Speaker Group: Digital Technology & Innovation.

Magnus Leask

Magnus’s background in ICT and Digital Infrastructure design brings a wealth of experience to the Leeds Hospitals of the Future Project. His passion is in driving Digital change to the Hospital estates via our Design and Consultancy Role.

Dr Shelley James

Dr Shelley James is an international lighting design consultant with specialist expertise in health and wellbeing. Shelley is also a TEDx speaker, author, WELL Light Advisory Board member and trained electrician.

Kay Mulcahy

As Associate Director of National Estates Operations for NHS England, Kay leads and is responsible for the National operational effectiveness of hard and soft FM, including productivity, digital transformation, and workforce. A caterer by professional background, Kay has developed her career and has over 28 years’ experience of working within NHS Estates and facilities management. … Read more »

Carl-Magnus von Behr

Carl-Magnus von Behr is an industrial engineer with a focus on interdisciplinary problem-solving within healthcare management. His academic and practical work aims to facilitate knowledge sharing within healthcare systems to drive innovation and operational efficiency. Together with Jan Bluemel (PhD in AI for user experience at the University of Cambridge), he co-founded innex.ai, an AI-driven… Read more »

Denise Cafarelli Dees

Denise began a career in clinical research, service, management and education in the field of communicative disorders at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in the USA over 35 years ago. She has worked in both public and private healthcare, the medical device industry and taught at post-graduate degree level, as well as providing professional education. Denise… Read more »

Carla Edwards

Carla is a Senior Health Planner at TSA Riley Health Advisory. Her role and skills application focus on supporting clients in the areas of strategic service planning, development of operational service models, change management and implementation science including stakeholder engagement and facility design planning. With over 20 years’ experience in leadership roles in healthcare service… Read more »

Rachelle Mcdade

Rachelle McDade is Director of Healthcare planning, based in London, who has spent the last 27 years designing and planning hospital projects and strategies, from community wellbeing hubs to large Acute masterplans in the UK and globally. She is experienced in producing detailed brief appraisals with strategic master planning proposals and aims to encourage sustainable… Read more »

Grant Bezuidenhout

A passionate BIM specialist with a proven track record of success in driving project efficiency and exceeding expectations.  For over 15 years, he has leveraged cutting-edge tools and expertise in engineering principles to deliver integrated BIM solutions across diverse design and construction projects.  He excels in collaborative environments, fostering communication and ensuring project success from… Read more »

Laura Harrop

Laura is a Project Manager at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust with experience delivering digital projects across health and social care. As part of the Hospitals of the Future Project, Laura is delivering the Digital workstream which focuses on SMART building technologies to contribute towards Estates and sustainability goals. Laura has most recently led the… Read more »