From left to right: Lun Ge , Yan Hong Han, Prof. Wei Ye Yu, Prof. Yu Long Liu, Hiernonimus Nickl, Prof. Christine Nickl-Weller, Afra Khalifa, Ortwin Schulte, Prof. Hans Nickl, Jin Lai Xie

Nickl & Partner China and Nickl Academy held their first jointly organised annual conference in Beijing on Friday, 9 November 2018.

Top-class speakers from politics, healthcare, science and architecture contributed to the German-Chinese forum entitled “Innovation in Healthcare Delivery and Facility Design”. They discussed how innovation can improve the quality of healthcare and the design of healthcare facilities from their different perspectives.

Nickl Academy welcomed Prof. Hans Nickl, who gave a talk on “Hospital 4.0”, and Prof. Christine Nickl-Weller, who presented her innovative “Healing Architecture – a cultural challenge” concept.

In addition to renowned experts and professors from Chinese healthcare, we were especially honoured this year to welcome Ortwin Schulte, Director of the Healthcare Policy Division of the Federal Republic of Germany Permanent Representation to the European Union, and Mr. Fan Shimin, Director of the Department for Healthcare Policy Reform and Development at the Beijing Hospital Management Bureau.