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European Healthcare Design 2021

Creative destruction: Design innovation in the face of existential threats

14–17 June 2021

Information for attendees

Delegate information – getting the best Congress experience

Here, we describe how to get the most from your Congress experience and share some tips on how to engage on the event platform.

Early Bird savings

Early Bird discounts extended until 2 June – register now

We’re delighted to announce that we have extended our Early Bird deadline on tickets for the 7th European Healthcare Design 2021 Congress & Exhibition until 2 June.

Preliminary Programme

EHD 2021: Programme launch webinar – view recording

To mark the launch of this year’s programme, we hosted a free webinar focusing on the plenary theme of this year’s congress: ‘Creative destruction: Design innovation in the face of existential threats’.

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Promo

EHD 2021 – why attend?

Watch our short video on what delegates at the European Healthcare Design Congress 2021 can expect from this year’s event, which takes place virtually on 14-17 June.

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Planetary health

EHD 2020: Opening plenary: Designing for population and planetary health

The opening plenary of European Healthcare Design 2020 featured three illustrious experts on planetary health, sustainability and climate change.

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Health creation

EHD 2020: The health gap: building a health-creating society

This plenary of keynote talks explored wider issues around health, wellness, life expectancy, health inequalities, and how technology may be deployed to address these problems.

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Climate-smart healthcare

EHD 2020: Driving a greener NHS

Organised by NHS Property Services, this panel discussion highlighted how the NHS is the UK’s largest public-sector emitter of carbon emissions and has a duty to respond to government targets, including being net carbon-zero by 2050.

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Health infrastructure

EHD 2020: Fit for the future? Forty new hospitals

This session included discussion between some of the UK’s leading thinkers and practitioners in healthcare design on the Government’s new Health Infrastructure Plan (HIP).

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Pandemic response

EHD 2020: COVID-19 Global Summit – Systems, science and society

This plenary session featured keynote talks from three global health leaders who, in different capacities, have been involved in the pandemic response.

Quality improvement

How will healthcare design in China be impacted by social and health policies and demographic and population health trends?

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Presenters: Sophie Crocker et al.

Mobile health

The digital divide: examining the use and access to e-health based technologies by millennials and older adults

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Presenters: Delana Theiventhiran et al.

Arts and health

How to please everybody: making art for toddlers and teens across multiple conditions at Evelina London Children’s Hospital

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Presenters: Louisa Williams et al.

Delegate benefits – registration

SAVE £50 by registering for EHD2021 before 2 June

Our Early Bird ticket deadline has been extended until 2 June, so book your place, save money and look forward to an incredible line-up of speakers, workshops and the EHD2021 Awards, as well as virtual networking with your peers from around the world.

Awards

EHD2021 Awards: Sign up for our live judging webinars – 18-24 May

The official shortlist for the European Healthcare Design 2021 Awards has been revealed, and this year, for the first time, we’re excited to announce live webinar presentations and judging of all the shortlisted categories, taking place between 18 and 24 May.

Plenary theme

Creative destruction: Design innovation in the face of existential threats

In a tumultuous year when the resilience of healthcare globally has been tested to the limit by the pandemic, the pressure to adopt a climate-smart development path for designing, building, operating and investing in health systems and infrastructure has also increased exponentially.