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Healthcare Surfaces Summit 2026
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.
Welcome to the Healthcare Surfaces Summit
This isn’t your typical sit-and-listen event. It’s a catalyst for real change in healthcare. Here’s what makes our summit different:
- Action-Oriented: We don’t just talk about issues – we identify and work on projects to create strategies aimed at increasing patient safety in healthcare environments.
- Collaborative Environment: Join a diverse group of healthcare experts, industry leaders, and scientists to tackle critical surface cleanability issues.
- Lasting Impact: Form working task forces that continue throughout the year, ensuring your ideas translate into real-world strategies for improvement.
Key Goals:
- Share, debate, and identify gaps and projects that address key issues
- Identify needed research projects
- Develop actionable strategies for improvement and form working task forces for the year
Day & Time:
Two-Day Event Course:
Tuesday, May 5, 2026
Wednesday, May 6, 2026
Hotel Information:
Sheraton Suites Chicago O’Hare
6501 Mannheim Rd, Rosemont, IL 60018
Room block coming soon.
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For inquries about group ordering, please contact the event organizer.
Speaker
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Linda LybertExecutive Director, Healthcare Surfaces Institute (HSI)Linda Lybert is the Founder and Executive Director of the Healthcare Surfaces Institute (HSI), now a division of ISSA, where she also leads the newly established ISSA Healthcare Division. With 27 years of experience in the healthcare industry, Linda is a nationally recognized expert in infection prevention, with a specialized focus on the role surfaces play in the transmission of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs).
She developed the Seven Aspects of Surface Selection©, a groundbreaking framework that addresses the complex factors influencing surface safety and hygiene in healthcare environments. Her work has consistently emphasized the need for a multidisciplinary approach, uniting professionals from infection prevention, materials science, design, and healthcare operations.
To address the fragmented efforts across the industry, Linda founded HSI with a board of global experts, creating the first collaborative dedicated solely to surface-related challenges in healthcare. Under her leadership, the Institute has become a hub for research, education, and innovation aimed at reducing HAIs through improved surface design, selection, and maintenance.
In 2024, HSI merged with ISSA, and Linda is now spearheading the development of the ISSA Healthcare Division, which provides strategic guidance, training, and resources to healthcare professionals, manufacturers, and building service providers focused on healthcare environmental hygiene.
