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Over 50 speakers at June conference and a chance for recognition at the Awards
Speakers at the 2020 DiMH Conference will include Gregor Henderson, Helen Rostill, David Parkin, Natalie Howarth, Ruairi Reeves, and Richard Mazuch.
This year’s Design in Mental Health Conference, Exhibition & Awards take place from 9-10 June at Coventry’s Ricoh Arena, with a three-stream conference incorporating presentations from over 50 speakers, and a wide-ranging exhibition offering visitors the chance to see and examine new and innovative products targeted at mental healthcare settings. The Design in Mental Health Network (DiMHN), and event partners, Step Exhibitions, are meanwhile calling on organisations and individuals who believe they have done outstanding work in enhancing mental health environments to enter one of the nine categories in the 2020 Design in Mental Health Awards. Entries must be submitted, online, by 31 January. For more information on the awards and categories, and to enter, visit
www.designinmentalhealth.com/awards- categories. The Awards Dinner will be held on 9 June in the Premier Lounge at the Ricoh Arena, with guests entertained after dinner by snooker legend, Steve Davis, who dominated world snooker during the 1980s – reaching eight World Championship finals in nine years, winning six world titles, and holding the world number one ranking for seven consecutive seasons.
This year’s conference will feature three streams, including a new ‘Clinical-Focused’ stream. Over 300 delegates and speakers are expected to be at the event. Delegates booking by 26 February can take advantage of ‘super early’ booking rates.
Keynote speakers this year will include:
l David Parkin, author, ‘theatre maker’, musician, and installation artist, discussing the experience of ‘seclusion’ in mental healthcare. The co-founder of arts organisation, MBD, David Parkin has recorded a clinical depression ‘concept album’, Good Friday, which he turned into a show, written a children’s book, The Nose That Nobody Picked, which he turned into a musical, and penned a memoir about recovering from a brain injury, Tea Bags, Soap, Be Normal.
l Gregor Henderson, National lead, Mental Health and Wellbeing, Public Health England. Employed by PHE since its inception, he was previously Adviser to the Department of Health for two years, following his leadership of a national
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public mental health programme for the National Mental Health Development Unit in England from 2008 to 2012. From 2003-2008, he was director of the Scottish Government’s internationally renowned National Programme for Improving Mental Health and Wellbeing. A Board member of the What Works Centre for Wellbeing, he is chair of the Research Advisory Group for Place2 Be, a national children’s mental health charity.
l Sarah Hughes, CEO at the Centre for Mental Health, has worked in mental health for 28 years. Having initially trained as a social worker, she has managed a range of innovative community and secure services, and also led the research and evaluation of the pioneering ‘First Night in Custody’ project in Holloway Prison, which saw the roll-out out the principles featured across the prison estate, with Cabinet Office support. In recent years, she has led Mind in Cambridgeshire, which is known for values-led practice and high- impact campaigns, including ‘Stop Suicide’ and ‘StressLess’.
Keynote presentations will be introduced by DiMHN chair, Jenny Gill, and President, Joe Forster, while other conference speakers will include: l Professor Helen Rostill, a consultant clinical psychologist, and Chief Innovation Officer and director of Therapies, at Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. She will discuss ‘Using Internet of Things
technologies and artificial intelligence to transform support for people with dementia’. Professor Rostill is the Trust’s Chief Technology Officer, and the senior responsible officer for the Technology Integrated Health Management (TIHM) for dementia NHS Test Bed. She was a senior lecturer at the University of Birmingham for 10 years, and has published a wide range of research. Her qualifications include a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (Clin PsyD), and a BSc (First Class Hons) in Psychology.
l Natalie Howarth, director, Maytree. Prior to coming to charity, Maytree – which runs a house for those in suicidal crisis in north London – she gained extensive experience managing a Community Drug service in Croydon. Her career encompasses experience with mental health, drug and alcohol misuse, and homelessness.
l Ruairi Reeves, Director, Medical Architecture, discussing ‘Creating a new National Forensic Hospital’.
l Richard Mazuch, director of Design Research and Innovation, IBI Group, intriguingly presenting on ‘Sex, Love and Rock ’n’ Roll’.
l Diane Chandler, Lead occupational therapist, Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, and Audrey Yong, lecturer, University School of Occupational Therapy, University of Brighton, addressing ‘A safe home is still a home’.
DiMHN chair, Jenny Gill, said: “The Design in Mental Health Conference and Exhibition offer an opportunity for all those interested in the mental health environment, whether designing, using, or visiting, to come together to share knowledge, experience, and best practice. The event is the largest gathering focusing on the mental health environment of its kind in the UK. The conference brings together experts by experience, clinicians, designers, and other professionals from home and abroad, explores ideas, debates challenges, and gives something for everyone. We’re confident that this year will be our best conference to date.”
The after-dinner speaker will be 1980s snooker supremo, Steve Davis.
For more information on Design in Mental Health 2020, and to register to attend, visit
www.designinmentalhealth.com
JANUARY 2020 | THE NETWORK
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