About this Event
Healthcare as Infrastructure: Building Climate-Smart Systems for a Resilient Future
A focused mini-conference on sustainable, digital and next-generation healthcare infrastructure
Sponsored so far by: PIC Construction Group https://picgrp.co.uk - more to follow!
Event Overview
Healthcare is rapidly evolving into a core pillar of national infrastructure, climate resilience, and energy strategy. This mini-conference brings together leaders from healthcare design, sustainable engineering, offsite construction, and digital innovation to explore how future health systems will be built, powered, and deployed. We will examine how blue and green technologies, digital twins, AI, and offsite manufacturing are shaping the next generation of healthcare estates — including exportable Kit-of-Parts facilities adaptable for global markets.
What You’ll Learn
Attendees will gain insights into:
• Healthcare’s role in national resilience, climate adaptation, and sustainable development
• How blue (water) and green (ecological) technologies drive environmental and operational performance
• Digital twins & AI for carbon modelling, predictive maintenance, and intelligent energy/water systems
• Offsite and modular construction for rapid, low-carbon, scalable healthcare delivery
• How the Kit-of-Parts approach enables globally deployable, climate-smart facilities
• Opportunities for international collaboration on high-performance, low-carbon health infrastructure
Who Should Attend
This event is ideal for:
• Government ministries & public health authorities
• International development agencies
• Healthcare designers, planners & consultants
• Sustainability, energy, and digital transformation leaders
• Offsite manufacturers & construction firms
• Global investors and infrastructure partners
Format
• Four expert presentations (15–20 minutes each)
• Panel discussion
• Interactive audience Q&A
Nick Lambert, Moderator
Our moderator and good friend Nick Lambert today brings a distinguished background in maritime leadership and strategic advisory as a Former Rear Admiral in the Royal Navy. We are in safe hands as Nick will steer us to success on the day ensuring our speakers keep on track with their 6 minute sound bite speeches.
Nick is also our speaker for our 3rd flagship event later in October https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/futurescape-2026-smart-hubs-for-a-connected-world-tickets-1864789799489?aff=ebdsoporgprofile
SPEAKER LINE UP:
1.Baroness Manzila Uddin -
Manzila Uddin is a member of British Parliament and champions women's economicempowerment and social justice. In 1998, she made history as the youngest woman, the sole Muslim, and the only Asian woman appointed as a Labour Peer until recently.
In 2005, the Prime Minister appointed her post 9/11 to lead on women, on a programme of engaging community organizations which also also addressed impact of extremism on communities. In August 2006, she remained true to her principles, signing an open letter criticising the UK’s foreign policy and the leadership of Prime Minister Tony Blair's role in taking UK to war in Iraq and continued to speak out over th decades since about the humanitarian impact of Iraq war on the Arab World. Her dedication to impacting equity and inclusion was further reflected in 2008 when she was appointed Chair of the Women's Taskforce on improving women’s participation in public life.
Baroness Manzila Uddin has been at the forefront of driving health, education as well as ethical investment agendas in war-torn regions through her work in Women’s Peace and Security.
She has chaired and is Member of the Parliamentary Group on Digital ID, Metaverse and Web3, Commonwealth, Digital Asset, Cyber Security, Saudi Arabia, Turkei, Qatar as well as a supporter of women entrepreneurs through numerous organisation including Savvitas.
Baroness Uddin remains a formidable force in support of women and children, in the UK and internationally
Subject
With extensive experience as an LBTH councillor and having served as Deputy Leader during the landmark regeneration of Canary Wharf and Bishopsgate, Baroness Uddin brings a deep understanding of the relationship between infrastructure, urban development, and community outcomes. A longstanding advocate for improved community health, she has contributed at both strategic and operational levels, including roles on the Joint Consultative Council and Community Health Council.
Her experience is further strengthened through her involvement in housing and community development, having served on the Board of Limehouse Housing Association and as Patron of Bethnal Green and Victoria Park Housing Association—offering valuable insight into the integration of housing, health, and sustainable urban environments.
2.Paul Johnson - Design and Preconstruction Director – CFES Ltd
Paul Johnson is Pre-Construction Director at CFES Ltd, a specialist healthcare construction and engineering contractor delivering complex clinical environments across the UK. With more than 20 years’ experience in healthcare design and construction internationally, Paul has worked across major hospital developments, national healthcare programmes, and rapid-deployment medical facilities.
Prior to joining CFES, Paul was a Director at Building Design Partnership (BDP), one of the UK’s largest multidisciplinary design practices. During his time at BDP he led the design of major healthcare projects, including the emergency COVID-19 response programme that delivered the NHS Nightingale Hospital at London’s ExCeL Centre, working with clinicians, engineers, contractors and the British Army to rapidly create critical-care capacity during the pandemic.
Paul specialises in the planning and delivery of complex healthcare environments, integrating architecture, engineering and construction to deliver efficient, patient-centred facilities. His work focuses on collaborative design, modern methods of construction, and the use of modular and repeatable solutions to accelerate healthcare delivery.
At CFES, Paul leads pre-construction strategy and design integration, supporting both NHS and private healthcare clients in delivering advanced clinical environments through coordinated design, engineering and construction expertise.
Subject
Offsite Manufacturing & Kit-of-Parts Facilities Enhanced by Sustainability and Digital Technologies
Offsite manufacturing and a kit-of-parts approach can significantly improve the sustainability, efficiency and scalability of healthcare infrastructure. Manufacturing components in controlled factory environments reduces waste, water consumption and embodied carbon while improving quality and consistency.
This approach also enables sustainability technologies to be integrated directly into modular components before installation, including renewable energy systems, intelligent drainage, green façades and water management infrastructure.
Kit-of-parts healthcare facilities can be designed to adapt to different climates, respond to local material availability and support rapid deployment in developing nations and remote regions.
The use of digitally enabled manufacturing, automation and AI-led quality assurance further enhances precision, efficiency and repeatability throughout the production and assembly process.
3.Joao Pedro Pinto – Associate & Lead Clinical Planner – BDP London
João Pedro Pinto is an architect at BDP, an international multidisciplinary design practice specialising in architecture, engineering, urbanism, and design for complex building programmes.
With experience across international design teams, João contributes to the delivery of innovative and sustainable built environments, working collaboratively with architects, engineers, and specialist consultants to develop integrated design solutions. His work focuses on translating strategic design concepts into practical, buildable outcomes through a rigorous and coordinated design process.
João has been involved in projects that emphasise design quality, technical integration, and environmental performance, supporting the development of resilient buildings that respond to both user needs and long-term sustainability goals. Working within BDP’s collaborative studio environment, he contributes to the practice’s commitment to creating places that improve wellbeing, support communities, and deliver lasting value for clients.
Subject
Sustainable healthcare design focuses on creating efficient, resilient environments that support patient wellbeing while reducing environmental impact. Designing adaptable and flexible healthcare facilities also helps extend building lifecycles and reduce the need for future redevelopment.
Green technologies such as green roofs and living walls can help regulate temperature and support biodiversity, while renewable energy systems including solar, wind and geothermal contribute to reducing operational carbon. The use of low-carbon materials and circular construction approaches further reduces the embodied carbon of healthcare developments.
Water management is also key, with systems such as water recycling, greywater use and sustainable drainage helping to reduce water consumption and improve resilience to flooding and extreme weather.
Sustainable strategies along with smart patient focused building design support the delivery of healthcare estates that are more sustainable, cost-efficient and resilient for the future.
4.Sam Oliver – Digital Twin Manager – CFES Ltd
Sam Oliver is Digital Twin Manager at CFES Ltd, where he leads the development and implementation of digital twin technologies across healthcare design, construction and operational environments. His work focuses on integrating building information modelling, real-time data, and intelligent analytics to support more efficient, resilient and sustainable healthcare facilities.
With a background in digital design and building information modelling, Sam previously worked on contributing to complex multidisciplinary projects and supporting the adoption of advanced digital workflows within the built environment. Through this experience he developed a strong focus on the role of data-driven design and digital integration in improving the performance and lifecycle management of buildings.
At CFES, Sam is responsible for developing digital twin strategies that connect design, construction and operational data, enabling healthcare providers to better understand building performance, optimise energy and asset management, and support predictive maintenance. His work supports the wider integration of digital technologies, modern methods of construction and systemised design approaches in the delivery of next-generation healthcare infrastructure.
Subject
Digital Twins & AI: A New Era of Intelligent, Sustainable Healthcare
Digital twin technology is transforming how healthcare facilities are designed, delivered and operated. By creating real-time, data-rich digital models of healthcare environments, digital twins allow teams to simulate and monitor building performance throughout the lifecycle of the facility.
These platforms can model energy consumption and carbon reduction strategies, analyse water management and drainage performance, and test climate resilience scenarios before they occur. They also provide valuable insights into operational aspects such as patient flow, staffing levels, maintenance planning and supply chain efficiency.
When combined with artificial intelligence, digital twins enable predictive maintenance of critical building systems, including energy, water and environmental controls. AI can also support the intelligent optimisation of heating, cooling and waste management systems while enabling automated carbon accounting across the lifecycle of a healthcare facility.
Together, digital twins and AI create a powerful digital infrastructure that supports the global standardisation of healthcare design while allowing solutions to be adapted locally. This approach enables scalable kit-of-parts healthcare models, improving delivery speed, sustainability and long-term operational performance.
5.Richard Collins – Founder of CSR-AEnabling Environmental and Social Responsibility to build ethical and caring organisations
Richard’s aim is to help improve the world for future generations, by reducing the negative impact we have on the environment and by building a better and cohesive society.
As an experienced brand strategist Richard has pursued a passion for helping companies in the public, private and third sector to promote their CSR and Sustainability efforts. Richard founded and launched CSR-A in 2019, which provides a global Environmental and Social Responsibility Accreditation Scheme. Since then, CSR-A has developed a global Sustainability Training course and Workshops, Social Impact Reporting and a CSR programme for primary and secondary schools. CSR Accreditation now operates on an international stage with partners and offices being established throughout the globe. Richard is an international key- note speaker on sustainability. To compliment this he also co-runs the International CSR Excellence Awards
He is president for the Thames Valley Chamber of Commerce ‘Bucks’ Council, a member of the Society of Leadership Fellows, a Trustee for the Wycombe Arts Centre, a Fellow of the Institute of Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability and is a senior advisor to the UK Government Policy Liaison Group (PLG) for ESG.
Subject
Building healthcare as part of national infrastructure, climate adaptationand sustainable development.
Future hospital building needs to embed net zero and climate resilience from day one.NHS strategies on decarbonisation, heat pumps, solar PV, water monitoring, biodiversity plans, and climate adaptation show the kind of practical agenda the NHS needs in new hospital and infrastructure programmes. The message is that hospital construction should no longer separate clinical design from energy, water, carbon, and resilience performance
Modern methods of construction should be paired with sustainability goals.With an emphasis on efficient estates, reduced waste, lower carbon, and smarter resource use. Modular and repeatable hospital delivery is most powerful when it is tied to measurable outcomes on carbon, water, waste, and long-term operational efficiency.
Digital infrastructure is now as important as physical infrastructure.With regard to digital twins, AI, predictive maintenance, and intelligent water and energy systems. There is a case to make is that future hospitals must be designed as intelligent assets, with digital capability built in from design through operation.
Hospital infrastructure should create social value as well as clinical capacity. NHS organisations can act as anchor institutions: creating local jobs, supporting apprenticeships, building supply chains, inspiring future workforce pathways, and strengthening communities. That is highly relevant because the next generation of NHS infrastructure should be judged not only by speed and cost of delivery, but by how it improves health, skills, opportunity, and resilience in the places it serves.
6.Adam Bland - Resilience Consultant, Leading Talent
Adam is a highly respected and experienced crisis management, resilience, and business continuity specialist, with a proven track record in establishing and embedding resilience functions across both new and established organisations. Passionate about contingency planning, response, and recovery, they bring strong leadership, communication, and programme delivery skills, underpinned by extensive experience working across the public and private sectors.
Subject
What happens when the smart hospital fails?
As hospitals become more digital and connected, they also become more vulnerable.
Healthcare as Critical Infrastructure
Hospitals are now critical national infrastructure—any failure impacts lives, systems, and wider stability.
Key Risks
• Cyber & Digital: Increased connectivity brings greater exposure to outages and attacks
• Climate & Infrastructure: Extreme weather is placing growing pressure on ageing systems
• Modular Delivery: Speed and scale must be balanced with long-term resilience
Closing: Resilience = Exercised Capability
Resilience isn’t theoretical—it must be tested, proven, and operational.
👉 The future of healthcare must be not just smart, but secure and resilient.
Why This Matters
Healthcare estates are now energy assets, climate-adaptation tools, and community anchors. Integrating sustainable design, digital intelligence, and modular construction is essential to creating resilient, efficient, and future-proof health systems worldwide.
Join us to explore the technologies and strategies shaping the next generation of global healthcare infrastructure.
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The Royal Automobile Club, 89 Pall Mall, London, United Kingdom
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