SoPHE Technical Conference 2026 : Engineering Beyond Compliance

SoPHE are delighted to invite you to their 2026 Technical Conference 'Engineering Beyond Compliance'

Time: 9:00-16:45 Conference. 17:00 onwards networking drinks

Date: 26 March 2026

Location: One Birdcage Walk, London SW1H 9JJ 

SoPHE Member earlybird: £50.00 (+VAT)

SoPHE non-member: £80.00 (+VAT)

Session 1: Circular Economy, Water Circularity & Public Health Engineering

Reimagining Public Health Engineering Circular Economy and Its Role in Future-Proofing Water & Health Systems

This session will define how circular economy principles can be applied to Public Health Engineering while protecting hygiene, safety, performance, and resilience, establishing clear boundaries between acceptable innovation and unacceptable public health risk.

Session 2: Public health Engineering and Water Safety Planning

Embedding Water Safety Planning within 'Circular' Public Health Engineering

This session will demonstrate how formal Water Safety Planning embeds hygiene, safety, and risk control into building design, providing a rigorous, structured framework to manage water safety from concept through operation.

Session 3: Engineering Under Examination

When Compliance Isn’t Enough: Engineering Judgement Beyond Long-Held Assumptions

This session will challenge long-held Public Health Engineering assumptions by examining real-world performance, failure modes, and emerging technologies, strengthening professional judgement where compliance alone is insufficient to manage risk and complexity.

Session 4: Mind the Gap

Bridging Design and Installation for Real-World Performance

This session will explore how gaps between design intent, installation practice, commissioning, and operation lead to underperforming systems, and to identify practical actions designers can take to improve buildability, verification, and long-term performance.