From left to right: Dominik Tschöp (Technical Director, Sinodeu Medical Co., Ltd. 韦氏（苏州）医疗科技有限公司), Ortwin Schulte (Permanent Representation of the Federal Republic of Germany to the European Union), Prof. Hans Nickl (Founder of Nickl & Partner Architekten), Prof. Chunyang Zhang (Architecture School, South China University of Technology), Prof. Christine Nickl-Weller (Chairwoman of the Managing Board, Nickl & Partner Architekten), Afra Khalifa (CEO and founder of Nickl Academy), Yun Chen (Director, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital), Hieronimus Nickl (Managing Director, Nickl & Partner Architekten and General Manager, Nickl & Partner Architectural Design Consulting Co. Ltd.), Limin Jiang (Architectural Design Research Institute (Group) Co., Ltd., Deputy Chief Architect, Tongji University, Healthcare Architecture, Academic Alliance of China, Association of Survey and Design of University Institutions)

On 25 October 2019, Nickl & Partner China and Nickl Academy held their second jointly organised annual conference in Shenzhen.

Top-class speakers from politics, healthcare, science and architecture contributed to this year’s German-Chinese forum entitled “Smart Hospital”. 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 lecture on “Smart Hospital”, and his wife, Prof. Christine Nickl-Weller, who talked about the healing process in a lecture on “Architecture, Innovation, Influence”.

In addition to renowned experts and speakers, we were especially honoured to be supported by leading healthcare companies such as SINODEU, the leading innovative manufacturer of intelligent solutions for operating theatres, or ROHDE, highly recognised experts for hygienic coating systems. They presented the latest developments in these fields, which was a clear added value for this year’s conference.