Healthcare Estates Exhibition

Healthcare EFM sector gears up for Healthcare Estates

Thousands of healthcare engineering and estates and facilities professionals will come together in Manchester on 8-9 October this year for IHEEM’s flagship annual event, Healthcare Estates.

Taking place at the Manchester Central convention complex in the heart of the city, and this year organised around the theme of “Embracing the Challenges”, the two-day Conference and Exhibition provides learning, engagement and networking opportunities for professionals of all levels in every estates and facilities profession.

The Exhibition is free to attend and is the place for healthcare engineering and E&FM professionals of all levels to discover the products, services and information to help them meet current and future challenges.

Attendees to the Exhibition will be greeted by over 200 leading suppliers, covering every discipline related to designing, building, managing, and maintaining healthcare estates and facilities. This is already the UK’s largest dedicated exhibition for the sector, and 2024 sees further expansion with the launch of a new industry zone: Software & Smart Hospitals.

Each of the six zones in the Exhibition Hall features a Seminar Theatre, from where the sector’s leading associations and organisations will deliver a programme of free content, with over 60 sessions available in total.

All visitors to the event can attend the Keynote sessions, featuring leaders from NHS England, top academics, heads of engineering-focused professional organisations and industry experts.

The Keynote line-up for 2024 includes: Jacqui Rock, Chief Commercial Officer, NHS England; Simon Corben, Director and Head of Profession - NHS Estates, NHS England; Fiona Daly, National Deputy Director of Estates, NHS England; Katherine Savage, EY Partner, UK People Consulting Leader – Financial Services, EY; Tina Johne, Siemens AG, Healthcare Vertical, Innovation & Digital Business Management; Matt Ward, National Estates Strategy Lead, NHS England; Michael Wood, Head of Health Economic Partnerships, NHS Confederation;  Wayne Carr, Director of Estates, Facilities and Clinical Engineering, City Hospitals Independent Commercial Enterprises (CHoICE); Richard Lennard, Executive Commercial Director, New Hospital Programme; Prof. Grant Mills, Professor of Healthcare Infrastructure Delivery and Bartlett Faculty Lead for Health, UCL; Prof. Rebecca Shipley OBE, Professor of Healthcare Engineering - Department of Mechanical Engineering, UCL; James Blood, Digital Director at Stephen George + Partners (SGP); Hilary Leevers, Chief Executive, EngineeringUK; Prof. John Chudley, Chair of Engineering Council UK; Caroline Finlay, Chief Operating Officer, MTS Health; and Prof. John Sandham, Executive Advisor to MTS Health and Chairman, EBME Expo.

The Conference programme provides a further 40 in-depth presentations organised around five themes, reflecting key challenges affecting the healthcare estates and facilities sector:

  • Digital Technology & Innovation
  • Estates & Facilities Services
  • Governance, Assurance & Compliance
  • Strategic Health & Social Care Planning
  • Medical Engineering & Healthcare Engineering

The event website – www.healthcare-estates.com – is the place to go to find more details of the Event Programme, the latest Exhibitor List, Awards shortlists, and to book Exhibition Visitor Passes, Conference Delegate Passes and places at the Awards dinner.

Image credit: IHEEM

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