Kate is an events and client services leader in life sciences. She’s currently helping to expand PharmaBrands, delivering high-impact industry events, education and training. Previously, she led client services at AMP27 and held senior leadership roles at Havas Lynx, guiding complex pharma accounts and cross-functional teams. Earlier in her career, she co-founded CreateHealth.io, an open innovation platform designed to connect industry, patients, caregivers and clinicians to turn real-world insight into better healthcare products and services. She also served as Managing Director at eyeforpharma, owning P&L responsibility, leading a 30+ person team, opening new markets, and scaling flagship events with strong commercial growth.
Eleanor Barr is an AI Product Manager at GSK, where she leads product for the computational pathology team to support research across GSK R&D. Before joining GSK, Eleanor spent several years at Syneos Health, where she transitioned from healthcare communications into product management and went on to spearhead Generative AI product development across Europe. During this time, she built new AI capabilities, launched cross-functional pilot programmes with clients, and helped define adoption frameworks for emerging technologies within real-world scientific and commercial settings. Eleanor holds an MSci in Natural Sciences and has built her career around using AI to make a tangible difference in complex environments. She is driven by a commitment to ensuring that advances in machine learning translate into better decisions, better treatments and, ultimately, better outcomes for patients.
Dr Anushka Patchava MD, MBA is a Harvard Business Review Advisory Council Member, Harvard University Visiting Faculty, and an award-winning health tech entrepreneur who bridges clinical excellence with technology innovation. With Cambridge MB BChir and Harvard MD training, she co-founded Wellx (which won MedTech World's Best Digital Healthcare Product in 2023) and led the mental health AI platform Mindstep through Google's AI for Health accelerator. Currently serving as a UN Senior Director/Expert Advisor and a World Economic Forum Invited Advisor, she was recognised as one of the Top 10 Global Chief Medical Officers (2022) and Top 10 Women in Technology (2020). She brings unparalleled authority to healthcare AI transformation across global markets, combining rigorous clinical training with strategic business acumen.
