Thank you to those who could join us for the Conformance and Assurance Industry Forum held in Sydney on 4 November 2026. We appreciate the time, expertise and constructive feedback provided by attendees throughout the day. Your contributions are invaluable as we continue to modernise conformance and assurance activities and work together to support a safer, more connected digital health ecosystem. The discussions highlighted several important themes, including lifecycle management of conformance profiles, modular conformance, enterprise conformance, transition planning for CDA to FHIR, Child Health Record initiatives, and the adoption of Gherkin Feature Files to support greater automation and efficiency in conformance assessment activities. Your feedback will directly inform our ongoing work and future consultation activities. Please click link to see: The presentation slides from the forum [3.8MB PDF]The forum communiqué and agreed actions and next steps [90KB DOCX]We encourage all stakeholders to review the actions and consider how your organisation can contribute to the ongoing work program. In particular, we ask industry participants to: Participate in future discussions relating to Lifecycle of Conformance and transition planning Register interest in Enterprise Conformance consultation activities Register interest in Gherkin Feature File consultation activities Review Health Connect Australia Gherkin feature files and CTS artefacts Attend the Health Connect Gherkin Feature file CTS Drop session if you have questions or feedback Identify opportunities to support Child Health Record trailblazer activities Begin planning early for future profile uplifts, conformance activities and sunsetting requirements Provide feedback on future forum topics – (FHIR and Health Connect Australia were raised as topics of interest in the forum) If you are not currently receiving communications from the Conformance Design team and would like to be included in future updates, forums and consultation activities, please contact engagement@digitalhealth.gov.au. During the day, delays in response time was raised, where required enquiries or issues can be escalated via connectedcare.escalations@digitalhealth.gov.au. We are pleased to confirm that the next Conformance and Assurance Industry Forum will be held on 16 March 2027 in Sydney, alongside Australian Healthcare Week 2027. Further details and registration information will be provided closer to the event. If you would like to be involved in upcoming discussions relating to Gherkin Feature Files, Enterprise Conformance, Lifecycle of Conformance, or if you have any questions arising from the forum, please reach out to conformance.design@digitalhealth.gov.au. We welcome continued collaboration and encourage interested stakeholders to register their interest in participating in these activities. Thank you again for your engagement, openness and commitment to improving digital health conformance and assurance across Australia. We look forward to continuing these conversations with you over the coming months.