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Ian Mulvany
Chief Technology Officer, BMJ Group
Since joining BMJ Group in 2020 during the pandemic, Ian has led a sweeping digital transformation, strengthening the organisation’s infrastructure, accelerating its adoption of cloud-based platforms, and embedding AI and automation to improve delivery. Ian has a long track record of driving innovation in research technology. At SAGE Publishing, he founded SAGE Ocean, an incubator advancing new methods for social science research using big data. Earlier roles include Head of Technology at eLife Sciences, Head of Product at Mendeley, and Product Manager at Nature Publishing Group. He has also consistently advocated for open science, serving on the board of Dryad and the editorial board of the Journal of Open Research Software.
A recognised thought leader on digital transformation and AI in publishing, Ian has spoken at The London Book Fair, ALPSP, STM Week, and the International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers (STM), as well as in podcasts and webinars on the future of open research, data, and AI adoption.
He regularly shares his reflections on technology, research, and innovation on his personal blog: mulvany.net
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Professor Stephen Kaye
Editor-in-Chief BMJ Open Ophthalmology
Professor of Ophthalmology, Institute of Life Course and Medical Sciences, University of Liverpool where he leads the research into infections of the eye, Consultant Ophthalmologist Royal Liverpool University Hospital where he leads the Cornea and Ocular Surface Disease Service, Vice President of The Royal College of Ophthalmologists, Director of The Liverpool Research Eye Biobank, NHS England National lead for Corneal Transplantation, Honorary Professorship, Queens University, Belfast.
Theodora Bloom
Executive Editor of the BMJ
Theodora Bloom is executive editor of The BMJ. At the BMJ, Theo’s responsibilities include publishing, business, platform and operations as well as ethical and policy matters. She is a Co-Founder of the medRxiv preprint server, a collaboration between BMJ, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and Yale University, and jointly coordinates open access and open research initiatives at BMJ.
Dr Ellen Weber
Editor-in-Chief of Emergency Medicine Journal
Dr Ellen Weber is an emergency medicine physician in San Francisco, California. She received her medical degree from Harvard Medical School and has been in practice for more than 20 years. She has worked clinically in community, county and academic emergency departments, and conducts research in topics related to health policy. She is currently a Professor of Emergency Medicine and Vice Chair at UCSF.
Professor Anna Maria Geretti
Editor-in-Chief of Sexually Transmitted Infections
Anna Maria Geretti, MD, PhD, FRCPath, is Professor of Virology & Infectious Diseases at the Institute of Infection & Global Health of the University of Liverpool, and Honorary Consultant at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital. She trained in Italy, the Netherlands and the UK and has a special interest in HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C infection. She has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles, editorials, reviews and book chapters, runs capacity building programmes for resource-limited countries and enthusiastically shares her expertise to train doctors and scientists.
Dr Lucy Frith
Co-Editor in Chief of the Journal of Medical Ethics
Dr Lucy Frith is professor of bioethics and health research, in the Centre for Social Ethics and Policy at the University of Manchester. She is interested in the ethical issues raised by reproductive technologies, IVF, gamete (egg and sperm) and embryo donation, fertility preservation and general ethical issues concerning women’s health, reproduction and pregnancy.
