HISCON 2025
Programme timings and presentation titles are subject to change
Day 1 - Tuesday 17 June
| 09:00 - 09:45 | Registration and refreshments | |
| 09:50 - 10:00 | Welcome and introduction | Jincy Jerry, Director of IPC, NHS Ayrshire |
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Putting patients front and centre – in the built environment |
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| 10:00 - 10:50 | Keynote Presentation | Dame Judith Hackitt, Chair, Office for Nuclear Regulation |
| 10:50 - 11:00 | Risk based approached to managing occupant safety | George McCracken,
Head of Estates Risk and Environment, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust |
| 11:00 - 11:20 | View of the Chief Medical Officer - Frimley's perspective |
Tim Ho, Chief Medical Officer, Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust Manjula Meda, Consultant Microbiologist, Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust |
| 11:20 - 11:50 | Break and exhibition | |
| 11:50 - 12:10 | Interactive session - Competence | Michael Weinbren, Consultant Medical Microbiologist & Specialist Advisor Microbiology, New Hospitals Programme |
| 12:10 - 12:30 | View of Estates and engineers | Nigel Keery, IHEEM President & Head of Estates Operations, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust |
| 12:30 - 12:50 | NHS Occupant safety - The opportunity to change | Alpa Patel, Transformation Directorate Integration Lead, New Hospital Programme |
| 12:50 - 13:10 | Top ten things to do if you are about to have a new build/refurbishment | Panel discussion |
| 13:10 - 14:20 | Lunch break and exhibition | |
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Practical aspects of implementing the NETB 2024/3 |
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| 14:20 - 15:00 | Keynote Presentation – Introduction to NETB – more than NTMs, more than water (in association with RSPH) | Susanne Surman Lee, Director, Leegionella Ltd |
| 15:00 - 15:20 | Practical tips for delivering real time change |
Trupti Patel, Consultant in Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, Clinical Lead for Microbiology and Infection Control Doctor, UCLH Jessica Martin, Consultant Microbiologist, Leeds Teaching Hospitals, NHS Trust |
| 15:20 - 15:40 | CEO of CIPHE perspective | Kevin Wellman, Chief Executive, Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering |
| 15:40 - 16:00 | Joint Q&A panel | |
| 16:00 - 16:20 | Break and exhibition | |
| 16:20 - 17:00 | Panel discussion |
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| 17:00 - 19:00 | Drinks reception | |
Day 2 - Wednesday 18 June
| 09:00 - 09:25 | Registration and refreshments | |
| 09:25 - 09:30 | Welcome and introduction | |
| 09:30 - 10:50 |
Novel aspects of the built environment Speakers to be announced |
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| 10:50 - 11:20 | Break and exhibition | |
| 11:20 - 12:40 |
AI Speakers to be announced |
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| 12:40 - 13:50 | Lunch break and exhibition | |
| 13:50 - 15:10 |
Whole Genome Sequencing Speakers to be announced |
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| 15:10 - 15:35 | Break and exhibition | |
| 15:35 - 17:10 |
Metagenomics Speakers to be announced |
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| 17:10 | Closing remarks | |
| 17:15 | End of conference |