Philip Breedon

Philip Breedon is Professor of Smart Technologies at Nottingham Trent University. Philip is the NTU lead for membership of the UK-Robotics and Autonomous Systems (UKRAS) network and is a member and lead assessor for the UK’s Department of Health National Professor Philip Breedon leads the Medical Engineering Design and Robotics and Intelligent Systems Engineering Research groups at NTU. His PhD is in robotics and AI and he is a Chartered Engineer and Chartered IT professional. He is a deputy chair on the UK’s Department of Health National Institute for Health and Care Research invention for innovation funding panel, a member of the UK-RAS executive committee and the Royal College of Surgeons MSK Robotic and Digital Surgery Subgroup. He is a Royal Academy of Engineering Mentor. Research interests and latest projects centre on surgical and medical product development based on emerging technologies and materials, AI, autonomous and humanoid robotic systems and extended reality technologies.  

Professor Mohamed Imam

Professor Mohamed A. Imam MD, MSc (Hons), D.SportMed, PhD, FRCS (Tr & Orth) is Clinical Lead for Trauma and Consultant Upper Limb & Complex Trauma Surgeon at the Rowley Bristow Orthopaedic Centre, Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals, and Professor of Digital Health and Medical Director at the Smart Health Centre, University of East London. 

He integrates artificial intelligence and machine learning into orthopaedics—particularly predictive modelling for sports injuries—and has authored over 120 peer-reviewed publications alongside editorial roles with leading journals. 

He has edited two Springer Nature reference books on shoulder and elbow trauma and currently editing a book on Transformative Digital Health. He co founded the OrthoGlobe Collaborative and serves in many national and international roles. 

 His recognition includes multiple awards from AAOS, ISAKOS, AO, EFORT and NHS, and he serves in the GMC in assessment and examination roles.