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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 19, 2025

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CHICAGO — Registration for the 2026 International Summit & Exhibition on Health Facility Planning, Design & Construction™ (PDC Summit™) has officially opened. The American Society for Health Care Engineering (ASHE) and its fellow Supporting Organizations will present the 2026 PDC Summit March 8-11, 2026, at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston.

Each year, the PDC Summit brings together thousands of health care planning, design and construction professionals to learn, network and share solutions with the goal of creating safe healing environments. The conference welcomes individuals at every stage of their careers across a broad spectrum of professions, including design professionals, health care facilities managers, construction professionals, hospital administrators and care providers.

General sessions include an opening keynote by strategist and psychology of influence expert Rory Vaden, who outlines seven steps to achieve success through building self-discipline, and a presentation featuring The Center for Health Design’s Changemaker Award winner. Concurrent sessions focus on various aspects of health care facility design, construction and operations, including mobilizing data-driven strategies in design, innovative approaches to project management for health care and leading-edge updates on codes and standards applicable to health care facilities.

Attendees can align their experience of the 2026 PDC Summit along seven learning tracks: Financial Implications of PDC; Clinical Perspectives in Design; Effective Collaboration; Safe, Secure Environments; Compliance and Policy; Impactful Interior Environments; and a track curated by The Center for Health Design focused on Research, Design and Outcomes. Central topics are explored across a variety of session formats including keynotes, lecture-style and debate-style sessions, and peer-to-peer knowledge-sharing forums.

Several interactive sessions are also offered as add-on events. These include certification exam review sessions, an evidence-based design workshop, a session on troubleshooting project management mishaps, and a hands-on tour of Eaton’s state-of-the-art Power Systems Experience Center in Houston. In addition to staying informed about new developments in the field, attendees can earn continuing education credits toward industry-standard certifications such as designations from the American Institute of Architects; ASHE’s Certified Health Care Constructor certification; Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives; The Center for Health Design’s Evidence-Based Design Accreditation and Certification; International Design Continuing Education Council certifications; and nursing licenses.

The PDC Summit is one of the nation’s premier events focused on innovation in the health care design and construction field, complete with an exhibition that gathers the field’s leading solutions providers. �����Թ�joins a coalition of Supporting Organizations dedicated to optimizing the health care physical environment to present this year’s event. Those organizations include the Academy of Architecture for Health, a Knowledge Community of the American Institute of Architecture (AAH|AIA); American Academy of Healthcare Interior Designers (AAHID); American College of Healthcare Architects (ACHA); Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN); Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC); ASHRAE; The Center for Health Design; Facility Guidelines Institute (FGI); International Association for Healthcare Security and Safety (IAHSS); and Nursing Institute for Healthcare Design (NIHD).

Discounted early registration rates are available through Aug. 30, 2025, with price-advantaged early registration rates offered through Jan. 9, 2026. For more details and to register for the 2026 PDC Summit, visit .