Carolyn Kamasaka stands as a highly accomplished digital health specialist with over a decade of dedicated expertise in the design, planning, implementation, and evaluation of digital health interventions across Uganda and various countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Her distinguished career is marked by a unique blend of skills and experiences that set her apart in the dynamic world of digital health.
Currently serving as a Senior Program Officer-Digital Health at PATH Uganda, Ms. Kamasaka assumes a pivotal role in advising on digital health strategies and initiatives. Her comprehensive experience encompasses engagements at both national and sub-national levels. On the national front, she has worked closely with senior leadership at the Ministry of Health, effectively coordinating digital health initiatives in collaboration with health development partners. At the sub-national level, she has provided invaluable guidance in developing standard operating procedures (SOPs), conducting user and supervisor training, monitoring performance, and synthesizing crucial insights.

Her extensive partnership network encompasses esteemed donors and development partners such as the Global Fund, USAID, Rockefeller Foundation, WHO, UNICEF, CDC, and the Gates Foundation. Carolyn's reputation as a trusted collaborator has allowed her to secure critical support for digital health initiatives that might have otherwise remained unrealized.
In addition to providing technical leadership for deployment and operationalization of digital health solutions like DHIS2, OpenMRS, mTRAC, OpenSRP, CHT, LIMS, eLMIS among others by leveraging cutting edge technology, Ms. Kamasaka has an exceptional track record in supporting and leading cross-border implementation of digital health solutions. She has successfully navigated the complex landscape of international collaborations, working seamlessly with entities like IGAD (Intergovernmental Authority on Development) & HELINA (Pan African Health Informatics Association) to facilitate the deployment of cutting-edge digital health interventions. Her ability to bridge regulatory and operational gaps between countries in the Africa region has unlocked new possibilities for healthcare delivery and data sharing across borders.
As the President of the Uganda Health Informatics Association, Carolyn holds a position of influence and leadership. Her insights and guidance shape the direction of health informatics in Uganda and beyond, positioning her as a thought leader in the field.

Carolyn holds a Bachelor's degree in Information Technology and a Master's degree in Health Informatics, both from Makerere University in Uganda. This strong academic foundation empowers her to blend practical experience with theoretical expertise.

Dr. Alvin Marcelo is a general and trauma surgeon by training, who is currently the director of the Asia eHealth Information Network (AeHIN) and the managing director of the Standards and Interoperability Lab for Asia (SIL-Asia).

At the University of the Philippines Manila, Dr. Marcelo held various posts such as director of the National Telehealth Center and Chief of the Medical Informatics Unit. He co-established the Master of Science in Health Informatics program and conducted local and international research in the field of eHealth and health information systems development.

He took his postdoctoral fellowship in medical informatics at the National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland with research interests in telepathology, mobile computing, and bibliometric analysis of MEDLINE content. Dr. Marcelo is certified in the governance of enterprise IT (CGEIT), The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF), Archimate, and COBIT5 Implementation. Dr. Marcelo has previously held executive posts at the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation and St. Luke’s Medical Center.

Dr. Boonchai Kijsanayotin earned his medical degree from the Chulalongkorn University and Board Certified Internal Medicine and Preventive Medicine from Thai Medical Council.

He spent 15 years working at rural public hospital as an internal medicine clinician. While he was working as a clinician in the hospital, he was also responsible for the Hospital Information System (HIS) and oversaw the hospital telemedicine station, one of Thai Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) Telemedicine project. In 2008, he received his MS. & Ph.D. in Health Informatics from University of Minnesota, USA.

Currently, he is the health informatician and research manager at Thai Health Information Standards Development Center (THIS), an affiliated agency of the Health Systems Research Institute (HSRI), Ministry of Public Health, Thailand. He is also the chair of the Asian eHealth Information Network (AeHIN), vice president of Thai Medical Informatics Association (TMI), International representative of TMI for International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA), member of Thai Medical Council and Royal College of Physicians of Thailand.

His working areas and research interest include eHealth in developing country especially Thailand, National health data standards and interoperability, Health Information Exchange (HIE), Electronic Health Records (EHR), Socio-technical aspect of Health Information Technology and Health/biomedical informatics education in Thailand. His current work is the development of Thai Medicines Terminology (TMT), the semantic standard for Thai pharmaceutical products.

Daniel Otzoy is a Guatemalan Computer Science Engineer with postgraduate studies in Information Technology and Health Informatics. He is a digital health technical advisor at John Snow, Inc., a public health consulting firm dedicated to improving health equity for better health outcomes, primarily developing HIS activities in Africa and Southeast Asia with projects funded by USAID.

A specialist in international digital transformation with +16 years of experience, Daniel has worked in Latin America and the Caribbean on Digital Health projects financed by PAHO/WHO, Inter-American Development Bank, World Bank, CDC, Global Fund, USAID and others. These projects have involved implementing technologies in public health and healthcare sectors; promoting the adoption of digital health strategies such as EHR/EMR, telemedicine, mHealth, and Public Health Information Systems, among others; and the adoption of health information and interoperability standards. His lengthy experience also includes working on digital transformation and cybersecurity projects in the security and justice sector in Guatemala and other Latin American countries, funded by USAID and UNODC.

Daniel is co-founder and Executive Director of the Central American Network for Health Informatics (RECAINSA), an expert member of both the Digital Health working group of the ITU and UNESCO Broadband Commission as well as the global Digital Public Goods working group led by UNICEF and the Digital Public Goods Alliance, and president of the digital transformation commission of the International Organization of Telehealth and Telemedicine.