Tuesday, June 16 | 3:45 – 5 p.m. ADT | Halifax Convention Centre – Convention Hall Level

Closing Ceremony

Come to the Closing Ceremony for a summary of conference highlights and valuable insights into what we’ve learned over the past two days — and don’t forget to pick up your Save the Date card for details about e-Health27 in Vancouver and e-Health 2028!

Closing Plenary: Applying a Human Rights-Based Approach to AI in Healthcare

In the closing plenary session, Julielynn Wong, MD, MPH, FACPM will explore how trust in AI has been challenged by past failures and data misuse, and what healthcare leaders can do better.

Drawing on her work at 3D4MD, she will share how community-informed design and ethical data practices can drive systems-level change, and advance digital health accessibility, sustainability, and scalability to impact over one billion lives.

She will also be joined on stage by a special guest, and promises to deliver a unique and delightful surprise for attendees.

  • Conference Emcee

    Rachel Gillespie, Senior Consultant and Strategic Advisor, Mariner Innovations

    Rachel Gillespie is a Senior Consultant and Strategic Advisor with Mariner Innovations, working at the intersection of digital health and complex transformation. She has led major initiatives across provincial health systems, post-secondary modernization, and national corporate organizations, advancing accessibility and broader public sector reform. Her work centres on organizational readiness, human-centred design, and the creation of the conditions for sustainable change.

    Rachel holds a Master of Arts in Strategic Communications and Leadership, grounding her approach in clear communication, thoughtful engagement, and a strong commitment to the human experience within complex systems. She is also a public speaker and writer with a particular interest in how proximity, empathy, and design shape better outcomes.

    Based in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Rachel brings clarity, warmth, and strategic curiosity to her role as Emcee for e-Health26, guiding audiences through the conversations shaping the future of digital health and connecting each dialogue back to what matters most: people, purpose, and better care through better systems.

  • Closing Plenary Speaker

    Julielynn Wong, MD, MPH, FACPM, Founder, CEO, 3D4MD

    Dr. Julielynn Wong is a brilliant, captivating, and unforgettable speaker who infuses powerful storytelling with a playful personality.She brings an unrivaled passion for ideas that inspire audiences to build diverse, equitable, and inclusive teams to embrace innovation, and engage technology to solve big challenges.

    Following medical school at Queen’s University, Dr. Wong received a Frank Knox Memorial Fellowship to complete her Masters of Public Health degree studies at the Harvard School of Public Health. She is board certified in public health and general preventive medicine, aerospace medicine, occupational medicine, and clinical informatics, has authored over 35 scientific and technical publications and has 14 patents issued for medical devices. She worked as an aerospace medicine physician contractor at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center to support the Boeing and SpaceX crewed launches.

    She is a passionate educator who has taught courses and workshops for thousands of grade school, university, and postgraduate students. She founded Medical Makers, a program to inspire, educate, and empower a global community of innovators, patients, and healthcare providers to make sustainable solutions to save lives, time, and money. She is the Team Co-Lead for the Grand Prize Co-Winner for Intuitive Foundation’s Global Surgical Training Challenge. Her multi-racial, geographically diverse, and interdisciplinary teams are making open-access, low-cost simulation-based training to empower healthcare providers to acquire new procedural skills without the need for mentors anywhere in the world at any stage of their careers.

    Additionally, Dr. Wong is an avid pilot and drone racer, has flown as a microgravity researcher with NASA’s parabolic flight program, and served as an analog astronaut for NASA Johnson Space Center’s Human Exploration Research Analog IX and Mission Commander for Crews 183, and 207-8 at the Mars Desert Research Station. She serves as a drone instructor for the official auxiliary of the United States Air Force and deployed as an Unmanned Aerial Systems Mission Pilot in response to the 2020 catastrophic earthquake in Puerto Rico.

    Dr. Wong is a highly sought-out dynamic speaker and has spoken at the UN, Google Canada, Smithsonian, multiple TEDx’s and leading international conferences. She is a contributor for ABC World News, Forbes, and the Huffington Post, and has appeared on CNN, ABC News, CTV, CBC News, Global National TV, CP24, Discovery, and Space Channel.

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