Maureen Abbott is a Masters-educated Manager and Certified Health Executive (Canadian College of Health Leaders) with the Innovation team at the Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC). Her work focuses on e-mental health, including the standardization of e-mental health apps in Canada, e-mental health implementation, an e-mental health strategy for Canada, strategic partnerships and stakeholder engagement, and knowledge exchange.

Maureen is the Chair of the MHCC’s E-Mental Health Collaborative. Maureen has extensive experience with the not-for-profit health sector and has a background in standards and accreditation. Maureen led the development of national and international networks and is experienced with operations, strategic planning, and quality improvement. Maureen is a Chief Executive member with Digital Health Canada.

Sue has worked to de-stigmatise mental health for almost 30 years in the UK, New Zealand, and globally. She set up the Time to Change campaign in England in 2007 which has led to a “sea change” in public attitudes and reductions in discrimination in England but has worked on shifting stigma since joining Mind (the UK’s largest mental health NGO) in 1995. She co-founded the Global Anti Stigma Alliance twelve years ago to share strategies, and tools and facilitate mutual learning to build capacity in many regions and contexts. She then founded Time to Change Global in 2018 working with partners and people with lived experience in Africa and India to tackle mental health stigma across a range of cultures and contexts.

She now advises international bodies, Governments, NGOs, funders, and networks of people with lived experience on social change programmes aimed at improving public attitudes, reducing discrimination, and empowering people with lived experience to lead change. She runs an independent consultancy called ‘Changing Minds Globally’ and is currently working on stigma projects in Kenya, the Caribbean, Lithuania and across Europe as well as supporting the development of global mental health leadership and workplace packages. Sue was one of the sub Authors of The Lancet Commission on ending stigma and discrimination in mental health – The Lancet published on World Mental Health Day 2022. She was awarded an OBE for services to mental health in 2016.

Professor Nick Titov is the Executive Director of the Australian MindSpot Clinic. MindSpot is a world-leading digital mental health clinic serving 30,000 Australian adults each year. MindSpot was established in 2012 and is funded by the Australian Government.

Nick is also a Professor and a clinical researcher at Macquarie University, Australia. His work involves the development and delivery of digital mental health care. He has conducted more than 90 clinical trials of psychological treatments and has more than 250 peer-reviewed publications, including papers on models of implementation of digital mental health care across several countries.

In 2018, Nick established the MindSpot Academy which trains clinical students from across Australia to deliver digital psychological services. He also served as Chair of the Expert Advisory Group to the Australian Commission for Safety and Quality in Healthcare during the development of the Australian National Safety and Quality Digital Mental Health Standards.

Liz Ashall-Payne, Founding CEO of ORCHA, a global leader in digital health accreditation, is a distinguished healthcare leader with a background as an NHS Clinician. She has led transformative healthcare programs, leveraging digital technology for better patient outcomes.

Since its establishment in 2015, ORCHA, under Liz’s leadership, has expanded its services to twelve countries, covering 70% of NHS regions in the UK. Liz has received accolades such as Tech Trailblazer and Entrepreneur of the Year.

Beyond ORCHA, she contributes to healthcare leadership development, coaches for the NHS England Clinical Entrepreneur program, and serves as Vice Chair on the Tech UK Health and Social Care Council, showcasing her visionary leadership and commitment to digital health innovation.