Barcelona 2024
Making Choices for Investment in Healthcare Infrastructure -by the support of
Our 2024 workshop was held in the amazing surroundings of the Recinte Modernista Sant Pau, the former hospital site that is now home to conference facilities, health agencies and a beautiful museum.
Over three days we heard from experts in many fields related to planning, designing, building and financing all kinds of health infrastructure, all focused on how to make critical investment decisions to improve the physical environment of healthcare.
The 2024 workshop was attended by speakers and participants from 17 different countries, including some from as far away as Australia, South Africa and the Philippines. Alongside the main programme we were able to offer tours of some fascinating health facilities: the Kalida Centre, the Hospital del Mar and the Sant Joan de Déu children’s hospital.
We are very grateful to our partner organisation, CatSalut, which provided so much help in relation to the venue, speakers and the logistics of the event. Many thanks also to our sponsors helping to make the 2024 workshop such a success.
PRESENTATIONS
Generative AI and Technological Developments Applied to Hospital Design
Francisco Ortega Montoliu, Enero Arquitectura, Spain
How evidence is assessed and used in making decisions for investment in healthcare infrastructure
Dr Geraldine O’Brien, NHS Scotland Assure, UK
Humanising the hospital through refurbishment and incremental change
Albert Bota Arque, Sant Joan de Deu Hospital, Barcelona
Investing in facilities that promote access to holistic care of the person
Laia Isern Meix, Vitaller Arquitectura / Isabel Haro, Hermanas Hospitalarias - Hospital Mare de Déu de la Mercè, Spain
A modern and innovative approach to Strategic Estates Management of Healthcare Infrastructure
Peter Sellars, Chief Executive, Institute of Hospital Engineers and Estates Managers (IHEEM) and Suzanne MacCormick, Clinical Planner & Healthcare Specialist, UK.
How not to procure hospitals which promote sustainability and social value. Case study: Finland
Joseph Mulcahy, Harris-Kjisik Architects, Finland
Responding to zero-carbon urgency through digital transformation of the health system
Gunther De Graeve, Managing Director, Destravis, Austrialia
Single patient rooms: evidence, trade-offs, lessons for future hospital design
Liesbeth van Heel, Erasmus MC, Netherlands
Using data and evaluation to bridge the gap between expectations and realities of healthcare infrastructure investment
Øyvind Hope, Sykehusbygg, Norway
Future flexibility and adaptability in buildings, both new and existing
Juan Gallostra Isern, Ingeniero Industrial, Presidente JG Ingenieros, Spain
An introduction to the Kalida Centre: how to design for a compassionate, humane, culturally sensitive model of care.
Joan Reventós Rovira, Director, Kalida Centre, Barcelona.
Being ‘at home’ – a new atmosphere
Clara Rius, Architect and Partner at Ahead Barcelona Healthcare Architect
How innovative procurement can contribute to improvements in healthcare – a P4H project example.
Marcin Kautsch, Procure4Health Project Coordinator, Poland.
What happens to a hospital estate when reuse and reconfiguration options are exhausted?
Ferran Rodriguez- Omebes, Directorate of Infraestructure & Biomedical Engineering- Clinic Hospital, Barcelona.
The role of infrastructure in Primary Health Care (PHC)
Stephen Wright (Honorary Professor, Bartlett Faculty, University College London)
STUDY TOURS
Hospital del Mar
Elisabet Izquierdo- Directora de Serveis Generals i Infraestructures- Hospital del Mar
Raúl García- PINEARQ
Hospital Sant Joan de Déu
Xavier Escayola Elias, Responsable de Bioenginyeria, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu