Imran Rashid

As a speaker Imran Rashid enthusiastically and skillfully combines his medical knowledge, compassion and experience in digitalization and innovation.

An entrepreneur and doctor, Imran is trained as a family doctor and has served as head of innovation in Denmark largest chain of private hospitals Aleris-Hamlet. His keynotes are highly professional. His curiosity about digitalization is contagious – affecting all the audience. Speaker Imran Rashid is passionate about understanding the effects of modern technology on our physical and mental health.

Imran left the public health sector when he became frustrated by the bureaucracy involved, which stopped the field of medicine from growing alongside the growth of all things digital. Seeking an environment where he could be free to innovate, Imran took a position as head of innovation at Aleris-Hamlet. Here he helped launch several national and international digital health solutions. On top of this, as a doctor, Imran has been responsible for over 2000 talks preventative healthcare talks with upper and middle management executives, giving him insight into the health challenges experienced by leaders.

In 2017 Imran’s thought-provoking book “SLUK – kunsten at overleve en digital verden” (The english title is “OFFLINE, what you need to know to get your brain under control”) was published. It explores how digitalization affects people, and what it means for our mental and physical health when we check our phones upwards of 150 times per day and constantly consume enormous amounts of digital information.

Following the huge support he experienced for his book, Imran quit his job and started the Center for Healthy Digitalization. Here, Imran advises companies and ministries on sustainable and human-centered digital transformation processes.

Speaker Imran Rashi has experience in a variety of fields, meaning he fluently speaks on business development, innovation and medicine. In his keynote talks his vast knowledge shines though. He inspires audiences to explore the boundless possibilities of technology, and to use them, while at the same time cautioning about the negative consequences which may follow.

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