AUSTRALIAN HEALTH DESIGN COUNCIL

Events

Our aim is to share knowledge, information, research and experience in health design through our tailored event program. Our events include online, in-person and hybrid formats and we host events all over Australia.

    • Friday, July 25, 2025
    • 15:30 - 19:30
    • Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, Melbourne, Perth
    • 17
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    Join us for the AHDC Mid-Year National Symposium—an inspiring afternoon of expert presentations, panel discussions, and in-person networking. This exclusive members-only event offers a unique chance to engage with both national and international leaders in health design while connecting with local peers over drinks and nibbles.

    Thank you to our event partner Mott MacDonald for supporting the AHDC for this event by offering their offices in the five Australian states to host this national symposium.

    Event Highlights:

    International Case Studies: 

    1. Cremona Hospital, Italy – Explore a visionary healthcare model that blends diagnostics, treatment, and wellbeing through community-integrated design and future-focused resilience.

    2. The Royal Eye Infirmary, UK – Learn how high-efficiency, low-complexity care hubs ease NHS pressures and improve patient access in an aging population context.

    Local Case Study: 

    The Shoalhaven Hospital, NSW – Discover how this regional development transforms a brownfield site into a civic landmark, reimagining public space and improving healthcare access through smart urban integration.

    Panel Discussion:

    “Connected Health: From Silos to Systems” – A dynamic conversation with national leaders tackling fragmentation in Australia’s healthcare system. Discussion topics include improving interoperability, the role of non-government players, and workforce innovations that enable seamless care.


    This is a Multi-city In-person (only) event where the different venues around the nation will be connected in real time through video-conference. Stay tuned as we announce the speakers will be announced in the next couple of weeks.

    Book your ticket only if you can attend in person as places are limited. No online access will be provided.

    Not currently an AHDC Member? Join us here to register for this event.

    Thank you to Mott McDonald for hosting this national event in person at the following office locations:

    • Sydney: Level 10/383 Kent St, Sydney NSW 2000
    • Brisbane: Level 14, 175 Eagle St, Brisbane City QLD 4000
    • Adelaide:  One Festival Tower,Level 17, Station Rd, Adelaide SA 5000
    • Melbourne: Collins Square (Tower One), Level 17, 727 Collins St, Docklands VIC 3008
    • Perth: Level 16, 108 St George's Terrace, Perth, Australia, 6000

    Jul 25, 2025 at 3.30 PM - 7.30 PM AEST | 3.00 PM - 7.00 PM ACST | 1.30 PM - 4.30 PM AWST


    Continuing Professional Development

    • PC3 - Apply principles of project planning, considering implications for Country, environmental sustainability, communities, stakeholders and project costs.
    • PC4 - Be able to apply principles of project and staff planning and resource costs to establish realistic and achievable timeframes
    • PC18 - Be able to apply creative imagination, design precedents, research, emergent knowledge and critical evaluation in formulating and refining concept design options, including the exploration of three dimensional form and spatial quality
    • PC26 - Be able to undertake site, cultural and contextual analysis as part of preliminary design research
    • PC28 - Be able to draw on knowledge from building sciences and technology, environmental sciences and behavioural and social sciences as part of preliminary design research and when developing the conceptual design to optimise the performance of the project.
    • PC32 - Be able to apply planning principles and statutory planning requirements to the site and conceptual design of the project.
    • Tuesday, October 28, 2025
    • Wednesday, October 29, 2025
    • 2 sessions
    • U City Function Centre, Adelaide, SA
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    You are invited to register for the 2025 Australian Health Design Conference. This year we will be heading to Adelaide for a 2-day conference in October. You can find out more on our conference website:


    Ticket Types and Conditions

    Public and AHDC Member tickets are available at discounted early bird prices for a limited time only.

     

    Standard

    Early Bird

    Public  $1,600 $1,440
    Member $1,360 $1,200
    Concession*

    $1,200

    One Day Ticket $960


    *Full time students can email events@aushdc.org.au with details of their enrolment for approval of student rates. 


    How to Register

    Payment via credit card or debit card is required to secure your ticket. If you are an AHDC member; please login using your email and password before registering. See Member FAQ page.


    Partnerships and Bulk Bookings

    Becoming an AHDC Foundation Partner includes opportunities to purchase bulk conference tickets and memberships for your team. To find out more, please review our Partnership Invitation.

    If your company is a Foundation Partner, please contact your sponsorship manager to organise tickets. Foundation partners receive limited complimentary conference tickets and other discounts. 

    For bulk bookings, please contact support@aushdc.org.au with a list of names, emails and company details for invoicing and ticketing purposes.


    Cancellation Policy

    • More than 30 days - full refund processed.
    • Less than 30 days - account credit only.
    • Substitutions - free at any time.

    To cancel, please sign into your AHDC account and navigate to your profile. Go to "Event Registrations" to submit a cancellation. Last minute cancellations will receive an account credit only. This can be used to pay for annual membership and future events and conference tickets.


    Substitutions

    If you can not longer attend for any reason, we encourage you to nominate someone else to participate in your place. Substitutions will be processed on the day at event registration, please bring a digital copy of the original ticket confirmation.


    Other Conditions

    • The preliminary program is preliminary and subject to change.
    • Conference tickets cannot be shared with non-delegates or sold by third parties.
    • Recording, videotaping or live steaming of the AHDC Conference is strictly prohibited.
    • Photographer and videographers will be present at the event. If you do not wish to be filmed, please let them know on arrival. 

Past Events

Thursday, May 22, 2025 Digital Operating Rooms, from Design to Lessons Learnt
Thursday, May 08, 2025 HADN Watch & Connect - Humanising Birth Environments
Friday, May 02, 2025 The New Footscray Hospital – Site Visit
Thursday, April 10, 2025 Learnings from 2024 AHDC National Study Tour
Thursday, March 13, 2025 Decoding ESG for Healthcare Buildings: Preparing for a Sustainable Future
Monday, February 17, 2025 Gold Coast Secure Mental Health Rehabilitation Unit – Site Visit
Wednesday, November 27, 2024 HADN Networking Breakfast
Tuesday, November 26, 2024 Australian Health Design Conference 2024
Wednesday, October 23, 2024 Blacktown Mental Health Recovery Centre Tour
Thursday, October 17, 2024 Annual General Meeting and Webinar
Wednesday, September 04, 2024 Health Architecture and Design Network Launch
Monday, August 26, 2024 Geelong Day Surgery - Site Visit
Friday, August 02, 2024 Canberra Hospital Expansion Site Visit
Friday, July 26, 2024 Think Different - Perspectives on Human-Centred Health Design
Thursday, June 20, 2024 Design for Mental Health - International Perspectives
Wednesday, May 01, 2024 Designing for Health and Wellbeing - Sydney Build x AHDC
Thursday, April 18, 2024 Australasian Health Facility Guidelines From Development to Implementation - Round Table
Thursday, March 21, 2024 Podcast Live Session 1
Friday, February 23, 2024 The Tweed Valley Hospital Site Visit
Friday, November 03, 2023 Conference Site Tours
Wednesday, November 01, 2023 Australian Health Design Conference 2023
Thursday, October 19, 2023 Cultural Integration in Architecture: Bridging Communities - A New Zealand Perspective
Thursday, September 21, 2023 Innovative methods for building evidence for rehabilitation environments
Thursday, August 24, 2023 My Kitchen Rules – Designing for a Sustainable Future
Thursday, July 27, 2023 Learning from the 2023 European Study Tour
Thursday, June 22, 2023 Universal design, inclusion and wellbeing in healthcare settings
Wednesday, June 14, 2023 European Study Tour 2023
Monday, June 12, 2023 Partner Event: European Healthcare Design Congress & Exhibition 2023
Thursday, May 18, 2023 Transforming Health Infrastructure Delivery: A Queensland Perspective
Thursday, April 20, 2023 Building Healthcare Beyond Tradition - Health and Innovation Precincts
Monday, March 06, 2023 Sydney Build Expo - Partner Event
Thursday, February 16, 2023 AHDC February Webinar: AusHFG Update
Wednesday, November 30, 2022 Australasian Health Design Conference - Victorian Heart Hospital Site Tour
Monday, November 28, 2022 AHDC Conference 2022 - Breaking Down the Silos
Thursday, October 27, 2022 AHDC 2022 AGM
Thursday, August 25, 2022 In Person Symposium August 2022: Designing for the Virtual Care Environment
Friday, July 29, 2022 Site Visit to the New Acute Services Building – Randwick Campus Redevelopment
Thursday, July 21, 2022 AHDC Webinar July 2022: The Hospital of The Future
Thursday, June 23, 2022 AHDC Webinar June 2022: Roadmap To Net Zero Healthcare
Thursday, April 28, 2022 In Person Symposium Right Sizing the Hospital: Are Hospitals Getting Larger or Smaller?
Thursday, March 24, 2022 AHDC March 2022: Event How Would You Redesign the Brief?
Thursday, February 24, 2022 AHDC February 2022 Event: A Well-Placed Hospital, Wolfson Economics Prize Finalist 2021
Thursday, November 25, 2021 AHDC November 2021 Webinar : Update on the Australian Health Facility Guidelines
Thursday, October 21, 2021 AHDC 2021 Annual General Meeting  & 2021 European Design Conference Design Awards – Extracts and Discussion
Thursday, September 23, 2021 AHDC September 2021 Webinar: Connecting with Country: A draft framework for understanding the value of Aboriginal knowledge in the design and planning of places
Thursday, August 26, 2021 AHDC August 2021 Webinar: Clean and Green Hospitals. Healthcare Sustainability
Thursday, July 22, 2021 AHDC July 2021 Webinar : Waipapa, Christchurch Hospital with Darryl Carey
Sunday, July 18, 2021 International Union of Architects Public Health Group (UIA PHG), integrated with 27th World Congress
Thursday, June 24, 2021 Integrating 'Design Thinking and Doing’ Into Healthcare - Learning from Queensland’s Healthcare Excellence Accelerator Lab (HEAL) Initiative
Monday, June 14, 2021 PARTNER EVENT: European Healthcare Design 14th -18th June 2021
Thursday, May 27, 2021 AHDC May 2021 Webinar: Queensland’s newest Specialist Public Health Facility – The Surgical Treatment And Rehabilitation Service (STARS), A Virtual Tour
Thursday, April 22, 2021 Disaster Resilience In Australian Hospitals: AHDC Web Event April 2021
Wednesday, April 21, 2021 PARTNER EVENT: 7th Optimising Health Environments (OHE) Forum
Wednesday, April 07, 2021 13th World Congress for Design & Health
Wednesday, March 31, 2021 Australian Healthcare Week 2021 at Home
Thursday, March 25, 2021 Imagining Better Healthcare Ecosystems: AHDC March 2021 Online Educational Event
Wednesday, March 17, 2021 Australian Healthcare Week - New Date
Thursday, February 25, 2021 How is Human Experience Shaping Design? AHDC February 2021 Education Webinar
Thursday, December 03, 2020 The Impacts of COVID-19 On Hospital Planning: ACHSM PARTNER EVENT
Wednesday, November 18, 2020 Emergency Department Design and Covid Future Planning: LIVE ONLY EVENT
Thursday, October 22, 2020 AHDC 2020 AGM and Education Oct Event 8
Thursday, September 24, 2020 AHDC Education Sept Event (7) - 2020
Monday, September 14, 2020 EUROPEAN HEALTHCARE DESIGN 2020
Thursday, August 20, 2020 Critical Care Medicine - AHDC Education August Event (6) - 2020
Thursday, July 23, 2020 "Consumer Engagement in the Design of Hospitals" AHDC Education Event (5) - July 2020
Thursday, June 25, 2020 AHDC June 2020 Event - An update of the Australasian Health Facility Guidelines (AusHFG) - Education Event
Thursday, May 14, 2020 AHDC Education Event 3 - 2020 Infection Control driving the design of the Engine Room of the Hospital - CSSD
Friday, February 21, 2020 Sorry Planned Hospital Tour has been cancelled - AHDC Education Event 2 - 2020
Thursday, February 20, 2020 AHDC Education Event 1 - 2020 “Post Occupancy Evaluation (POE) of Healthcare Facilities– A New Approach.”
Wednesday, November 27, 2019 Queensland Healthcare Week
Thursday, November 21, 2019 Improving Capital Works Funding for Health Facilities - Event 7
Wednesday, October 09, 2019 ACHSM 2019 Asia-Pacific health leadership congress
Thursday, September 26, 2019 AHDC AGM 2019 and Presentation On Car Parking In Hospital Projects
Thursday, September 05, 2019 Welcome to the new AHDC Website & Membership Pages
Tuesday, August 06, 2019 Healthcare Leaders Forum, ICC in Sydney
Tuesday, July 30, 2019 NZHDC + UIAPHG 30-31 2019
Monday, June 17, 2019 The AHDC Northern Europe Hospital Study Tour