• Participants will be able to articulate the key infrastructure components (data interoperability, governance, cybersecurity, validation pipelines) required to support AI in health
• Participants will learn how to assess existing organisational readiness (culture, leadership, workflows) for integrating AI safely
• Participants will gain insight into strategies to phase in AI adoption (pilot to scale) while managing risk, monitoring, and continuous improvement

• NHS England’s latest buyer guidance and assurance frameworks for AI scribes and tools
• How policy aligns with medical device regulations and GP IT standards
• Opportunities and challenges in embedding generative AI in front-line primary care

Linda Vernon, Head of Digital Empowerment, Lancashire & South Cumbria Integrated Care Board

Dan Howl, Head of Policy & Public Affairs, BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT

Iblal Rakha, Clinical AI Fellow, NHS England

• Explore how AI can support, not replace, clinicians and the wider workforce
• Understand the skills, training, and culture shift needed for safe and effective adoption
•  Discuss workforce planning: ensuring equitable access, reducing burden, and embedding AI into daily practice

• Map the evolving regulatory architecture for AI as a Medical Device in the UK
• Diagnose real-world challenges in deploying AI in practice and learn the regulatory expectations to mitigate them
• Identify pathways for collaboration and international alignment to support patient safety and innovation

• Understand key human-factors issues in deploying AI in clinical settings 

• Identify the critical data and system design challenges for trusted AI in healthcare, including data quality, algorithm transparency/explainability, bias and validation in real-world contexts

• Evaluate strategies to integrate AI/decision‐support tools effectively into clinical workflows and mobile/remote health settings, considering user-experience, trust and uptake

• Analyse how parliamentary inquiries, local policy pilots, and ethical frameworks are shaping AI governance in the UK health and care context
• Discuss how tools and frameworks developed through partnerships can inform regulators and NHS bodies
•  Identify pathways for aligning national safety regulation with community-level innovation and adoption

Saif Ahmed, Associate Medical Director Digital & Clinical Digital Lead for Transformation, Tameside and Glossop ICFT & Health Innovation Manchester 

Nell Thornton, Improvement Fellow, The Health Foundation

Helen Cole, Executive Lead for Health Technologies and Evaluation, Northern Health Science Alliance

Gary Leeming, Director of the Civic Data Co-operative, University of Liverpool

• Understand how Secure Data Environments can support safe and effective AI use in healthcare
• Explore how NHS, community, and social care data can be better connected for AI innovation
• Learn how to balance data access with privacy, security, and public trust
• Understand how the UK’s leadership in establishing a global AI regulatory network informs data governance and innovation in health AI.