ISQua's 42nd International Conference
Join 1,400+ professionals from 80 countries at the world’s most energising healthcare conference on quality, safety, and patient-centred innovation.
Dates
27th - 30th September 2026 [Pre-conference 27th Sept, Main 28th - 30th September]
Location
Dublin Convention Centre, Dublin, Ireland
Theme
Thriving Through Compassion and Community: Sharing Stories for the Future of Health Systems
Activities
Full-day sessions; evening networking events
Your Front Row Seat to the Future of Healthcare Quality
ISQua’s 42nd International Conference healthcare professionals from 80 countries to solve today’s toughest healthcare quality challenges. You’ll gain practical tools, build an international network, and recharge your passion for patient-centred improvement. Join as a member first and save up to 20% on registration fees. – plus a full year of journal access, training discounts, and a seat in our global community.
8 Conference Tracks for Better Quality Health Care
Sessions are grouped into eight themed tracks so you can dive deep or sample widely. Whatever you choose, you’ll leave with ready-to-apply methods, global case studies, and new collaborators.
Patient Safety
Core Topics
Submissions may explore (but are not limited to):
- Patient safety tools and solutions
- Human factors and ergonomics
- Application of resilience thinking and Safety-II
- Promoting a culture of quality and safety
- How social science can be used to improve safety
- How implementation science can be used to improve safety
- Safety issues in primary care
- Cultural differences in safety
- Leveraging technology to enhance safety
- Education and capacity building for patient safety
- AI-related safety risks, such as algorithmic bias and over-reliance on
automation - Safety in virtual care and remote monitoring
- Safety implications of wearable technology and patient-generated data
Quality Improvement
Core Topics
Submissions may explore (but are not limited to):
- How social science can be used to improve quality
- How implementation science can be used to improve quality
- Dissemination and scaling of innovations and improvements
- Quality issues in primary care
- Strategies and innovation for continuous quality improvement in healthcare settings
- Cultural differences in quality
- Education and capacity building for quality improvement
- Data science to continuously improve Learning Health Systems
- Real-time data dashboards for quality monitoring
- Predictive analytics for quality improvement
- Equity-focused QI initiatives using technology
Co-production – Creating Person-Centred Healthcare with Compassion and Inclusivity
Core Topics
Submissions may explore (but are not limited to):
- Person-centred care
- Co-assessing the quality of healthcare services
- Co-designing inclusive healthcare
- Co-delivering healthcare
- Tools to promote Coproduction (including External Evaluation)
- Coproduction when implementing innovations
- Creating a culture of Coproduction
- The use of technology to promote equity and personalize care
- Building a culture of compassionate care
- People and planet – coproduction for inclusive, sustainable healthcare
- Patient engagement and co-production to create compassionate and inclusive healthcare
Primary Care, Integrated Care and Equity
Core Topics
Submissions may explore (but are not limited to):
- Integrating care along the entire patient journey – partnering with communities
- Promoting cooperation and coproduction between primary care, social care, and hospitals.
- Tools to promote integrated care (including External Evaluation)
- Safety and quality when working together across organisational borders
- Models and best practices for thriving integrated care, fostering collaboration to ensure seamless care
- Ageing populations and compassionate care
- Primary care as the pivot of universal health coverage
- Health Justice – Equity of access, treatments, and outcomes
- Disparities between social groups
- Mental healthcare and wellbeing
- Strategies to achieve universal health coverage and improve access to healthcare services across communities with equity.
- How implementation science can be used to promote equitable and integrated care
- Capacity building for equitable and integrated care
- Governance for equitable and integrated care
Future of Healthcare: Innovation, AI and Digital Transformation
Core Topics
Submissions may explore (but are not limited to):
- Innovative trends and strategies
- Artificial Intelligence and infrastructure
- Artificial Intelligence: The promises and pitfalls
- Cybersecurity and data breaches as patient safety threats
- Using patient-generated data alongside clinical data in routine practice
- Simulation as a training model
- Innovation in complex systems
- Co-production and AI
- Telemedicine for compassionate and inclusive care
- Technology as a support for resilient, person-centred care
- Technology as a support for sustainable healthcare
Data science to support for thriving, compassionate healthcare systems
A Thriving Workforce to Deliver Compassionate Care
Core Topics
Submissions may explore (but are not limited to):
- Recruitment and retention strategies for the global crisis in healthcare staffing
- Engaging staff in quality and safety
- Education and leadership development in quality improvement
- National strategies for healthcare quality
- Reducing policy-led overuse and misuse of healthcare resources
- A culture of learning
- Workforce wellbeing and thriving
- Development, management, and governance of the healthcare workforce
- Sustainability – Meeting increased demand with available resources
- Overcoming the generation gap in the care workforce
- Social media and the care community
External Evaluation
Core Topics
Submissions may explore (but are not limited to):
- Innovative approaches to assessment of standards of care
- Reconciling standardisation and complexity thinking
- Co-evaluating and accrediting healthcare.
- Approaches to Certification, Licensing, and Regulation
- Accreditation and surveying as the cornerstone of improvement
- Performance monitoring
- The role of external evaluation, accreditation, and standards in driving quality improvement and accountability in healthcare organizations
- How technology can support the assessment of inclusive health systems
- Storytelling in evaluation
Climate Change and Sustainability in Healthcare System
Core Topics
Submissions may explore (but are not limited to):
- Governance for sustainability
- Resilience planning for thriving healthcare systems
- Green healthcare initiatives
- Adaptation for climate resilient healthcare systems
- Sustainable healthcare practices
- Preparing workforce for new care requirements due to climate induced changes
- Fragile states, war zones, migration: Challenges for care delivery
Registration Open for Dublin 2026
Conference Registration Rates
Explore early bird rates for members and non-members across all income categories, including discounted access for students and patients.Â
Early bird registration available up to the 10th of June 2026. Standard registration rates apply from 11th of June 2026 onwards.
See what you can save as an ISQua Member!
| Registration Type | ISQua Member Earlybird Rate | ISQua Member Rate | Non-Member Earlybird Rate | Non-Member Rate | Register early to save more! |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Pre + Main Conference (27th – 30th September) |
€1,395 |
€1,555 |
€1,695 |
€1,975 |
Save up to €580 |
|
Main Conference Only (28th – 30th September) |
€1,130 |
€1,335 |
€1,455 |
€1,555 |
Save up to €425 |
|
2 Days Only (consecutive days only) |
€735 |
€735 |
€790 |
€790 |
Save up to €55 |
Members are entitled to one discounted registration per term (12 months). Become an ISQua member for only €195.00 (High-Income Countries) or €112.50–€125.00 (Upper-Middle Income Countries)
| Registration Type | ISQua Member Earlybird Rate | ISQua Member Rate | Non-Member Earlybird Rate | Non-Member Rate | Register early to save more |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Pre + Main Conference (27th – 30th September) |
€495 |
€600 |
€600 |
€700 |
Save up to €205 |
|
Main Conference Only (28th – 30th September) |
€440 |
€545 |
€545 |
€650 |
Save up to €210 |
|
2 Days Only (consecutive days only) |
€335 |
€335 |
€400 |
€400 |
Save up to €65 |
Save over 70% off Upper-Income rates. Eligibility: full-time student or born in and currently working in a Low/Lower-Middle Income Country as designated by the World Bank.
ISQua Members are entitled to one discounted registration per term (12 months). Become an ISQua member for only €50 (Applicants from Low-Income Countries) or €75 (Students, Retirees & applicants from Lower-Middle Income Countries)
| Registration Type | Rate | Save on our High Income Country Rate |
|---|---|---|
|
Pre + Main Conference (27th – 30th September) |
€1,200 |
Save up to €775 |
|
Main Conference Only (28th – 30th September) |
€1,000 |
Save up to €555 |
|
2 Days Only (consecutive days only) |
€650 |
Save up to €140 |
| Registration Type | Rate |
|---|---|
|
Pre + Main Conference (27th – 30th September) |
€850 |
|
Main Conference Only (28th – 30th September) |
€750 |
Only available to speakers presenting 30+ minute sessions. Special code required.
Discounts will be available to groups of 10 or more from within the same organisation.
Group rates are only available for organisations from High-Income and Upper-Middle-Income countries.
Terms and Conditions apply.
If you have a group and are interested in further details, please contact the Registration Team – [email protected]
Register by 10 June 2026 to lock in your discounted rate.
Hear from Healthcare’s Leading Experts
Global thought leaders, innovators, and frontline change-makers will headline each morning. Full speaker line-up announced soon – watch this space and secure your seat while early-bird rates last.
Working Together for Better, Safer Health Care
We’re proud to collaborate with the HSE and DoH and other partners dedicated to raising the standards of healthcare delivery around the world.
Meet Our 2026 Sponsors & Exhibitors
ISQua 2026 is powered by the expertise and commitment of our sponsors and exhibitors. Explore the directory to learn more about the organisations championing safer, more equitable, and more effective health systems.
Real-Time Translation with Wordly at ISQua2026
To support a truly global and inclusive experience, ISQua’s 42nd International Conference in Dublin will feature real-time translation powered by Wordly.Â
This AI-driven platform allows attendees to access live translations of sessions in over 30 languages, directly from their own device. Whether you’re joining us from across the globe or locally in Ireland, you’ll be able to fully engage with the content in your preferred language – no app downloads or special equipment required.
Join us in Dublin and be part of a more connected and accessible international conversation on quality in health care.
Presenting at ISQua’s 2025 healthcare conference?
We have strict guidelines for presenters to follow when preparing a 15-Minute Presentation, 10-Minute Lightning Talk, and Poster Display (Printed Poster & E-Poster) for #ISQua2025. Please read the necessary guidelines carefully:
15-Minute Presentation
10-Minute Lightning Talk
Poster Display
If you have any questions or queries, please contact [email protected].
Show Your Commitment to Healthcare Quality Improvement
ISQua 2026 puts your organisation in front of 1,400+ senior decision-makers from more than 80 countries. Whether you’re unveiling a new solution or strengthening your reputation, our sponsorship packages give you the visibility you need – plus clear, measurable returns.
- Branding in every plenary session and a prime exhibition stand in a busy hall.
- Tap into ISQua’s global community of quality-improvement professionals.
- Join international leaders in showing your commitment to improving the quality and safety of healthcare worldwide.
Contact [email protected] to design your package.
Share the Vision – Join Our Ambassador Network
ISQua Conference Ambassadors help spread the word, shape regional conversations, and earn exclusive perks. If you’re passionate about quality and safety, represent ISQua 2025 in your professional circles and online communities.
- Use ready-made promo tool-kits
- Gain recognition on our website
- Receive ambassador-only briefings
The Pay-Off for ISQua Sponsors
From main-stage logo placement to networking opportunities, every element of an ISQua sponsorship is built for return on investment. Pick the mix of visibility, thought-leadership, and data capture that fits your goals, then track impact in post-conference metrics.
Front-Row Branding
Your logo and message appear on plenary screens, delegate emails and the event app – keeping you visible from first welcome to last goodbye.
Quality Leads
High-footfall booth space and an event app deliver networking opportunities with organisations already budgeting for quality improvement tools.
Credibility Boost
Align with a neutral, not-for-profit society known for evidence-based standards. It signals you’re serious about patient safety, not just sales.
Hear From Past Attendees
See what previous fellows have to say about completing the Lucian Leape Patient Safety Fellowship.
Smooth Travels to Dublin
Make the most of your ISQua 2026 experience with our delegate essentials. Find trusted hotel options, travel logistics, and all your key questions answered – so when you land in Dublin, you’re ready to connect, learn, and explore.
Learning That Steps off the Stage
See frontline innovation up close. This year’s visits on October 16th include Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, the pioneering Butantan Institute, and Hospital das ClĂnicas da Faculdade de Medicina da USP – three settings where you can watch cutting-edge patient care, research, and teaching in action.
Healthcare Quality Masterclasses
Join us October 12th for six practical workshops – from accreditation know-how to PROMs, WHO strategies to Korean quality breakthroughs, and learning-health systems to hands-on QI tools.
Programme and Planning Committee
The Programme and Planning Committee oversees the development of the scientific programme and is responsible for ensuring the quality of the content of the conference.
Engagement with Environmental and Social Responsibility
We are thrilled to announce our partnership with The Convention Center Dublin (CCD), the official venue for our ISQua 2026 conference. This collaboration goes beyond providing a state-of-the-art location—it reflects our shared commitment to environmental sustainability and social responsibility.
The CCD is recognised for its dedication to ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) principles, and we are proud to support their efforts to create a positive impact.
Their comprehensive ESG initiatives include strategies for reducing environmental footprints, fostering inclusivity, and promoting sustainable business practices. By aligning with their values, we aim to amplify our collective efforts toward a greener, more equitable future.
For more information about the CCD’s ESG principles and initiatives, please visit: CCD Sustainable Events Venue
