We are delighted to invite you to this year’s Christ’s College Medical Alumni Association Conference and Dinner on Saturday 13th April. The theme of the conference is 'An opportunity to consider the benefits and potential risks of AI to health'.
The conference will begin formally in the Yusuf Hamied Theatre at 1.30pm with registration followed by a welcoming address and announcements by CCMAA President, Dr Tony Jewell (m. 1969).
Attendance to the conference will be free, but all attendees should register in advance.
Following the conference we have arranged a dinner in Hall, which we hope will provide an excellent opportunity to relive your fond memories of Christ’s.
The cost for dinner will be £59.00 per head, without wine the cost is £46.50. (Dress code: Lounge suits or similar)
We have reserved a limited number of B&B rooms. A Single is £62.00, and a Double/Twin is £94.50.
Bookings for this event have now closed.
The schedule for the day is as follows:
Christ’s College Medical Alumni Association (CCMAA)
Saturday 13th April 2024
Yusuf Hamied Lecture Theatre, Christ’s College, Cambridge
1.30pm Arrival and Registration – Yusuf Hamied Lecture Theatre (lobby)
2pm Session 1- Travel prize and Keynote address
President’s Welcome & Announcements
Dr Tony Jewell (m. 1969)
2.15pm Tim Heymann Memorial Travel Prize Award
‘The UK & US healthcare systems: successes, challenges and pathways to equity’
Rayo Akande (Clinical student) Elective at Harvard University.
2.30pm Keynote– Scoping AI and opportunities for public health and healthcare
Prof Mark Girolami FRSE
Fellow of Christ’s and Chief Scientist at the Turing Institute
3.30pm Refreshment break
4.00pm Session 2- Application of AI in clinical care and research
‘From bench to bedside: fair, scalable and private machine learning using routinely collected hospital data’.
Dr Andrew Soltan
NIHR Academic Clinical fellow (Oxford)
4.20pm ‘Technology can help save the NHS – a primary care perspective’.
Dr Ed Turnham
GP and Clinical Digital lead for Norfolk and Waveney ICB
4.40pm ‘Real World AI application and adoption’.
Mr Piyush Mahapatra
T&O surgeon, NHS Innovation Fellow & Chief Innovation Officer, Open Medical
5.00pm ‘Using computational approaches in neuroimaging research for clinical translation’.
Dr Marcella Montagnese
Junior Research Fellow (Christ’s College) in Biological and Medical Sciences
5.30pm Conference debate: ‘AI – benefits and risks for research and healthcare’.
Chair Dr Rashmi Patel, Senior Clinical lecturer (NIHR Advanced Fellow)
Conference delegates and speaker panel
6.00pm Summary and Close
7pm Predinner drinks in Buttery
7.30pm Dinner in Hall – Dress code – Lounge suit or similar