Final Programme launched

We’re delighted to launch the Final Programme for the 8th Healthy City Design 2024 International Congress, Exhibition and Awards. 

For the second year running, the Congress will take place in-person at the Royal College of Physicians’ northern headquarters at the Spine, in Liverpool, in addition to being live streamed through our virtual online event platform. 

The Healthy City Design 2024 (HCD 2024) International Congress is a global forum for the exchange of knowledge on the research, policy and practice of designing healthy and sustainable cities and communities. This year’s plenary theme is ‘Building a fairer future: Advancing health equity through impact investment’.

Congress attendees will develop their knowledge of the political and economic context, emerging practice, latest research findings, and key skills and core competencies in designing, planning and commissioning city services, technology and infrastructure, project management, and the evidence base for environmentally responsible urban planning, design and public health.

While this year’s Congress will continue to provide insights on what needs to be done in this arena, the programme will also shift the learning towards ‘how to do it’, with a deeper emphasis on the importance of investment, funding and finance to make a real impact in local areas on healthy urban regeneration and social, economic and environmental inequalities.

The Congress is organised by SALUS Global Knowledge Exchange and the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design in collaboration with Impact on Urban Health, Cities & Health journal, and our esteemed international programme committee.

Cities & Health has also published a special issue with research and reports from last year's Congress, with some articles open access. It can be accessed here.