PHI*con features two high‑impact keynote sessions that anchor the experience and spotlight how technology and data are transforming public health practice:
Monday, July 13: Building Resilient Public Health Informatics in a Time of Change
Explore how health departments are strengthening informatics capacity, modernizing systems, and building resilience amid evolving demands and limited resources.
Public health jurisdictions continue to navigate an evolving landscape shaped by shifting demands, resource constraints, and rapid technological change. Yet across these challenges, many are not only sustaining their efforts, but strengthening their informatics capacity in meaningful, lasting ways.
This session aims to spotlight innovative approaches, lessons learned, and forward-thinking strategies that have helped public health professionals in health departments navigate recent challenges and prepare for the future.
The presentations will highlight real-world experiences from health departments representing diverse populations, sizes, and levels of informatics maturity. Presenters will share practical approaches, lessons learned, and strategies that have helped their teams adapt, modernize systems, and build resilience in the face of ongoing change and limited resources.
Attendees will gain insights into how jurisdictions with varying capacities are leveraging informatics to improve data systems, enhance decision-making, and support more responsive public health action. The session will also explore how thoughtful technology adoption can drive progress, regardless of starting point.
Designed for public health professionals at all levels, this session offers actionable ideas and peer-driven perspectives to help participants strengthen their own informatics initiatives and move from strain to strength in their work.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify practical strategies used by jurisdictions to strengthen public health informatics capacity amid evolving challenges.
- Describe lessons learned from jurisdictions of varying sizes and capabilities in modernizing systems
- Assess opportunities for improving informatics capacity and supporting more effective public health action.
Tuesday, July 14: AI in Action: Real‑World Public Health Use Cases
Learn how jurisdictions are applying artificial intelligence in practical, real‑world ways to improve data systems, enhance decision‑making, and support public health action.