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World Congress 2014


10th Design & Health World Congress, Toronto 2014

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Click to download the Final Programme

The 10th Design & Health World Congress & Exhibition took place at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel, from9-13th July, 2014.

Click on the image to download a copy of the final programme and on the presentation titles below to download PDF copies of all of the speaker's presentations.

The Scientific Posters that were displayed during the Exhibition are available to view and download here.

A slideshow of images from the congress are also available for you to download here.




Programme Day 1 (Wednesday 9 July, 2014)

Pre-congress Symposium:

Healthy Cities 2013: Reshaping the Supply Chain to Improve Health and Quality of Life


Keynote: Making Cities Good Places to Grow Older
How to make the most of opportunities for collaboration across disciplines
Dr Heather McKay, director, Centre for Hip Health and Mobility (Canada)


Healthy Communities: A discussion of ideas for how to encourage healthy development and healthy activities
Dan Leeming, partner, The Planning Partnership; adjunct professor, University of Guelph
Dr Gillian Booth, scientist, the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St Michael's Hospital
Dennis A Kar, associate transportation planner, Dillon Consulting

Interior Design's Impact on Health and Community: The role interior designers play in strategies that affect productivity, happiness, innovation and wellbeing
Rita Carson Guest, president and director of design, Carson Guest
Lisa Fulford-Roy, senior vice-president, HOK

Panel: Healthy Neighbourhoods: Towards Civic and Institutional Maturity?
Integrating mental health facilities into neighbourhoods
Alice Liang, partner, Montgomery Sisam (Canada)
Ian Sinclair, vice-president, facilities & capital development, Bridgepoint Health (Canada)
Michael McClelland, founding partner, ERA Architects (Canada)
Frank Lewinberg, partner, Urban Strategies (Canada)

Healthy Buildings: Improving the Quality of the Workplace
Becky Upfold, director, SmartCommute, Metrolinx (Canada)
Antonio Gomez-Palacio, DIALOG (Canada)
David Hoffman, general manager, TD Centre (Canada)



Programme Day 2 (Thursday 10 July, 2014)

Session 1: Introduction: Visions, Challenges and Strategies for Health

Keynote Address: Facilitating Research and Innovation in Ontario
The Honourable Dr Reza Moridi, Minister of Research and Innovation

The Salutogenic Approach on Healthcare and Policy
Alan Dilani (Sweden)

Designing Healthy Communities
Richard Jackson (USA)

Session 2: Healthy Cities by Design in North America

The Atlanta Beltline: Creating Healthy and Sustainable Communities
Ryan Gravel (USA)

Ageing in Place: Retrofitting Canada’s Suburbs
Glenn Miller (Canada)

Design and Health in Non-programmed Spaces in Buildings and Cities

David Sisam (Canada)

Toronto – A Healthy City?
Gordon Stratford/Kevin Katigbak (Canada)

Session 3: The Impact of Healthcare & Urban Design on Wellbeing

Can the Design and Architecture of Public Spaces Cause Health?
Tye Farrow (Canada)

Improving Health and Community: Reconstructing the Village Ecology
Amos Caspi (Canada)

Improving Patient and Staff Experience in A&E
Kelly Pollard (UK)

Designing Hospitals in an Urban Revitalisation Context
Stéphane Vermeulen (Belgium)

A Salutogenic Approach for Designing Healthcare Environments
Sharon Woodworth (USA)

Session 4: Innovation in Procurement, Delivery & Design

The Innovative Design of St Olav Hospital in Trondheim – From Vision to Reality
Ragnhild Aslaksen (Norway)

Reverse Innovation: New Ideas for US Healthcare Buildings
Walt Vernon (USA)

PPP in Global Healthcare: New Models and Better Outcomes
Kenneth Schwarz (USA)

The Evolving PPP Delivery Model
J Jeter/J Kresimon/R Hicks (USA/Germany/Australia)


Programme Day 3 (Friday 11 July, 2014)

Keynote Speaker: The Economic Challenges and Demands for Health
Dr Ray Pentecost (USA)

Session 5: Learning from Africa: Innovation in Low-Middle Income Countries

Affordability for Good Health in Africa
Massoud Shaker (South Africa)

Designing a Salutogenic Teaching Hospital in Ethiopia
Melinda Lehman/Gerald Puchlik (USA)

Impact of Daylight and External Views on Recovery
Ahmed Sherif (Egypt)

Session 6: Access to Art and Nature to Promote Community Health

The Salutogenic City
Clare Cooper Marcus (USA)

Healthy Communities: Transforming the Shopping Mall
Stephen Verderber (Canada)

Neural Correlates of Nature Stimuli
Debajyoti Pati (USA)

How Artwork can Reinforce the Salutogenic Theory in Healthcare
Dominic Pote (UK)

Session 7: Innovative Design for the Elderly and Children

The Innovation Imperative in Residential Care
William Reichman (Canada)

Optimal Environment Design for People with Dementia
Deb Bryson/Frances Morton-Chang (Canada)

Salutogenic Design of a Children’s Treatment Centre
Lynne Wilson Orr/Robert Hofmann (Canada)

Interactive Media Reduces Waiting Anxiety at a Paediatric Rehabilitation Hospital

Elaine Biddiss (Canada)

Session 8: The Impact of the Physical Environment on Mental Health

Challenges and Innovation in Mental Health
Catherine Zahn (Canada)

The Built Environment and Schizophrenia: A New Perspective
Jan Golembiewski (Australia)

Designing Positive and Supportive Mental Health Spaces
Mary Potter Forbes/Ian Forbes (Australia)

Three Downtown Hospitals and Three Mental Health Facilities
Guela Solow-Ruda (Canada)


Programme Day 4 (Saturday 12 July, 2014)

Session 9: Evaluating Healthy and Sustainable Built Environments

Changing the Paradigm for Behavioural Health
Whitney Gray/Timothy M Rommel (USA)

Collaborative User Engagement: The Nanaimo Regional General Hospital

Bruce Raber/Ray Pradinuk (Canada)

Sustainable Procurement: The University of California San Francisco
Alisdair McGregor/Raj Daswani (USA)

Session 10: Healthcare Planning Processes, Tools & Research

Integrated Design Approaches for Adults with Diverse Intellectual Disabilities
Angela Bourne (Canada)

Where Research Meets Design
Thomas Harvey (USA)

The Globalisation of Research-informed Design in Healthcare
Mardelle McCuskey Shepley/Yilin Song (USA)

Session 11: Post-Occupancy Evaluation Methodologies To Improve Health

Graphical Methodologies to Support Pre- and Post-occupancy Evaluation
Cheryl Atkinson (Canada)

Tools, Guidelines and Evaluation Methodologies for Healthcare Facilities in China
Gelun (China)

Lessons Learned from a Pre-occupancy Evaluation of a New Mental Health Facility
Catherine Ahern/Karen Langstaff (Canada)

Form Follows Function: Improving Health Service Architecture

Peter Jones (Canada)

Session 12: Panel Discussion with Ministries of Health

Dr Robert Bell, Deputy Minister of Health, Ontario Ministry of Health, Canada
Dr Pham Le Tuan, Deputy Minister of Health of Vietnam
Dr Nguyen Quang Tuan, Director, Hanoi Heart Hospital, Vietnam
Dr Massoud Shaker, Special Advisor to Health Minister of South Africa
Dr Rang Noory Shawis, Special Advisor to Prime Minister of Kurdistan Regional Government




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