    Registration

  • 8:45 am - 8:55 am

    Mezzanine room

    Chair's opening remarks

    Paula Lloyd-Knight

    Deputy COO
    Black County Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

    Welcome to HPN Mental Health!

  • 8:55 am - 9:35 am

    Mezzanine room

    Opening keynote panel – Leading change in mental health care: executive insights

    Paula Lloyd-Knight

    Deputy COO
    Black County Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

    Mark Powell

    Chief Executive
    Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

    Melinda Rees

    Chief Executive Officer
    Psyomics

    In the opening keynote address, executives from mental health trusts and organisations across the UK will share their insights on the evolving landscape of mental health care. Speakers will discuss strategic initiatives aimed at improvin...

  • 9:40 am - 10:00 am

    Mezzanine room

    Keynote address: Are AI therapists an answer to rising demand in mental health?

    Abida Abbas

    Psychiatry Consultant and CCIO
    South West Yorkshire NHS Foundation Trust

    Artificial Intelligence is rapidly changing the way we live our lives. We now have AI tools with ability to search internet for us, write an email, post on social media, answer calls, write a CV, generate pictures, make videos, recognise...

  • 10:00 am - 10:20 am

    Mezzanine room

    What is clinical AI? How regulated innovation is reshaping access to mental healthcare

    Dr. Ross Harper

    CEO & Founder
    Limbic

    Dr. Ross Harper cuts through the noise surrounding AI in mental healthcare, establishing clear distinctions between clinical AI and wellness technologies. As CEO of Limbic—the first company to achieve Class IIa UKCA certification for a...

  • 10:25 am - 10:40 am

    Mezzanine room

    Dragons’ Den – speed presentations

    Our signature ‘Dragons’ Den’ session provides each solution provider with an opportunity to deliver a short 60 second pitch, explaining why they are here and how their services can help tackle some of the sector’s ongoing challen...

  • 10:45 am - 12:00 pm

    Mezzanine room

    Networking and business meetings

    15 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.

  • 12:05 pm - 12:25 pm

    Mezzanine room

    A Year of “Press 2 for Mental Health”: Insights and Next Steps

    Jonathan Hames

    Citizen Engagement Specialist
    Wavenet

    Last summer, NHS England introduced the “Press 2 for Mental Health” initiative, integrating Mental Health Crisis Lines into the 111 urgent care pathway for the first time. This marked a significant shift in how crisis care is accesse...

  • 12:30 pm - 12:50 pm

    Mezzanine room

    Digital transformation is too important to leave to IT

    Stig Husby

    CTO/CISO
    EG CheckWare

    Anna Lloyd

    Assistant Psychologist, Eating Disorder Service
    Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust

    You don’t need to code to lead change. In this session, Anna Lloyd from Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust proves it by walking you through how she reshaped a service in days—solo—with CheckWare. Learn how non-technica...

  • 12:55 pm - 1:15 pm

    Mezzanine room

    From IAPT to innovation: Lessons learned from twenty years of NHS Talking Therapies

    Chris Eldridge

    Director
    Mayden

    Over the last two decades, the NHS talking therapies service has evolved from a small pilot to support almost 2 million referrals a year. Routine outcomes measurement, transparent data and high patient demand have driven digital innovati...

  • 1:20 pm - 2:20 pm

    Mezzanine 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.

  • 2:25 pm - 3:00 pm

    Mezzanine room

    Identification of patients with severe multiple disadvantage (SMD) on their Mental Health Journey and Outcomes

    Lori Edwards-Suárez

    Principal Mental Health Transformation Analyst
    Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

    Sam Beard

    Advanced Data Analyst
    Nottingham City Integrated Care Partnership

    This talk covers a collaboration between Nottinghamshire Healthcare and Changing Futures to enrich the understanding of patients experiencing Severe Multiple Disadvantage. Devising a flag to identify SMD patients in the Mental Health Rec...

  • 3:05 pm - 3:25 pm

    Mezzanine room

    Why we won’t work together: risky hurdles and olympic lifts

    Melinda Rees

    Chief Executive Officer
    Psyomics

    Despite shared goals and good intentions, partnerships between the NHS and digital innovators often fail to get off the starting blocks. In this talk, Dr. Melinda Rees (former NHS clinician and managing director, turned tech CEO) will ex...

  • 3:30 pm - 4:45 pm

    Mezzanine room

    Networking and business meetings

    15 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.

  • 4:50 pm - 5:30 pm

    Mezzanine room

    Panel discussion – Building a resilient workforce: the key to transforming mental health care

    Ben Richards

    Chief Operating Officer
    North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust

    Upkar Jheeta

    Head of Mental Health Transformation
    Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

    Michaela Kemp

    Nurse Consultant and Head of Quality for Community Adult Mental Health Services
    Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

    Paula Lloyd-Knight

    Deputy COO
    Black County Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

    The closing session will address the critical role of workforce resilience in the face of unprecedented challenges. Highlighting innovative digital tools and strategies, speakers will explore how we can support, empower, and retain menta...

  • 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

    Mezzanine room

    Hotel check-in / free time

  • 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm

    Mezzanine room

    Drinks reception and networking dinner

    Networking sessions – throughout the event we host a networking lunch as well as a dinner and drinks reception to give you ample opportunity to connect with your peers and suppliers over the learnings from the event. Dinner is served i...

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HPN Mental Health

26 - 27 June 2025, East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham