A powerful four-part ISSA session for professionals committed to safer, smarter healthcare environments.
In healthcare and long-term care settings, cleaning isn’t just operational—it’s lifesaving. This dynamic ISSA session brings together innovators, thought leaders, and frontline experts to explore how the cleaning profession is evolving to protect patients, residents, and staff like never before.
Across four focused micro‑sessions, attendees will dive into the latest breakthroughs, standards, and technologies shaping the future of healthcare hygiene. Whether you work in facility management, infection prevention, cleaning operations, or healthcare leadership, this program will equip you with fresh insights, concrete strategies, and inspiration to elevate your practice.
What’s included:
Join us to gain practical insights, connect with industry leaders, and discover how cleaning excellence is transforming healthcare every day.
Organised by ISSA.
Joshua Geurts is a Global IT leader and product owner specializing in the intersection of manufacturing, IoT, and cloud-based software systems. He plays a central role in driving digital transformation within his organization, overseeing both traditional IT operations and the development of a SaaS platform that powers smart hygiene devices deployed internationally.
With a strong technical background, Joshua leads cross-functional teams spanning software, firmware, and hardware engineering, guiding products from concept through production. His work focuses on secure, scalable architectures, including multi-tenant systems, device connectivity, and data-driven services. He is deeply involved in shaping authentication strategies, infrastructure design, and integration between embedded devices and cloud platforms.
In addition to product leadership, Joshua is responsible for global IT governance, including cybersecurity initiatives and ISO 27001 compliance. He has implemented structured processes such as change advisory boards and firmware release management to ensure reliability and traceability across distributed teams.
About Linda Lybert
Linda Lybert is a nationally recognized leader in surface safety and infection prevention in healthcare environments. She is the Founder and Executive Director of the Healthcare Surfaces Institute, now a division of ISSA – The Worldwide Cleaning Industry Association. The Institute was established to bring together key stakeholders from diverse areas of expertise—microbiology, materials science, clinical care, manufacturing, and infection prevention—to collaboratively develop sustainable solutions for mitigating the spread of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs).
With over 27 years of experience, Linda has dedicated her career to addressing the critical role surfaces play in the transmission of pathogens. She has been a vocal advocate for establishing industry-wide validation standards and best practices for designing and maintaining safe surfaces in complex healthcare settings.
Her unique approach integrates science, human behavior, and environmental conditions to improve surface disinfection protocols and create safer healthcare environments. Linda has also held strategic roles with companies such as Prolitec Inc. and DuPont Building Innovations, where her leadership contributed to notable advancements in healthcare safety and innovation.
An accomplished speaker, author, and advisor, Linda continues to influence national and global policy, guidelines, and thought leadership in the field of infection prevention, with a strong focus on practical, long-term change.
Quentin de Hults is Chief Operating Officer of A.I.S.E., the voice of the cleaning and hygiene products industry in Europe, since December 2025. Quentin is a senior public affairs executive and EU association leader with over 20 years of experience on topics related to energy and sustainability, in the construction, chemicals and raw materials sectors. He worked for 13 years at BASF, where he held senior advocacy roles before joining different EU associations.
He first set up and led the Modern Building Alliance for four years, then joined the International Copper Association in 2021, becoming its Director General for Europe in 2024. He holds a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from the Louvain School of Engineering in Belgium and has accumulated over 12 years of experience in EU government relations.
About A.I.S.E.
A.I.S.E. is the voice of the cleaning and hygiene products industry
A.I.S.E. represents an industry that supplies essential detergents, cleaning and maintenance products, disinfectants and biocidal products for cleanliness and hygiene at home and in public spaces across Europe. Based in Brussels, the association has been the voice of the industry since 1952.
Membership includes 30 national associations across Europe, 19 corporate members, and 18 value chain partners, collectively representing a broad network of over 900 companies supplying household and professional cleaning and hygiene products and services. The A.I.S.E. network works with EU and national decision-makers to strengthen the Single Market through innovative, science-based solutions that ensure user safety, environmental protection, and regulatory compliance.
The industry is a substantial contributor to the European economy with an annual market value of €47,6 billion, directly employing 95 000 and 360 000 throughout the value chain. www.aise.eu
About Dr. Jordi Armagat
Dr. Jordi Amagat, UV Medico's Segment Manager in Life Science in Pharma, started in UV Medico as a biotechnologist and scientific researcher, specializing in biomaterials and medical devices integration. During his Ph.D. in Biological and Chemical Engineering from Aarhus University, Denmark, he explored biocompatible biomaterials with his thesis titled Functional Hydrogels for Stimulating Neural Regeneration.
At UV Medico, he is the Segment Manager focused on Life Science and Pharma, managing all UVM installations and projects in the pharmaceutical and cleanroom industry, developing new products, participating in medical trade fairs, and driving scientific communications and research. His passion for science since high school combined with a spirit of exploration has shaped his both personal and professional life into an exciting journey of continuous learning and discovery.
Jordi is a member of ISPE, PDA and A3P actively collaborating in the Nordics chapters, as well as the Project Management CoP (Community of Practice).
Jordi is driven by a passion for science, a collaborative spirit, and a love for global exploration, which drives many collaborations with different partners in the industry and research world
