Digital Health Week NZ 2025 - eAllied Health, Scientific and Technical Workshop Agenda AHST Collabor-action for Impact Thursday 27 November 2025 | 8.30am to 4.00pm Theme: Collabor-action: From conversation to activation – unpacking AI together Convened by National Allied Health, Scientific and Technical Informatics Group (NAHSTIG)
eAllied Health, Scientific and Technical Workshop Agenda AHST Collabor-action for Impact Thursday 27 November 2025 | 8.30am to 4.15pm Theme: Collabor-action: From conversation to activation – unpacking AI together Convened by National Allied Health, Scientific and Technical Informatics Group (NAHSTIG)
7.30
REGISTRATION | ARRIVAL TEA & COFFEE
8.15
Karakia, welcome, health and safety and scene setting Session One | Clinical governance meets emerging technology
Kickstarting the day with purpose and momentum, this session explores the big picture of digital health transformation. We begin with a view of the landscape and the vision of what could be for allied health, scientific and technical professions working alongside the enablers of digital health. We will learn about the role of clinical digital governance in ensuring safe, effective innovation. Followed by an AI 101 session, unpacking the why, what, and how of AI in healthcare. Keynote: Fulfilling our potential – where is the horizon? Dr Martin Chadwick , Chief Allied Health Professions Officer, Ministry of Health Clinical digital governance in health services – what do you mean guardrails? Dr Lara Hopley, Chief Clinical Informatics Officer, Health New Zealand AI in digital health – what, why and how? Liz Keen , Head of Clinical Governance – Innovation & Transformation, Infosys Consulting
8.30
9.00
9.25
9.50
Panel Q&A
10.15
MORNING TEA
Session Two | AI in action: tools, prompts and practical use This session dives into practical skills. We explore different types of AI and how to use prompts effectively. A hands-on session, where participants apply AI tools to real-world administrative challenges in healthcare — think consent processes and beyond.
10.45
Introduction to AI tools Garry Dillon , Clinical Director, Garry Dillion Physiotherapy
Types of AI and how to: a masterclass in prompts embedded with critical thinking and clinical reasoning Andrew Ingersoll , Associate Director, PwC
11.00
11.30
Workshop – AI in practice
12.15
LUNCH
Session Three | Opportunities and positioning This dynamic session explores cutting-edge innovations, emerging research, and future trends shaping the next generation of healthcare delivery. Participants will gain insights into and share their expectations for how forward-thinking technologies and novel approaches could transform patient care, system design, and the healthcare workforce of tomorrow.
1.00
Opportunities in AI Wendy Smith , Starship Community Locality Lead, Health New Zealand
Last updated: 18 September 2025
Agenda is subject to change
What is ‘our’ position on AI for Allied Health, Scientific and Technical Services? A facilitated discussion to develop an AI position statement Wendy Smith , Health New Zealand; Andrew Jones , Deloitte, Charlene Tan-Smith , Health New Zealand
1.30
2.15
SHORT BREAK
Session Four | Innovating futures with digital technology Our final session explores how AI and innovation can be translated into meaningful, real-world applications. Moreover, the discussion is positioned to emphasise implementation science to improve health outcomes, enhance patient and whanau experience, reduce cost, support workforce, and advance equity. The session concludes with an expert panel that further discusses how we embed and sustain AI and innovation in complex healthcare systems. Innovations in mental health assessment using AI Jennifer Gold , Relationships Researcher and Innovator, Auckland University of Technology |CEO, The Kindness Company Can I take a photo of that? Dishing up AI for nutritional value Professor Caryn Zinn , NZ Registered Dietitian, Co-Director Sports Research Performance Institute New Zealand (SPRINZ) Co-design and the science of implementation Professor Nicola Kayes , Associate Dean of Research and Co-Director for Centre of Person- Centred Research, Auckland University of Technology
2.45
3.00
3.15
3.30
AI, innovation and workforce Dr Jane George , Clinical Social Worker, Rural Health Workforce Strategist
3.45
PANEL: Benefits realisation and systems thinking Andrew Ingersoll , PwC; Dr Becky George , Clinical Digital Health Specialist; Mark Shirley , Habit Health; Dr Jane George , Rural Health Workforce Strategist
4.05
Review, feedback, wrap up and Karakia to close
4.15
WORKSHOP CLOSES
Last updated: 18 September 2025
Agenda is subject to change
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