The rapidly evolving economic landscape demands a radical transformation of campus, facility, and infrastructure plans to stay competitive for people and financial sustainability. Leading organizations are taking key strategic actions now to secure their reputation, position, effectiveness, and stability going forward: Repurposing existing buildings for mission-critical priorities; reducing costs; realigning master plans; forging partnerships and leveraging regional resources, and merging key groups, spaces, and budgets for programmatic and financial advantage.
This conference will equip higher-ed, government, corporate, and academic medical campus and building planners with the examples, costs, and expert testimony needed to secure and optimize the use of capital, pivot space plans, and support high-value programs and sustainable operating models of the future.
If you would like to participate as an exhibitor, advertiser, or sponsor, please contact us.
Speaking applications due by May 9, 2025
Conference Themes
- Decision making for master plans
- High-value facility repurposing initiatives
- Realigning programs and spaces: Public, administrative, teaching, and research
- New criteria for facility investments: Repair/Modernize/Replace/New
- Streamlined and faster processes for project planning and execution
- Renovation and new construction costs – what to plan for
- High-value facility features to aim for
- Synergistic initiatives: Advancing worker health & wellness, sustainability agendas
- Features that energize campuses – transportation, circulation, amenities
- Project risk mitigation – cost escalation, change orders, and other factors
- Processes and criteria for down-sizing projects/scope reduction
- Flexibility for the future – solid trends to plan for
- Facility condition analysis – new decision to extend building lifecycles
- Small capital spends that reduce operating costs
Plus! Attend this special pre-conference course:
The Fundamentals of Space Planning and Space Management for Higher Education