IFHE NEWS
‘A benchmark European platform for debate’ with energy, decarbonisation, and sustainability on Paris event agenda
French hospital engineering association, Ingénieurs Hospitaliers de France (IHF), will host the 10th European Conference on Healthcare Engineering (ECHE) at the Palais des Congrès de Paris from 14-16 June this year, in conjunction with the 63rd IHF Study and Training Days. Jacques Roos, Vice-President of both the IHF and the IFHE-EU (the latter was established in Strasbourg in September 2005, with the first European Conference on Healthcare Engineering (ECHE) held from 5-7 September that year in Baden- Baden, Germany), said: “Ingénieurs Hospitaliers de France is happy to welcome the 10th ECHE in Paris this June. The 10th ECHE Scientific Committee has put together a great conference agenda from the many abstracts received. “Around half the speakers will come
from European countries – including Germany, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Finland, the UK, and Switzerland, but also Iraq, with the remainder from France. While much of the focus will be on energy, decarbonisation, and sustainability, delegates will also have the opportunity to find out more about emblematic hospital architectural projects like the new Hôpital Paris Nord, designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop is association with Brunet Saunier Architecture – in our opinion a milestone in hospital design.
European associations attending “Many European hospital engineering associations have confirmed their attendance, which is pleasing, since one of the IFHE’s key goals is to allow members to get to know each other better, and
promote the critical sharing of experience and expertise between European countries, particularly through ECHE.” The IHF added: “Difficult events
in Europe, including the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, the war in Ukraine, and the need for universal access to healthcare, are further complicating the major challenges currently facing healthcare engineering – sustainable development and reducing carbon emissions, lifecycle, and overall costs, the development of digital and artificial intelligence, and involving users in the design of healthcare spaces. All these elements are now influencing the more traditional themes of managing the maintenance, operation, and design of the healthcare built environment. These critical issues will be discussed by leading speakers from IFHE-EU member countries during two plenary sessions and eight themed workshops, and will feature in articles published in the Book of the proceedings – a printed brochure given to all participants on their arrival, which will remain a reference publication. “A trade fair will allow visitors to
discover innovations and enjoy discussion and debate with other professionals, and
there will be multiple opportunities for friendly interaction.
“Ingénieurs Hospitaliers de France is
counting on you – European healthcare engineering professionals – to make this conference a benchmark European platform for debate and discussion. We look forward to meeting you in Paris.”
Current trends in European architecture Among the wide-ranging subjects covered in day one of a topical conference programme will be current trends in European architecture – with a look at the design of Tower 7 at Belgium’s Liège Sart Tilman University Hospital by Stéphane Vermeulen, Director of Healthcare, and Pascale Velghe, Senior Architect, at VK Architects & Engineers, and a presentation titled ‘Man, machine and beauty’ on the ‘revolutionary’ design of the new Hôpital Paris Nord in Saint- Ouen, by Antoine Chaaya of Renzo Piano Building Workshop and Jérôme Brunet of Saunier Architecture. A first day ‘Management’ plenary session will include a report, by SIAIS president, Daniela Pedrini, on how lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic will impact the future of project management and the work of healthcare engineers, a look at hospital bed management – by Germany’s Mandmehr Institute of Environment and Health, and a focus on ‘Knowledge- sharing among NHS estates and facilities management (EFM) personnel – with a particular focus on knowledge flows about hospital oxygen infrastructure during the pandemic’ – by Carl-Magnus von-Behr, of the University of Cambridge.
A rendered image of the new Hôpital Paris Nord, designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop in association with Brunet Saunier Architecture. The project will be the focus of a conference address at the 10th ECHE Conference on Healthcare Engineering.
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‘Smart’ hospitals and digitalisation Day Two’s conference programme will include a workshop on ‘Smart hospitals and digitalisation’, with the topics covered including ‘Digital twins and knowledge management for a smart and sustainable hospital in ASL, Lecce, Italy’, ‘Smart
Renzo Piano Building Workshop
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