The International Summit & Exhibition on Health Facility Planning, Design & Construction | PDC Summit
2025 PDC Summit
What to Expect
Meet stakeholders, discuss your findings and challenges, discover solutions and stay informed about developments in the health care planning, design and construction field.
Attendees can expect:
- Collaboration & networking that reflects real-life project teams.
- Insights from sessions led by subject matter experts.
- Solutions in the exhibit hall that bring you the latest technology.
- CECs & learning credits toward certifications like CHC, plus AIA LUs & LU|HSWs, ACHE Qualified Education Credits and Nursing Credits.
Network across the board
Meet stakeholders who support health care projects.
Click on your own professional type to learn more about what's in store for you at the PDC Summit. Or click on another type to prepare to collaborate!
Hospital Administrators
Health Care Facility Management Professionals
Contractors & Construction Professionals
Design Professionals
Care Providers
2025 PDC Summit Keynotes
Morris Morrison
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Buzzworthy Sessions
"Excellent discussion..." "Great interactive panel..." "Informative..."
The top sessions from 2024, loved by designers and stakeholders alike:
- Surface Material Failures: Let's Talk Pain Points and Solutions
- Everybody Hurts Sometime: How Trauma-Informed Design Can Ease Past Pains
- ICU Design Strategies that Foster Improved Nursing Staff Teamwork and Patient Care
- Actionable Strategies for Overcoming Staff Burnout and Chronic Stress
- Step by Step: Creating a Functional Program to Meet FGI Guideline Requirements
Stay tuned for 2025 sessions!
Add-On Events
Sunday, March 9, 2025
Make the most of your time in Atlanta by adding Pre-Summit events to your schedule! Take a deep-dive into industry concepts with respected faculty from ASHE, The Center for Health Desgin, American College of Healthcare Architects and AIA Academy of Architecture for Health. Add events to your 2025 PDC Summit experience during registration:
Eight Learning Tracks
Customize your PDC Summit experience by choosing sessions that address seven overarching subject matter tracks. Create the right balance for your unique role and interests. Click to explore sessions in each track from 2024.
Knowledge levels
We understand that different professionals have varying levels of expertise, and they’re ALL important to the field. Choose from the inclusive sessions at the PDC Summit to participate in ones that are relevant to your knowledge level. Click to view 2024 sessions!
Strategic:
For learners seeking discussions, inspiration, or trends that will impact strategic approaches to given needs or challenges.
Applied:
For learners seeking workplace solutions that can be implemented upon their return to work.
Exploratory:
For learners seeking new ideas, updates, or approaches in specific topics.
Foundational:
For learners who are new to the topic and seeking to learn or review the basics.
Be the First to Register!
SAVE up to $275 when you register by July 31. Be one of the 3,300+ PDC Summit attendees. 100% of conference revenue is reinvested into the mission of optimizing the health care built environment.
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