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Special Events
Welcoming Continental Breakfast
Symposium Plenary Luncheon
Exhibition Hall Preview & Networking Reception
Open to conference attendees.
Symposium Party
at the DIRTT Showroom
This is the "Can't Miss" event of your HFSE experience with appetizers, drinks and a raffle with some very special prizes with 100% of the proceeds going to the Rick Hansen Foundation. the foundation, founded by this year's keynote speaker, Rick Hansen, works to find a cure for spinal cord injuries and improve the quality of life for those with SCI and related disabilities.
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Location: 325 North Wells (Helene Curtis Building on the river across from the Mart). DIRTT is on the 10th floor.
Continental Breakfast
Morning Yoga
with Jacqui Raines of The Peace School
Special attire not required.
Care Studio ProjectTM
Presented by the LongWave GroupTM
Don’t miss the Care Studio Project created by the LongWave group making their first on appearance on the exhibition floor. This interactive educational experience could lead to new innovative delivery care models that will help bring best practices and productivity to environment, technology and operations. Your feedback is vital to identify needed alternatives for the unsustainable healthcare model we have today.
Ask the Speaker
Impact of Healthcare IT: Empowering Patients and Staff through Technology
Still have a question after the session is over? Stop by the Ask the Speaker booth to ask questions and meet with:
- Rebecca G. Hathaway RN, MSN, Senior VP Healthcare, HMC Architects
- Nathan T. Larmore, Principal & IT Architecture Practice Leader, Sparling
Book Signing: Paper Airplane: A Lesson for Flying Outside the Box
by Michael M McMillan
Learning Lounge
Ask the Speaker
Developing a strategy for healthcare organizations to achieve energy independence
Still have a question after the session is over? Stop by the Ask the Speaker booth to ask questions and meet with:
Walter N. Vernon, IV, PE, LEED AP, Principal, Mazzetti Nash Lipsey Burch
Ask the Speaker
Health Design Leadership as the Tool for Successfully Integrating Care, Environment, and Health
Still have a question after the session is over? Stop by the Ask the Speaker booth to ask questions and meet with:
Annette Ridenour, President & CEO, Aesthetics Inc
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Found Money: How an FHA Program is Financing Today’s Healthcare Facilities
Still have a question after the session is over? Stop by the Ask the Speaker booth to ask questions and meet with:
Rolf Haarstad AIA, LEED AP, Principal and Vice President, Hord Coplan Macht
Steven R. Pack, President, Armadale Capital, Inc.
Ask the Speaker
Psychiatric Facility Design: An International Tour
Still have a question after the session is over? Stop by the Ask the Speaker booth to ask questions and meet with:
Deborah Groner D'Agostino FACHE, President, P4H, Inc
Brian Bertrand, Principle, EBHW Architecture Inc.
Fiona de Vos, Owner, De Vos Associates
Francis Murdock Pitts FACHA, AIA, OAA, President, architecture+
Marc Shaw AIA, LEED AP, Principal, EYP Architecture & Engineering
Ask the Speaker
Return on Design – What are your Metrics?
Still have a question after the session is over? Stop by the Ask the Speaker booth to ask questions and meet with:
Tanya K. Hahn CPA, MBA, Senior Vice President, Lancaster Pollard & Co
Tony Ollman, Director, Baker Tilly
Jeffrey Remsik, President, Bottom Line Marketing & Public Relations
Michael H. Scherbel AIA, NCARB, Partner of Healthcare Design, Plunkett Raysich Architects, LLP
Reception on the Exhibition Floor
Ask the Speaker
American Healthcare 2010 and Beyond: Navigating a Decade of Turbulence
Still have a question after the session is over? Stop by the Ask the Speaker booth to ask questions and meet with:
Marc Sauvé MBA, Senior Healthcare Strategist, Gresham Smith & Partners
Book Signing: Transforming the Healthcare Experience Through the Arts
by Annette Ridenour
Stop by the front of the Exhibit Hall to purchase a signed copy of Transforming the Healthcare Experience Through authored by Annette Ridenour, presenter in Wednesday afternoon's session Health Design Leadership as the Tool for Successfully Integrating Care, Environment, and Health.
Book Signing: Wayfinding for Health Care: Best Practices for Today's Facilities
by Randy Cooper
Attend Randy's Learning Lounge presentation, Wayfinding for Healthcare ...Best Practices for Today's Facilities, and then stay in the Learning Lounge area for Randy to sign your copy of his book by the same title.



