Atlanta 2025 Summit | SquareFootage.net

5th Atlanta, Georgia

Hospital, Outpatient Facilities & Medical Office Buildings Summit

5 Hours CEU Education + 2 Hours Networking

Presented by
Corporate Realty, Design & Management Institute | AMFP | National, Regional, and Local Sponsors

Future of Healthcare Facilities

Tackling Aging Infrastructure, Rising Demand, and New Care Models

Five Hours CEU & Two Hours Networking

AIA HSW | Engineers PDH

December 03, 2025

Georgia Tech Global Learning Center

84 5th St. NW
Atlanta, GA 30308

7:45 am to 8:45 am Registration & Networking

8:45 am to 9:00 am Welcome & Introductions

9:00 am to 3:30 pm Program-Lunch Included

3:30 to 5:30 pm Holiday Party – No additional charge

► REGISTRATION

This Summit is now at capacity and a standby/waitlist has been opened.

Standby/Waitlist Registration Fee: $319

PLEASE NOTE due to the Summit's Waitlist:

We cannot accept at-the-door attendees.
Group discounts are not available

For Prospective Attendees
Registration is closed, but prospective attendees can join the standby/waitlist. When registering for the standby/waitlist, your credit card information will be taken, but your card is not charged until you move off the standby/waitlist and become a registered attendee. When someone cancels, the next person on the standby/waitlist is registered automatically. At that time, the card on file will be charged and a registration confirmation email will be sent.

For Attendees Who are Already Registered
If you need to cancel your current registration, please let us know, before 12:00pm EST on Tuesday, December 02, by emailing webmaster@squarefootage.net. You will provide an opening for a standby/waitlisted person to attend, AND we will waive all the usual cancelation costs.

An executive summary & presentation materials are provided to Summit attendees.

Because things happen... Purchase protection is now available when you register for this summit.

AMFP is hosting a holiday party in the atrium after the final Summit session.
Advance registration is required to attend.

THE AMFP ATLANTA PARTY IS AT CAPACITY - JOIN THE WAITLIST

During the registration process, select “YES, Waitlist Me For the Holiday Party”.

Holiday Party Hosted by AMFP Atlanta & Miller Zell

► EARN 5 CEU HOURS

AIA HSW* | Engineers PDH

*We will report your credits to the American Institute of Architects

► SESSIONS: INFORMATION YOU CAN USE NOW & IN THE FUTURE

The Summit’s agenda is organized into five key themes:

Innovative Ideas
Emerging Best Practices
Advancing Care Delivery Models Across Diverse Communities
A Deep Dive: Adaptive Reuse, Renovations & Flexible Facilities
Leveraging Technology

Our speakers will share the latest on planning, real estate, design, construction, and operations of healthcare and life science facilities. Discover the emerging trends, strategies, and technologies reshaping the industry. Network with your industry peers. Earn CEU credits. Gain valuable insights you can put to work the next day. An executive summary & presentation materials are provided to Summit attendees.*Typically 300+ slides and a 20+ page summary.

► INNOVATIVE IDEAS

Looking Ahead: Healthcare Industry Outlook 2026 and Beyond
Delve into the top trends reshaping the future of U.S. healthcare. Realize how these divergent trends impact every healthcare system differently and require unique infrastructure solutions. Leave with the knowledge you need to plan, design, build, and operate healthcare facilities that are more effective, efficient, adaptable, and impactful.

Carl Fleming, Healthcare Strategy & Digital Transformation, DPR Construction
Laura Gurley, Healthcare Strategy Associate, DPR Construction

Great Design Matters to the Bottomline!
Because labor is 84% of a hospital’s expenses, it’s vital to understand how design impacts labor productivity every day at every level. Explore how and where cost-effective design, construction, operating strategies, and technology can reduce labor costs, operating costs, and capital costs while maximizing patient care.

Callie Andrews, FACHE, Senior Vice President & Market President, Wellstar North Fulton, Wellstar Health System
Amanda Mewborn, Associate Vice President, Planning, Design, Construction Infrastructure and Sustainability, Georgia Institute of Technology
Donny Walker, PE, RCDD, Partner, Newcomb & Boyd
Moderator: Alan Whitson, RPA, Founder and President, Corporate Realty, Design & Management Institute

► EMERGING BEST PRACTICES

Navigating the Annual Budget Process
Hear how healthcare providers are tackling the needs, issues, conflicts, opposing interests, and trade-offs. Understand why using “simple pay-back” kills projects. Learn why creativity, advanced financial skills, and innovative solutions are so important when the needs are many, time is short, and money is always tight.

Carla Bowron, Group Manager, JE Dunn
Jason Cash, VP Planning, Design, and Construction, Piedmont Healthcare
Keeli John, Corporate Director, Planning, Design & Construction, Emory Healthcare
Tracy Moody, System Director, Facilities Development, Northeast Georgia Health System
James Roberts, Vice President, Program Management, Meadows & Ohly
Moderator: Derek Watson, Senior Project Director, Hammes

Solving The Parking Puzzle
Parking for healthcare facilities is a series of nagging pain points for everyone. Explore the latest tech, design, construction, and maintenance options for surface and structure parking. Uncover ways to improve security, satisfaction, while keeping costs under control.

Brent Bandy, PE, SE, LEED AP, Senior Principal, Walter P Moore
Dia Dopp, Regional Manager, Metropolis
Reed Gardner, Manager-Facilities Planning & Development, Northside Hospital
Forrest Hibbard, PE, Parking, Planning, and Design Consultant, HRD
Moderator: Alan Whitson, RPA, Founder and President, Corporate Realty, Design & Management Institute

Security in an Era of Increased Violence
The safety of staff and patients is a top priority for healthcare facilities. Explore how to integrate design, people, procedures, hardware, technology, even landscaping to create cost effective security. Learn how early involvement of security professionals in the design process avoid costs and tragic situations.

Adrian Arriaga, MBA, CHPA, HSEM, Director, System Security Services, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Ashley Ditta, MS, CHPA, CPP, 2026 President-Elect of International Association for Healthcare Security and Safety (IAHSS); Public Safety & Parking Director, Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Melanie Wright, CFDAI, CSI, Regional Business Development Manager Healthcare, Assa Abloy
Dan Yaross, MSM, CHPA, CPP, CPTED, President of International Association for Healthcare Security and Safety (IAHSS)
Moderator: Bill Navejar, President, IAHSS Foundation and President, Bill Navejar Consulting Services

► ADVANCING CARE DELIVERY MODELS ACROSS DIVERSE COMMUNITIES

Integrating Behavioral Health Care & Medical Facilities
Nationally, 53 percent of provider organizations are currently integrating behavioral and physical healthcare services. Explore how this comprehensive patient-centered care approach is changing both physical and virtual care delivery models and its impact on design, construction, technology, and operation of healthcare facilities.

Kimberly McMurray, AIA, NCARB, EDAC, MBA, Principal, Behavioral Health Facility Consultants
Chris Ressler, Regional Healthcare Director, Associate Principal, Page/Stantec
George Smith, AIA, Senior Architectural Project Manager, Grady Health System
Moderator: Erin Carlson, AIA, NCARB, EDAC, Vice President, BDR Partners

► A DEEP DIVE: FLEXIBLE FACILITIES, RENOVATIONS & ADAPTIVE REUSE

Backfilling Hospital Space: Opportunities & Challenges
The relocation of service lines and functions out of a hospital can create a host of new opportunities inside of a hospital. Explore how to balance the strategic vision with existing conditions and new regulations, manage a challenging construction environment, minimize the impacts on existing operations, and stay on schedule and within budget.

Thomas Doenitz, CHC, Vice President Design and Construction, Grady Health
Emily Marvel, AIA, ACHA, Principal, May Architecture
Magnus Nilsson, Director of Construction Management, Emory Healthcare
Robin Saxon, Vice President, Real Estate, Construction & Facilities, Wellstar Health System
Rafi Wartan, PE, LEED AP, Principal/Regional Director, TLC Engineering
Moderator: Gil May, AIA, IIDA, LEED AP, Founding Principal, May Architecture

► LEVERAGING TECHNOLOGY

Using Cleanroom Technology to Improve Critical Environments in Healthcare

The high-tech industry is relentless in finding ways to improve quality while doing it faster and often for less. Learn how cleanroom methodologies can enhance the design, construction, performance, and maintenance of operating rooms, procedure rooms, exam rooms, and pharmacies.

Cliff Yahnke, PhD, Chief Science Officer, SLD Technology

Making Hospital Rooms Smart
Explore how smart hospital rooms can enhance patient care, improve staff satisfaction, address staff shortages, and tame healthcare costs. Learn how 15% of a nurse’s day can be reallocated from low value non-clinical work to high value patient care through care redesign using technology, automation, and delegation. See how smart hospital rooms will drive the design, construction, and operations of new and existing hospitals.

Lorry Lewis, Vice President Operations, DeKalb Operating Unit, Emory Healthcare
Brian Murphey, Associate Principal/Technology, Introba
Michelle Tillis, MBA, BSN, RN, Chief Nursing Informatics Officer, VP IS&T, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Moderator: Gary Hamilton, PE, CEng, PMP, LEED AP, Cxa, FASHE, Senior VP/North America Growth Leader, Introba