2008 Academy of Architecture for Health Update

The Academy Board takes the annual opportunity to provide its members with an update of the Academy's mission and activities at the International Conference and Exhibition on Healthcare Facility Planning, Design and Construction (PDC) in Orlando. This issue will feature reports of 2008's PDC from various perspectives.
Please click here for the presentation given to the Academy Board as the 2008 Update at the PDC in Orlando.

James Harrell, FAIA, FACHA, provided us with the sketches below of the town of Celebration, FL, made while he was in Orlando for the PDC.

News

Peter Bardwell, FAIA, FACHA, opening remarks to Plenary Session at 2008 PDC

Those of you who know me well are familiar with my frequent use of the phrase “The future isn’t what it used to be.”
Never was this more true than in contemporary American healthcare and related planning, design, and construction.
For any new, moderately large healthcare facility opening its doors to patients today, March 10, 2008, it’s likely that planning started about the time that this conference convened five years ago on March 10, 2003 in Phoenix, Arizona.
Just ponder for a moment what most people likely weren’t talking a lot about five years ago when today’s new facility was in its infancy.

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Bill Sheely, AIA, ACHA, 2008 PDC Conference Report

Once again, the 2008 PDC enabled hospital administrators, facility engineers, clinical staff, architects, engineers, contractors and researchers the opportunity to come together and discuss how to plan, design and construct innovative healthcare facilities in a pro-active, high-energy environment.
Over the course of three and a half days, attendees were challenged to explore their passions to improve healthcare for patients, families and clinicians. Various venues (including plenary sessions, concurrent sessions in seven tracks, technical exhibits, parties and receptions) featured the latest services, products and technologies for healthcare planning, design and construction, and the conference was one of the largest exhibit of healthcare projects shown to date.

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Jeffrey S. Monzu, AIA, PDC Viewpoint: Emerging Professionals

The 2008 PDC Conference in Orlando was a great experience, and not just because the temperature back home in Omaha was about 70 degrees colder while we were there! Every year that I attend, I am amazed by the collection of talent and resources that come together in one location to better the field in which we all practice. Most of the year we compete against one another for new business, new clients, and that next great opportunity to excel at what we do. But the real purpose behind the PDC is to make us all come together to discuss issues that raise the bar for healthcare facilities design and construction. This ultimately benefits the staff and patients served by the facilities we design.

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AAH Foundation Update

Our planning for a program to be held later this fall in Chicago is in full swing. We are developing an informative and provocative event ,which will include several international and national experts on the topic of private financing initiatives for healthcare. This will be a one-day program which will focus on what has and hasn’t worked in the both the UK and Canada, as well as the opportunities for translating these lessons to the US.
Because of other AIA and Academy commitments, Trustee Dan Noble submitted his resignation this March, which we regretfully accepted. Dan has provided great insight and innovative ideas to the Foundation Board, for which we are very grateful. In order to fill Dan’s position, the Board voted Tom Harvey, AIA, FACHA, of HKS as our newest Trustee.
If you have any questions about any of our projects or our overall efforts, please do not hesitate to contact me or any of the other Trustees.

Georgeann B. Burns
President, AAH Foundation
February 2008

Resources

Deadline for Convention 2009 Proposals Fast Approaching!

All complete 2009 Convention Submission Proposals must be received by the deadline of 11:59 p.m. PT, July 1, 2008.
The AIA 2009 National Convention and Design Exposition will be held in San Francisco on April 30 – May 2, 2009.

Educational programs must meet all deadlines and adhere to all AIA/CES criteria ,regardless of format and length to be eligible for presentation at, or in conjunction with, the AIA 2009 National Convention.

Visit http://www.aia.org/conted_convention for complete information. Please also click here for tips, reminders and recommendations for submissions.

Deadlines:

July 1, 2008 - must submit online complete information including title, program summary, program abstract, learning objectives, and speaker names for all programs receiving CES credit

August 1, 2008 - must submit title, program summary, program abstract, learning objectives, and speaker names for conferences within Convention. Information will be provided later about the submission process.

August 1, 2008 - must submit complete information for non-CES programs. Information will be provided later about the submission process.

November 15, 2008 - signed agreements from speakers due to the AIA; Speaker Guidelines, PowerPoint, and handout template available for download on www.aia.org/conted_convention.

January 1-February 1, 2009 - the first draft of your or your group’s visual presentation and resource cover sheet between must be uploaded to the AIA FTP site.

March 15, 2009 - final revisions must be received

Opportunity for Emerging Professionals!
Herman Miller for Healthcare will sponsor eight intern architects to attend the fall conference of the Center for Health Design/AIA Academy of Architecture for Health known as HealthcareDesign.08. The conference will be held November 8-11, 2008, in Washington, D.C. The deadline for application is August 8, 2008. Please click here for more details.

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