12th Annual Health Facilities Planning & Design

For the 12th year running, the Health Facilities Planning and Design Summit, a two-day conference that brings together designers, architects, builders, engineers, health workers, project managers and contractors. Join your peers, leaders of the design and healthcare industries, to examine strategy on how to best manage future investment in healthcare facilities; to find out about the latest thinking on design and construction of health facilities nation-wide; to source new information from leading case studies and to spend time networking with other decision making professionals.

The key theme of this conference is “Building a bridge between architects and clinicians for better health outcomes.” This year’s program highlights the relationship between designers, builders and clinicians and their shared role in the healing process.

Among the many key issues to be addressed, delegates will be able to debate and discuss the following:

• The impact of design on health and wellbeing
• Reviewing the design process
• Integrating design and the environment - sustainability, eco economics & efficiency
• Innovative design, health ICT and flexibility/adaptability
• Patient-centred design
• Responding to new models of care
• Economic benefits of redevelopment

You will spend a solid two days of learning and networking with industry experts. Here are some of the confirmed speakers you will meet:

• Ian Forbes, Director, DesignInc and Adjunct Professor, University of Technology Sydney
• Catherine Bridge, Associate Professor, Centre for Health Assets Australasia (CHAA), Faculty of the Built Environment, The University of NSW
• Ken Dyer, National Health Leader, Suters Architects
• Allison Hopper, Practice Director, Bligh Voller Nield Architecture
• Paul Trotter, Director, Fulton Trotter & Partners Architects
• Ronald Hicks, Principal + Head of Health and Research, Rice Daubney (Architects)
• David Gilbert, Principal, Woodhead International
• John McGuire, Industry Director - Buildings, AECOM
• Keith Davis, Associate Director, Norman Disney & Young
• Brett Pollard, Senior Associate - Sustainable Futures Unit, Hassell
• John Coffey, National Manager, Building Engineering Services, Davis Langdon
• Warren Kerr, National Director, Hames Sharley Health Group
• Aija Thomas, Principal Director, SilverThomas Hanley
• David Krakowszky, Design Manager, Bupa Care Services

There are 4 workshops running in-conjunction with the 2-day conference which will provide you with focussed discussion in concentrated groups of professionals. These workshops cover the following:

• Workshop A: Design for health & wellbeing - 9.00am – 12.30pm, Monday 21st September 2009
• Workshop B: Bridging architecture and clinical complexity for patient safety – 1.30pm – 5.00pm, Monday 21st September 2009
• Workshop C: Integrating environment and design: ESD vs. EBD - 9.00am – 12.30pm, Thursday 24th September 2009
• Workshop D: Successful cost management of healthcare projects - 1.30pm – 5.00pm, Thursday 24th September 2009

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