The Annual Cyber in Health Conference and Exhibition 2026
Protecting Patient Data, Systems and Services in a Digital-First NHS
CorpAcq Stadium, Greater Manchester 17 June 2026, 9:00am - 4:00pm
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9:30am
Chairs Opening Remarks
9:40am
National Cyber Strategy in Health & Care: From Policy to Operational Reality
- Understand NHS England’s current cyber security priorities and national direction of travel
- Explore how Integrated Care Systems can translate strategy into operational resilience
- Identify leadership responsibilities for cyber risk at board and executive level
- Examine the balance between innovation, digitisation and system protection
Shaukat Ali Khan, Executive Chief Digital and Information Officer and Executive Director, NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board and Integrated Care System
10:00am
Governing Data Safely: Information Governance in an Integrated Digital Health System
- Learn how strong information governance underpins effective cyber resilience
- Consider practical challenges of secure data sharing across organisations and borders
- Reflect on common governance gaps emerging during digital transformation
- Gain insight into real-world approaches improving compliance without slowing services
Cora Suckley, Information Governance Service Manager/DPO, Digital Health and Care Wales
10:20am
Main Stage Sponsor Speaking Session
10:40am
Question & Answers Session
11:00am
Break & Networking
11:30am
Securing AI-Enabled Healthcare: Data, Imaging and the New Cyber Risk Landscape
- Understand how diagnostic technologies including AI are designed and built
- Explore data flows behind imaging and diagnostic systems and where vulnerabilities arise
- Distinguish real versus imagined risk exposure when deploying imaging IT and AI applications
- Examine accountability across NHS organisations, suppliers and technology partners
Graham King, Volunteer Convenor, AI Special Focus Group and member of the Executive, AXREM
11:50am
Main Stage Sponsor Speaking Session
12:10pm
Cyber Security in Adult Social Care: Protecting the Most Digitally Vulnerable Sector
- Highlight the growing cyber risks facing adult social care providers
- Understand barriers smaller organisations face in achieving cyber maturity
- Explore opportunities for sector-wide collaboration and support mechanisms
- Consider how cyber resilience directly impacts continuity of care
Michelle Corrigan. Chief Executive Officer, Digital Care Hub
12:30pm
Questions & Answers Session
12:50pm
Lunch & Networking
1:50pm
Main Stage Sponsor Speaking Session
2:10pm
Session Reserved for Daniel O'Shaughnessy
Daniel O'Shaughnessy, Head of Programme Delivery, Digital Care Hub
2:30pm
Break & Networking
3:00pm
Understanding Modern Healthcare Threats: From Ransomware to AI-Enabled Attacks
- Gain an overview of the evolving cyber threat landscape targeting healthcare
- Understand how emerging technologies are changing attacker capabilities
- Explore human, technical and organisational vulnerabilities commonly exploited
- Translate academic research into actionable defensive thinking
Dr Mohammed Al-Khalidi, Senior Lecturer in Cyber Security, Manchester Metropolitan University
3:20pm
Designing Secure Health Systems: science, intelligence, or whack-a-mole
- Examine how systems thinking improves long-term cyber resilience
- Balancing research-led intelligence to secure-by-design healthcare infrastructure
- Consider how to cope with future risks facing increasingly connected health ecosystems
Daniel Dresner, Professor of Cyber Security, University of Manchester
3:40pm
Chairs Closing Remarks & Close