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Healthcare Design 08

November 8 to 11, 2008 at The Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, Washington D.C.

Healthcare Design 08 is the premier conference devoted to how the DESIGN of responsible built environments directly impacts the safety, operation, clinical outcomes, and financial success of healthcare facilities now and into the future.

HCD08 is the industry’s best-attended and most well-respected conference on evidence-based design for healthcare. This annual event is produced and founded by the industry’s leading information and educational advocates, Vendome Group, LLC, publisher of Healthcare Design and Nursing Homes/Long Term Care Management magazines, and The Center for Health Design, a nonprofit research and advocacy organization, in conjunction with the AIA Academy of Architecture for Health.

The Health Care Design 2008 conference is developed by professionals who are day-to-day advocates and champions for the improvement of healthcare spaces. This unrivaled educational event has been endorsed by experts from the International Interior Design Association (IIDA), the American College of Healthcare Architects (ACHA), the American Academy of Healthcare Interior Designers (AAHID), and the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID).

It is the most comprehensive in the industry, offering attendees a state-of-the-art multi-track, multi-disciplinary learning event.

This conference is for all professionals involved in the design, build, and operation of healthcare facilities, including top administrators and operations executives, architects, interior designers; facility managers, and design/build professionals, as well as researchers, students, and educators.

Attendees benefit from access to the latest and best educational content in healthcare design delivered from thought leaders and innovators within the field. Through offering new and forward-thinking concepts, ideas, practices and evidence-based research findings, Health Care Design 08 promises to be a can’t miss event.

Join a long established group of faculty speakers who are recognized as thought leaders in the industry. We welcome presentation proposals that are suited to the following educational foci:

• Evidence-Based Design Research Methodologies
• Case Studies
• Evidence-Based Design Research Studies/ Reports
• Safe Hospital Design
• Green Design and Sustainability
• Innovations in Facility Planning
• Design Challenges and Solutions
• Impact of Technology on Facility Design
• Lessons Learned from Our International Neighbors

Questions about Healthcare Design 08? Don’t hesitate to contact The Center for Health Design program development manager, Jennifer Wilcox at jcotterwilcox@verizon.net or call 202.277.2407.