The 2026 Call for Presentations Submission Portal is now closed. Check back next year!
Submitted Your Proposal Before the Deadline?
If you have questions about your recently submitted presentation proposal(s) or would like an update on your application status, please contact Amanda Ryan at [email protected].
EDUCATIONAL FOCUS: The Healthcare Design Conference + Expo welcomes presentation proposals that respond to the current needs of healthcare organizations and solutions being put into place across the healthcare planning, design, construction, and operations/facility management sectors.
Topics of interest for the 2026 program include, but are not limited to, the following:
- • Facility renovation and reuse
- • Outpatient/ambulatory care environments
- • Integrating technology and supporting future innovations
- • Staff and campus safety
- • Construction methods and prefabrication
- • Health and wellness
- • Designing for an aging population
- • Freestanding EDs/microhospitals/urgent care centers
- • Sustainability/resiliency
- • Specialty service lines (pediatrics, mental health, cancer care, etc.)
- • Interior design aesthetics and materials/FF&E selections
- • Advanced construction methods and project delivery solutions (prefabrication, mass timber, etc.)
- • Medical and equipment planning and programming
- • Building systems and infrastructure
- • Community-based and rural healthcare
- • Clinical perspectives in design
- • International projects and design approaches
Join us Oct. 17-20, 2026, in New Orleans for the ultimate healthcare design education, networking, and product-sourcing event!