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2025 Replay

Progress so Far and Current Waste Priorities

Liam Hogg – Head of Net Zero Waste & Resource – NHS England

National Standards for Healthcare Cleaning, The Past, Present and Future

Emma Brookes MSc – Head of Soft FM Strategy & Operations – NHS England

Towards Sustainable and Efficient Healthcare Facilities: The Role of Automation and Intelligent Control Systems

Prof. Michael Short – Professor (Research) & Associate Dean (Research & Knowledge Exchange – Teesside University

Net Zero Food Programme Report – What Does Good Look Like?

Max Kindred – Estates Net Zero Senior Insight Manager – NHS England

Collaborative Leadership and Culture Change in Delivering a Clean, Safe Environment

Sian Langford – Facilities Compliance and Sustainability Manager – The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic and District Hospital NHS Trust
Anna Morris – Lead IPC Nurse – The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Robotics for Health and Care, Towards a National Health Robotarium

Lisa Farrell – Lead for Robotics in Health and Care – The National Robotarium

Driving Sustainable Change in NHS Catering: The Royal Marsden Journey

Samantha Flanagan – Catering Manager – The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

Tackling the Risks from Water, Wastewater and Antimicrobial Resistance

Dr. Michael Weinbren – Specialist Advisor Microbiology – New Hospitals Programme – NHS England

Innovative Cleaning Robots: Enhancing Hygiene, Boosting Productivity & Enabling Zero-Waste Automation

Dhr Peter Kwestro – Global Strategic Marketing & Business Development Director – Gausium Robotics Europe

Morning Q&A – Waste & Net Zero Stream

Morning Q&A – Cleaning and Hygiene Stream

Morning Q&A – Task Management & Automation Stream

From Food Waste to Value: Powering Hospitals with Circular Solutions

Roberto Bertelli – Sales Director – The Waste Transformers

Innovation in Hospital Cleaning & Disinfection

Jędrzej Gromadecki – Marketing Director – Arxada

Innovation in Hospital Automation

Maria Medyanik – Regional Sales Manager – Polytex
Kerry Dellar – UK Sales Manager – Polytex

The Design for Life Programme – Embedding Circularity in the NHS

Rachel McLean – SusQI Programme Lead (Competitions and Specialty Challenges) – The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare
Mr Michael Hopkinson – Head of Supply Resilience and Sustainability – Medical Technologies Directorate – Department of Health and Social Care

Innovation in Hospital Cleaning: Decontaminating Air, A Case Study in Hypochlorous Acid Decontamination

Anna Hallas MBE – Healthcare Projects Specialist – Medirest
Kate Stone – Senior Patient Services Manager – Medirest
Sally Palmer – Infection Prevention and Control Nurse – Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Autonomous Logistics at a Hospital in the Nordics

Alexander De Lima Lindqvist – Business Segment Manager – AFRY Sweden with Support from OMRON

Waste Management in the Healthcare Environment

Dean Harrison – Waste and Sustainability Manager – ISS Facilities C/O University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire

Healthcare-Associated Fungal Infections: Why Should We Care About Mould?

Dr. Rebecca A Drummond – Associate Professor – University of Birmingham

Artificial Intelligence in ‘soft’ Facilities Management – Making it happen!

Judith Stuart – Director of Economic, Commercial and Business Development – Health Innovation West Midlands 

Round & Round We Go: The Circular Economy and Packaging – Problems & Opportunities

Dr. Alaster Yoxhall – Principal Research Fellow in Human Centred Engineering – Sheffield Hallam University

The Dirty Truth: Microbiome Build-Up on Bed Linen and Domestic Washing Machines

Prof. Katie Laird – Professor of Microbiology / Head of the Infectious Disease Research Group – De Montfort University

Human Factors in Facility Management: Optimising Staff in a Tech-Driven World

Fran Ives – Human Factors Specialist – Health Innovation West Midlands

Panel Debate – What will Facilities Services Look Like by 2030?

Liam Hogg – Head of Net Zero Carbon Waste and Resources – NHS England
Sian Langford – Facilities Compliance and Sustainability Manager – Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic and District Hospital NHS Trust
Emma Brookes MSc – Head of Soft FM Strategy and Operations – NHS England
Lisa Farrell – Lead for Robotics in Health and Care – The National Robotarium
Dr. Darar Apiri CMILT. MAPM – Senior Sustainable Procurement Specialist – WRAP