Digital Health Week 2025

Digital Health Week is an opportunity for anyone interested in digital health to participate in a program of virtual and blended events and share research and ideas. It is designed to be both informative, provocative, and a showcase of the innovative work being undertaken in digital health across the University of Sydney, Macquarie University, Hunter Medical Research Institute and La Trobe University. It will bring together researchers, health services, industry, and the community to build person-centred eHealth collaborations.

In 2025, we will once again be delivering an innovative program in partnership with a number of other academci institutions. The Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI) is returning to co-present Digital Health Week 2025 with the University of Sydney. We also warmly welcome a number of organisations co-presenting the event for the first time Westmead Applied Research Centre, La Trobe University, and Macquarie University as partners.

The conference theme for 2025 is Weaving the digital fabric of health: Connecting people through cross disciplinary partnerships. This year Digital Health Week aims to emphasise the importance of collaboration in enabling digital transformation in healthcare, with a particular focus on how connection drives digital advancements that are accessible, equitable and cater to the unique needs of individuals. We encourage presenters to think about how their digital health research aligns with this theme. The conference aims to bring together professionals from diverse backgrounds to discuss and collaborate on ways to foster digital transformation that leads to personalised, accessible and inclusive healthcare for all individuals.

Details​

When: Tuesday, February 4th - Thursday, February 6th 2025

Where: Digital Health Week 2025 is a a blended event. See the below schedule for details of access to events on different days. Refer to the Program for more specific details about individual sessions:

• Day 1 | Tuesday, February 4th 2025, 10:15am – 4pm (Online or Face to Face at The University of Sydney) Main program:10:15AM – 3PM (Online or Face to Face at Susan Wakil Health Building) Networking: 3PM - 4PM (Face to Face at Susan Wakil Health Building)

• Day 2 | Wednesday, February 5th 2025, 10:30am – 4pm (Online) Main program:10:15AM – 3PM (Online Only) Networking: 3PM -6PM (Face to Face Westmead Applied Research Centre)

• Day 3 | Thursday, February 6th 2025, 10:30am – 4pm (Online or Face to Face at La Trobe University) Main program: 10:30AM – 3PM (Online or Face to Face at La Trobe University) Networking: 3PM - 4PM (Face to Face at La Trobe Digital Innovation Hub)

Enquiries: Please don’t hesitate to contact [email protected] if you have any questions about the event.

Latest News​

Digital Health Week 2025 SPARK Prize Winner​

We are very excited to announce the Digital health Week 2025 SPARK Prize has been awarded to David Edwards. David has been awarded this prize to work on developing the project 'AI health workforce training tool in digital wellbeing for First Nations health', in collaboration with Dr Julie Ayre.Congratulations to David and collaborator Julie!

That's a wrap​

Sadly, we've reached the end of Digital Health Week 2025. Thank you to our organising committee, volunteers, presenters and all our attendees for making the event a triumph. You can read our final daily wrap-up on the Digital Health Week Linkedin Page. And don't be too sad, we may be at the end of Digital Healht WEek 2025 but DIgital Health Week will be back bigger and better then ever in 2026. Make sure you sign up to the Digital Health and Informatics Network to get notifications about next year's event.

Digital Health Week 2025 Award Winners​

Congratulations to all of our Digital Health Week 2025 presenters who one awards. Check them all out on the Digital Health Week Linkedin Page. You can see award winners from past Digital Health Week Conferences over on the proceedings page.

Day One and Two Wrap Ups Available​

Digital Health Week 2025 is more then past the halfway point. If you want a quick summary of the conference so far check out our Day One and Day Two summaries on LinkedIn.

Digital Health Week 2025 Welcome Videos are now live!​

Digital Health Week 2025 is a partnership between several Australian academic institutions. Each partner organisation has put together a video to welcome you to this years event. Check out the welcome videos now!

Announcing the Digital Health Week 2025 SPARK Prize​

The SPARK Prize is designed to encourage Early and Mid-Career Researchers to connect with a researcher they meet at Digital Health Week 2025. The Award will provide $1500 to develop an early-stage research idea in collaboration with another researcher they meet for the first time as part of participation in networking sessions and other activities in the Digital Health Week 2025 (February 4th – 6th 2025) program. Find out more on the Award page.

ePoster Gallery Now Live!!!​

Digital Health Week 2025 kick’s off next week, and we are very excited to announce our ePoster gallery is now live. Please visit the ePoster Gallery to view the innovative work in digital health submitted by the ePoster authors. You can vote each day for your favourite ePoster so vote early and often to have your say on the ePoster People’s Choice Award.

Day One Keynote Speaker confirmed​

Our Digital Health Week 2025 Day 1 Keynote Speaker is now confirmed. We’re thrilled to announce our third keynote speaker: Adjunct Associate Professor Richard Taggart. Richard is a pharmacist by training and is an adjunct associate professor at The University of Sydney. He has an extensive track record in digital health including being National Director ICT and Digital Transformation at Calvary Health Care, Chief Information Officer of Sydney Local Health District and Healthcare Lead Australia and New Zealand at Apple. He is chair of the Australian Stroke and Heart Research Accelerator and board member at Healthdirect.

Day Two Keynote Speaker confirmed​

The Digital Health Week 2025 team has confirmed the Day Two Keynote speaker for the event. Our Day Two speaker is Professor Farah Magrabi from the Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University. She has a background in Electrical and Biomedical Engineering and is an expert in the design and evaluation of digital health and artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies for clinicians and consumers. Farah’s research seeks to investigate the clinical safety and effectiveness of digital health and AI technologies. She has made major contributions to documenting the patient safety risks of digital health in Australia, the USA and England.

Registrations are open​

We are very excited to announce Digital Health Week 2025 Registrations are officially open Our program will feature over 80 presentations, ePoster sessions, and networking opportunities each day - both in person and virtually! Find out more and register

Day Three Keynote Speaker confirmed​

We are delighted to announce our first Keynote Speaker as part of the Digital Health Week 2025 program: Dr. Loren Sher from La Trobe University! Dr. Loren Sher is an Emergency Specialist and the Program Director of the Victorian Virtual Emergency Department, where she pioneered Australia’s first virtual emergency department model, now a state-wide service. With a career dedicated to delivering equitable, safe care, particularly for vulnerable communities, Loren is focused on integrating technology with medicine to enhance care delivery and create efficiencies.