ACCES27 Conference
June 23 – 26, 2026
Time to Educate, Innovate, Collaborate
The Westin Nova Scotian Hotel | Halifax | Nova Scotia
The Westin Nova Scotian Hotel | Halifax | Nova Scotia
The Atlantic Canada Clinical Engineering Society (ACCES) is delighted to invite you to attend the ACCES27 Annual Conference, taking place June 23 – 26, 2026 at the Westin Nova Scotian Hotel in beautiful Halifax, Nova Scotia.
This year’s conference promises to be an inspiring and informative gathering for our members and other professionals in the field of healthcare technology management. The program will feature a dynamic mix of workshops, technical sessions, and presentations, along with an extensive exhibition showcasing the latest innovations, products, and services that support the work of clinical engineers and biomedical technologists across our region.
Beyond the learning opportunities, ACCES27 provides a valuable forum to connect with colleagues, share experiences, exchange ideas, and strengthen professional networks. Whether you are an engineer, technologist, manager, educator, regulator, or consultant, you’ll find meaningful discussions, practical insights, and new partnerships that will help advance both your work and the profession.
We encourage you to mark your calendar and make plans to join us in Halifax for what promises to be an engaging and rewarding event.
We look forward to welcoming you to ACCES27 — a “Time to Educate, Innovate, Collaborate” — advancing healthcare technology across Atlantic Canada.
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This session will cover compliance requirements for Medical Electrical Equipment (MEE) and Medical Electrical Systems (MES) in the context of in-hospital Clinical Engineering departments in Atlantic Canada. An overview of the Authorities Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) at the federal and provincial level will be provided, as well as details on medical device definitions and licensing within Canada. Finally, regulations and standards that govern what constitutes an "approved" MEE or MES for use in public hospitals in Atlantic Canada will be reviewed.
At the end of this session, participants should be able to:
Learning Objectives
As we grow, we learn to become leaders. Being a leader is natural for some, and learned for others. No matter how we become a leader, it is important to remember we must lead ourselves before we lead others. This interactive discusion will provide insights and shared ideas to take the time to motivate yourself and realize that it can be accomplished.
Learning Objectives
Customer service is a necessary position in the job world today. It helps organizations provide satisfaction for their end users. Although many customers/end users can be difficult, with the right training, skills, and knowledge, any difficult customer can be handled properly and effectively. This interactive discussion will provide insights and shared ideas on effective customer service and possibly change an individual or organizations reputation for the better.
Learning Objectives
Kolade Kolawole-Boboye is a founding youth of Hope Blooms, a nationally recognized social enterprise based in Halifax’s North End. From youth participant to senior leader, Kolade’s journey reflects the organization’s mission in action, empowering young people through food, entrepreneurship, and community impact.
Discuss the wireless technology options available for patient monitoring and telemetry.
Learning Objectives
Understand the differences between the wireless technologies available through Philips. and how they support both current and future clinical and technical needs.
Connected medical devices present a unique facete of IT deployment and support. They are critical devices with long lifespans, significant costs, and regulatory restrictions. The deployment of these devices is a balance of risk to provide safe and effective patient care while protecting personal health information. Medical device regulations can limit cybersecurity actions and create situations where standard IT paradigms are not applicable. This presentation will discuss the regulatory space of medical devices in Canada, the deployment of these devices in our current IT landscape, and the balance of risk that must be struck.
Learning Objectives
Learn how medical device regulations and IT paradigms interact when placing medical devices onto the network and how these devices need to be supported.
The service-oriented connectivity concepts implemented in Dräger-validated SDC devices are based on those of the ISO/IEEE 11073 SDC standards family. The ISO/IEEE 11073 SDC standard for open connectivity of medical devices aims to provide secure and dynamic connectivity within the hospital, and enables the interoperability of medical devices and information systems whilst simplifying the integration of technologies. These innovative advances offer, amongst other things, a glimpse of a future characterised by greater access to medical data, whilst also providing an optimised care environment such as silent critical care (Silent ICU), which will be part of the second presentation on SDC today, by David Stipsits.
Clinical Wireless
Ways to improve wireless delivery focusing on
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Critical care environments are evolving rapidly in response to increasing patient acuity, expanding bedside technology, staffing challenges, and new infection prevention requirements. This presentation explores how ICU design is shifting from traditional fixed-room infrastructure toward flexible, integrated, and patient-centered environments. Through real-world case studies and practical coordination lessons, attendees will gain insight into ceiling infrastructure planning, mobility integration, equipment coordination, infection control strategies, and next-generation ICU technologies shaping the future of critical care design.
Overview of modern ventilation strategies, including lung-protective approaches, EIT for bedside monitoring, and data-driven analytics. Introduction to smart ICU concepts that improve care and efficiency.
Learning Objectives
Healthcare Technology Management (HTM) and clinical engineering teams are constantly tasked with doing more with less. Securing capital expenditure (CapEx) for new medical devices is often a battle of anecdotes rather than analytics, while clinical staff simultaneously waste hundreds of hours a year searching for "lost" equipment.
Traditional methods of tracking device utilization rely on manual audits or guesswork — leaving hospitals vulnerable to over-purchasing underutilized assets or under-budgeting for critical needs. And when no one knows who owns a device, critical actions like vulnerability response, certificate renewals, and charge-backs stall or fall through the cracks entirely.
In this session, we will explore how hospitals are unlocking a goldmine of operational insights from an unexpected source: their connected care security platform. By analyzing passive network telemetry, healthcare organizations can gain a real-time, objective understanding of device behavior without disrupting clinical workflows. We will share actionable frameworks for shifting from reactive maintenance to proactive, data-driven asset management.
Learning Objectives
Open to ACCES Members only.
Ticket required to attend. Delegate Pass includes one ticket. Additional tickets are available for purchase while supplies last.
Meet in the Westin Lobby at 6:30 PM for walk to the Cable Wharf. Cruise departure: 7:00 PM.
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Predictive analytics uses clinical data, machine learning, and real time monitoring to identify patient risks and forecast outcomes before issues escalate. In healthcare, it supports early disease detection, personalized treatment, reduced readmissions, and more efficient hospital operations. By turning data into actionable insights, predictive analytics helps clinicians deliver safer, more proactive, and more cost-effective care.
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I am a graduate from the University of South Carolina. I currently reside in Rothesay, New Brunswick and have a wife Christine and three daughters Kate (24), Julia (22), and Sarah (20). I am the owner and operator of Clear Power Solution, which specializes in batteries, telecom services, and solar. We have been in business for 25 years and pride ourselves on quality products and superior service. I enjoy golfing, skiing, playing hockey, boating, fly fishing, and scuba diving.
Learning Objectives
Batteries are probably the most commonly used and misunderstood equipment in today’s hospitals. What regulations and policies should hospitals adopt when purchasing a battery. OME versus third party and the benefits and costs associated with each. Understanding best practices can help prevent damage to equipment and more importantly injury to patients and employees.
This session provides clinical engineers with a high-level overview of Pulmonary Function testing and the equipment used to diagnose and manage patients’ health. Attendees will explore the core tests within PFT, the equipment needed, and finally, how software has advanced patient testing capabilities and health record management.
Learning Objectives
Identify the primary tests performed in PFT, and what equipment is used for each test. Analyze how software integrates into hospital networks to streamline device workflow and system management.
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This session will delve into how operating rooms are transitioning from traditional, hardware-centric setups to flexible, connected, software-driven environments. I’ll offer practical insights on IP-based platforms, workflow integration, and enterprise-level connectivity, drawing upon firsthand experience with over 250 integrated OR installations across Canada. Together, we’ll explore how these innovations are transforming operating rooms today and preparing healthcare organizations for future challenges.
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AccuDrop is a healthcare technology platform designed to eliminate the costly and time-consuming "scavenger hunt" for patient monitoring consumables while improving operational efficiency across Nursing, Supply Chain, Clinical Engineering, and Finance. The platform provides secure 24/7 point-of-care access to critical supplies through intelligent inventory vending, automated tracking, and real-time analytics.
The presentation highlights the significant financial and labor impact of hospitals experience from lost nursing time, emergency replenishment orders, hidden inventory, stockouts, and consumable waste. AccuDrop addresses these challenges by establishing a measurable baseline of consumable usage, automating replenishment, providing complete accountability, and delivering actionable inventory intelligence.
For nursing teams, AccuDrop improves access to supplies, reduces delays, and increases bedside patient care time. For Clinical Engineering and Biomed departments, it reduces after-hours interruptions, minimizes "No Fault Found" service calls, supports standardization efforts, and provides audit-ready transaction data. Supply Chain benefits from improved visibility and inventory control, while Finance gains accurate consumption data and measurable cost savings.
The ACCES27 presentation concludes with AccuDrop vision of providing healthcare organizations with a single source of truth for consumable management, enabling hospitals to reduce waste, improve workflow efficiency, protect equipment uptime, and create measurable financial and operational improvements through a proof-of-value pilot program.
The presentation will summarize the development of the endoscope, the stroboscope and their collective importance to the diagnosis and treatment of voice disorders.
Learning Objectives
Understand the critical components of the scope, the stroboscope and the method of synchronizing the strobe to the vibration of vocal folds.
As biomedical equipment becomes more complex and service demands increase, automation is playing an increasingly important role in improving testing efficiency and consistency. This session will explore the benefits and limitations of automated testing in biomedical engineering environments, and compare the different approach used by different simulators and analyzers.
A ticket is required to attend. Delegate Pass includes one ticket. Additional tickets are available for purchase while supplies last.
Describe the applications of laser technology in Urology.
Outline the clinical differences between the Thulium Fiber Laser and Holmium YAG laser platforms.
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Provide insight to the group on how Nova Scotia Health has decided to adopt the newest CSA standard for mobilization/transfer of patients using lifting systems.
Learning Objectives
Background on the importance of Patient Lifting Systems, the reason for the adoption of the newest CSA Standard, how we are working with Vendors and Facilities to ensure the safest installations of Patient Lifting Systems.
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As dialysis departments grow from in centre to outside satellite dialysis clinics and home dialysis water quality is going to be a concern.
The presentation will start with feed water evaluation. The content will include evaluating good and poor-quality private sources, feed water purification systems and testing.
Dialysis water purification systems will be the next part of the presentation; both home and In Centre. Starting with the prefiltration components of the system, reverse osmosis systems and deionizing tanks, distribution loops and dialysis water testing.
Learning Objectives
Clinical Engineering Tech’s working in the dialysis field have the challenges of looking water systems for dialysis departments and home hemodialysis patients.
The attendees of this presentation will get some basic information that will help with evaluating feed water for any hemodialysis site and hemodialysis water purification.
Some of the key topics include:
We don’t live in a perfect world and Dialysis Tech’s are faced with home sites with poor quality water sources and satellite dialysis clinics with water supplied by private “unmanaged” water sources.
Hopefully after attending this presentation, one will have a better understanding of the risk.
Panelists from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland & Labrador, and Prince Edward Island.
A boxed lunch will be provided.
1181 Hollis Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia
We are delighted to be staging ACCES27 at the Westin Nova Scotian Hotel, located in the Halifax Seaport District. In addition to exceptional meeting facilities, the Westin offers stunning views of Halifax Harbour and is surrounded by many amenities. Modern, upscale rooms and suites offer many contemporary features. There is no limit to feeling good about your stay at The Westin Nova Scotian Hotel.
Preferred Room Rate for Conference participants starting at:
per night + applicable taxes.
Hotel registration deadline: Thursday, 21 May, 2026.
Rooms are assigned on a first-come first-served basis, based on availability. Rooms are available until Thursday, 21 May, 2026 or until rooms in our limited block sell out.
The Atlantic Canada Clinical Engineering Society (ACCES) is a professional society dedicated to advancing clinical/biomedical/healthcare technology management (HTM) in Atlantic Canada. The Society supports education, networking, standards sharing, and vendor–clinical partnerships in the region.
The ACCES27 annual conference is scheduled for June 23 – 26, 2026 at the Westin Nova Scotian Hotel in Halifax Nova Scotia. This meeting will not only include technical sessions, workshops and networking events but also feature a grand hall of exhibits providing vendors with a rare opportunity to promote products, services and technology. This exclusive gathering includes hospital clinical engineers, biomedical engineering technologists/technicians, health technology managers, academics, regulators, and consultants who are opinion leaders in the sector as well as decision makers in their organizations.
To deliver a conference experience of this caliber, we need assistance from our industry partners. We are offering a valuable sponsorship opportunity to a select group of our key partners.
We look forward to discussing these opportunities and are happy to explore customized packages that you feel best meet your corporate objectives. Please plan to join us as a partner for the ACCES27 Conference!
All fees are stated in Canadian dollars (CAD).
You may direct questions or confirm your participation as a partner by contacting:
Conference Secretariat
Call: 902-422-1886
The Vendor Hall Grand Opening will take place on Wednesday, June 24, from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm, followed by a full day of exhibiting on Thursday, June 25. Please note that the Vendor Hall will not be open on Tuesday, June 23, or Friday, June 26.
Additional Exhibitor Passes are available to be purchased for $250 per person. The Additional Exhibitor Pass will include access to the trade show, breaks, breakfasts, and lunches. This pass includes one ticket for the Harbour Cruise and one ticket for the Gala Dinner.
Registration fee includes: full program sessions, breakfasts, refreshment breaks, lunches, Reception on Wednesday, one ticket for the Harbour Cruise on Wednesday, and one ticket to the Gala Dinner on Thursday.
*Student registration includes: full program sessions, breakfasts, refreshment breaks, lunches, Reception on Wednesday. Students must purchase a ticket for the Gala Dinner and/or Harbour Cruise.
Fees for the technical workshop will be coming soon.
Cancellations received in writing prior to 1 May, 2026 will be charged a $55 cancellation fee. Cancellations received after 1 May, 2026 will not be refunded. Cancellations and substitutions should be forwarded to the ACCES27 Secretariat at .
Please contact the with any questions about the conference.
(from our Mission Statement)
Our mission is to support clinical engineering professionals working in Atlantic Canada. We strive to develop and promote opportunities for continuing education, personal growth, sharing of experience, adoption of standards of practice, and certification. We will represent our members to government and promote the profession within the health care community.
