Labs & Research Facilities Summit 2023
Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, Philadelphia, PA
October 22, 2023 - October 24, 2023
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
Current as of October 18, 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 Process Christine O’Connell, Director of Operations, Moffit Cancer Center |
| 2:10pm |
Wet Laboratory Design and Programming Trends for the “Whole Student” Leandra Davis, Senior Director of Planning | Design | Construction, University of Pennsylvania |
| 2:45pm |
One-on-One Meetings & Refreshments |
| 3:50pm |
Doing More with Less – Finding Efficiencies and Better Processes to Accomplish Tasks Daniel T. Okoli, - Chief Operating Officer, Planning & Development, University of California, Merced |
| 4:25pm |
Panel: Design Intent & Planning for Growth through the Lens of Lessons Learned Pilar Illueca, Executive Director of Design & Construction, University of Miami Ed McArthur, Vice President Facilities Planning & Capital Project Management, Columbia University Tobi Anne Walsh, Assistant Vice President, Capital Strategy & Planning, George Mason University
Moderator
Tom Ertler, Chief Creative Officer, Miller Zell |
| 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 |
Design Standardization – A Valuable Tool for Owners and End Users 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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Phasing and Planning Insights for Modernizing Classrooms |
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Downtown Partnerships: Connecting City and School for Mutual Benefits |
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Methods of Getting Dollars out of Donors |
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Sustainability & Eco-friendly Spaces |
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How Planning & Design is Used as a Recruitment Tool |
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| 12:45pm |
Close of Program |
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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
