The Higher Education Authority will hold the third health and wellbeing conference ‘Global Perspectives, Ireland Leadership: Transforming Healthy Campus Policy’ on April 22nd at The Law Society of Ireland, Blackhall Place, Dublin 7.

The conference aims to build on the momentum of Ireland’s global success with the launch the Limerick Framework for Action in 2025 and focus on advancing national policy.

Registration is now open for the conference day, Wednesday April 22^nd, 9.30 am – 16.30 pm. Please click here to register.

Any questions please email healthycampus@hea.ie

Keynote Speakers

Keynote speakers include:

Professor Philip Dodd 

Professor Philip Dodd is currently working as Deputy Chief Medical Officer at the Department of Health, where he is working across a wide range of health policy areas, including health promotion. He is also Principal Mental Health Policy & Clinical Specialist for the Department of Health, supporting the implementation of mental health policy, suicide and self-harm reduction strategy & mental health promotion, under Healthy Ireland.

He was previously Clinical Advisor with HSE National Office for Suicide Prevention and worked as HSE National Clinical Advisor and Clinical Group Lead (Mental Health).

Professor Dodd is a Consultant Psychiatrist and an established clinical researcher and is a full Clinical Professor at Trinity College Dublin

Dr Vicki Squires

Dr Vicki Squires serves as the Associate Dean, Research, Graduate Support and International Initiatives and is a Professor in the Department of Educational Administration in the College of Education at the University of Saskatchewan. Her areas of research are post-secondary education and student well-being; supporting mental health and wellbeing requires collaboration among units and a systems approach.

Dr Squires has been the lead of multiple grants exploring the implementation of the Okanagan Charter on campuses in Canada and globally. She has published and presented on the work of health promoting universities and the Okanagan Charter; she is also the lead editor on a co-edited book that includes international co-authored chapters written by researchers involved in health promotion efforts on their campuses.

Dr Jennifer Thannhauser

 

 

Pre-Conference Workshops

The HEA will be hosting two preconference workshops which will include the ‘Limerick Framework for Action: Advancing the Global Health Promoting Campus Agenda’ with the University of Limerick and ‘Exploring Wellbeing in the Curriculum’ in collaboration with Spunout, with more information to follow.

 

Healthy Campus Case Studies Submissions

We are inviting institutions to submit Healthy Campus Case Studies for display at the conference.

Please find an updated 2026 template here. Please submit your case studies (with the 2026 template only) to healthycampus@hea.ie

Closing date for case study submissions will be Friday April 3^rd.

Lightning Talk Submissions

As part of the conference agenda, April 22^nd, we are inviting expressions of interests for speakers to present lightning talks relating to student and staff health and wellbeing.

The closing date for submissions is Wednesday April 1^st, 2026.

For more information or to submit an expression of interest please click here.