Janette Hughes
Director of Planning and Performance, Scotland's Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre
With over two decades of experience spanning design, innovation, and economic development, Janette has spent the last ten years championing digital health and wellness across Scotland. She has led transformative initiatives such as the Wellness and Health Innovation Project and played a key role in pioneering a range of EU and Innovate UK-backed programmes, including Glasgow’s Future City Demonstrator—where data was harnessed to tackle urban health challenges—and the groundbreaking Scottish DALLAS programme, which laid the foundation for data and digital wellness platform considerations across the country. A prominent voice in the global digital health community, Janette has delivered keynote addresses across Europe, Asia, the Middle East and North America, promoting Scotland’s leadership in health and care innovation. She brings a strategic understanding and front-line experience of how service design, technology, and business innovation must align to deliver meaningful change and impact. Janette also holds several influential board and advisory roles, including Board member of EHTEL, Chair of UKTIN Health & Care Working Group and the Digital Working Group for All Policies for a Healthy Europe and in Scotland is a member of SG Digital Capability Brd Member and Digital Capability Advisory Grp along with membership of the Remote and Rural H&C strategic Brd, making her a vital connector between policy, practice, and patient impact in the evolving landscape of personalised, tech-enabled care, with a drive to increase scale/adoption.