The International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare, Lisbon

The International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare is a series of international conferences that inform and inspire healthcare leaders, practitioners and patients towards a better, safer and higher quality of care.

With almost 30 years of history, the International Forum supports and energises the movement for patient safety and healthcare improvement by bringing in knowledge, ideas and expertise that inform quality projects and practice transformation worldwide.

Over 5,000 participants from 80+ countries attend our International Forums each year and tackle today and tomorrow’s critical health and healthcare challenges. They connect to form long-term partnerships and to consider new ways of thinking about healthcare. See more about who should attend.

We believe that improvement and transformation involve everyone in an organisation.

We bring together healthcare improvers, including patients, from different parts of the world to discuss and share examples of innovation that can be replicated and to form long-term connections.

Showcasing regional perspectives, bringing in international expertise: The programme for each International Forum is developed in close partnership with regional strategic partners. Each conference showcases strategies from local experts and the international community, addressing regional needs and bringing in the best of global learning to the region.