Speaking Applications Due by May 9th
A radical transformation of campus, facility, and infrastructure plans is under way, and leading organizations are taking key strategic actions to secure their reputations, positions, and effectiveness going forward.
Higher-ed, government, corporate, and academic medical campus and building planners need your expertise! Forge new connections by providing the project examples, costs, and expert testimony they need to optimize the use of capital, pivot space plans, and support high-value programs and sustainable operating models.
You may include these (or your own creative elements) in support of those objectives:
- 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
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
To complete a speaking application, you will need:
- Presentation title, one-paragraph summary, and up to four takeaway ideas
- Speaker names, contact information, Bio/CV, and headshot images