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CONFERENCE DAY TWO
Thursday, 16th October 2025
14.40
CASE STUDY:
Creating Data and Service Driven Facility: The $1 billion ACT Investment
into the new Northside Hospital, Canberra
The Northside Hospital Project in Canberra represents a transformative
approach to healthcare infrastructure, combining robust data analytics
and strategic planning to ensure long-term viability. With robust
benchmarking, focusing on operational efficiency and designing for a
virtual and HITH supported model of care, the project aims to create a
hospital that is both service-oriented and data-driven to provision resources
effectively for Canberra’s community in future years.
A data driven approach to underpin the development of infrastructure
requirements
Strengthening project decision making with robust data projections
Utilising a benchmarking approach against other recent and relevant
health projects to add more vigour to the facility planning
Creating shared understanding of health care directions through horizon
scanning to enable project to respond to the future directions
Kate Evans
Clinical Director, Northside Hospital Project, Infrastructure Canberra
PANEL DISCUSSION:
Supporting Innovation Through Design: Creating Functional
Collaborative Precincts That Foster Innovation
As pressure grows to accelerate discovery and commercialisation, precincts
must be functional, flexible, and strategically aligned. Join our panel of
experts as they explore how thoughtful design and shared infrastructure
can transform a space into a true innovation ecosystem that delivers on it’s
purpose and drives better outcomes for the community.
Lance Chia
Director Investment & Innovation, Liverpool Innovation Precinct
Julie White
Executive Director Office of Research & Innovation, Queensland Health
Ben Rowe
Project Director, Riverlee
14.10
CASE STUDY:
Youang Surgery Centre Redevelopment: Renewing The Working
Hospital With Intermittent Funding Streams
Rejuvenating an out-of-date hospital to provide for today’s societal needs
Running a complex project with sporadic funding effectively to deliver
on-time, on budget and on scope
Tackling the challenges of operating and redeveloping a site concurrently
Amanda Cameron
Chief Operating Officer, Barwon Health
PRESENTATION:
Rapid Delivery of the Peninsula Health Mental Health Precinct
Working in a live environment, Peninsula Health’s Infant, Child and Youth
Mental Health Precinct team has used a rapid design-and-construct
model—finalising design while building—to meet ambitious timelines and
budgets. By reverse-engineering the design based on projected costs and
bringing together services and teams on one site, the project supports
more connected, accessible care. Join Trent Wreford, Principal Program
Manager – Capital Projects to explore how practical planning, collaboration,
and a clear focus on local needs can shape flexible, future-ready mental
health precinct infrastructure.
Trent Wreford
Principal Program Manager – Capital Projects, Peninsula Health
HOSPITALS
MENTAL HEALTH FACILITIES