Tania Davies, COO at the Institute of Healthcare Engineering and Estate Management (IHEEM), has played a central role in transforming the Institute and supporting its members through some of the industry’s biggest challenges. In conversation with HEJ, she discusses the future of Healthcare Estates, IHEEM’s sustainability drive, inspiring the next generation of engineers, and why collaboration remains key to future success.
The programme is really good this year — we've got some great keynotes. For me, one of the nicest things is that one of our keynotes is going to be two young people — one of whom won our Innovation in Wellbeing and Healthcare Engineering Award as part of The Big Bang Competition, and the other was the EngineeringUK's Young Engineer of the Year. I'm very excited about seeing both of them present.
New to the closing session this year will be our IHEEM Branch Awards, to be presented to the 'Champion of Champions' of each branch, which is a change in format from previous years. There'll be networking with canapes and drinks for people at the awards, giving a chance for members to share updates and how things are likely to move forward.
For me more broadly, it's all about the networking — that's the most exciting bit. Walking through and not quite realising just how many people you know on all the stands. It's probably the best networking opportunity within the whole industry.
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