Julia Fleck holds a PhD degree in Systems Engineering from Boston University (Boston, USA). She is associate professor at the Center for Healthcare and Biomedical Engineering at Ecole des Mines de Saint-Etienne (Saint-Etienne, France). She has expertise in data analytics, dynamic system modeling and control, and optimization. Her work focuses on applying mathematical frameworks to capture features of disease evolution, and on using knowledge of these features to suggest ways to prevent or delay disease progression. Her work has been recognized with awards from the Center for Information and Systems Engineering (CISE, USA), the National Cancer Institute (NCI, USA), the American Association of Cancer Research (AACR, USA), and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH, Germany).
Dr. Elise Van Zandt Lambert is a full-time Clinical Assistant Professor at Texas State University in the Health Information Management Department. Dr. Lambert received her Bachelor’s degree in Health Information Management with a minor in Health Informatics from The University of Louisiana at Lafayette (ULL). She received her Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) certification during this time, as well. Following her undergraduate education, she applied her coursework at a physician management company, Acadiana Computer Systems(ACS), as a Revenue Cycle Manager. While working full-time at ACS, she began the journey of earning a Master’s degree in Health Informatics and Information Management from Louisiana Tech University. At the beginning of 2021, she transitioned to the hospital-side of healthcare finance by accepting a role as a Market Financial Analyst / Assistant Controller at HCA – St. David’s Healthcare. During this time, she also graduated from The University of South Alabama with her PhD in Business Administration with a concentration in Management. Dr. Lambert’s 11 years in the healthcare industry, as well as, her education and research efforts provide a current perspective of today’s healthcare operations. Lean more
Barbara Hewitt earned a PhD in Information Technology (IT) and a BS in Computer Science from the University of Texas at San Antonio, as well as a Master of Business Administration from Texas State University (TXST). She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Information Management (HIM) at TXST, where she teaches courses on privacy and security, risk assessment, health information technology, health informatics, and project management. Her research focuses on socio-technical systems theory and healthcare. Her work has been published in various esteemed journals, including Information Systems Frontier, Journal of Computer Information Systems, Database, Journal of Organizational and End User Computing, AIS Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction, Communications of the Association for Information Systems, Healthcare, and Behavioral & Information Technology. She actively supports students participating in healthcare and security competitions and continues to mentor women considering careers in computing. Learn more
Rachel Fellner is a Health Policy Researcher at the OECD, where she analyses global trends in health data governance and the responsible scaling of artificial intelligence (AI) in health systems. She leads the OECD’s work on interoperability in healthcare, focusing on the policy enablers needed to support the efficient, effective, and equitable exchange and use of high-quality health data. Rachel has also helped develop the OECD’s AI in Health policy checklist, which examines the enablers, guardrails, ethical considerations, and stakeholder engagement required to responsibly scale AI in healthcare.
She brings expertise in health informatics, with experience in Canada and internationally implementing health information systems and virtual care solutions across hospital and clinical settings. Rachel holds a Bachelor of Science in Health Information Science and a Master of Science in Healthcare Management and Data Intelligence.
Daniel Rosales: Digital Business Development Manager at Novo Nordisk, focused on global partnerships and digital assets. His background spans early clinical practice as a physiotherapist, innovation consulting for the pharmaceutical industry, and founding a digital health startup in oncology care. He is also active in academia as a healthtech lecturer at emlyon Business School and in the startup ecosystem as a mentor with EIT Health.
Cyril Chaigneau has a background in Textile Engineering and Medical Device development . During his 30 years of experience he worked in different textile companies of different sizes in the fields of Research , Development and Innovation for sport, functionnal or medical textiles. During the last 12 years , he has been working as Research and Development manager then move as head of Global Advanced Innovation for SIGVARIS GROUP (world leader for medical compression stockings) where he developped a strong background for project management in the field of E-health and medical connected textile. From 2021 to 2025, he was the leader of a consortium of industrial and academic partners of the 10 million euros budget project SYMPHONIES (2021-2026) dedicated to create digital innovations for LYMPHOEDEMA. This project was awarded by French Government and granted by BPI (Public Bank for Innovation). Since beginning of 2026 he started a new challenge as associated entrepreneur in the field of premium and luxury fashion industry.
Mélanie Pelissard is Senior Programme Director for Sustainability (Product Environmental Performance) at bioMérieux, where she has been leading the eco-design and product environmental footprint reduction strategy since 2018. She has also worked as an intrapreneur in the circular economy, contributing to the integration of sustainable innovations within the group.
A general engineer (Civil Engineer from the École des Mines), she has more than 20 years of experience in industry, where she has specialised in environmental fields, particularly eco-design, carbon footprint, circular economy and life cycle assessment (LCA).
Before joining bioMérieux, she worked for 15 years at Renault, where she held successive positions in LCA, eco-design and carbon footprint (2012–2018), HSE and psychosocial risks (2009–2012), and international management of industrial environmental regulations for 30 sites in 14 countries (2007–2009). These roles have strengthened her expertise in team management and operational transformation.