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, August 22, 2025
    • 11:00 - 13:00
    • Epping VIC 3076
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    Join us on the Northern Private Hospital site tour in Epping, Victoria. Operated by Ramsay Health Care, the hospital features 70 patient beds, four operating theatres, a cardiac catheterisation lab, a sleep study unit, a day chemotherapy unit, an on-site pharmacy, and pathology and medical imaging services. It offers a comprehensive range of acute care, rehabilitation, and specialised medical treatments. The hospital’s meticulous design prioritises both top-tier medical services and patient comfort and well-being. The Northern Private Hospital is a place that helps transform and save thousands of lives!

    The facility is designed by Billard Leece Partnership and built by Kane Constructions.

    Special thanks to Ramsay Health Care for supporting the Australian Health Design Council in organising this exclusive site visit for our members. Tickets are limited to 25 and available exclusively for AHDC members on a first-come, first-served basis, so please be mindful when booking your ticket.

    • Monday, October 27, 2025
    • 09:00 - 17:30
    • Adelaide
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    Kick off the conference with an exclusive site visit to a newly completed building, or for a city walk through Adelaide's Biomed City. Site visits are only available to AHDC members, max one visit per member. Please note time of each event as some sessions are overlapping. 

    Registration is open to all AHDC members. A maximum of 1 event per person is allowed. Please note the time for each site visit. If you can not longer attend, please inform us promptly to ensure that your ticket can be allocated to someone else.

    Please note that AHDC2025 Conference tickets are sold separately, visit www.aushdc.org.au/conference for more information.


    Site Visit A: Flinders University Health and Medical Research Building

    Morning (Time to be confirmed) | $50 | Bus transfer included

    The Flinders University Health and Medical Research Building (HMRB), designed by Architectus and built by Hansen Yuncken, is a 10-storey, 22,000 m² facility anchoring the Flinders Village precinct. Opened in 2024, it houses over 600 researchers with state-of-the-art wet and dry labs, collaborative workspaces, seminar rooms, and public amenities. The design reflects Kaurna cultural heritage and prioritises sustainability, targeting WELL Gold, LEED Gold, and 5 Star Green Star ratings. The HMRB has also achieved the world’s first Platinum WiredScore for a health facility. Located alongside Flinders Medical Centre and a transport hub, it fosters integration across research, healthcare, and community.

    Site Visit B: Adelaide Biomed City Walk

    14:30 - 16:30 | Free | Walking tour, meet in city centre

    Adelaide BioMed City is a world-class health, research, and education precinct on North Terrace, integrating clinical care, innovation and learning. It brings together the Royal Adelaide Hospital, the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), the University of Adelaide’s Health and Medical Sciences Building, and UniSA’s Bradley Building. SAHMRI hosts around 700 researchers across cutting-edge wet and dry labs. The Adelaide Health and Medical Sciences Building spans 14 floors, with clinical trials facilities, simulation suites, and the Adelaide Dental Hospital. The Bradley Building supports teaching, simulation, and public engagement. Together, these institutions drive collaboration from discovery to care.

    Site Visit C: The Queen Elizabeth Hospital

    14:30 - 17:30 | $50 | Bus transfer included

    The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (TQEH) redevelopment, completed in July 2024, delivers a major upgrade to healthcare in Adelaide’s western suburbs. The $314 million Kangkanthi Clinical Services Building—named after the Kaurna word meaning "to care"—adds a five-level facility to expand TQEH’s capacity to 415 beds. Designed by Cheesman Architects with BCA Engineers, Bestec, Aurecon and Rider Levett Bucknall, and delivered by Built Environs, the building houses a new Emergency Department, Intensive Care Unit, Medical Imaging, Operating Theatres, and rehabilitation inpatient units. The project enhances high-acuity care, supports patient recovery, and reflects a strong cultural connection through its Kaurna naming.

    • 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. All prices are inclusive of GST.

     

    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. 

    Speakers and panelists will receive a complimentary one-day ticket, or upgrade to a full conference ticket for $960. A registration code is provided in your speaker confirmation and brief.


    Site Visits

    Tickets for site visits must be purchased separately. You must be a current AHDC member to attend a site visit. Find out more and register.


    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. Please email support@aushdc.org.au if you have any issues with registration. 


    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

Friday, July 25, 2025 Mid-Year National Symposium: From Silos to Systems - Cohesive Health by Design
Thursday, July 03, 2025 Australasian Health Facility Guidelines Update 2025
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