Wicked Problems in Digital Health: Impact & Innovation 2025

Flinders Digital Health Research Centre (FDHRC) and Innovation Central Adelaide (ICA) warmly invites you to a celebration of digital health breakthroughs in 2025 addressing wicked problems—those complex challenges that demand bold, innovative, and collaborative solutions.

This special event will showcase pioneering research and applications from FDHRC, Medical Device Research Institute, Innovation Central Adelaide, together with the highly anticipated launch of the Cisco Health Alliance Report 2025.

Visionary leaders including Professor Trish Williams, Cisco Chair and Director of the Flinders Digital Health Research Centre; Professor Karen Reynolds, Director of MDRI; Professor Vincent McCauley, Flinders University; Prof Brendan Lovelock, Honorary Professor of RMIT University; Reg Johnson, lead of NIIN and and Nithya Solomon, Director, RMIT Cisco Health Transformation Lab will share what we’ve learned and chart the way forward.

Explore our innovations at interactive demo stations, where our students will present cutting-edge projects developed in collaboration with world-class Flinders researchers supported by the expertise and advanced technology provided by Cisco.

This event brings together researchers, clinicians, industry partners, and policymakers united by a shared commitment to tackle wicked problems head-on and shape the future of health with practical, world-class solutions. It also provides attendees with direct access to leading digital health experts, with opportunities to ask questions, explore exciting collaborations, and identify how the Flinders Digital Health Research Centre (FDHRC), Medical Device Research Institute (MDRI), or Innovation Central Adelaide (ICA) could support your upcoming projects or research needs.