Angela Ryan
Lead Healthcare Executive JAPAC, Oracle Health

Angela is a registered nurse, health informatician and executive, with extensive experience across the health system, leading policy reform and large-scale programs at the state and federal levels in digital health. She is a Lead Healthcare Executive with Oracle Health and holds Board roles with the Australasian Institute of Digital Health and Therapeutic Guidelines. She was until recently a Digital Health Adviser with the Australian Digital Health Agency and a former Chief Clinical Information Officer and holds adjunct positions with the University of Sydney and La Trobe University. In 2021 she was the recipient of the inaugural Brilliant Women in Digital Health award and in 2017 was awarded a Churchill Fellowship through global research into digital health and patient safety governance.

Associate Professor Ashwin Subramaniam
Senior ICU Consultant, Monash Health

Associate Professor Ashwin Subramaniam completed his postgraduate training in Intensive Care Medicine in 2013 He holds a public appointment in Dandenong Hospital, Monash Health as a Senior ICU Consultant and is also the ICU Research lead. He also works in Epworth Hospital Richmond. He previously worked in Frankston Hospital, Peninsula Health as a Senior ICU Consultant. He was the Director of ICU of The Bays Private Hospital 2018-2024.

Ashwin is also a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and works as a perioperative physician in Dandenong Hospital. Previously, we held the Head of Acute Medical Unit in Frankston Hospital in 2015.

A passionate educator, he has held significant roles such as the Chair of the Victorian Intensive Care Network and the Medical Lead for Simulation at Peninsula Health from 2015 to 2017 in Peninsula Health. Additionally, he was the co-founder and convener of The Critical STEPS Courses, contributing to medical education both in Australia and internationally. He is also the formal project assessor for the College of Intensive Care Medicine (CICM).

He is a keen researcher and completed a PhD through Monash University with the thesis topic of “Quantifying the impact of frailty in critically ill patients”. His research interests include clinical frailty, big data research, managing Clinical Deterioration and cardiac arrests, and initiatives aimed at quality improvement. He holds an Adjunct A/Prof position with Monash University Peninsula Campus and Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre. He is an editorial board member of the Critical Care and Resuscitation Journal and Intensive Care Section Editor for Internal Medicine Journal. He has co-authored over 130 publications and written 5 book chapters.

He is a keen cricketer and tennis player.

Dr Timothy Fazio
Chief Medical Information Officer, Head of Metabolic Diseases Unit, The Royal Melbourne Hospital

Tim is a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of Physicians (FRACP), Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Digital Health (FAIDH) and a Certified Health Informatician Australasia (CHIA), currently employed in both clinical and informatics leadership roles.

Tim is a recognised thought leader in clinical informatics, and has utilised IT innovations to streamline hospital processes, improve patient safety, reduce hospital costs and improve clinician satisfaction. Tim has developed iPhone/iPad applications which have been featured by Apple and in mainstream media, founded an eHealth start-up, and served on a variety of community organisation boards. He was a core member of the team that implemented Epic at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. Tim is excited about delivering practical digital health solutions and contributing to ongoing digital health research and education.

Tim has many years' experience in the public health system, working as a clinician in a variety of metropolitan, rural and community health services. He currently practises in general medicine and leads the state-wide service for adults with inborn errors of metabolism. He is an examiner for the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and is active both as a clinician-researcher and as an educator.

Suma Shivalingaiah
Chief Information Officer, Eastern Health

Suma is a result-driven successful senior IT leader with 20+ years of experience gained across the government, utilities, medical, education and financial industries. She is currently the CIO at Eastern Health.

A well regarded professional within the IT industry having established a reputation in building trust relationships between technology teams and business. An excellent communicator who maintains a can-do attitude in difficult situations and is ready to take on new challenges and responsibilities.

Suma has facilitated and developed maturity in the technology strategy, enterprise architecture, IT governance frameworks, incident management, cyber security, data management, portfolio and project management services to deliver business outcomes successfully.

Suma had proven success in addressing critical technology issues to improve productivity, reduce risk, and improve customer satisfaction by utilising my well-developed strategy, stakeholder management, problem solving and project management skills. She has strong experience collaborating with executives and board members, along with a track record of delivering complex and challenging enterprise transformation programs.