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Events

    • Thursday, November 05, 2026
    • 08:00
    • Friday, November 06, 2026
    • 18:00
    • Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre
    Register


    You are invited to register for the 2026 Australian Health Design Conference. This year we will be heading to Brisbane for a 2-day conference in October. You can find out more on our conference website:


    Ticket Types and Conditions

    Public and AHDC Member tickets are available at discounted early bird prices for a limited time only. All prices are inclusive of GST.

     

    Standard

    Early Bird

    Public  $1,600 $1,320
    Member  $1,360 $1,200
    Concession*

    $1,200

    One Day Ticket $960


    AHDC Members

    Become an AHDC member for $220 per year for discounted conference rates, site visits, and other events throughout the year. Find out more. 


    Concessions

    Full time students can email events@aushdc.org.au with details of their enrolment for approval of student rates. The discount is also available for AHDC student and non-practicising members. 


    Site Visits

    Tickets for site visits must be purchased separately. You must be a current AHDC member to attend a site visit. Site visits will be announced closer to the event, so please subscribe to the newsletter for updates. 


    Speakers and Panelists

    Speakers and panelists will receive a complimentary one-day ticket, or upgrade to a full conference ticket for $960. A registration code is provided in your speaker confirmation and brief.


    How to Register

    Payment via credit card or debit card is required to secure your ticket. If you are an AHDC member; please login using your email and password before registering. See Member FAQ page. Please email support@aushdc.org.au if you have any issues with registration. 


    Partnerships and Bulk Bookings

    Becoming an AHDC Foundation Partner includes opportunities to purchase bulk conference tickets and memberships for your team. To find out more, please review our Partnership Invitation.

    If your company is a Foundation Partner, please contact your sponsorship manager to organise tickets. Foundation partners receive limited complimentary conference tickets and other discounts. 

    For bulk bookings, please contact support@aushdc.org.au with a list of names, emails and company details for invoicing and ticketing purposes.


    Cancellation Policy

    • More than 30 days - full refund processed.
    • Less than 30 days - account credit only.
    • Substitutions - free at any time.

    To cancel, please sign into your AHDC account and navigate to your profile. Go to "Event Registrations" to submit a cancellation. Last minute cancellations will receive an account credit only. This can be used to pay for annual membership and future events and conference tickets.


    Substitutions

    If you can not longer attend for any reason, we encourage you to nominate someone else to participate in your place. Substitutions will be processed on the day at event registration, please bring a digital copy of the original ticket confirmation.


    Other Conditions

    • The preliminary program is preliminary and subject to change.
    • Conference tickets cannot be shared with non-delegates or sold by third parties.
    • Recording, videotaping or live steaming of the AHDC Conference is strictly prohibited.
    • Photographer and videographers will be present at the event. If you do not wish to be filmed, please let them know on arrival. 

Past Events

Monday, May 04, 2026 The Peninsula University Hospital in Frankston – Site Visit
Thursday, April 23, 2026 Complex Challenges, Connected Thinking | In-Person Event, Perth + Adelaide
Thursday, April 16, 2026 Healthy Beginnings, the first 1000 days - Webinar Outreach to Tasmania
Thursday, March 26, 2026 AHDC 2026 Conference Launch Event
Friday, March 13, 2026 The Children's Hospital at Westmead Stage 2 Redevelopment - Site Visit
Friday, March 06, 2026 Mater Hospital Springfield, Stage 2 Redevelopment – Site Visit
Thursday, February 19, 2026 Designing to Heal: High-Rise Hospitals and Mass Timber Innovation
Thursday, February 05, 2026 Sydney Children’s Hospital Stage 1 and Minderoo Children’s Comprehensive Cancer Centre, Randwick – Site Visit
Tuesday, October 28, 2025 Australian Health Design Conference 2025
Monday, October 27, 2025 AHDC Connect: Bridging Practice and Research in Healthcare Design
Monday, October 27, 2025 AHDC2025 | Conference Site Visits
Thursday, October 16, 2025 Annual General Meeting and Webinar: Designing for Dignity – User Experience and Wayfinding
Thursday, September 11, 2025 Designing Health(y) Spaces
Friday, August 22, 2025 Northern Private Hospital – Site Visit
Friday, July 25, 2025 Mid-Year National Symposium: From Silos to Systems - Cohesive Health by Design
Thursday, July 03, 2025 Australasian Health Facility Guidelines Update 2025
Thursday, May 22, 2025 Digital Operating Rooms, from Design to Lessons Learnt
Thursday, May 08, 2025 HADN Watch & Connect - Humanising Birth Environments
Friday, May 02, 2025 The New Footscray Hospital – Site Visit
Thursday, April 10, 2025 Learnings from 2024 AHDC National Study Tour
Thursday, March 13, 2025 Decoding ESG for Healthcare Buildings: Preparing for a Sustainable Future
Monday, February 17, 2025 Gold Coast Secure Mental Health Rehabilitation Unit – Site Visit
Wednesday, November 27, 2024 HADN Networking Breakfast
Tuesday, November 26, 2024 Australian Health Design Conference 2024
Wednesday, October 23, 2024 Blacktown Mental Health Recovery Centre Tour
Thursday, October 17, 2024 Annual General Meeting and Webinar
Wednesday, September 04, 2024 Health Architecture and Design Network Launch
Monday, August 26, 2024 Geelong Day Surgery - Site Visit
Friday, August 02, 2024 Canberra Hospital Expansion Site Visit
Friday, July 26, 2024 Think Different - Perspectives on Human-Centred Health Design
Thursday, June 20, 2024 Design for Mental Health - International Perspectives
Wednesday, May 01, 2024 Designing for Health and Wellbeing - Sydney Build x AHDC
Thursday, April 18, 2024 Australasian Health Facility Guidelines From Development to Implementation - Round Table
Thursday, March 21, 2024 Podcast Live Session 1
Friday, February 23, 2024 The Tweed Valley Hospital Site Visit
Friday, November 03, 2023 Conference Site Tours
Wednesday, November 01, 2023 Australian Health Design Conference 2023
Thursday, October 19, 2023 Cultural Integration in Architecture: Bridging Communities - A New Zealand Perspective
Thursday, September 21, 2023 Innovative methods for building evidence for rehabilitation environments
Thursday, August 24, 2023 My Kitchen Rules – Designing for a Sustainable Future
Thursday, July 27, 2023 Learning from the 2023 European Study Tour
Thursday, June 22, 2023 Universal design, inclusion and wellbeing in healthcare settings
Wednesday, June 14, 2023 European Study Tour 2023
Monday, June 12, 2023 Partner Event: European Healthcare Design Congress & Exhibition 2023
Thursday, May 18, 2023 Transforming Health Infrastructure Delivery: A Queensland Perspective
Thursday, April 20, 2023 Building Healthcare Beyond Tradition - Health and Innovation Precincts
Monday, March 06, 2023 Sydney Build Expo - Partner Event
Thursday, February 16, 2023 AHDC February Webinar: AusHFG Update
Wednesday, November 30, 2022 Australasian Health Design Conference - Victorian Heart Hospital Site Tour
Monday, November 28, 2022 AHDC Conference 2022 - Breaking Down the Silos
Thursday, October 27, 2022 AHDC 2022 AGM
Thursday, August 25, 2022 In Person Symposium August 2022: Designing for the Virtual Care Environment
Friday, July 29, 2022 Site Visit to the New Acute Services Building – Randwick Campus Redevelopment
Thursday, July 21, 2022 AHDC Webinar July 2022: The Hospital of The Future
Thursday, June 23, 2022 AHDC Webinar June 2022: Roadmap To Net Zero Healthcare
Thursday, April 28, 2022 In Person Symposium Right Sizing the Hospital: Are Hospitals Getting Larger or Smaller?
Thursday, March 24, 2022 AHDC March 2022: Event How Would You Redesign the Brief?
Thursday, February 24, 2022 AHDC February 2022 Event: A Well-Placed Hospital, Wolfson Economics Prize Finalist 2021
Thursday, November 25, 2021 AHDC November 2021 Webinar : Update on the Australian Health Facility Guidelines
Thursday, October 21, 2021 AHDC 2021 Annual General Meeting  & 2021 European Design Conference Design Awards – Extracts and Discussion
Thursday, September 23, 2021 AHDC September 2021 Webinar: Connecting with Country: A draft framework for understanding the value of Aboriginal knowledge in the design and planning of places
Thursday, August 26, 2021 AHDC August 2021 Webinar: Clean and Green Hospitals. Healthcare Sustainability
Thursday, July 22, 2021 AHDC July 2021 Webinar : Waipapa, Christchurch Hospital with Darryl Carey
Sunday, July 18, 2021 International Union of Architects Public Health Group (UIA PHG), integrated with 27th World Congress
Thursday, June 24, 2021 Integrating 'Design Thinking and Doing’ Into Healthcare - Learning from Queensland’s Healthcare Excellence Accelerator Lab (HEAL) Initiative
Monday, June 14, 2021 PARTNER EVENT: European Healthcare Design 14th -18th June 2021
Thursday, May 27, 2021 AHDC May 2021 Webinar: Queensland’s newest Specialist Public Health Facility – The Surgical Treatment And Rehabilitation Service (STARS), A Virtual Tour
Thursday, April 22, 2021 Disaster Resilience In Australian Hospitals: AHDC Web Event April 2021
Wednesday, April 21, 2021 PARTNER EVENT: 7th Optimising Health Environments (OHE) Forum
Wednesday, April 07, 2021 13th World Congress for Design & Health
Wednesday, March 31, 2021 Australian Healthcare Week 2021 at Home
Thursday, March 25, 2021 Imagining Better Healthcare Ecosystems: AHDC March 2021 Online Educational Event
Wednesday, March 17, 2021 Australian Healthcare Week - New Date
Thursday, February 25, 2021 How is Human Experience Shaping Design? AHDC February 2021 Education Webinar
Thursday, December 03, 2020 The Impacts of COVID-19 On Hospital Planning: ACHSM PARTNER EVENT
Wednesday, November 18, 2020 Emergency Department Design and Covid Future Planning: LIVE ONLY EVENT
Thursday, October 22, 2020 AHDC 2020 AGM and Education Oct Event 8
Thursday, September 24, 2020 AHDC Education Sept Event (7) - 2020
Monday, September 14, 2020 EUROPEAN HEALTHCARE DESIGN 2020
Thursday, August 20, 2020 Critical Care Medicine - AHDC Education August Event (6) - 2020
Thursday, July 23, 2020 "Consumer Engagement in the Design of Hospitals" AHDC Education Event (5) - July 2020
Thursday, June 25, 2020 AHDC June 2020 Event - An update of the Australasian Health Facility Guidelines (AusHFG) - Education Event
Thursday, May 14, 2020 AHDC Education Event 3 - 2020 Infection Control driving the design of the Engine Room of the Hospital - CSSD
Friday, February 21, 2020 Sorry Planned Hospital Tour has been cancelled - AHDC Education Event 2 - 2020
Thursday, February 20, 2020 AHDC Education Event 1 - 2020 “Post Occupancy Evaluation (POE) of Healthcare Facilities– A New Approach.”
Wednesday, November 27, 2019 Queensland Healthcare Week
Thursday, November 21, 2019 Improving Capital Works Funding for Health Facilities - Event 7
Wednesday, October 09, 2019 ACHSM 2019 Asia-Pacific health leadership congress
Thursday, September 26, 2019 AHDC AGM 2019 and Presentation On Car Parking In Hospital Projects
Thursday, September 05, 2019 Welcome to the new AHDC Website & Membership Pages
Tuesday, August 06, 2019 Healthcare Leaders Forum, ICC in Sydney
Tuesday, July 30, 2019 NZHDC + UIAPHG 30-31 2019
Monday, June 17, 2019 The AHDC Northern Europe Hospital Study Tour

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