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. Speaker to be confirmed.
09.30 – 11.00 Session 1: Benefits
Session outline: Speakers from Norway, Netherlands, Spain and France.
Lessons from hospitals and other healthcare facilities, on standardisation in planning, design and clinical optimization, including modular and industrialised approaches to construction and fittings.
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break
11.30 – 13.00 Session 2: Boundaries
Session outline: Speakers from Sweden, Netherlands and the UK.
Presentations on the limits of standardisation and the healthcare sectors that may benefit most. Bottom up versus top-down creation of common standards. How data can help us to do more with less.
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00 – 15.30 Session 3: Risks and Impacts
Session outline: Speakers from Spain, England, Ireland and Scotland.
How to reduce the risks associated with standardisation and avoid unintended consequences. Compliance with health & safety standards. The potential for standardisation outside the hospital – in community and wellbeing centres.
15.30 – 16.00 Coffee break
16.00 – 17.15 Facilitator-led discussion and/or other guest speaker(s), to be announced.
19.30 – 22.00 The 2026 EuHPN Workshop Dinner. Venue to be announced.
Your opportunity to network with an international gathering of healthcare infrastructure professionals.
Tuesday 22nd September
09.00 – 09.30 Keynote address. Speaker to be confirmed.
09.30 – 11.00 Session 4: Standards and Guidelines
Session outline: Speakers from Norway, Sweden, Belgium, UK
How standards and guidelines can accommodate the principles of standardisation – lessons from case studies around Europe. Finding common cause across national boundaries. How to ensure that standards documents and guidelines are kept up to date and relevant.
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break
11.30 – 13.00 Session 5: Utilisation and Optimisation of the Existing Estate
Session outline: Speakers from Scotland, Spain and UK/international.
Bringing new life to primary and community care facilities. How renovation can drive sustainable healthcare infrastructure. Transforming the ageing and legacy estate into infrastructure fit for the future. Using data to optimise the existing estate.
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00 – 15.30 Session 6: International Comparisons
Session outline: Speakers from Poland, Australia, UK/Peru, International.
Innovative procurement to drive standardisation. Modularising the estate: the good, the bad and the ugly. Design and construction for resilience and extreme scenarios. Balancing international best practice with local contexts.
15.30 – 16.00 Coffee break
16.00 – 17.15 Facilitator-led discussion and/or other guest speaker(s), to be announced.
17.15 – 17.30 Closing remarks
