Once you are in the submission portal

To begin the submission process you must first create a contact which is done on the Create Contact tab. After creating a contact, additional tabs will appear that will enable you to upload and submit your presentation. 

The 2026 IHEA National Symposium invites abstract submissions from delegates who have an interest in Healthcare Engineering and Facilities Management. The IHEA offers authors the opportunity to share their vision and experience on topics that align with the conference theme.

The symposium's theme is Collaboration by Design: Advancing Healthcare Together.

Prizes will be awarded for the best paper presented by an IHEA member as judged by the conference technical committee.

The call for abstracts will close at 5pm AWST Monday 27 July 2026.

Presentation duration

Presentations will be 10 minutes in total, all sessions will end with a 20 minute question and answer panel where all speakers from the session will be invited to answer questions from the MC and audience. 

Possible themes

• Aged and mental health care facilities
• Asset management
• Communication challenges in healthcare and multidisciplinary teams
• Contractor management
• Cost of maintenance and testing
• Disaster recovery
• Electrification
• Infection control
• Legislation and compliance
• Paediatrics
• Project management
• Regional healthcare management
• Support and logistics
• Sustainability

How to submit an abstract

• Create a contact via the "create contact" tab
• Submit your abstract of between 150 and 300 words via the "Submit Abstracts" tab

Healthcare facilities journal

It is a requirement of all accepted oral presenters to submit a full paper according to IHEA's guidelines to be included in the Healthcare Facilities Journal. All editorial submissions should be supplied as a word doc with high resolution images (300dpi) sent as separate files. It is expected that articles will be between 1,500 - 2,000 word count.

Presenter terms and conditions

• Accepted presenters must register and pay for the conference by the date indicated by the event organisers or their presentation will be removed from the program.
• Accepted presenters are required to submit a full paper according to IHEA's guidelines. Details will be provided to accepted authors.
• Accepted presentation abstracts will be made available online.
• Presentation slides are requested in advance, but not enforced – speakers can provide them on the day to the Iceberg Events staff at the registration desk.
• Presentation slides (in pdf form) may be shared with conference attendees online after the event subject to author consent.

If you have any issues with submitting your abstract, please contact the Conference Organisers, jaime@icebergevents.com.au