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Don't Miss these special features designed to enhance your Symposium Experience!
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Ask the Speaker
Still have a question after the session is over? Some speakers will be available in the Ask the Speaker booth on the exhibition floor to answer your questions. The schedule is as follows:
Thursday, October 1st
10:00 - 10:30 AM
Elizabeth ("Lizz") Patrick Esq., Founder, Patrick Law Group LLC
Robert G. Gesing AIA, Principal, Trinity Health Group
10:45 - 11:15 AM
Annette Ridenour, President, Aesthetics Inc.
Duane Fisher, Director, Wayfinding Programs Aesthetics Inc.
Sherry A. Hammond MBA RD, Adminsrator, Customer Development, MultiCare health System, Tacoma General Hospital
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Bruce Macpherson, AIA LEED AP, Principal, Puchlik Design Associates, Inc.
Gerald Puchlik, AIA ACHA, Principal, Puchlik Design Associates, Inc.
12:15- 12:45 PM
Alanna Carter, Associate AIA LEED AP, Architectural Design, Horty Elving
1:00 - 1:30 PM
Mary Ann Derr, RN MBA, Principal, Synurgy Healthcare Solutions
Patrick M. Casey, AIA, Director, Design and Construction Replacement Hospital, Parkland Health & Hospital System
1:45 - 2:15 PM
DeAnna Radaj, Consultant/Author/Columnist, Bante Design LLC/3E Productions
2:30 - 3:00 PM
Tom Guglielmo, Director, Tefen USA
3:15 - 3:45 PM
James Hosking, Managing Principal, Hosking Klute Healthcare
“Healthcare Reform: Impacts for Healthcare Planning and Design”
Patty Looker, FACHE, EDAC , Principal/Healthcare Director, VOA Associates Incorporated
Are you reading a daily newspaper, listening to the news, reviewing professional websites and still feel unsure about the implications of healthcare reform for your work? Although it seems that a full-time effort to keep up with the latest ideas might be required, we’ve arranged a short-cut for you.
Whatever an individual’s particular perspective, we all agree that improvement initiatives in the US healthcare system are coming. In the “Ask the Expert” format, Patty Looker will identify likely healthcare reform-driven trends that will impact built environment projects. She will encourage A/E/C project leaders and healthcare providers to launch innovation that will result in:
- Doing the right project at the right time
- Achieving tightly planned and efficient facilities
- Optimizing market advantage through design
- Advancing the goal of improved clinical outcomes for patients
- Contributing leadership to transformative change
Wednesday, September 30th ~ 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM ~ Ask the Speaker Booth – Exhibition Floor
Thursday, October 1st ~ 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM ~ Learning Lounge – Exhibition Floor
Morning Exercise
Yoga with Jacquie Raines of the Peace School
Wednesday, September 20, 2009 ~ 7:30 - 8:30 AM ~ Lakeview Terrace
Chicago Architecture Cardio Walk
Brisk cardio walk with some architectural history thrown in! David R. Redemske, ACHE, ASHE a Senior Design with HDR and a former docent for theChicago Architectural Foundation will lead the group. Get some exercise and see some of Chicago as a great start to your day!
Thursday, October 1, 2009 ~ 6:00 – 7:00 AM ~ Meet in lobby of Hyatt Hotel
David Chambers
Author of Efficient Healthcare: Overcoming Broken Paradigms
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 ~ 5:00 - 6:00 PM ~ in the Learning Lounge on the Exhibition Floor
Julie Salamon
Author of Hospital: Man, Woman, Birth, Death, Infinity, Plus Red Tape
Thursday, October 1, 2009 ~ 10:00 - 11:00 AM

Back by popular demand! HFSE is proud to announce the Learning Lounge will return for 2009. All attendees are welcome to attend these interesting and informative talks presented in an open theater on the exhibition floor onThursday, October 1st.
Oct 1st | Accessible Bathroom Solution One of the most important aspects of a hospital bathroom, a part from the basic function should be it's accessibility for all patients. Solutions provided up to this time were difficult and expensive to build, not very aesthetically pleasing, and very difficult to protect against failures.
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Oct 1st
| Current Trends in Healthcare Lighting Architectural Lighting Systems presents a look at innovative, modular and flexible healthcare lighting products and applications used in state of the art facilities Nationwide. The session will include a look at healthcare products, application methods, selection criteria, case studies, success stories, and new innovations and designs. Case studies will include creative lighting application at Boston's Children's Hospital and The Audey Murphy Poly-Trauma Hospital in San Antonio.
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Oct 1st
| Feel Good With Wood Modern healthcare architecture and sustainable design acronyms abound – learn the definitions of EBD, EDAC, LEED, FSC, FSI and the carbon cycle. ‘Green-washing’ and ‘Green-bling’ are everywhere in current sustainable design advertising, but what do they really mean? Learn about Life Cycle Assessment, a recognized scientific method to determine which materials truly have a positive impact on the environment, as well as a positive impact on health and well being. We will explore wood myths and realities in addition to reviewing examples of modern, inspirational healing facilities that are as exceptional for the patient as they are for our planet.
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Oct 1st
| Facility and Operational Trends of the Future
Supply Chain Leaders’ educational assessments identified needs for a look into the hospital facility of the future and what operational support will be required. Members want to understand what current and expected trends will lead to near term and long term demands to help them plan for fiscal and human resource needs. Presenters will define a future view of hospital facilities based on observed and forecasted trends dictated by evolving technologies, patient demographics and consumer demand. Presenter will describe a future view of hospital operations and patient services based on observed and forecasted trends dictated by evolving patient care practices, innovative technologies and available human resources with appropriate skills, competencies and dedication to deliver patient care.
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Oct 1st
| Mitigating Infection Risk through Innovative Product Design Mitigating the risk of hospital-acquired infections is a very significant area of concern. Both patients and healthcare workers alike can be exposed to the risk of contracting infections if appropriate infection control measures have not been implemented. Corian itself meets critical 2006 healthcare facility standards for surfaces, but specifying the material itself should be 50% of your battle plan. You can do more! This lecture introduces two product design advents in Corian solid surface fabricated product. 1-Thermoline by Sterling Surfaces, with Corian. New from Europe in 2010, Thermoline will be the new standard in Corian solid surface healthcare worktops. See the product design features showcased that allow no safe harbor for surfaces contact with bacteria, fungus and viruses! Speaker: |
Oct 1st
| Flexible Space and Indoor-Outdoor Living in Healthcare
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Oct 1st
| New Advances in Smoke Detection - Improved Response WITHOUT False Alarms Advancements in smoke detection involve the use of multiple sensing elements in the form of a multi-criteria smoke detector. In such a device, the individual sensing elements work cooperatively to make the alarm decision based on consideration of multiple fire products. At the same time, the information is used to make the system more resistant to nuisance alarms. Further, each device may be configured to respond appropriately to the specific environment in each area of an installation. Learn how the newest product from System Sensor can solve the most challenging scenarios in health care and education facilities.
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