Nirit Pilosof, PhD, is an architect and researcher exploring the intersection of healthcare, technology and architecture. She is a Faculty member at the Coller School of Management, Tel Aviv University, and an Associate of Cambridge Judge Business School (CJBS) at the University of Cambridge in the UK. She is also Head of research in healthcare transformation at Sheba Medical Center, a Fellow of Cambridge Digital Innovation (CDI) at the University of Cambridge, and the Executive Member of Israel at the International Union of Architects (UIA) Public Health Group. Dr Pilosof holds a PhD from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, a Post-Professional MArch from McGill University, and an Evidence-Based Design Accreditation and Certification (EDAC) from the Center for Health Design in the USA. She gained experience in the design process of major medical facilities as a project manager at leading architecture firms in Israel and Canada and won international awards, including the prestigious American Institute of Architects (AIA) Academy of Architects for Health Award, the American Hospital Association (AHA) graduate fellowship, the McGill graduate fellowship and the Azrieli Foundation fellowship.

John Cole, an architect and health design champion, is an honorary professor at the School of Planning, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Queen's University Belfast. John retired in June 2013 from the role of deputy secretary and chief estates officer DHSSPS (2008-2013), having previously acted as chief executive of the Health Estates Agency (2003-2008). During that period, he was responsible for the oversight and implementation of in excess of £3 billion of capital expenditure, covering the full range of health and social care facilities – from major regional centres of excellence and new acute hospitals, to community hospitals, mental health facilities and primary and community health buildings. John is currently procurement champion for RIBA and was IMPACT assessor in REF2014. John's involvement at Queen's University Belfast's School of Planning, Architecture and Civil Engineering will strengthen its expertise in healthcare design and procurement systems that support design quality across public-sector buildings. John's inaugural professorial lecture, 'Architecture: the art of healing', was given on 19 November 2014. From 2008 to 2012, John was chairman of the European Health Property Network, and in 2013, the Queen appointed him as a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) for his contribution to the development of health infrastructure.

Liesbeth van Heel studied Facility Management and Business Economics. Healthcare and complex organisations always had her interest. She worked in the FM department, was an administrator at the department of Paediatric Surgery, and supported the Executive Board of Erasmus MC as the junior Board secretary, before joining the project management team developing a newly built hospital in 2001. She combined the role of project secretary for this 20-year endeavour with leading a small expertise team (PMO) within the Real Estate directorate. In 2014, she left this management position to direct her focus to the co-ordinating effort to align the various strategic programmes within Erasmus MC towards the preparations for a safe relocation to the newly built hospital building, with fitting work processes, logistics and IT-support, as the programme secretary for the Our New Erasmus MC (ONE) programme organisation. Liesbeth’s special attention has always been directed towards patients’ needs, stakeholder engagement and creating a "healing environment", using (inter)nationally acquired evidence and experience-based design knowledge. She propagates knowledge sharing and network building for 'informed clients' in the Netherlands and beyond. In April 2026, she will defend her PhD thesis on stakeholder engagement in the transformative process for a newly built hospital. Since 2020, she is a Board member of the European Health Property Network (EuHPN). In 2022, she chaired the Organizing Committee of the 5th Architecture, Research, Care & Health (ARCH) conference in Delft and Rotterdam. Since 2023, she has co-ordinated a ‘living lab’ for bachelor students of the Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences within the Real Estate directorate. In June 2025, she received the Susan Francis Design Champion award at the European Healthcare Design conference in London. In 2025-2026, she is also working as a visiting research fellow with the “Next Generation HealthScapes” theme at the Pufendorf Institute of Lund University, Sweden.

Tom Best MBE, MD is Clinical director / Intensivist at King’s College Hospital, UK.

David Allison FAIA, FACHA is an alumni distinguished professor and has served as the director of graduate studies in architecture + health [A+H] at Clemson University since 1990. His teaching, research and scholarship involve the study of relationships between health, healthcare and the built environment. The A+H programme at Clemson is nationally recognised for its focused curriculum and emphasis on design excellence within the discipline of healthcare architecture. It is committed to the integration of innovative design with academic scholarship and research in healthcare environments and healthy community planning and design, and it has won numerous national and international programme and student awards for its work under Professor Allison’s direction. Professor Allison is also a licensed architect in South and North Carolina. He is a board certified, founding member and fellow of the American College of Healthcare Architects [ACHA], currently serves as 2025 president on the ACHA Board of Regents, and received its Lifetime Achievement Award in 2019. He was selected in 2007 as one of “Twenty making a difference” nationally by Healthcare Design Magazine and identified again in 2009, 2010 and 2012 by a national poll conducted by the magazine as “one of the most influential people in healthcare design.” Design Intelligence Magazine named him one of the nation's 30 most admired design educators in 2013-14 and again in 2019. He was also recently recognised as the Center for Health Design 2019 Changemaker.

Göran Lindahl PhD is an architect and Professor at Chalmers University of Technology in Goteborg, Sweden, Adjunct Associate Professor of Tampere University of Technology in Tampere, Finland, and visiting professor at Politecnico di Milano. He has 35 years’ experience working across academia and the AEC (architecture, engineering, construction) sector – among this, for example, eight years with the City of Gothenburg facilities planning department. Dr Lindahl is Director of the Centre for Healthcare Architecture (CVA) where he focuses on the planning of hospitals and other healthcare facilities through his understanding of healthcare processes and the strategies of the facility providers. Integrating approaches and transdisciplinary research is a strong aspect of his work. Previous projects include evaluations of usability of hospitals in Sweden and abroad, and educational aspects of clinical and non-clinical environments. He is currently involved with projects concerning design dialogues, maternity wards, health promotion in hospitals, real estate issues related to demographic changes, housing for the elderly and information management in healthcare construction projects. Dr Lindahl is author of 150+ publications, a keen reviewer and engaged in the development of knowledge and evidence relevant to practice.

Sunand Prasad is a principal at Perkins&Will. While designing across several sectors, he has been consistently engaged in healthcare and sustainability for four decades. At the core of his architectural practice, alongside interdisciplinary collaboration, Sunand holds a passionate belief that expertise and aesthetic judgement are most effective in creating truly successful environments when they are catalysed by the everyday experience of people. Sunand has been active in the wider built environment industry, particularly championing low-carbon, regenerative design, and until recently, as chair of the UK Green Building Council. He was President of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) from 2007 to 2009, campaigning for action on climate change. He was founding member of the UK Government’s Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment; a London Mayor’s design advocate; a trustee of the Centre for Cities; and Chair of the trustees of Article 25, the humanitarian architecture charity. He currently chairs the Editorial Board of the Journal of Architecture and the External Advisory Board of TRUUD, a major research project on the fundamental links between health and urban development. He has written widely on architecture, sustainability and healthcare design, such as the book 'Changing Hospital Architecture'.

Ganesh is an intensive care consultant with a specialist interest in leadership, service design and development. He is Honorary secretary and forthcoming President-elect of the Intensive Care Society.

Dr. Sozener practices as clinical professor in the Emergency Department and Emergency Critical Care Center at the University of Michigan. With fellowship training in the care of neurologically injured patients, he also serves as a member of the stroke and telestroke teams. He leads multiple departmental and institutional initiatives; all aimed at improving operational efficiency and quality clinical care. He is the co-director of the Michigan Comprehensive Stroke Program and associate director of the Michigan Telestroke Program. In addition to rich hospital operations experience, his passion is in lean facility design and the intersection of healthcare engineering, operations, technology and patient safety. He is one of a very small number of practicing physicians internationally with EDAC credentials. As co-principal of Emerging Healthcare Design, the consulting firm he co-founded, Cemal utilizes his extensive clinical and lean operational expertise to optimize care delivery models and design facilities to enhance efficiency, staff satisfaction and improve clinical care.

Charmaine joined Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust as chief estates and facilities officer in March 2024. Prior to this, Charmaine worked at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, where, most recently she was director of estates, facilities and capital development, having joined OUH in 2018. Among many highlights in her previous role, Charmaine led on delivering an award-winning 48-bed critical care new building. She began her NHS career at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust in 2010 before joining Mace’s public-sector consultancy team in 2013, predominantly supporting NHS trusts with delivery of major capital business cases and programmes of work. Charmaine is a qualified architect and has a masters in leadership and management.