SALUS Global Knowledge Exchange

SALUS is an entrepreneurial global media, research, publishing, events and training organisation with a vision to improve human and planetary health through the global exchange of knowledge.

Our mission is to create, share and disseminate knowledge about the relationship between human health and the natural, built and social environments. We view the two great challenges of our age – the need to maintain and improve human health in the face of ageing populations and chronic disease, and addressing climate change through more sustainable management of our finite resources – as inextricably linked. We execute our mission through an integrated mix of knowledge-based activities including:

European Healthcare Design Congress: Launched in 2015, the Congress brings together 1,000+ interdisciplinary researchers and practitioners, in person and virtually, from the fields of health system and service design, technology and infrastructure. The Congress is widely recognised as a global industry leader.

Future Health 2050 International Symposiums: Our programme of one-day international symposiums provide a deep dive into a range of specialist themes. Previous symposiums have included: Cancer Care Design International; Sustainable Healthcare Design; and Health Policy, Planning and Investment.

Healthy City Design International Congress: Launched in 2017, the Congress brings together leading researchers, practitioners, investors, city leaders, community activists and policy thinkers from across the fields of urban planning, public health, housing, real estate, transport, education, healthcare and sustainable development. Following six years in London, the Congress now moves between different UK cities every two years, partnering with the host city. In 2023 and 2024, it was held in Liverpool at the Royal College of Physicians’ northern home, The Spine. For the first time in 2025, it will be moving to The Lowry in MediaCity, Salford, Greater Manchester, scheduled for 14–15 October.

EHD and HCD LIVE: Making the virtual experience richer and more entertaining, EHD and HCD LIVE enable talks and content from our events and webinars to be live streamed and made available on demand for audiences to access anywhere around the world, making knowledge on designing for human and planetary health more accessible.

The SALUS journal and online community: A resource providing a digital platform for publishing, mapping and archiving research, policy and practice in the field of designing for human and planetary health. In eight years, SALUS has published more than 7,500 articles and abridged research papers, and 4,000 hours of video talks and posters.

Research advisory: In collaboration with its global network of researchers, practitioners and policy thinkers, SALUS’s independent research advisory supports city planning authorities and national and local health systems to develop their future thinking and strategy at the intersection of design and planning for health, wellbeing and sustainable development.