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André Nietlisbach is General Secretary of the Canton of Bern's directorate for the economy, the office that coordinates between the directorate and its agencies and supports the cantonal government on economic policy. He brings the perspective of regional government to the meeting point of innovation, industry and public health.

Daniel Rückert is Professor for AI in Medicine and Healthcare at the Technical University of Munich, where he directs the Institute for AI and Informatics in Medicine, and also holds a chair at Imperial College London. In 2025 he received the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize, Germany's most prestigious research award, for his pioneering work on AI-assisted medical imaging.

Junya Fukuoka chairs the Department of Pathology Informatics at Nagasaki University and is a practising pathologist known for his work in lung and digital pathology. A pioneer of digitised diagnostic networks that link institutions across borders, he has held leadership roles in the Digital Pathology Association.