For 15 years, Australian Healthcare Week has brought together thousands of healthcare professionals from every corner of the ecosystem — and 2026 marked our biggest and most impactful edition yet.
From Chief Executives to frontline clinicians, digital leaders to policymakers, AHW once again brought the entire healthcare ecosystem into one room, where connections were made, ideas were challenged, and the future of Australian healthcare was actively shaped.
With record engagement from senior decision-makers, innovators and industry leaders, the event reaffirmed its position as Australia's leading meeting place for those driving change across healthcare.
Register your interest for 2027 to be part of what comes next as we continue building the future of healthcare together.
Recognise the next generation of Australian healthcare leadership.
AHW Emerging Leaders is a referral-based program giving rising healthcare talent access to an experience that goes well beyond a standard visitor pass - including an exclusive workshop, networking brunch, and a credential that marks them as part of the Class of 2027.
Who should be nominated?
The AHW Emerging Leaders Program launches in August 2026. Register your interest to be among the first to receive a personalised invitation link to share with healthcare professionals you believe deserve a place. Registrations are first come, first served.
Australia's health infrastructure market is entering its biggest growth and transformation phase in a generation. Models of care are shifting fast; from hospital to home, from ageing estates to net-zero, technology-enabled facilities — and demand for aged care, mental health and community health capacity is accelerating well beyond current build rates.
As demographic, clinical and technological forces reshape what care looks like, one question sits at the centre of every capital decision being made today: what will the hospital of the future actually need to be?
Register your interest for 2027 to be part of what comes next as we continue building the future of healthcare together.