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Pre-Conference Workshop

Cultivating ‘Generative Space’ in Healthcare Facilities – The Sustainable Means to Improve Health and Healthcare with the Environment

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009 ~ 1:30 pm - 5:30 pm

How do you create an environment that improves medical outcomes, increases organizational effectiveness, and enhances the health of the overall community – not only when the project is first built, but progressively over time and across the transitions of personnel? The ‘Leading by Design’ project has spent the past six years investigating these questions. Today, there are five completed case studies of leading healthcare and design stakeholders with documented evidence to support a rigorous approach to cultivating a more ‘generative space’. Indeed, ‘Leading by Design’ consists of ten active stakeholder case studies in five countries applying this approach and measuring the results. This participatory workshop will include a brief background to this highly innovative project by Dr. Wayne Ruga; two detailed case studies by Annette Ridenour, of Aesthetics, Inc. and Tama Duffy Day, of Perkins+Will; and group projects by workshop participants. Participants will leave the workshop challenged, inspired, and equipped to lead a new generation in healthcare design.

SPEAKERS:

Tama Duffy Day Annette Ridenour Wayne Ruga

Tama Duffy Day FASID, IIDA, LEED AP,
Principal and National Interior Design Healthcare Practice Leader, Perkins+Will

Tama Duffy Day is the Perkins + Will National Interior Design Healthcare Practice Leader, formulating research and design initiatives throughout the firm’s 20 offices. Ms. Day was a Principal in the Perkins + Will New York office for 10 years before relocating to Washington, DC. In her 27 years of experience, she has lead multi-phased, large complex projects throughout the United States. She is a leader in the Perkins + Will ‘Excellence in Design Initiative’. To continue reading click here.

Annette Ridenour
President, Aesthetics Inc

Annette Ridenour has invested nearly 30 years in creating nationally recognized and award-winning healing environments, arts programs, wayfinding programs, interior design, and donor recognition systems for facilities. These facilities include some of the largest and best-known healthcare and educational organizations in the United States and Canada. She has extensive success in collaborations with more than 400 companies, over 200 medical facilities, and numerous major artists and architects from around the world. To continue reading click here.

Wayne Ruga, PhD, AIA, FIIDA, Hon. FASID
Founder and President, The CARITAS Project

Wayne Ruga has devoted his career to creating and supporting the development of environments that inspire the human potential. His primary area of focus is in demonstrating the role that the environment plays in enhancing human health and well-being, particularly in the healthcare setting. As a world leading authority and spokesperson on this subject, Dr. Ruga has developed an international reputation as a champion of keeping an intentional human-centered culture at the heart of planning decisions, design concepts, building solutions, and operational strategies. To continue reading click here.

CONFERENCE:	September 14 - 16, 2010
EXHIBITS:	September 14 - 15, 2010
	Navy Pier, Chicago, IL