The sixth National Human Factors in Patient Safety Conference is taking place on Friday, 22 May 2026.

The sixth National Human Factors in Patient Safety conference will bring together a community of human factors in patient safety advocates across Ireland and abroad.

The conference offers the opportunity to gain valuable knowledge and insights from human factors experts.

This year’s full-day hybrid conference will include an array of world-renown human factors in patient safety speakers with the inclusion of inter-professional parallel workshops (both face-to-face and online).

Our National Human Factors in Patient Safety Conference with the theme of 'Human Factors in Practice – How Far Have We Come?' will include a mixture of hybrid keynote talks, panel discussions and workshops designed to engage face to face and online attendees worldwide.

Speakers

• Professor Marie Ward, Chairperson of the Irish Ergonomics and Human Factors Society (IEHFS) and Embedded Human Factors Practitioner.
• Professor Mike Fray, Professor of Ergonomics and Assisted Performance, Loughborough University.
• Co-Chair: Ms Dara O’Keeffe, RCSI Simulation Lead in Postgraduate Surgical Education.
• Co-Chair: Dr Emily O’Dowd, Head of MSc Human Factors and Patient Safety, Senior Lecturer in Surgical Education.

Registration

Register to attend the conference either in-person on virtually at the links below.

In-person

Online