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SUMMARY:Healthcare Surfaces Summit 2026
DESCRIPTION:Have you ever left a conference buzzing with ideas, only to watch them fizzle out in the daily grind? It’s time for a change.\nThe 2026 Healthcare Surfaces Summit, brought to you by ISSA Healthcare and the Healthcare Surfaces Institute, applies science, design, and data-driven insights to create safer, smarter healthcare environments. This highly interactive, hands-on event connects healthcare and EVS professionals, manufacturers, building service contractors (BSCs), and scientists to collaborate on real solutions that advance patient safety.  \nWhy Attend?\n\nRoll up your sleeves and engage directly with Healthcare Professionals, Manufacturers, BSCs and scientists to identify gaps and challenges and co-create solutions.\nParticipate in dialogue with a diverse group of professionals to gain a deeper understanding of the critical role environmental surfaces have in preventing HAIs.\nAnalyze current standards, testing, protocols, compatibility, durability, and IFUs for improvement.\nFacilitate lasting change by joining task forces that carry your ideas forward beyond the summit.\n\nKey Highlights\nPanel Presentations: Surface Intelligence – What It Is and How to Use It\nThis two-part panel discussion convenes cross disciplinary experts who will highlight the gaps between innovation and the challenges of real-world application.\nConnecting the Dots: High-Impact Networking Experiences\nEngage in robust networking through interactive sessions, face-to-face discussions, and relaxed cocktail-hour conversations—creating space to share ideas, spark collaborations, and build lasting relationships across the community.\nMaking Safer Choices Community of Practice | With Dr. Gavin Macgregor-Skinner\nDiscover how the Making Safer Choices Community of Practice brings together healthcare professionals, manufacturers, and facility leaders across the industry to share best practices, collaborate, and advance safer, more sustainable solutions. Learn how this growing network supports informed decision-making and drives continuous improvement.\nAgenda:\nDay 1: 8:30 am-4:45 pm\n\nSeeing the Unseen Biofilm—A Critical Issue to Address\nSurface Intelligence—What It Is and How to Use It\n\nPanel Discussions: Innovation and Solutions Perspectives from Building Service Contracting, Manufactuingr, Distribution, Infection Prevention, EVS Management, Patient Safety and Quality, Nursing, and Biomed\n\n\nLearn About Working with Task Forces – Discussion, Engagement, Solutions\nPlus Delta—What Have We Learned and Where Are We Going to Go with it?\nNetworking Cocktail Hour\n\nDay 2: 8:30 am – 11:30 am\n\nMaking Safer Choices Community of Practice\nDesigning and Implementing Measurable Solutions for Environmental Services in Patient Care Areas\nTask Force Reports\nWhere Do We Go from Here: ISSA Healthcare Initiatives\n\nDownload full schedule.\nHotel Information:\nSheraton Suites Chicago O’Hare \n6501 Mannheim Rd, Rosemont, IL 60018\nRoom Block Price: $279 USD/night\nLast Day to Book: Friday, April 24, 2026 \nBook Your Room\nSonesta Chicago O’Hare Airport Rosemont\n10233 West Higgins Road, Rosemont, IL 60018\nLast Day to Book: Friday, April 17, 2026 \nRoom Block Price: $119 USD/night\nBook Your Room\nThank you to our Sponsors\nGold Sponsor\n\nSilver Sponsors\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSupporting Sponsor\n\nInterested in Partnering with Us?\nMore than visibility, sponsorship is your gateway to cross-disciplinary collaboration and direct access to key decision makers. Contact Linda Lybert at healthcare@issa.com ( mailto:healthcare@issa.com ) to get started. Learn more here. \n
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