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).