PDC Summit 2025
March 9-12 | Georgia World Congress Center | Atlanta
Early registration is open now through January 10, 2025.
The PDC Summit brings together thousands (up to 3,300+) from all disciplines of healthcare planning, design and construction to advance the healthcare built environment. No other event in the field unites this many healthcare constructors, facilities staff, owners and clinicians with designers and architects.
Be sure to flag these AAH-related sessions and events:
AIA-AAH Deep Dive
March 9 | 8:00-10:30am
More information coming soon.
AIA-AAH Facility Tour
March 9 | 11:00am-3:00pm
More information coming soon.
AIA Academy for Architecture for Health Update
March 9 | Time: TBD
Join colleagues and friends at the AIA Academy of Architecture for Health Update for an update on our strategic plan, as well as other programs and initiatives. Meet the Board and Student Design Challenge teams, network with new colleagues and catch up with those you already know. The update is open to all attendees and we encourage all to attend.
AIA-AAH Forum & Breakfast Sessions
March 10 | 7:00-8:00am
More information coming soon.
PDC Student Challenge
March 10 | 10:00-11:00am
The PDC Student Challenge produced by AIA AAH is an exciting annual event designed to stimulate critical inquiry, creative ideas and multi-disciplinary interaction between students and design professionals. It will highlight the brilliance and innovation of our future healthcare architects, engineers, construction managers. and nurses. Students from five different universities and disciplines will bring their creativity and ideas to this fun and evocative design charrette.
During this time, students will present work completed during the three-day-long PDC Student Challenge for critique by a multi-disciplinary jury and the winning will be team announced.
- Review and discuss the current state of today's professional education in the fields of architecture, health care design, architectural engineering and construction management.
- Identify key issues that will help groom better health care design leaders of the future.
- Explore the success that comes from multi-disciplinary and inter-professional collaboration between architects, engineers and contractors.
- Discuss highly successful student projects developed during a 48-hour student charrette under the guidance of expert faculty and industry advisors.
AIA-AAH Forum & Breakfast Sessions
March 11 | 7:00-8:00am
More information coming soon.