Conference Program
- Schedule at a Glance
- Conference Schedule (with session descriptions)
- Full Conference Brochure
- Exhibitor Solutions Showcase Schedule
Schedule Last Updated: Feb. 11, 2008
| Legend |  = Case Study |
 = Lecture |
 = AIA Forum |
 = Panel Discussion |
 = Roundtable |
Monday, March 10, 2008
| 6:30am–2:00pm | PDC Golf Tournament |
| 8:00am-4:00pm | Pre-Conference - The Next Generation of Infection Control During Construction |
| 9:00-10:30am | ACHA Exam Prep Seminar |
| 11:30am–1:00pm | American College of Healthcare Architecture Master's Series 1 - Functional Programming: The Critical Data |
| 11:30am–1:00pm | American College of Healthcare Architecture Master's Series 2 - Medical Simulation Labs and Learning Centers |
| 1:00-3:00pm | ASHRAE Healthcare Facility Design Professional (HFDP) Certification Exam |
| 1:00-5:00pm | AIA Academy of Architecture for Health (AAH) Facility Tours (additional fee required) |
| 4:00-5:45pm | Opening Session
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| 6:15-8:00pm | PDC Welcoming Reception |
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
| 6:30-8:00am | Continental Breakfast |
| 6:30am- 5:00pm | Registration |
| 7:00-7:45am | Plenary: Sunrise Session – AIA Guidelines |
| 8:00-9:15am | Plenary: Green to Gold: How Smart Companies Use Environmental Strategy to Innovate, Create Value, and Build Compeittive Advantage |
9:30-10:45am - Concurrent Sessions
| AIA Forum |
| Health Environments Research |
| PDC |
| The Real Numbers: The Cost of Flexibility |
| 2008 VISTA Award Recipients Panel Discussion |
| Research/Think Tank |
| How the Icons Have Fared: New Hospital Archetypes |
| Constructor |
| General Contractors' Role in Their Seat at the Construction Table |
| Healing Environments |
| Acoustically Designed Environments |
| Industry Drivers |
| Design and Innovation: The MGH Learning Lab |
| Sustainability |
| Sustainability Scorecards: Which One Is Right For A You? |
| 10:45am-1:30pm |
Technical Exhibition |
| 11:00am-1:20pm |
Exhibitor Solutions Showchase (Schedule |
1:45-3:00pm - Concurrent Sessions
| AIA Forum |
| Neuroscience and Architecture |
| Planning and Programming |
| PDC |
| What!? No GMP? Integrated Project Delivery: The Real Results of Lean Construction |
| Research/Think Tank |
| We've Converted to Critical Access – Now, What About Our Buildings? |
| Constructor |
| Managing Methods for Projects: Medical Equipment, Design and Procurement |
| Healing Environments |
| Creating Psychologically "Green" Spaces |
| Industry Drivers |
| Can We Eat the European Union Cheese "Thin Building" Typology and its Applicability to U.S. Health Facilities |
| Sustainability |
| Designing the Carbon Out - Part 1: Theory |
| 3:00-3:15pm | Networking Break |
3:15-4:30pm - Concurrent Sessions
| AIA Forum |
| Technology |
| Architects in Healthcare Organizations |
| PDC |
| Healthcare Project Budgeting |
| Research/Think Tank |
| Displacement Ventilation – Assessment of Benefits in Airborne Infection Isolation Rooms |
| Constructor |
| Successful Planning and Design Strategies for Medical Technology |
| Healing Environments |
| Decentralized vs. Centralized Nursing Stations: That is the Question... |
| Industry Drivers |
| Sustaining the Practice of Medicine asWe Know It |
| Sustainability |
| Sustainable Construction: Lessening the Environmental Impact |
| 4:30-6:00pm | Technical Exhibition Reception Display of Architecture for Health |
| 4:40-5:30pm |
Exhibitor Solutions Showchase (Schedule |
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
| 6:30-8:00am | Continental Breakfast |
| 7:00-7:45am | Plenary: Sunrise Session – Codes & Standards |
| 7:30am-3:30pm | Registration |
| 8:00-9:15am | Plenary: Looking Forward ... How Developing Trends will Impact Facilities |
| 9:15-9:30am | Networking Break |
9:30-10:45am - Concurrent Sessions
| AIA Forum |
| Codes and Standards |
| Therapeutic Environments |
| PDC |
| The Facilities Manager's Role in the PDC Process |
| Research/Think Tank |
| Medical Gas Booms vs. Traditional Headwalls |
| Constructor |
| The Business Case for Validating M/E Infrastructure |
| Healing Environments |
| Energy & Ambiance Lighting |
| Industry Drivers |
| Sustaining the Practice of Medicine: What if Our Physical Healthcare Environment Becomes Obsolete? |
| Sustainability |
| Designing the Carbon Out - Part II: Practice |
| 10:45am-1:30pm | Technical Exhibits Display of Architecture for Health Lunch |
| 11:00am-1:20pm |
Exhibitor Solutions Showchase (Schedule |
1:45-3:00pm - Concurrent Sessions
| AIA Forum |
| Design |
| Emerging Professionals |
| PDC |
| Are We Super Sizing Healthcare? |
| Research/Think Tank |
| Change-Ready Hospitals - Myth or Necessity? |
| Constructor |
| When Building Big, Go Lean! |
| Healing Environments |
| A Caregivers View and its Effect on Patient Healing |
| Industry Drivers |
| Old Management in New Facilities: Can We/Should We Sustain the Past? |
| Sustainability |
| Earning the Platinum and Appraising the Gold: A Tale of Two Medical Centers |
| 3:00-3:15pm | Networking Break |
| 3:15-4:30pm | ASHE Update |
| 3:15-4:30pm | AIA/AAH Update |
Thursday, March 13, 2008
| 6:30-8:00am | Networking Breakfast and Question & Answer with George Mills, FASHE, CEM, CHFM, Senior Engineer, Interpretation Group, The Joint Commission, Oakbrook Terrace, IL |
| 7:30-8:30pm | Plenary: Sunrise Session - Defining Sustainability Priorities for Your Organization and ASHE |
| 7:30am-1:30pm | Registration |
8:45-10:00am - Concurrent Sessions
| AIA Forum |
| Health Facilities Strategic Planning |
| PDC |
| Liquidated Damages: Theory and Practice |
| Research/Think Tank |
| The Ultra-Safe Hospital |
| Constructor |
| CANCELLED: Building Information Modeling: A Brave New World without Blueprints |
| A New Approach to Mold Remediation |
| Healing Environments |
| Research that Supports Evidenced Based Design: Its Effects Positive Patient Outcomes and Staff Satisfaction |
| Industry Drivers |
| The Future of Imaging: How the Radiolgy World Must Use Design to Go Beyond Slices and Scans |
| Sustainability |
| Beyond Compliance: The Case for Cutting HopsitalWaste Streams to the Bone |
| 10:00-10:15am | Networking Break |
| 10:15-11:30am | Plenary: Evidence Based Design |
| Legend | = Case Study |
= Lecture |
= AIA Forum |
| = Panel Discussion |
= Roundtable |