ASHE's Health Care Facilities Innovation Conference®

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The Premier Event for Health Care Facilities Management
The Health Care Facilities Innovation Conference® is the one place where health care facilities professionals can connect directly with the nation’s leading experts and peers to gain practical, actionable guidance you won’t find anywhere else — especially in compliance, operations and emerging risks for the health care built environment that directly impact patient safety.
3,000+
Health care facility management professionals ready to connect.
70+
Dynamic speakers, innovators and leaders in the field delivering insights that move your work forward.
300+
Exhibitors offering solutions, expertise and partnerships that drive long‑term impact.
Sessions sparking conversation
Led by experts who understand the real challenges facing today’s health care facilities, these discussions give you the perspectives you need to strengthen your facility and support safer care. Here are just a few to look forward to:
Navigating the 2026 FGI Codes: What’s New, What’s Gone and What You Need to Know
Driving Smarter Capital Decisions Using a Project Needs Assessment
Clearing the Path: Installing Weapons Detection Systems in Means of Egress
Asset Data Interoperability for Health Care Facility Platforms
From Generic to Genomic: Building Site-Specific FTE Models for Health Care Systems
2027 NFPA 101 Life Safety Code Health Care Updates
The Joint Commission: Survey of the Future
Implementing Reliability-Centered Maintenance in Health Care Facilities by Leveraging New Tools
Retro Dashboard, Real Results: Taming the Physical Environment
From Risk to Resilience: Evaluating, Communicating and Managing Uncertainty in Health Care Projects
Balancing Safety and Security — Egress versus Containment
Operational Handover Best Practices – Day One Resiliency in Facility Operations
Use a Scalpel Instead of a Hammer to Right Size Need Before Building
DNV Healthcare Update
Optimizing Energy Efficiency in Operating Rooms Without Compromise
Reimagining Water Safety: New York-Presbyterian's System-Wide Water Management Program
CHIQ Update
Resilience Pays: How Emergency Preparedness Unlocks Capital and Sustainability Goals
Breaking the Binder Habit: How to Simplify Documentation & Impress Surveyors
Find the Learning Path That Fits Your Goals.
The conference's learning tracks are aligned with ASHE’s Core Competency Framework™, ensuring every session maps to the skills that matter in health care facility leadership. Sessions are offered across a range of knowledge levels to ensure professionals at any stage can engage with content that’s right for them.
STRATEGIC
For professionals seeking discussions, inspiration, or trends that will impact strategic approaches to given needs or challenges.
APPLIED
For professionals seeking workplace solutions that can be implemented upon their return to work.
EXPLORATORY
For professionals seeking new ideas, updates, or approaches in specific topics.
FOUNDATIONAL
For professionals who are new to the topic and seeking to learn or review the basics.
Featured add-ons
Earn up to 19.5 extra CECs with add-on events. Explore all add-on events.
Certified Health Care Facility Manager (CHFM) Exam Review Program
August 2 | 8:00 AM-4:00 PM CT
Designed to give you a final check before taking the Certified Healthcare Facility Manager (CHFM) Exam, this course will help you gain confidence in the five key competency areas of the CHFM exam. Through a combination of lecture, CHFM exam-simulated practice test questions, and study materials, you will feel more confident to take the CHFM exam and also review best practices for taking a computer-based test.
Abbott Northwestern Hospital: Future‑Ready Energy Systems for a Resilient Campus Tour
August 2 | 11:00 AM-3:00 PM CT
Energy to Care Treasure Hunt
August 5 | 12:30-5:00 PM CT
August 6 | 7:15 AM-2:00 PM CT
ASHE Chapter Leadership Forum
The Annual Chapter Leadership Forum will feature sessions to address branding your chapter, succession, and strategic planning to help pave the path forward for chapter growth. Chapter members will have the opportunity to engage fellow members in important dialogue and share ideas and discover solutions to chapter challenges, gain valuable takeaways from colleagues, and refine their leadership skills.
Workplace Violence Prevention for Facility Managers, powered by IAHSS and ASHE
August 2 | 8:00 AM-12:00 PM CT
Leveraging the expertise of top subject matter experts in the field, IAHSS and ASHE have created a new, first-of-its-kind program focused on effective workplace violence prevention programs.
Learn the keys to a successful program, explore the critical role you play in prevention and how to leverage your facility knowledge to enhance your program.
Foundations of Health Care Facilities Management: Daily Operations
August 2 | 8:00 AM-4:00 PM CT
Health care facilities managers play a vital role in the mission to enable positive outcomes for patients by maintaining a safe, comfortable, and compliant healing environment. To do so, health care facilities managers need to be well versed in a range of skills amid an ever-changing health care landscape.
Emergency Preparedness Workshop: Strengthening Infrastructure Reliability and Response
August 2 | 1:00 PM-4:00 PM CT
This interactive tabletop exercise is designed for health care facilities professionals and built environment leaders who are committed to maintaining resilient, safe, and compliant facilities. Through a facilitated, scenario-based discussion, participants will work through a realistic infrastructure disruption with supply chain challenges, exploring practical strategies to anticipate risk, enhance interdepartmental coordination, and strengthen operational readiness.
CHFM Exam Review Program
Facility Tours
ASHE Chapter Leadership Forum
Workplace Violence Prevention for Facility Managers
Foundations of Health Care Facilities Management: Daily Operations
Emergency Preparedness Workshop: Infrastructure Reliability and Response
Customize Your Journey
Balance solution finding, peer connections, and targeted sessions for personal and professional growth.
Engage & Solve
Get answers, share ideas with colleagues, and explore innovations with experts during interactive sessions.
Amplify Your Network
Connect with peers, discover best practices, and find new partners through increased discussion and flexibility.
Boost Your Credentials
Earn 26.5 CECs or more toward CHC/CHFM/MECH renewal, between breakout sessions and pre- and post-conference sessions.
Content for All
From strategy to solutions, emerging ideas to foundational knowledge, find sessions tailored to your specific needs.
Expect the Unexpected
Surprises await to keep you connected, inspired, and engaged throughout the conference.
Be the First to Know
Stay in the loop and get exclusive early access to conference news, speaker announcements, special offers and more!
Engage with Exhibitors & Sponsors
More than 350 exhibitors showcased their innovative solutions at last year's Health Care Facilities Innovation Conference!
This is the event to reach facilities management and health care engineering professionals from across the country. Nothing beats the face time you’ll get with your clientele to discuss their challenges and illustrate what you can offer.



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