Dr Victoria Betton specialises in people-centred design, systems thinking and digital strategy, with a focus on driving meaningful adoption of technology in health and care.

She is Director for Digital, Data & AI at Health Innovation, Kent Surrey Sussex and co-founder of the Equity Charter. She brings over thirty years of experience across the NHS, local government, the third sector, and digital health startups. A qualified social worker and certified coach, Victoria blends deep sector knowledge with a passion for inclusive innovation.

Mike comes from a strong technical and analytical background with a PhD in Atomic and Molecular Physics. He started his IT career in 2000, moving into healthcare IT in 2005. He provides strategic and technical consultancy, helping customers navigate the complexity of healthcare IT and interoperability.Mike looks at novel ways of solving or streamlining business and technical problems and is keen to maintain a hands-on approach to technology.

Joseph brings deep healthtech expertise to his work, with a strong belief that good technology should make care safer, simpler, and more human.

At Aire Logic, he is motivated by the chance to turn that belief into practical change by helping build digital services that genuinely improve outcomes for patients, clinicians, and the wider system. He is especially inspired by the long-term potential of employee-owned businesses, where shared responsibility and shared success can create better decisions, stronger cultures, and more meaningful impact. That model reflects his view that the best organisations are built by people who care not just about the work, but about the future of the business itself. He is ambitious for what Aire Logic can achieve as a healthcare-focused, values-led company, and continues to play a part in helping it grow with purpose. For clients, he typically contributes on strategy, delivery and innovation, bringing a thoughtful and lateral thinking perspective grounded in real sector knowledge.

Hannah Al-Othman is a North of England Correspondent for the Guardian, based in Manchester, where she covers everything from culture, to crime, to politics.

Prior to that, she was a news reporter at The Sunday Times, where she broke stories including the murder of Kenyan woman Agnes Wanjiru by a British soldier, which won a Paul Foot Award and an Orwell special prize.

Previously she was a political correspondent for BuzzFeed News, based in Westminster, and has worked online and in print for regional and national newspapers.

My vision is for us to provide the very best, most appropriate, mental health support to the people who come to us for help. We have great foundations and will build on them to make sure this happens. I work closely with our board of trustees and senior management team to bring this vision to life. Experience of mental illness in my own family means the expertise and dedication we have at Northpoint also has personal significance.

Northpoint is a leading mental health charity delivering a diverse range of effective support for children, young people and adults across Yorkshire and beyond. By providing accessible, compassionate care through talking therapies and digital support, Northpoint helps people access the right support in a way that works for them. Guided by a vision of a world that supports good mental health for all, the organisation delivers consistent focus on quality, innovation and positive outcomes for the communities it serves.

Dr. Nabeel Arshad is a GP Partner at The Brooke Surgery dedicated to bridging the gap between primary care and the community. Through dedicated social media outreach and patient education campaigns, he successfully reduced consultation demand and helped drive a national-high 4.6-star Google rating for his practice. He also pioneered a revitalised Pharmacy First scheme, utilising direct digital communication with local pharmacies to rebuild trust and triple specific community referrals. He joins Airefest to discuss how combining consistent social media engagement with strong local partnerships transforms patient care.

Vicky is Aire Logic's Lead Enterprise Architect and co-author of Business Architecture: A Comprehensive Guide. She also served as Lead Enterprise Architect on the Welsh National Target Architecture — a landmark piece of work set to transform the Welsh healthcare landscape.

A strategic consultant with a strong track record, Vicky specialises in delivering Target Operating Models, Service Transformation Strategies, and their supporting architectures. With deep expertise in business and enterprise architecture, she regularly works with C-Suite stakeholders to shape and inform high-level decision making.

Gurnak is a practicing General Practitioner whose career spans a diverse portfolio of clinical, leadership, educational, and advisory roles. He is the Deputy Chief Clinical Information Officer for Leicester, Leicestershire, and Rutland ICB, Chair of the Midlands CXIO Network and Chair of the Equity Charter where he is at the forefront of digital transformation in healthcare. He is also ICB Clinical Lead for Cancer and Frailty, as well as an NHS England GP Peer Ambassador.

Driven by a commitment to reducing health inequalities, Gurnak is a passionate advocate for creating a healthcare system where digital advancements closes the gap in health disparities. He believes that technology, when designed and implemented with purpose, has the potential to empower patients and staff, improve access to care, and deliver more equitable health outcomes. Central to his ethos is the principle that patients must remain at the heart of any transformation.

Harry is a doctor and entrepreneur who combines clinical knowledge with knowing what it takes to build and run a successful digital health business. After completing his core surgical training and becoming a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons he left clinical practice to focus on his passion of using technology to improve patient care.

\He has held a range of roles in Medtech including innovations lead at the European Medical Journal and Head of Operations at my mhealth where he supported the deployment of digital therapeutics across the NHS and developed and launched his own app, myOp. He is now the Director of Health and Innovation at the UK’s largest specialist healthtech consultancy, Aire Logic.

Harry also worked closely with the innovation team at NHS England to help set up the clinical entrepreneur program, he was one of the first entrepreneur fellows appointed and now supports this world leading workforce development initiative as the Business and Commercial Lead.

Lord Bethell is one of the United Kingdom's most authoritative voices on the future of health. A former Health Minister, investor and advocate, he speaks to the generational shift now underway, from a century of treating illness to an era of preventing it, and to the extraordinary economic, scientific and human opportunities that shift creates.

Along with Steve Brine, James is co-host of Prevention is the New Cure, a podcast on health and policy featuring NHS leaders, health tech founders, campaigners, and the occasional dog-lover and wild-swimmer. A serious conversation, conducted with a light touch, he is also an accomplished house music DJ.

His work sits at the intersection of prevention science and the public policy needed to bring them together and he brings to the platform the rare combination of ministerial experience, operator's instinct and investor's eye. He has taken legislation through Parliament, built and sold businesses, and today advises governments, investors and operators on the shift from treatment to prevention, and supports prevention-economy businesses. He is a Senior Advisor at the Milken Institute and Senior Visiting Fellow at King's College London. In Parliament, he chairs the APPG for Health and is a Trustee of the Royal Society for Public Health and Chair of Business for Health. He also supports the Barbara Windsor Foundation's work on neurodegenerative disease.