Event ~ InteropConnect 2026: The Convenzis NHS Hospital Interoperability & Systems Conference

A Strategic Summit on Connecting Systems, People, and Practice - All Convenzis Events Provide 8 CPD Points Per Delegate

Interoperability is now central to NHS digital transformation, but beyond the technology, it is about people, workflow, and collaboration. Across the NHS, the most complex challenges arise not from standards or systems, but from the ways care delivery, governance, and supplier engagement align to enable safe, connected data flows.

InteropConnect 2026 focuses on how interoperability is achieved in real settings, connecting patient engagement platforms, redesigning care pathways, and addressing the non-technical obstacles that stand in the way of connected care. The event moves beyond technical compliance to explore how teams deliver interoperability in practice, across organisations, suppliers, and clinical boundaries.

The NHS Data for Health and Care Strategy and the Federated Data Platform (FDP) programme have set clear national expectations. The challenge now lies in translating policy into working practice, building operational confidence, and ensuring every connection adds value to clinical care and patient experience.

Summit Focus:

The InteropConnect Summit is a skills-led, applied learning event designed to help NHS teams move from ambition to implementation. Delegates will engage in practical sessions, case-based discussions, and peer exchanges focused on real-world interoperability challenges.

Dedicated Skill Clinics will provide hands-on frameworks for connecting patient-facing systems, redesigning workflows, and overcoming social and governance barriers.

Lessons Learned Sessions will feature NHS leaders and supplier partners reflecting candidly on what it takes to achieve secure, scalable, and people-centred interoperability.

This is not a showcase of what to achieve, but a skills exchange on how to achieve it - translating national ambition into measurable improvement.

This year’s event is structured around clear outcomes. Delegates will leave understanding:

How to design and deliver real-world interoperability across patient engagement platforms and EPR systems.
Methods for re-engineering clinical workflows and information flows between organisations.
Frameworks for managing supplier collaboration, governance, and cultural change.
Strategies to address non-technical and social obstacles to interoperability.
Practical lessons from large-scale deployments such as Hive and Epic.
Approaches to building readiness for next-generation NHS data initiatives.

What’s New for 2026:

Morning & Afternoon Skill Clinics: Hands-on sessions exploring patient engagement interoperability, clinical workflow redesign, and non-technical barriers.
Lessons Learned Sessions: Honest reflections from NHS leaders on integration, governance, and supplier collaboration.
Peer Learning Circles: Facilitated small-group sessions for ICB, ICS, and provider teams to explore common challenges and co-design solutions.
Action-Driven Case Studies: Real examples showing both the outcomes achieved and the steps that delivered secure, connected systems.

Why Attend:

Earn 8 CPD Points by attending.
Strengthen operational and clinical confidence in delivering real interoperability.
Access frameworks aligned to NHS digital standards and governance models.
Learn from peers and suppliers actively implementing patient engagement and workflow interoperability.
Build readiness for future NHS data and integration programmes.
Join a community committed to secure, scalable, and sustainable connected care.

Who Would Benefit:

This summit is ideal for NHS digital and IT leaders, CCIOs, CNIOs, programme and transformation managers, information governance and security teams, and clinicians engaged in digital change. It will also benefit procurement and strategy leads, ICS digital directors, and supplier partners dedicated to advancing interoperability and secure data sharing across NHS systems.