Running a major week long digital conference
Working with national government and research bodies, our week-long interactive digital conference explored cases of widespread, lasting change in healthcare and how we can learn from them.
The challenge
We know what face-to-face conferences look like, while at the same time knowing the high cost, travel burden, and impact on climate change they can bring. While Covid-19 accelerated how we meet digitally, what does it look like to run a major, highly impactful conference without the need to meet face-to-face?
Our approach
We were commissioned by the Department of Health and Social Care, and NHS England, to run a major week long conference about how to make sustainable change in healthcare.
Rather than seeking to simply replicate a normal conference agenda and make it digital, we designed a bespoke approach which sought to maximise the benefits of digital engagement. This includes a variety of live events, pre-recorded videos, materials including case studies and slides, and opportunities for all participants to connect and learn together.
The content explored how we can best learn from the past in order to create and sustain a better healthcare system in the future.
The conference brought together people who wanted to:
- learn about key examples of large-scale change in healthcare
- hear about the experience and learning from those involved in these changes, including the challenges faced and how these were overcome
- discuss how to apply this learning for sustaining change in our current context.
Who’s behind it?
The Changing Healthcare programme was commissioned by NHS England and NHS Improvement and the Department of Health and Social Care (Research Programmes). Kaleidoscope delivered it in partnership with Health Services Research UK.
