Labs & Research Facilities Summit 2022
Sheraton Grand Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
October 23, 2022 - October 25, 2022
Labs and research facilities have some of the most stringent building product requirements due to the nature of their business. From national labs, to pharma and biotech R&D facilities to hospital labs and university research& engineering facilities, all have the common goal of building and maintaining the highest of quality facilities.
The Labs & Research Facilities Summit brings together the heads of capital planning and facilities from the largest labs and R&D facilities in the US. It is an invitation-only conference providing a relaxed and intimate platform for knowledge exchange, collaborating on best practices and exploring the most innovative solutions for your facilities.
Labs & Research Facilities Summit has transformed the executive conference experience. Unlike other industry events, this conference is smaller in nature and allows you the real opportunity to build solid relationships and partnerships. The all-inclusive summit provides an intimate setting and creates a highly effective channel for true collaboration.
Collaborate with your peers. Make information actionable.
The Summit Experience
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New for 2022! Exclusive Tour at Caltech!
Current as of September 23, 2022
| 1:00pm |
Registration Opens |
| 2:00pm |
Tour – Caltech |
| 5:30pm |
Welcome Cocktail Reception |
| 6:30pm |
Opening Session Joe Way, PhD, CTS, Director, Learning Environments, Information Technology |
| 7:30pm |
Dinner Reception |
| 7:15am |
Itinerary Pick-Up & Breakfast |
| 8:00am |
Leadership Strategies & Staff Efficiency |
| 8:50am |
One-on-One Meetings & Refreshments |
| 10:25am |
Trending Issues in Lab Facility Design Leslie Gartner, FAIA, RIBA, RAIC, Senior Vice President, Science + Technology Design, WSP |
| 11:05am |
One-on-One Meetings |
| 12:35pm |
Luncheon |
| 1:35pm |
Strategy Planning for Staff & Resources Throughout the Design & Construction Christine O’Connell, Director of Operations, Moffit Cancer Center |
| 2:10pm |
Design Intent & Planning for Growth through the Lens of Lessons Learned Jeremy Munn, Program Director, Planning, Real Estate, and Facilities, Northeastern |
| 2:45pm |
One-on-One Meetings & Refreshments |
| 3:50pm |
Wet Laboratory Design and Programming Trends for the “Whole Student” Leandra Davis, Senior Director of Planning | Design | Construction, University of |
| 4:25pm |
Doing More with Less – Finding Efficiencies and Better Processes to Accomplish Tasks Daniel T. Okoli, - Chief Operating Officer, Planning & Development, University of California, Merced |
| 5:00pm |
One-on-One Meetings & Happy Hour |
| 6:45pm |
Dinner |
| 8:00am |
Breakfast |
| 8:30am |
Designing Healthy Environments for Life Sciences Marilee Lloyd, Associate, Lab Planner, HED |
| 9:20am |
One-on-One Meetings & Refreshments |
| 10:55am |
The Importance of Design Guidelines Holly Jordan, FCSI, CCS, SCIP, LEED AP BD+C Associate Principal, North American Director of Specifications, Perkins&Will |
| 11:45am |
Roundtables & Working Lunch |
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Maintaining Aging Infrastructure |
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Risk Management Strategies |
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Cost-Effective Renovations |
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Technology Integration |
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Sustainability & Eco-friendly Lab Spaces |
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How Planning & Design is Used as a Recruitment Tool |
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| 12:45pm |
Close of Summit |
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The Labs & Research Facilities Summit is an invitation-only meeting for the directors of research, facilities and design from the largest labs and research facilities in the nation. Registrations are complimentary for qualified participants and include 2 nights of accommodations, meals, networking functions and participation in the full conference program. Solution providers are able to attend through sponsorship with a limit of two companies per category.
- Adaptability for Ever-Changing Research Needs
- Design Innovation
- Emergency Preparedness
- Security & Biometrics
- Design Flow
- Temperature Control Rooms
- Vibration Control
- Reducing Energy Costs
- Renovations & Modernizations
- Shared Spaces
- Material Transparency
- Facility Accessibility
- End-User Needs & Expectations
- …And much more to be announced!
Attendees have requested to meet with companies in the following categories:
- Acoustical
- Air Flow Controls
- Animal Housing-Vivaria
- Aquatic Housing Systems
- Architectural Design
- Asset Management
- Biocontainment Facilities
- Building Commissioning
- Building Controls
- Building Controls-Systems
- Building Systems
- Casework
- Civil Engineering
- Cleanrooms
- Construction Management
- Cost Estimating
- Design Build
- Electrical Engineering
- Energy Management
- Environmental
- Ergonomics
- Facilities Management
- Fume Hoods
- Furniture And Fixtures
- HVAC
- Interior Design
- Interior Finishes
- Laboratory Safety
- Landscape-Landscape Design
- Mechanical Engineering
- Mechanical Systems
- Mechanical-Electrical-Plumbing
- Monitoring Systems
- Nanotechnology Labs
- Space-Asset Utilization
- Structural Engineering
- Technologies And Systems
- Ventilated Containment Systems
- Ventilation Systems
- Vivarium
- Wind Engineer
