Public Health, Digital Health and Healthcare Innovation

Vintila Iuliana is actually Associate Professor, PhD in Food Science and Engineering. She is author of 23 books and book chapters in international and national publishing houses (Elsevier, Wiley, Lambert, etc.), first author and co-author for 19 articles in ISI journals and relevant ISI proceedings, 107 BDI scientific papers indexed in recognized international databases, articles presented in national & international conferences and published articles revues. Also, she is member of prestigious international organization such European Federation of Food Science and Technology (2009), Co-Chair (since 2013) and Chair (since 2022) of Nutrition WG in Global Harmonization Initiative, International Society of Food Engineering (2010), Balkan Environmental Association (2008), Global Environmental Standard (GES) Community of Interest (2011), European Academy for Education and Social Research (2012). She acts as international projects Expert for European Science Foundation, Eurostar Program, EC « Expert area in the Participant Portal » and « Connecting Europe Facility », Horizon Europe Program, EU TAIEX, COST, EACEA, Erasmus Mundus (2010). She is Guest Associate Editor and Research Topic Editor for “Frontiers in Food Science and Technology”, Regional Editor “Advance Journal of Food Science and Technology”, Academic Editor “European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety”, Editorial Board Member SciEdTech, Editorial Board Member “African Journal of Water Conservation and Sustainability”, “EC Nutrition” Editorial Board, Editorial board “Clinical Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics”, Editorial Board “Discoveries in Food Technology and Nutrition Sciences”, etc.

Tammy Dahl, DNP, MSN, NEA-BC, is an accomplished healthcare executive with more than 20 years of leadership experience across critical access, rural, community, and academic health systems. She currently serves as Chief Nursing Officer at Pullman Regional Hospital, where she leads clinical strategy, quality management, regulatory performance, workforce development, and operational transformation.

Throughout her career, Tammy has held senior executive roles including Chief Nursing Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Clinical Officer, and Interim Chief Executive Officer. Her expertise encompasses healthcare strategy, quality and patient safety, high reliability, Lean Six Sigma, workforce transformation, rural healthcare, and organizational performance improvement.

Tammy has led significant initiatives in hospital integration, clinical transformation, electronic health record implementation, and service-line development. She served as the application author and team lead for Sutter Davis Hospital’s 2012 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. She is also the creator of the TRUST Cycle™, a healthcare continuous-improvement methodology.

 Dr. Bernd Blobel studied Mathematics, Technical Cybernetics and Electronics, Bio-Cybernetics, Physics, Medicine and Informatics at the University of Magdeburg and other universities in the former GDR. He received his PhD in Physics with a neurophysiological study. Furthermore, he performed the Habilitation (qualification as university professor) in Medicine and Informatics. He was Head of the Institute for Biometrics and Medical Informatics at the University of Magdeburg, and thereafter Head of the Health Telematics Project Group at the Fraunhofer IIS in Erlangen. Thereafter, he acted until his retirement as Head of the German National eHealth Competence Center as well as Head of the globally unique International Interdisciplinary PhD and PostDoc College at the University of Regensburg. He was and is still leadingly involved in many countries health digitalization as well as electronic health record strategy. He published more than 600 papers, published/edited many books and supervised a big number of PhD students from all around the world. He was German Representative to many SDOs such as HL7, ISO, CEN, OMG, IEEE, ASTM, SNOMED, etc., also chairing the national mirror groups. Furthermore, he still engaged in international higher education. He is Fellow of several international academies and played specific roles in global organizations such as WHO, European Commission, UNESCO, etc

Keith Sherringham (B.Sc. Hons., FACS) is a trusted advisor to and delivers for executive and senior management on business and technology transformation, including AI, data practices, cyber security and governance regimes. Keith also advises businesses on market trends and technology investments and has worked with state and federal government in Australia and overseas on sovereignty, cyber security, and economic impacts of AI and data. As a director of advisory boards and of university boards, Keith also guest lectures in Australia and internationally. His expertise has been applied across the healthcare sector with a focus on data governance and management within service delivery as well as applied to AI operations. He is a recognized keynote speaker, a member of conference organising committees, authored over 30 papers and several books, as well as peer reviewing for leading publications and journals. Keith is a director and business mentor for established technology companies and startups, and a Director for Not for Profits.