From Insight to Impact
Our Think Tank methodology is a structured, multi-phase process that brings together subject-matter experts, industry leaders, and stakeholders to co-create actionable outcomes for healthcare AI and data governance.
What is an Executive Think Tank?
A curated dialogue format designed to create signal, not noise.
Instead of large-scale conferences, the Health Data Forum Executive Think Tank gathers a select group of leaders to engage in structured, evidence-driven conversations that turn insight into action.
By bringing together subject-matter experts, industry leaders, and stakeholders in a collaborative environment, our curated sessions create a space for deep exploration and strategic thinking.
This approach is particularly effective for high-level strategic meetings, innovation-driven workshops, policy development conferences, and multi-stakeholder dialogue processes — especially in the complex landscape of healthcare AI and real-world data.
Each Think Tank serves as a purpose-built space for reflection, collaboration, and co-creation, connecting global expertise with local innovation to advance the responsible use of health data worldwide.
Curated Participants
A carefully selected group of decision-makers, practitioners, and thought leaders — quality over quantity.
Structured Dialogue
Expert facilitators guide conversations through proven methodologies to ensure depth, focus, and actionable outputs.
Lasting Outcomes
Insights are synthesised into white papers, policy briefs, and digital content that extend impact beyond the room.
The Think Tank Journey
A structured, multi-phase process — from topic identification to lasting dissemination.
Topic Identification & Preparation
The process begins with rigorous scoping: identifying the strategic challenge, defining the right questions, and curating the participant group. Briefing materials and pre-reading are shared to ensure every participant arrives informed and ready to contribute.
Private Networking & In-Depth Analysis
Private VIP sessions allow senior participants to connect, share perspectives, and engage in candid, off-the-record dialogue. These intimate conversations surface insights that rarely emerge in larger, more formal settings.
Expert-Led Roundtables
The core of the Think Tank. Expert facilitators lead interactive roundtables with thought leaders to co-create content. Small-group formats encourage genuine dialogue, challenge assumptions, and generate novel perspectives that larger formats cannot produce.
Moderated Panel & Participant Engagement
Insights from the roundtables are brought together in an open plenary session featuring a moderated panel and broader participant engagement. This phase synthesises diverse perspectives into shared understanding and collective direction.
White Papers & Digital Channels
Outcomes are synthesised and disseminated through white papers, policy briefs, and digital channels to ensure lasting impact. The Think Tank does not end when the room empties — its outputs continue to inform decisions, shape policy, and drive action.
This methodology is fully adaptable. Whether you need a high-level strategic dialogue, stakeholder engagement, or policy co-creation, we tailor each phase to align with your goals, audience, and context.
A Choice of Methods
Complementary facilitation approaches that deepen dialogue and sharpen outcomes.
Soft Systems Methodology (SSM)
Adding Clarity to Complexity
A reflective practice that visually maps complex challenges, encouraging meaningful dialogue and innovative solutions. SSM is particularly powerful when the problem itself is contested — when different stakeholders see the challenge differently.
In the context of healthcare AI and real-world data, SSM helps participants surface hidden assumptions, align on shared goals, and design interventions that are grounded in the realities of complex health systems.
World Café
Dialogue that Builds Collective Insight
A trusted method for sparking inclusive, small-group dialogue. Ideal for co-creating ideas and building shared understanding across diverse stakeholder groups.
World Café sessions are available both in-person and online, replicating the dynamic, collaborative feel of face-to-face dialogue in a digital space — helping your stakeholders co-create solutions that matter, regardless of geography.
Why It Works
Building on a commitment to effective collaboration, this approach ensures meetings are not only productive but generate actionable outcomes.
Signal, not noise
Small, curated groups produce richer insight than large conferences. Every voice in the room is there for a reason.
Evidence-driven
Conversations are grounded in real-world data, case studies, and lived experience — not just theory or aspiration.
Co-created outputs
Participants don't just listen — they shape the outputs. Ownership drives implementation.
Globally connected
Our network spans health systems, policy bodies, academia, and industry across multiple continents.
Locally relevant
Each Think Tank is tailored to its context — whether Dubai, Glasgow, Bilbao, or beyond.
Lasting impact
White papers, policy briefs, and digital content extend the conversation well beyond the event itself.
Our Think Tanks in Action
The methodology in practice — from the Middle East to Europe.
Dubai, UAE · February 2026
Executive Think Tank — Arab Health / WHX
A curated virtual side event bringing together global and regional leaders around Real-World Evidence and Advanced Therapies.
Glasgow, Scotland · Spring 2027
Executive Think Tank Scotland
Advancing data governance, trusted research environments, and cross-border collaboration across the UK and Europe.
Bilbao, Spain · 24–25 September 2026
Global Hybrid Summit
Making EHDS Real: Scaling Genomics & Imaging for Trusted Secondary Use. Hosted with the Basque Health Authorities.
Design the Right Process
Whether you need strategic dialogue, stakeholder engagement, or policy co-creation, we tailor each Think Tank to drive the outcomes that matter most to you.