The Age of AI in Healthcare: Friend or Foe?

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• More details about Michelle Gallaher

  Michelle Gallaher

  Michelle Gallaher is an award-winning entrepreneur, CEO, and advocate for digital health innovation and women in STEMM. She is the CEO of Opyl Ltd (ASX: OPL), a health technology company working at the intersection of social media, clinical trials, health data, and artificial intelligence. With a career spanning allied health, biopharmaceutical leadership, and technology startups, Michelle is a sought-after mentor, media commentator, and speaker on emerging health technologies, the role of AI in healthcare, and innovation in clinical research. She has served as CEO of BioMelbourne Network, co-founded multiple technology ventures including Women in STEMM Australia, and currently holds non-executive director roles across leading health and research organisations. A former Victorian Telstra Business Woman of the Year and inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll for Women, Michelle is widely recognised for her leadership in Australia’s health and technology sectors.

• More details about Dr. Liam Mahony

  Dr. Liam Mahony

  Dr Liam Mahony is the co-founder and CEO of AdraCard, a Melbourne-based medtech startup focused on improving access to life-saving adrenaline for people at risk of anaphylaxis. His personal experience with the condition as well as his training as a medical doctor inspired the creation of AdraCard. He continues to lead and advance practical, patient-centred MedTech solutions that remove barriers to timely adrenaline administration and improve outcomes in anaphylaxis care.

• More details about Dr. Grant Blashki

  Dr. Grant Blashki

  Dr Grant Blashki is a practising GP, academic, and global health leader working at the intersection of mental health, climate change, and digital health. He is an Associate Professor at the Nossal Institute for Global Health (University of Melbourne), Adjunct Associate Professor at Monash University, and a Fellow of the Climate Council, with additional appointments including Honorary Professor at Shenzhen Luohu Hospital Group. He has co-authored over 140 peer-reviewed publications and nine books, and is lead editor of General Practice Psychiatry, translated into Italian and Mandarin. Dr Blashki currently leads the University of Melbourne’s Masters subject Planetary and Global Health, has led major national and international research programs, and has played senior advisory roles across mental health, climate health, ESG, and healthcare innovation.

• More details about Ricardo Garcia-Rosas

  Ricardo Garcia-Rosas

  Ricardo Garcia-Rosas is the co-founder and CEO of Virteic, a pioneering health-tech startup transforming the limb loss recovery experience through game-based virtual reality interventions. With a PhD focused on prosthetics and virtual reality, he combines deep research expertise with translational innovation to advance patient-centred rehabilitation. Under his leadership, Virtetic has participated in leading medtech accelerators and commercialisation programs, collaborated closely with clinicians and people with limb loss, and launched its first virtual reality intervention in the Australian market.