The Australian Health Design Council would like to invite you to attend our 2023 national conference. We are a group of design and health planning professionals, putting on an interactive educational and social event for our peers to share knowledge, promote research and work collaboratively towards better health care design.

If you want to participate in a professionally-guided event with a genuine commitment to challenge the status quo and engage in lively and passionate debates, this is the conference for you!

Our events are attended by a wide range of professionals interested in Health Design including Architects, Clinical Planners, Engineers, Project Managers, Academics, Professional Researchers, Health Service Providers and Health Service Managers. 

Come along: learn, connect and be inspired.

View the Preliminary Agenda and Themes

AHDC2023 Site Tours are an exclusive opportunity to visit new health facilities in Melbourne while in town for the conference. Registration is only available to current AHDC members who are already registered for the conference. 

If you can not longer attend, please inform us promptly to ensure that your ticket can be allocated to someone else.

Victorian Heart Hospital

631 Blackburn Rd, Clayton VIC 3168

9am - 1pm | $60 | 20 pax | Includes bus transfer from Melbourne CBD

The $577 million Victorian Heart Hospital is Australia’s first state-of-the-art, specialist cardiac hospital. It provides innovative, holistic and patient-centred care, as well as world-leading research and education. The hospital integrates clinical cardiology services, research and education to create a centre of excellence, raising the profile of cardiovascular research, treatment and training. Patients with heart disease are now able to access world-class cardiac care and ground-breaking research, all under one roof. The hospital welcomed its first patients in February 2023.

Knox Private Hospital

262 Mountain Hwy, Wantirna VIC 3152 

9am - 1pm | $60 | 40 pax | Includes bus transfer from Melbourne CBD

Knox Private Hospital by Healthscope is undergoing a major redevelopment to meet the growing demand for quality health care across Melbourne’s east and southeast. New and expanded facilities include a new 3 storey North Tower; two new patient wards with single rooms and private ensuite; an upgraded and expanded Diagnostic Cardiology Unit; a new Main Reception area; new Patient Admissions; new and larger HPS Pharmacy; new Café; and 9 additional premium specialist consulting suites.

Orygen, National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health

25 pax | Transport not included

Orygen's National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health new facility was established in 2019 and was jointly funded by the Victorian Government, and funding obtained by Orygen from the Australian Government, The University of Melbourne, The Colonial Foundation and the Ian Potter Foundation. The award-winning centre that houses Orygen integrated translational research and innovative platform for preventive clinical care was designed for young people who experience mental ill health.

In Vitro Mobile CSD

7-9 Summit Rd, Noble Park 3174

9am - 1pm | $60 | 30 pax | Includes bus transfer from Melbourne CBD

In Vitro Technologies Mobile CSD’s are fully functional and compliant sterilisation services with footprints ranging from 68 sqm (3 module) , 82 sqm, (3 module) or 100 sqm (4 module). The modules are fully equipped and assembled on site to provide a turn-key solution to support a refurbishment of an existing department with minimal disruption.