The HIS Annual Conference (HISCON) returns to London on 17-18 June 2025. It is a conference for IPC professionals that fosters collaboration, innovation and knowledge exchange with HIS members and the wider Infection Prevention and Control community.

The College is delighted to have approved this external event for CPD credits.

If you have any questions regarding this event, please see host's information at the bottom of this page or via the Book Now button.
 

TOPICS COVERED

A series of plenary presentations (please see the event programme for more information) on the following topics:

  • Introduction to the new NHS Estates Technical Bulletin and patient safety in the built environment (including keynote presentation from Dame Judith Hackitt)
  • Novel aspects of the built environment
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Whole genome sequencing
  • Metagenomics
  • Oral abstract presentations

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

Trainee and senior doctors, nurses, microbiologists and other healthcare professionals working in the field of Infection Prevention and Control.

SPEAKERS

  • Jincy Jerry, Director of Infection Prevention and Control, NHS Ayrshire and Arran, Scotland
  • Dame Judith Hackitt, Chair, Office for Nuclear Regulation
  • George McCracken, Head of Estates Risk and Environment, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
  • Tim Ho, Chief Medical Officer, Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
  • Manjula Meda, Consultant Microbiologist, Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
  • Michael Weinbren, Consultant Medical Microbiologist & Specialist Advisor Microbiology, New Hospitals Programme
  • Nigel Keery, IHEEM President & Head of Estates Operations, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
  • Alpa Patel, Transformation Directorate Integration Lead, New Hospital Programme
  • Susanne Surman Lee, Director, Leegionella Ltd
  • Trupti Patel, Consultant in Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, Clinical Lead for Microbiology and Infection Control Doctor, UCLH
  • Jessica Martin, Consultant Microbiologist, Leeds Teaching Hospitals, NHS Trust
  • Kevin Wellman, Chief Executive, Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering
  • Jincy Jerry, Director of Infection Prevention and Control, NHS Ayrshire and Arran, UK
  • Jimmy Walker, Independent water microbiology consultant, UK
  • Sara Mumford, Chief Medical Officer, Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust, UK
  • Vicky Gentry, Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
  • Timothy Rawson, Honorary Clinical Lecturer, Imperial College London, UK
  • Melissa Rochon, Trust Lead for SSI Surveillance, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, UK
  • Silvana Gastaldi, IPC Specialist, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Italy
  • David Eyre, Professor of Infectious Diseases, University of Oxford, UK
  • Alex Sundermann, Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh, USA
  • Peter Kinnevey, Lecturer, Dublin Dental University Hospital, Ireland
  • Nathanial Storey, Senior Bioinformatician, Great Ormond Street Hospital, UK
  • Meera Chand, Deputy Director, Travel Health, Zoonoses, Emerging Infections, Respiratory & Tuberculosis, UKHSA, UK

For more information, please contact: [email protected].

  • 09:30 - 17/06/2025 to 17:00 - 18/06/2025
  • Goodenough College, Mecklenburgh Square, London, WC1N 2AB, United Kingdom