IFHE NEWS Excitement builds ahead of Toronto event
The excitement is building ahead of the IFHE 2022 International Congress, taking place from 17-21 September at the Westin Harbour Castle Hotel on the shore of Lake Ontario in downtown Toronto. CHES said: “The Canadian Healthcare Engineering Society (CHES) and the IFHE Executive Committee invite all to join us in Toronto at the 27th Congress of the IFHE to share knowledge, learn, and network, with colleagues from around the world.” The congress theme is ‘Unleashing
Innovation: Healthcare Engineering Excellence’. The Opening Reception will be held at the world-famous Hockey Hall of Fame – which is dedicated to the history of ice hockey, and houses exhibits about players, teams, National Hockey League records, memorabilia, and NHL trophies, including the Stanley Cup. The Congress organisers say: “We
have two high-profile keynote speakers included in the programme. On Day One, Hayley Wickenheiser, a four-time Olympic Gold Medallist, who is now a physician, will speak, while Day Two will see a conference keynote from David Williams, a former NASA astronaut, also now a physician. Both are excellent inspirational speakers. We are also very excited to have three tracks of educational presentations planned from speakers from around the globe.
Gala banquet “On the social side, we have the Gala Banquet scheduled for the Monday evening (19 September) at the Liberty Grand Ballroom, located a few minutes away from the Westin Harbour Castle
On 21 September, technical tours will give delegates the opportunity to visit the Humber River Hospital (pictured below) and the Hennick Bridgepoint Hospital (pictured right), as well as The Hospital For Sick Children – the world’s second largest paediatric research hospital.
Hotel. There will also be a Companion Programme, with two great tours planned to Niagara Falls / wine country and a Toronto Downtown Tour, and an optional golf game on the Sunday morning for anyone interested. “On the Wednesday, we have ‘technical
tours’ of healthcare facilities planned. These will include visits to The Hospital For Sick Children – a world-famous facility affiliated with the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, and the world’s second largest paediatric research hospital; the Humber River Hospital – known worldwide for its high-tech building systems, Canada’s first Digital Hospital,
President attends ICEC World Congress
IFHE President, Eng. Daniela Pedrini, was part of the Italian delegation (AICE – the Italian Association for Total Cost Management) that attended the ICEC World Congress 2022, titled ‘Predictable Projects in a Dynamic World’, organised by DACE (the Dutch Association of Cost Engineers) in Rotterdam, from 12-15 June. Eng. Pedrini presented IFHE’s objectives and mission to the international community present, and a report, ‘How COVID-19 will impact the future of project management and the work of healthcare technicians (among others)’. She said: “In a rapidly changing world, digitalisation, global warming, and COVID-19, are having a huge impact on our lives. The congress theme was how to manage and predict projects better at critical times.”
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and one of the most world’s energy- efficient healthcare facilities, and the Hennick Bridgepoint Hospital – a beautiful new complex care and rehabilitation hospital, a member of Sinai Health, and affiliated with the University of Toronto. “We also are very excited to be
presenting two major awards – the inaugural Global Healthcare Energy Award, and the IFHE International Building Award.” For more information on the event,
visit
www.IFHE2022.org,
www.CHES.org, or
www.ifhe.info If you have additional questions, email IFHE First Vice-President, Steve Rees, at
steve.rees@
ahs.ca
Call for Paris 2023 Congress papers still open
Preparations for the 10th European Conference on Healthcare
Daniela Pedrini – pictured with Gianluca Di Castri, outgoing International Cost Engineering Council President, and Emanuele Banchi, AICE President – said: “Topics including sustainability, project control, global changes, ICT, geographic influences, and human factors, were all explored. The future of cost engineering, and the International Cost Management Standard, Global Consistency in Presenting Construction Life Cycle Costs and Carbon Emissions, were also discussed.”
Engineering in Paris in June 2023 are going well, and the call for abstracts is still open, with a deadline of 26 September 2022. For more
information on the event, which is being
staged by Ingénieurs Hospitaliers de France at the Palais Des Congrès from 14-16 June 2023, visit
https://www.eche-paris2023.com/en
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