KEYNOTE 1

Yang C. Fann

National Insitute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NIH), USA

• Biography
  Prof. Yang C. Fann earned his Ph.D. in Computational Chemistry from Temple University. Currently, he holds the position of Director for the Intramural IT and Bioinformatics Program at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), which is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Additionally, he serves as Clinical Informatics for the Office of Intramural Research. In these roles, he plays a pivotal role in addressing specific clinical informatics challenges and issues within the NIH Intramural Research Program (IRP). Prof. Fann has also overseen the development of numerous IT systems and extensive biomedical databases to facilitate data sharing, foster collaboration, and support innovative research endeavors.
  
  Between2010 and 2015, Prof. Yang C. Fann received several prestigious awards recognizing their outstanding contributions to biomedical research and administrative innovation. In 2014, he earned two notable accolades: the HHS Green Champion Leadership Award and the NIH Director Award for the operation of the Porter Neuroscience Building. In 2015, he was recognized with the NIH CIT Director Award for his innovations in biomedical research systems.

KEYNOTE 2

Anne Martel

University of Toronto, Canada

• Biography
  Dr. Martel received a BSc in Physics from King’s College, University of London, UK in 1987 and a PhD in Medical Physics from the University of Sheffield, UK in 1992. She spent 11 years as a Medical Physicist in the UK before moving to Canada in 2003. She is currently a Senior Scientist in the Physical Sciences platform at Sunnybrook Research Institute and the Tory Family Chair in Oncology. She is also a Vector Faculty Affiliate. Her research program is focused on medical image and digital pathology analysis, particularly on applications of machine learning for segmentation, diagnosis, and prediction/prognosis. In 2006 she co-founded Pathcore, a software company developing complete workflow solutions for digital pathology.
  
  Dr Martel is an active member of the medical image analysis community and is a fellow of the MICCAI Society which represents engineers and computer scientists working in this field. She has served as a board member of MICCAI and is on the editorial board of the journal Medical Image Analysis.

KEYNOTE 3(TBD)