EIE2025 Speakers

It is our pleasure to welcome our plenary speakers - representing extensive expertise in the science, practice and policy of implementation - to the 2025 European Implementation Event.

As the program planning progresses, this list will be further expanded.
Please stay tuned!

Carl May (UK)

Carl May is Professor of Health Systems Implementation at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK. Carl is a social scientist who works closely with clinical researchers and, since 1990, his research has focused on developing a richer understanding of implementation processes around new professional roles, complex healthcare interventions, and innovative healthcare technologies. Much of this work has involved ethnographies and other qualitative studies nested in randomized controlled trials. Carl’s research includes work leading the project to develop Normalization Process Theory (NPT). NPT helps us to understand the factors that promote and inhibit the effective adoption, implementation, and integration of clinical innovations in healthcare.

Harriet Koorts (AUS)

Associate Professor Harriet Koorts is an Implementation Scientist with a background in public health and academia spanning over 15 years. Her research focuses on implementing and scaling population health interventions into clinical and community settings using implementation and systems science methodologies. A/Prof Koorts leads Deakin University’s Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN) Implementation Science and Knowledge Translation Domain and co-leads Deakin’s Faculty of Health Knowledge Translation and Evaluation Unit. Within these roles, she provides implementation science consultancy to >90 IPAN staff across the Faculty and externally as required. Over the past 15 years, A/Prof Koorts has held multiple positions requiring her skills in program implementation, evaluation, and evidence translation to conduct research and inform the commissioning of health promotion programs and delivery of clinical health services. She has demonstrable experience in implementation research and the practical application of programs in practice. Internationally, A/Prof Koorts co-founded and co-chaired (2016-2019) the International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA) special interest group 'Implementation and Scalability'. In 2020, she founded and currently chairs the Asia Pacific Society for Physical Activity (ASPA) special interest group 'Scaling Up Physical Activity'. A/Prof Koorts is currently a board member and Advocacy Lead for the International Society for Physical Activity and Health (ISPAH).

Hannah Durrant (UK)

Dr Hannah Durrant is a Senior Research Fellow and Programme Director at the Wales Centre for Public Policy (WCPP). She leads the Centre’s research and practice on knowledge mobilisation and evidence-informed policymaking and has published on academic-policy engagement, knowledge brokering organisations, and practices of knowledge mobilisation. She also leads WCPP’s work on community wellbeing, generating relevant and impactful evidence for Welsh Government, public services and community leaders on mobilising community action to meet community need and enhance social connection. Hannah is Vice Chair of the Universities Policy Engagement Network (UPEN).

Tanja Kuchenmüller (CH)

Tanja Kuchenmüller leads the Evidence to Policy and Impact unit in the Research for Health Department/Science Division at WHO. The unit has the dual mandate of (1) strengthening country capacity in generating, translating and using the best available research evidence in policies and practice, and (2) providing leadership on policies in research to ensure access and scale-up. Previously, she led the knowledge translation work at the WHO Regional Office for Europe and coordinated a related unit on Knowledge Management, Evidence and Research for Policy-Making unit. In the past, Tanja also worked on public health-related initiatives with the United Nations Development Programme and the German Development Service.

Alex Waddell (AUS)

Dr Alex Waddell is a behavioural and implementation science research fellow with Action Lab in the Department of Human-Centred Computing at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. Dr Waddell’s research focuses on the design and development of digital health interventions for real-world implementation. Through co-design she helps bridge the gap between theory, data, and context to ensure that innovations are not just evidence-based, but impactful in real-world settings. She strives to create human-centred, sustainable outcomes that work for individuals, organisations, and systems.

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