Draft Outline Programme: 21 - 23 September 2026
Thomas Prior Hall, Dublin
Monday 21st September
08.00 – 08.45 Registration.
08.45 – 09.00 Welcome to Dublin and Ireland.
09.00 – 09.30 Keynote address.
Brian O’Connell, National Director, Head of Strategic Infrastructure and Capital Delivery for the Health Service Executive, Ireland
09.30 – 11.00 Session 1: Benefits
Standardise What Matters: Lessons from Norway’s New Stavanger University Hospital. Florian Wagnerberger, Camilla Heier Anglero Office of Architecture, Norway
The Benefits of Standardization in Hospital Design and its Inventory for the Prevention of Hospital Acquired Infections. Margreet Vos Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Standardising Hospital Infrastructure through Industrialized Building Services: benefits, risks and mitigations, Lessons from the Málaga Hospital Case. Raffaella Scorziello, Constantino Gago Fernandez SENER MOBILITY SA, Spain
Taking a Standard approach to Scotland's Community Care and Wellbeing Programme. Paul Mortimer Scottish Government, Scotland
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break
11.30 – 13.00 Session 2: Boundaries
Standardizing lay-outs for future flexibility: when does this future arrive? Rien Goedhart, Liesbeth van Heel Erasmus MC, Netherlands
From state to voluntary organisations, from standards to recommendations and back. Göran Lindahl, Marie Larsson CVA, Center for Healthcare Architecture, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
"Polderen": consensus collaboration leads to "own" standards. Willemineke Hammer EGM architects, Netherlands
Data driven decision-making to optimize space utilization in Hospitals - how to do more with less. Gunnar Hansen Omega365 Solutions AS, Norway
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00 – 15.30 Session 3: Risks and Impacts
Reducing Risk across the NHS Infrastructure in the UK - The role of the Authorising Engineer (AE). Paul Fenton, Pete Sellars The Institute of Healthcare Engineering and Estate Management (IHEEM), UK
The impact of facade standardisation. Architecture, society and health. Clara Rius, Agostina Ferrentino Ahead Research for Architecture, Spain
Fire Safety and the Standardised Hospital Katrina Simpson OFR Consultants Ltd
Standardising Interior Finishes in Healthcare: Balancing Carbon, Performance and Clinical Reality. Eric Berteau Gerflor, France
15.30 – 16.00 Coffee break
16.00 – 17.15 Ireland’s elective and surgical care hubs: standardisation to achieve accelerated delivery of high quality facilities.
Round table discussion with invited panelists from Ireland, including representatives from the HSE, the construction industry and other project partners.
19.30 – 22.00 The 2026 EuHPN Workshop Dinner.
The Exchange at Fallon & Byrne Exchequer Street Dublin
The Exchange room at Fallon & Byrne is housed an iconic Victorian era building, previously a telephone exchange, which is now home to an artisan food hall, a casual café, a wine cellar and a contemporary dining space. The building sits at the heart of Dublin city centre, ideal for a pre- or post-dinner drink.
Tuesday 22nd September
09.00 – 10.30 Plenary session – views from east and central Europe
Getting the balance right: standardisation versus responsiveness to local need, in the context of accelerated development of healthcare infrastructure in east and central Europe. Speakers from International Finance Institutions, health ministries and project sponsors.
10.30 – 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 – 12.30 Session 4: Standards and Guidelines
Standardisation and Flexibility in Mental Health Buildings/Design for mental health. Cecilie Henninen Flottorp, Marte Tøndel Sykehusbygg, Norway
Standards, Guidelines and the Spaces Between: How the UK and Sweden Shape Hospital Design. Lienelle Geldenhuys White Arkitekter, Sweden
Standardising the Health Estate: A common language initiative from and for hospitals. Gijben Hornes, Rien Goedhart Platform Kennisdeling Vastgoed Ziekenhuizen (PKVZ), Netherlands / Belgium
Lessons Learnt Anne Symons The Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction, UCL, UK
12.30 – 13.30 Lunch
13.30 – 15.00 Session 5: Utilisation and Optimisation of the Existing Estate
Glasgow’s New Front Door – Parkhead Integrated Health and Care Hub. Richard Mann, Andrew Baillie AECOM and NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Scotland
Process of renovation on site of a Health infrastructure as a more Sustainable choice, several examples in Spain. Luis González Sterling Argola Arquitectos SLP, Spain
Engineering Approach to the Strategic Transformation of an Ageing Hospital Estate. Guadalupe Gonzalez PMeirovich Consulting, Spain
Standardising Insight, Not Outcome: A Data-Driven Approach to Optimising the Health Estate. Alice Green Arcadis, UK
15.00 – 15.30 Coffee break
15.30 – 17.00 Session 6: International Comparisons
International collaboration in a Wastewater Cleaning System (THERESA PCP). Marcin Kautsch Olsztyn Hospital / THERESA Project, Poland
The application of standardisation through modularisation in Australian health facilities; the good, the bad, and the ugly. Gunther De Graeve Destravis, Australia
Designing Resilient Healthcare Systems in Seismic and Climatic Extremes: Insights from Peru’s National Hospital Programme. Stephen Herbert, Jason Pearson AECOM, UK/Peru
The importance of the relationship between standardisation and local standards: International lessons learned. Katie Wood, Alex Senciuc Archus, International
17.00 – 17.30 Round table discussion with invited guest panelists; reflections on the workshop and lessons learned.
