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Meet our 2026 speakers

Magda Bannister is a respiratory physiotherapist whose personal experience of loss inspired her to challenge addiction stigma and improve compassionate care across the NHS. Read more

Olivia Burns is a healthtech entrepreneur and innovation leader transforming patient experience by helping pioneering healthcare startups navigate and scale within the NHS. Read more

Grace Davidson and Amy Purdie are sisters whose extraordinary womb transplant journey tells a remarkable story of medical innovation, family, courage and hope. Read more

MowgLea (Lea) Decker is a mental health nurse and lived experience advocate inspiring a more creative, playful approach to supporting the wellbeing of children and young people. Read more

Nadia Kadakova is a data scientist and healthcare innovator exploring how personalised, data-driven evidence can transform care for patients too often overlooked by traditional research. Read more

Oliver Kaye is a medical student and patient advocate using his lived experience with inflammatory bowel disease to challenge stigma, inspire millions and amplify the voices of young people living with invisible conditions. Read more

Aaron Kinghorn is a dental surgeon, author and PMDD advocate calling for greater awareness of women’s health and the vital role men can play in supporting it. Read more

Mr Neil Shah is a consultant oral and maxillofacial surgeon championing earlier diagnosis, education and research to improve outcomes for patients with head and neck cancer. Read more

Dr John Shenouda is an anaesthetist and medical ethicist encouraging thoughtful, balanced conversations around assisted dying, consent and some of healthcare’s most complex ethical questions. Read more

Deborah Tamir is a psychodynamic psychotherapist and bereavement specialist exploring grief, ageing and why emotional wellbeing in later life deserves greater attention. Read more