ASPiH Conference 2026
25 November 2026 – 27 November 2026
Harrogate Convention Centre, Harrogate, United Kingdom
The 17th ASPiH Annual Conference, organised by the Association for Simulated Practice in Healthcare (ASPiH), brings together professionals, simulationists, commercial colleagues and students across health and social care. The 2026 theme is 'Simulation: The Next Era', and the programme includes an X-perience Day of collaborative Special Interest Group workshops on 25 November, followed by two days of keynotes, oral and poster presentations, workshops, SIG meetings and an exhibition.
373 sessions · 281 speakers
Organisers (2)
Sponsors (7)
Adam Rouilly · Laerdal · SimConverse · 3B Scientific · Oxford Medical Simulation · Limbs & Things · Gaumard
Supporting Partners (2)
HealthySimulation.com · SimZine
Speakers (281)
- Andrea Ellner
- Radha Brown
- Ana Carolina del Pozo
- Rachel Cavill
- Charles Everard Head of Faculty Technical Learning & Support/GLASC Technical Director, University of Greenwich
- Alex Parker
- Asli Ucyigit
- Clare Crowley
- Clare Hawker
- Hana Woods
- Issra Ibrahim
- Joanna Morley
- Sharon Weldon University of Greenwich
- Dara Byrne National Clinical Lead for Simulation, Professor of Simulation, Health Service Executive and University of Galway
- Pedro Cartaxo Cintra Critical Care Registered Nurse, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona
- Aby Mitchell Kings College London
- Ayesha Sithirapathy
- Caterina Begliardi Ghidini
- Chelsea Walton
- Colette Laws-Chapman Guys and St Thomas Hospital
- Deborah Glennie
- Fernando Salvetti
- Helen Dring-Turner
- Jacqueline Yip
- Jennifer Trafford
- Karl Holden
- Kirsty Stephenson
- Lauren Hetherington
- Lauren Philpott University of Greenwich
- Leah Greene
- Leonardo Bareli
- Madeleine McKernan
- Moath Naim Ahmad Abusheikha
- Naomi Shiner Keele University
- Natalie Gallagher
- Philippa Mallon
- Rhian Bold
- Sadie Sullivan
- Saqlain Hussain
- Sara Oxbury Ellis
- Sarah-Jayne Rowe
- Scarlet Herbertson
- Sharon Cassidy
- Signe Hassan
- Simran Dhugga
- Tunav Sehgal
- Vanessa Farnan
- Soledad Armijo-Rivera Professor, Universidad del Desarrollo
- Aala Farah
- Abigail Green
- Ahalya Malachira
- Ahmed Mostafa
- Alexa Sienes
- Alexander Symonds
- Alexandra Clark
- Amanda Leese
- Amanda Wilford University of Staffordshire
- Ana Sofia Antunes Costa Santos
- Andrew Galbraith
- Andrew McNutt
- Andrew Santos
- Andy Buttery University of Greenwich
- Anita Banerjee Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
- Ann Sunderland
- Annabel Healey
- Anne-Marie Borneuf
- Annie Rees
- Ansel Godinho
- Aoife Doherty
- Arjun Vyas
- Arwa Hagana
- Aseelah Alnazawi
- Ash Riddington
- Ava Zamani
- Avinash Das
- Aya Amir
- Beatrice Lofthouse
- Beatriz Domingues
- Behnam Jafari Kings College London
- Billiejoan Rice
- Bridie Jones
- Cara Fallon
- Carmel Fitzsimons Middlesex University
- Caroline Neveu City St Georges University of London
- Catherine Foster
- Catherine Roets
- Catrin Byrne
- Charlie Reid
- Charlotte Bates
- Charlotte Green
- Chinwendu 'Wendy' Wokoma
- Chloe Remo Oxford Medical Simulation
- Chris Kowalski University of Oxford
- Ciara White
- Clair Graham
- Claire Brattle
- Claire Lloyd-Davies
- Clare Lord-Hatton
- Cola Chen
- Cristina Diaz-Navarro Royal College of Anaesthetists
- Cristine Sortica Da Costa
- Dan Hufton NHS Forth Valley
- Dan Paschoud
- Dana Kelly
- Daniel Carter
- David Holland
- Dean Walker
- Debra Nestel Monash University; University of Melbourne
- Devni Edirisinghe
- Diego Olmo-Ferrer Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals
- Dominic Maxfield
- Eddie Caldow
- Edward Mellanby Royal College of Anaesthetists
- Edward Tyrell
- Egle Mattar
- Eirini Kasfiki
- Ekta Sahu Sahu
- Eleanor Wreford
- Elham Karimi
- Ellen Patterson
- Ellie Bebee
- Ellie Forbes
- Emer Lodge
- Emily Scott
- Emma Mellors
- Emma Vickers
- Enida Hoxha
- Eric Richardson
- Erin Bergin
- Eshe Douglas-Winchester
- Esther O'Flaherty
- Eva Rooney
- Evelyn Shennaike
- Evgenia Kovryga
- Fiona Suthers Middlesex University
- Gabriel Reedy King's College London
- Gabriele Ortu
- Gemma Blaza
- Gemma Matthews
- George Turner
- Georgina Clarke
- Graham Messitt
- Haitham Ahmed
- Hannah Garrity
- Harriet Welch
- Harry Brown University of Gloucestershire
- Harry Nuttall
- Helen Anderson
- Helen Beaumont Waters
- Helen Fowler
- Himani Limbu
- Jack Mansfield
- Jacqueline Bowers-Clark
- James Allsopp
- James Oldham
- James Stoker
- Jane Priest
- Jane Roome Kent and Medway Primary Care School
- Janelle Chicilo
- Jayne Thompson
- Jen Wei Lee
- Jenny Dobbin
- Jenny Houston
- Jessamy Reece
- Jessica Clappison
- Jessica Webster
- Joanne Stock
- Joe Hocking
- Joe Varrasso Kiedimi Ltd.
- Jon Turvey
- Jonathan Spann
- Jorge Costa
- Jorge Lopes Ramos
- Josephine Hodson
- Josephine Valsa Jose
- Joshua Whittaker NHSE Midlands WT&E
- Josie Hodson
- Joss Digweed
- Julie Mardon
- Julie Turner
- Julien Greggio
- Junha Kang
- Karen McIntosh
- Katarzyna Koniuszaniec
- Katherine Batley-Heath
- Katherine Williamson
- Kathryn Proudfoot
- Katie Pavoni University of London
- Keith Bromwich Buckinghamshire New University
- Ken Spearpoint
- Kim Carreira Gaumard
- Kimberley Kirkbright
- Kirsty Clayton
- Kisten Howson Maudsley Learning
- Krishaan B Ravintharan
- Kubra Boza
- Kumi DeCosta Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
- Laura Bellamy
- Lauren Medwell
- Lawrence Hill
- Leisle Ezekiel Ezekiel
- Liam Rudd
- Lisa Merrett
- Liz Leggott
- Lorna Barton
- Lorraine Whatley Oxford Brookes University
- Lucia van den Boogaart Castro
- Lucie Collinge
- Lucy Murrell
- Luke Cox
- Lyndsey Evans
- Lynn Hardie
- Lynsey McLeish Buckinghamshire New University
- Marc Handford
- Marianne Markowski
- Martin Duffy Belfast HSC Trust
- Mary Taylor-Coldwell
- Matthew Moon
- Megan Docksey
- Megan Stride
- Melissa Owens
- Menaka Jegatheesan
- Mervat Elyas
- Michael Moneypenny
- Michael Papadopoulous
- Michelle Keag
- Mohammed Almarhabi
- Mohammed Taiyyib Arshad
- Moncef Seddiki
- Nathan Oliver Canberra University
- Navdeep Bilkhu
- Neil Kinnear
- Nicholas Peres Torbay & South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
- Nicole Harder University of Manitoba
- Nicole Pollock
- Nomonde Kunene
- Olaoluwa Bolujoko
- Oliver Hodson
- Olivia Bates
- Olivia Cole
- Oonagh McCloy
- Oriana Bezzina
- Paul Bowie University of Glasgow
- Pearlene Antoine-Pitterson
- Pearly Leow Zi May
- Peter Dieckmann
- Phil Gurnett
- Philippa Slater
- Rachel Purcell
- Rajesh Lall
- Rebecca Casey
- Robyn Stiger
- Ronnie Carreira Gaumard
- Rukiye Kokkiz
- Ruth O'Dowd
- Sabrina Alam
- Sam Rogers
- Samantha Burns
- Samantha Phillis
- Sami Nour
- Sara Morgan
- Sarah Alvi
- Sarah Fathima
- Sean Pellow
- Shreevatsa Udupa
- Sini John
- Sophia Chow
- Sophie Birch
- Sophie Mounouchos
- Sylvain Bouchigny
- Tendayi Hove
- Tor Inge Garvik Laerdal
- Ushani Siriwardena
- Vicky Meighan Emergency Medicine SIG (Co-chair)
- Victoria Gray
- Victoria Tay
- Zahra Rahim
- Zoé Andersen-Lawrence
- Alison Phillips Patient & Public Advocate
- Angela O'Dea Senior Lecturer in Patient Safety, Human Factors and Simulation, University of Galway
- Paul O'Connor Personal Professor, School of Medicine, University of Galway
Agenda
Showing 80 of 373 sessions.
- Writing Retreat @ASPiH2026 with editors-in-chief of healthcare simulation journals 25 November 2026 · Queen Suite Room 1
- Reimagining Simulation Education: Debriefing, Higher Education, Students & Faculty Development – A Collaborative Exploration 25 November 2026 · Queen Suite Room 2
- Designing Safer Systems Through Simulation Technology: Human Factors, XR/AI, Maternity, Paramedics & Paediatrics – A Collaborative Exploration 25 November 2026 · Queen Suite Room 7
- Future-Proofing Simulation Practice: Technicians, Sustainability, Emergency Medicine & Pharmacy – A Collaborative Approach 25 November 2026 · Queen Suite Room 8
- From strategy to action: Developing people, practice and our simulation community 25 November 2026 · Queen Suite Room 9
- Simulation for Culture & Systems Change: Transformative Simulation, Co-production, Primary Care & Mental Health – A Collaborative Approach 25 November 2026 · Queen Suite Room 3
- ASPiH 2026 Welcome 26 November 2026 · Auditorium
- Keynote: Simulation from Southern Latitudes: Rethinking Resources, Equity and Impact in Healthcare 26 November 2026 · Auditorium
- COSpPs SIG Meeting 26 November 2026 · Queen Suite 1
- Driving Healthcare Improvement Through Translational Simulation 26 November 2026 · Crown Suite (42)
- Being in the Same Room Is Not Enough: Experience How Transformative Simulation Makes Diverse Voices Matter 26 November 2026 · Queen Suite 9
- Scaling Simulation Anytime, Anywhere through Expert Simulation-based Educators + Faculty + Student Co-production 26 November 2026 · Queen Suite 7
- Colette's Great Escape 26 November 2026 · Exhibition Hall C
- Exploring the Ethics of Simulating Mental Illness 26 November 2026 · Queen Suite 2
- Designing Real-Time, Emotionally Intelligent Healthcare Simulations with AI-Driven Conversational Avatars 26 November 2026 · Queen Suite 8
- Simulation- based evaluation of Operational Systems and Processes during the Pre- Opening Phase of Community Hospital Theatres to ensure service readiness. 26 November 2026 · Queen Suite 4
- ASPiH Dragons' Den (Closed Session) 26 November 2026
- From Standards to Submission: Applying the 10 Steps to ASPiH Organisational Accreditation 26 November 2026 · Queen Suite 5
- From Classroom to Crisis: using immersive VR to Transform Major Incident Triage Training 26 November 2026 · Queen Suite 3
- The Escape Womb 26 November 2026 · Auditorium
- Enhancing Medication Safety Competence: A Simulation-Based Approach to Patient Safety Incident Investigation for Final-Year Nursing Students 26 November 2026 · Auditorium
- Limbs & Things Product Launch 26 November 2026 · Exhibition Hall C
- Optimising Emergency Thrombolysis Preparedness for Acute Pulmonary Embolism Through Simulation-Based Education: A Two-Cycle Quality Improvement Study. 26 November 2026 · Queen Suite 4
- Interprofessional In situ simulation to improve the Neonatal– Surgical Interface 26 November 2026 · Queen Suite 4
- Defusing the Pressure: A multi-site tertiary provider’s interprofessional maternity simulation delivered in collaboration with a specialist maternity organisation 26 November 2026 · Auditorium
- Debrief Inception: Using Layered Simulation to Train Emergency Clinicians in Hot Debriefing 26 November 2026 · Auditorium
- From Single-Site to System-Wide: Expanding Stress Testing the Neonatal Major Haemorrhage Across Non-Co-Located Hospital Services 26 November 2026 · Queen Suite 4
- Keynote Podcast 26 November 2026 · Exhibition Hall C
- MEDREG: a simulation approach to preparing internal medicine trainees for transition to the medical registrar role 26 November 2026 · Auditorium
- Identifying and reducing resuscitation risks during building maintenance via transformative simulation. 26 November 2026 · Queen Suite 4
- Establishing a Simulation-Based Education Service in an Irish Model 3 Hospital: From Inception to Systems-Probing Simulation 26 November 2026 · Auditorium
- Hidden labour in simulation: supporting simulated participants in emotionally demanding roles 26 November 2026 · Queen Suite 4
- A Simulation-Based Multidisciplinary Training Initiative to Enhance Pre-Hospital and Maternity Teamworking in Community Obstetric and Neonatal Emergencies 26 November 2026 · Auditorium
- Using Simulation and Healthcare Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (HFMEA) to Identify Latent Safety Threats During the Building and Commissioning of a New Three-Floor Hospital Wing 26 November 2026 · Queen Suite 4
- Paediatrics SIG Meeting 26 November 2026 · Queen Suite 1
- Improving recognition and escalation of the deteriorating patient through human factors simulation: development and system-wide implementation of the ATHENS (Assessment, Treatment, Human Factors, Escalation and NEWS monitoring in Simulation) programme across a regional NHS partnership following a serious patient safety incident. 26 November 2026 · Auditorium
- From Incident Reports to Simulation Design: A Thematic Analysis of Patient Safety Incidents in a Mental Health Trust. 26 November 2026 · Queen Suite 4
- Introduction to SimStars 26 November 2026 · Exhibition Hall C
- Affiliate Meeting 26 November 2026 · Queen Suite 1
- Strategy talks 26 November 2026 · Exhibition Hall C
- Meet HAL S5301: Conversational AI, Responsive Physiology and Mixed Reality 26 November 2026 · Crown Suite
- ASPiH Dragons' Den (Closed Session) 26 November 2026
- Virtual Simulation in Postgraduate Healthcare Education: Definition, Models, Potential Emerging AI-Technologies and Applications in Emergency Medicine: A Scoping Review 26 November 2026 · Queen Suite 4
- Towards Neurodiversity-Inclusive Simulation: Applying the INCLUDE Framework and 5P Toolkit 26 November 2026 · Queen Suite 3
- Simulation Suite to Countywide Reach: Livestreaming interactive healthcare simulations 26 November 2026 · Auditorium
- A Delicate Balance: Considering the Boundaries of Psychological Safety in Emotionally Charged Simulations 26 November 2026 · Queen Suite 8
- From Intention to Design: Building Transformative Simulation in Practice 26 November 2026 · Queen Suite 5
- Tech SIG Meeting 26 November 2026 · Queen Suite 1
- SimConverse Presentation 26 November 2026 · Exhibition Hall C
- Transforming Communication and Decision-Making in Healthcare through AI-Enhanced Simulation 26 November 2026 · Queen Suite 2
- Shaping the future of anaesthesiology simulation. The ESAIC and RCOS perspectives. 26 November 2026 · Queen Suite 9
- Bridging Medicine and Law: Navigating your role as a witness in court 26 November 2026 · Queen Suite 7
- Sequential simulation for developing awareness of transitional patient care in undergraduate Master of Pharmacy (MPharm) students 26 November 2026 · Auditorium
- Keynote Podcast: Charles Everard 26 November 2026 · Exhibition Hall C
- Filling A Fidelity Gap: Upcycling Equipment To Create Bespoke Simulators 26 November 2026 · Queen Suite 4
- From opportunistic Events to Integrated Learning: Developing a Coordinated Simulation Programme in a Large Children’s Hospital 26 November 2026 · Auditorium
- Human Factors in Clinical Practice: Development of a Simulation-Based Training Day for Senior Medical Trainees in an NHS Trust 26 November 2026 · Auditorium
- Utilising 360-Degree Virtual Reality Simulation for Intravitreal Injection Training: A Mixed-Methods Evaluation of Perceptions and Knowledge Acquisition in Novice Medical Students 26 November 2026 · Queen Suite 4
- Enhancing Reflection from Simulation: Developing an AI Tool in Nursing Education 26 November 2026 · Auditorium
- TinyDocs Talk: On-Demand Audio Simulation Supporting Paediatric ST 1 & ST 3 Interview Preparation for International Graduates 26 November 2026 · Queen Suite 4
- ASPiH Dragons' Den (Closed Session) 26 November 2026
- From variability to consistency: implementing a digital training framework for simulated participants 26 November 2026 · Auditorium
- Generative AI vs Education Fellow: Who Creates Better Simulation Scenarios? 26 November 2026 · Queen Suite 4
- “Paeds Made SIMple”: A Needs-driven Multidisciplinary Simulation Programme to Improve Confidence in Acute Paediatric Care 26 November 2026 · Auditorium
- Using translation simulation to build a hospital – Presentation from Dr Natalie Gallagher 26 November 2026 · Exhibition Hall C
- Getting behind the headset: a mixed methods study to explore clinical reasoning in virtual reality simulation. 26 November 2026 · Queen Suite 4
- SPARK at 10: Strengthening Simulation Practice Through Networking, Shared Learning and Collaboration 26 November 2026 · Queen Suite 4
- From Paper To Practice: The Use Of Documentation Simulation To Prepare Final Year Medical Students For FY1 26 November 2026 · Auditorium
- Sustainability SIG Meeting 26 November 2026 · Queen Suite 1
- Exploring the New 2026 ASPE Human Simulation Standards of Practice with ASPE Leaders 26 November 2026 · Queen Suite 3
- Developing simulation educator competence through an international blended intensive programme: Insights from the Sim Fusion initiative 26 November 2026 · Auditorium
- Shaping ASPiH's Corporate Advisory Council: An Industry Conversation 26 November 2026 · Queen Suite 9
- Folding the Message: A Paramedic Journey Into Dementia Communication 26 November 2026 · Queen Suite 5
- It Starts With You: Embodied Skills for Simulation Practice 26 November 2026 · Queen Suite 2
- ASPiH Dragons' Den (Closed Session) 26 November 2026
- iRIS ASPiH Student SimStars Competition: Session Overview 26 November 2026 · Exhibition Hall C
- Fellow and New Faculty SIG Meeting 26 November 2026 · Queen Suite 1
- Development of a “Home-made” Model to Simulate the Visual and Tactile elements of Ultrasound-Guided Pericardiocentesis, Using Readily Accessible Components 26 November 2026 · Queen Suite 4
- Interprofessional Learning: From Idea To Implementation, The Art Of What Is Possible 26 November 2026 · Crown Suite
- Measuring What Matters: Applying the Value-Based Simulation in Healthcare (VBSH) Framework to Evaluate IMG Support and Simulation Programmes 26 November 2026 · Queen Suite 7