Organizations and Events

Healthcare Facilities Summit Announced

Deborah Sheehan

Boston – The Hospitals, Outpatient Facilities & Medical Office Buildings Summit is scheduled for June 8 at District Hall in Boston, and will address the most critical trends reshaping healthcare.

The theme is “What’s Next for Healthcare Facilities in These Unsettled Times,” and the event is co-hosted by Corporate Realty, Design & Management Institute (SquareFootage) and Association of Medical Facility Professionals (AMFP). High-Profile Monthly is the media partner.

Among the sessions:

  • Kirsten Waltz

    Deborah Sheehan of DPR Construction, and Baystate Health’s director of facilities planning & design, Kirsten Waltz, will share the drivers, disruptors, and opportunities in a post-COVID world.

  • The 2022 FGI Guidelines are about to be released, which include guidance for planning, designing, and constructing health care and residential health, care, and support facilities. David Uhaze, chairman, FGI Guidelines Revisions Committee, will provide an update on what’s changed since the last edition was published in 2018.
  • Mitch Green of AECOM Tishman will provide the keys to one of industry’s biggest bottlenecks in “Untangling Your Supply Chain.”
  • High-Profile Monthly publisher, Anastasia Barnes, will moderate a session on “How to Build an Agile Design & Construction Team in Volatile Times.”
  • A panel of specialists will provide the three critical paths needed to create value for the owner with prefabrication and modular construction.

A total of 5 CEUs are being awarded, providing credits for a variety of professional designations including AIA HSW, CHFM, CHC, CHESP and Engineers PDH.