Conference Speakers
Stephen BergmanDoctor, Novelist, Playwright
Author of The House of God Samuel Shem has been described as "Easily the finest and most important writer ever to focus on the lives of doctors and the world of medicine".
Ian Williams
Physician, Comics artist and Writer
Ian is a doctor and comic artist whose book The Bad Doctor was published in 2014. He founded the Graphic Medicine website in 2007 and currently edits it with MK Czerwiec.
John Greally
Professor of Genetics and Medicine
Prof Greally is Founding director of the Einstein Center for Epigenomics. One of his areas of interest is in the visualisation of biological data.
Joel Topf
Clinical nephrologist and Medical educator
Joel Topf is a clinical nephrologist, medical educator and social media enthusiast from Detroit, Michigan.
Deborah Bowman
Professor at University of London
Deborah Bowman is Professor of Bioethics, Clinical Ethics and Medical Law and Dean of Students at St. George's, University of London.
Monica Lalanda
Emergency Medicine Doctor
Monica enjoys a parallel career in medical writing and medical cartooning that helps deal with the same health issues in a completely different way.
Rory O'Neill aka Pantibliss
Accidental activist
Panti is Ireland's foremost "gender discombobulist" and "accidental activist". A feature length documentary about her entitled 'The Queen of Ireland' will be released this Autumn.
Leticia Ruiz
Physician and Photographer
Leticia is a spanish Internal Medicine doctor with specialization in Palliative Medicine. Her first photography exhibition took place during my last year of residency.
Colm Mac Con Iomaire
Musician
Colm is an Irish musician from Blackrock, Co. Dublin. He plays violin and sings vocals with rock group The Frames. His second solo album, was released in April 2015.