This symposium will offer professionals operating healthcare facilities or providing solutions to healthcare facilities a comprehensive understanding of how to manage people and resources, particularly data, during a crisis.  The 2019 Healthcare Facility Symposium (HFS 2019) will feature an immersive, interactive presentation entitled “The Disaster Experience”.  The Disaster Experience is ninety-minute tabletop disaster simulation designed to give facility engineers the experience of dealing with unexpected crisis and disruption. The HFS 2019 Disaster Experience will focus on a natural disaster scenario.  Attendees will enhance their crisis communications and decision-making skills while taking away the knowledge to improve their own disaster planning and response capabilities. Furthermore, during HFS 2019, attendees will gain detailed knowledge on securing data during a crisis and recovering data after a disaster as well as refresh their understanding of air quality and water safety standards applicable to healthcare facilities.

HFS 2019 Agenda

Sponsorship Opportunities

Khari Alexander, IS Security and Disaster Recovery Consultant, KKA Systems and Consulting (invited)

Jim Alvey, Director, Disaster, Sustainability and Supply Chain, Good360 (invited)

Mark Bailey, Senior Business Development Manager, WGL Energy

Salman Barkat, Manager – Solutions Architect, Verizon (invited)
Hung K. Cheung, MD, MPH, FACOEM, Founder & President, Congecy
Allan E. Burt, MBA, LEED AP, Director - Building Science / Legionella, Congency

Dawn Chung, Director, Disaster Recovery, CNA Insurance (invited)

Brett D. Ellis, Ph.D., P.E., Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology, The University of Maine
Alexander Frane, Disaster Recovery Specialist, FEMA (invited)

Theodore Gates, Consulting Engineer, Cisco

Howard Hochman, Assistant Director for Facilities Management, National Institute of Standards and Technology (invited)

Christopher Little, Duct Doctor USA of Fairfax County (invited)

Bradford MacKenzie, Facilities Operations Manager, Complete Building Services (invited)

Natalie Nottage, Senior Vice President, Facilities Operations & Maintenance Technical and Operational Services, AECOM (invited)
Melanie Harrison Okoro, Ph.D., Principal / CEO, Eco-Alpha Environmental & Engineering Services
Uzoma Okoro, President of Engineering, Eco-Alpha Environmental & Engineering Services

Tennille Smith Parker, Director, Disaster Recovery and Special Issues Division, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (invited)

Emmanuel Payton, Lead Disaster Recovery Administrator, Disaster Recovery Services, CareFirst BlueCross Blue Shield

Ted Pezzullo, Vice President, Information Technology & Facilities, Healthcare Distribution Alliance (invited)
Charles Raglin, President, Steira Air

Becka Rowland-Buckley, Director, Workplace and Facilities Management Solutions, Serco Inc. (invited)

Sorin Schwartz, Manager, Occupational Safety & Health, DC Water (invited)

Julie Silver, ITILv3, Project Manager, Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery, Perspecta (invited)

Stephanie L. Williams, President, Bozzuto Management Company (invited)

Early-Bird rates end on Wednesday, 6 March 2019 at 6:00pm EST.  Registration available online at www.AFE.org or by calling 571-814-8296.  Phigenics Clients receive AFE Member pricing by calling Bridgett Owen at 571-395-8774.