The national conference will bring together academics, policy makers, clinicians, managers and frontline staff from across the health and social care sector in Ireland who are focused on improving the delivery of integrated care to people and their families and communities. The conference will provide a stage for national and international leaders to discuss the challenges and opportunities presented by recent policy developments, as well as providing expertise from local and international experience on how to achieve design and implementation success. The conference will present the pitfalls to avoid and the levers that enable system leaders and managers to drive change. The conference will provide a space for highlighting examples of successful projects and approaches in Ireland and the conference invites those leading in the delivery of integrated health and social care programmes and initiatives to submit abstracts of their work. The best submissions will be reviewed by the scientific committee and will be chosen to present on the programme as an oral or poster presentation. The conference will also include an exhibition of commercial, third sector and not for profit providers of health and care services and will act as an opportunity for industry and the public sector to connect and share learning. The conference will be recorded and all the presentations uploaded to the conference website to be accessed after the conference. The conference will have a dedicated hashtag and the organisers and delegates will tweet from the sessions throughout the conference.
