GIANT Health Event 2026
7 December 2026 – 8 December 2026
Business Design Centre, London, United Kingdom
The GIANT Health Event 2026 is a two-day, in-person NHS healthcare innovation and technology festival at the Business Design Centre in London on 7 and 8 December 2026. Organised by GIANT Health, it brings together NHS leaders, clinicians, innovators and suppliers across several co-located shows, including the NHS National Procurement Show, the Innovating NHS Systems Congress, the Future Hospital Show and the NHS National AI Conference, with speakers, exhibitors and health-tech start-ups pitching to investors.
42 sessions · 48 speakers
Organiser (1)
Sponsors (34)
ChatHealth (NHS) · Health Technology Wales · Chiedza Innovations · C+D Data · LFH Regulatory · OuluHealth · Regenerus Labs · Apiscog · SimpliMedica · Cubbie · iRhythm Technologies · The RealBirth Company · Slimming World · Screentec · Contour Design · TechHappens · Wysa · Assuric · Zeeks · Ventriject · genedrive · Enowa Skincare · Quimey Oils · Psyomics · CareLoop Health · Medtronic · Robot Center · Panthera Clinic · VitalHub UK · Health Collider · XR Therapeutics · NIHR · Acorn Compliance · NHS Innovation Accelerator
Speakers (48)
- Manka Ramachandran Deputy Director Medicines Policy, NHS England
- Dr. Keith Grimes Digital Health & Innovation Consultant, Curistica Ltd
- Michael Pace Interim Chief Procurement Officer, South West London Procurement Partnership
- Roy Lilley Health policy analyst, writer, broadcaster and commentator, The National Health Service
- Shafi Ahmed Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, Barts Health NHS Trust
- Adrian Hayter Chief Medical Officer, NICE
- Yousaf Ahmad ICS Chief Pharmacist, NHS Thames Valley
- Micheal Bell Chair of South West London ICB & Chairman, Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust
- Prof. Rajesh Sivaprakasam FRCS Lead for Robotic Renal Failure Surgery, Consultant in Transplant, Access, and General Surgery, Barts Health NHS Trust
- Professor Susannah Howard Honorary Professor, School of Health & Social Care, University of Essex
- Adam L. Myers MD Chief Health Officer, TELUS Health
- Baroness Robina Shah Chair, Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust
- Chris Chaney Chief Executive, CW+
- David M. Wright Founder & CEO, Disruptive Innovations
- Dr Andrew Stradling Chief Medical Officer, NHS London Procurement Partnership
- Dr Laura Gilbert CBE Senior Director of AI, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change
- Dr Matthew Chow Chief Mental Health Officer, TELUS Health
- Dr Mina Gupta Group Clinical Chair, Modality Partnership
- Dr Minal Bakhai Senior Responsible Officer for the National Neighbourhood Health Implementation Programme
- Dr Suhail Chughtai Chair AI Division UKDHC, United Kingdom Digital Health & Care
- Dr. Ari Ercole Consultant Neurosciences, Chief Clinical Informatics Officer, Cambridge University Hospital NHS Trust
- Dr. Charles Young Chief Medical Officer, Infermedica
- George Lawton Head of Healthcare, GS1 UK
- Gino Miele CEO, genedrive
- Haris Shuaib Strategic Advisor, NHS Fellowship in Clinical AI
- Henry Langford Associate Director for Adult Social Care, Health & Prevention
- Henry Stoneley Owner, Keystone
- John Wintour-Pittom Deputy CIO, NWL Acute Provider Group
- Jonathon Lees Healthcare Sector Director, Wavenet
- Laura Friedl-Hirst CEO, LFH Regulatory
- Liam Cahill Founder & NHS / Healthtech Advisor, Together Digital
- Lord James Bethell Non exec director, Regenerus Labs
- Mallory Durran Chief Technology Officer, Nesta
- Michael Woodm Head of Health Economic Partnerships, NHS Confederation
- Mr. Kabir Mahee Patient, Ex. British Judo team
- Ngoni Diana Johns Founder and CEO, Chiedza Innovations
- Nicola King Business Development Director, DHL Supply Chain
- Paul Ralston Director of Commercial and Procurement, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- Prof. Mumtaz Patel President, Royal College of Physicians
- Professor Tony Avery OBE Professor of Primary Health Care, University of Nottingham
- Shane Tickell Founder, Chief Executive and Strategy Officer, Temple Black
- Sir James Mackey CEO, NHS
- Susan Sinclair Managing Director, RM Partners NHS Cancer Alliance
- Tal Mahmud Chair of Primary Care Network and neighbourhood in West London
- Andy Wilkins Founder, Future of Health
- Laura Taylor-Green Programme Director: Wellbeing and Public Health, Essex County Council
- Ian Perrin NHS Alliance
- Professor Nicos Savva Academic Director of the Data Science and AI Initiative, London Business School
Agenda
- Welcome & Opening Remarks 7 December 2026
- Opening Remarks 7 December 2026
- How we should all think very differently way about a future of Systemic Innovation in Healthcare 7 December 2026
- Digital Procurement: Moving Beyond Paper Processes 7 December 2026
- Prevention at Scale: ICS Population Health Programs 7 December 2026
- Do you speak NHS? Selling to the health service in the words it actually uses 7 December 2026
- From Waiting Lists to Conversations - How an NHS trust is using agentic voice AI to rebuild outpatient booking – and the playbook any health system can borrow. 7 December 2026
- Virtual Wards: Treating Hospital Patients at Home 7 December 2026
- Digital Enablers for Prescribing: Safer, Fairer Prescribing from National Policy to Primary Care 7 December 2026
- Technology Procurement: Clinical Validation Requirements 7 December 2026
- Rapid pharmacogenetics: improving patient outcomes and delivering system productivity gains and financial savings 7 December 2026
- A National Vision for Functional Health 7 December 2026
- Community Diagnostic Centers: Access Close to Home 7 December 2026
- Collaborative Procurement: Achieving Scale and Value 7 December 2026
- Primary Care Networks: Digital Transformation Together 7 December 2026
- Sustainable Procurement: Supporting Net Zero 7 December 2026
- DHL Operational Improvement Services 7 December 2026
- Neighbourhoods, Reinvented: AI, Data and the Future of Local Care 7 December 2026
- Health & Care – Delivering Social and Economic Value in London 7 December 2026
- Ctrl - Alt - Shift - Digital Foundations that scale health innovations 7 December 2026
- Scaling Innovation Across Systems 7 December 2026
- It’s tough at the top - find out just how tough …… 7 December 2026
- Commercial Skills for Modern NHS Procurement 7 December 2026
- Welcome and Introduction 8 December 2026
- Welcome and Opening Remarks 8 December 2026
- Digital-First Hospital Design: Building Without Paper 8 December 2026
- Brief overview of AI 8 December 2026
- Smart Hospitals: Technology That Improves Safety 8 December 2026
- AI Safety vs Innovation: Can Regulation Keep Pace with Healthcare AI? 8 December 2026
- Building the Business Case for AI Investment 8 December 2026
- From Promise to Practice: Building AI That Clinicians and Patients Can Trust 8 December 2026
- Are we the NHS fit for the Future - State of preparation & implementation of NHS 10-year health plan 8 December 2026
- Beyond Product Price: Delivering Patient Value in the Future Hospital 8 December 2026
- How to buy AI? Pinpointing potential problems in your system & understanding whether AI is suited for you. 8 December 2026
- Prevention Infrastructure: Spaces for Wellness 8 December 2026
- From Pilot to Practice: AI Adoption from General Practice to Surgery 8 December 2026
- From Innovation to Adoption: Navigating the Regulatory Pathway 8 December 2026
- The Investment Case: Funding Hospital Transformation 8 December 2026
- Leadership in Digital age 8 December 2026
- Health systems globally are failing. AI triage is an essential part of the solution. 8 December 2026
- Intelligent: What Kind of Intelligence Does Medicine Truly Need? 8 December 2026
- Building for the Aftermath: Closing the Aftercare Gap in an AI-Enabled World. 8 December 2026