Speaker - Christopher Skene

Christopher Skene is a seasoned technology leader with two decaded of experience driving innovation at the intersection of healthcare, government, and open-source. He is the Co-Founder and CEO of Aurabox, a pioneering platform that enables seamless access, sharing, and analysis of medical imaging for clinicians, researchers, and patients.

Christopher has held senior leadership roles across engineering, architecture, consulting, and enterprise growth, consistently bridging technical and non-technical teams to deliver transformative digital platforms. His work includes creating GovCMS, the Australian Government’s open-source CMS platform, spearheading Platform.sh’s expansion into the Asia-Pacific region, and over a decades work helping to grow Drupal in APAC.

With a background spanning PHP, Rust, Node, and Python, Christopher blends deep technical expertise with a strong focus on healthcare interoperability, privacy, and cloud-native innovation. Today, his work centres on building secure, scalable platforms that empower clinicians, hospitals, and patients to collaborate around complex imaging and AI in medicine.