NICON25: Reset | Shaping Health and Social Care for the Future
Northern Ireland's premiere annual health & social care conference, bringing together HSC leaders & partners to secure better outcomes for all in NI.
Speakers
The Northern Ireland Confederation's annual Conference & Exhibition offers a unique opportunity for colleagues and partners from across the health and care system to come together, share ideas and optimism, reflect, network and learn.
Join over 600 Health and Social Care (HSC) leaders at NICON25 on Wednesday 15 and Thursday 16 October 2025 at La Mon Hotel, Belfast, to discuss how we can work collectively to stabilise, reform and deliver Health and Social Care for the future.
Following the publication in early July of the 'Health and Social Care NI Reset Plan', this year's conference, entitled 'Reset | Shaping Health and Social Care for the Future', will take place at a critical juncture as we seek to urgently take forward the priorities set out in the Reset plan and Minister Nesbitt's three-year strategic plan in the context of unprecedented financial pressures.
Over the course of a day and a half, we will consider the challenges and opportunities associated with delivering a system-wide HSC Reset, as we seek to deliver four strategic shifts: Moving from treatment to prevention, hospital to community, analogue to digital and people to partners.
During the conference, you will be able to visit over 50 exhibitors and choose from more than 50 sessions on a range of topics central to Reset plans and implementing these shifts, including: prevention; embedding neighbourhood health into our operating model; embracing a new relationship with patients as partners; strengthening primary care and clinical leadership; addressing waiting lists; quality improvement; social care; mental health; workforce planning; patient safety and culture; new ways of working (including cross-Departmental collaboration and new Provider Collaboratives); productivity; maximising digital opportunities and enabling innovation and much more! We look forward to sharing the draft agenda in due course. Please regularly check this page for updates.
Book your place
By attending NICON25 you can to expect to:
- Gain a detailed understanding of the vision and plans to stabilise, reform and deliver Health and Social Care for the future
- Discuss and learn about new and upcoming strategies across the HSC system and hear progress updates on existing programmes
- Hear from a range of visiting experts and practitioners
- Be inspired by local leaders and partners who are continuously delivering innovative change, despite significant day-to-day pressures
- Join a range of topical debates and conversations as we seek to mobilise and shape the way forward.
A special thanks to our headline sponsors ABPI, AWS, and BT, as well as our wider stakeholders who contribute to the agenda and make our system conference possible.
Conference rates (per person):
| NICON (HSC) members | £200 + VAT |
| NICON Associate members (Not-for-profit) | £200 + VAT |
| NICON Associate members (Commercial) | £320 + VAT |
| Not-for-profit (Non-member) | £245 + VAT |
| Commercial (Non-member) | £370 + VAT |
| Students, trainees, service users and carers | £140 + VAT |
| Conference speaker pass | £85 + VAT |
| Networking dinner* | £75 + VAT |
*Networking Dinner: All NICON (HSC) member and associate (not-for-profit) member rates include access to the drinks reception (6.15pm) and networking dinner (7pm-10.30pm) at La Mon on the evening of Wednesday 15th October. Non-members who wish to attend the dinner are welcome to do so, but must purchase this separately to their main ticket as an 'add on' (£75+ VAT).
Speakers: If you are speaking at a conference session and are solely attending to take part in your session, there is no charge to attend. However, if you would like to stay for the rest of the conference, you may avail of the reduced speaker rate of £85+ VAT.
Partnership opportunities
NICON's annual conference offers an ideal setting to showcase your health and social care innovations to a range of HSC leaders and key decision-makers.
A finite range of partnership opportunities are still available to organisations interested in contributing to the conference agenda. Please contact philip.greenhalgh@nhsconfed.org to find out more about partnership opportunities relating to our annual conference or future events.
