|
Last updated:
Friday, November 13, 2009 |
Keynote Speakers
Bill GeerlingsProject Director Gold Coast University Hospital The Gold Coast University Hospital: Big, Bold and Beautiful Bill has a wealth of experience in health facility management, and in the executive management of major health infrastructure projects. This combined background in health facility operations and capital works places Bill in an enviable position to assess the impact of design decisions on life cycle costs. Bill has successfully directed a number of very high profile health infrastructure projects, including the Austin Hospital Redevelopment, The Royal Melbourne Hospital Redevelopment and the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital Redevelopment – the largest hospital redevelopment project in Australia at the time. Bill is currently engaged by Queensland Health as the Project Director of the Gold Coast University Hospital, a $1.7 billion greenfield tertiary referral hospital project in Southport, Queensland. A qualified engineer and health administrator, Bill has throughout his career been engaged in health facility related professional activities. He is a past National President of the Institute of Hospital Engineering Australia and a past Councillor of the International Federation of Healthcare Engineering. Bill has a large number of publications on asset management and project management to his name and is a regular presenter at conferences on these topics. He is a winner of the Norcroft Medal, awarded by the Institute of Healthcare Engineering and Estate Management (UK) ‘in recognition of the especial merit of a contribution to the IHEEM Journal on the subject of Strategic Asset Management’. |