Now in its tenth year, the editorially designed programme, led by long-time WIRED Health curator João Medeiros, will examine the big ideas, academic breakthroughs and innovations driving the way we provide and access healthcare.

WIRED Health is designed for executives seeking to engage with transformational technologies challenging the health industry with a prestigious speaker faculty of scientists, doctors, innovators and disruptors.

WIRED has announced the first six speakers:

Tim Spector

Tim is a medically qualified Professor of Epidemiology and Director of the TwinsUK registry at King’s College London. His current work focuses on the microbiome and nutrition, and he is co-founder of the data science company ZOE Ltd which has commercialised a home kit for personalised nutrition.

Devi Sridhar

Devi is the Professor and Chair of Global Public Health at the University of Edinburgh. As a Rhodes Scholar she holds an MPhil and DPhil from the University of Oxford, where she has since held research positions. She is regularly on broadcast media discussing the coronavirus pandemic.

Karl Friston

Karl is a theoretical neuroscientist and authority on brain imaging. He invented statistical parametric mapping (SPM), voxel-based morphometry (VBM) and dynamic causal modelling (DCM).

Tara Donnelly

As the Director of Digital Care Models, Transformation Directorate, NHS England and NHS Improvement, Tara leads the digital transformation of the NHS and social care. She is focused on scaling digital health innovations to benefit citizens and staff, working with partners across health and social.

Tolullah Oni

Tolullah is the Programme Lead of the Global Diet and Physical Activity Group and Network at the MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge and an extraordinary Professor & Chair at Innovation Africa@UP, University of Pretoria, South Africa where she leads the Urban Better Satellite Studio.

Romain Pizzi

Romain is a Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons Recognised Specialist in Zoo and Wildlife Medicine. He has travelled from the rainforests of Sierra Leone to the jungles of Borneo, catching, anaesthetising, diagnosing, operating on, medicating and then releasing some of the world’s most endangered wild animals.

WIRED Health 2022 will be held at Kings Place, London, N1 9AG on 26th May 2022.