Healthcare Design is bringing together all the news, updates, and conversations you need to know for the 2025 Healthcare Design Conference + Expo to be held Oct. 25-28 at the Kansas City Convention Center, in Kansas City, Mo.
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The HCD Conference + Expo is the ultimate networking, education, and product-sourcing event, devoted to how the current and future design of responsibly built environments directly impacts the safety, operation, clinical outcomes, and financial success of healthcare facilities.
Join us for expert insights on the latest trends, best practices, and leading-edge approaches in the planning, design, construction, and ongoing operation of healthcare spaces.
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This year’s event includes more than 85 keynote and educational sessions, pre-conference workshops, facility tours, and our largest expo hall to date with more than 250 exhibitors.
To make sure you don’t miss anything, we’ve created this definitive hub where Healthcare Design magazine’s editors will share regular updates, announcements, and pre- and post-show coverage of the 2025 HCD Conference + Expo. Be sure to check back often (better yet, bookmark this page so you don’t miss anything).
For more details and to register for the 2025 HCD Conference + Expo, visit hcdexpo.com.
HCD Conference + Expo 2025: News and Updates
2025 HCD Conference + Expo Announces Educational Session Schedule
More than 100 keynote, deep dive, and educational sessions will be presented at the annual conference in Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 25-28.
Read the article here.
2025 HCD Conference + Expo Preview: Spotlight On Project Delivery Track
The 2025 conference, held Oct. 25-28 in Kansas City, Mo., will feature a new session track focused on strategies to drive speed-to-market in delivering projects.
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Healthcare Design Celebrates 2025 Design Showcase Winners
Healthcare Design’s annual design competition recognizes two Awards of Merit, four Honorable Mention winners, and four Finalists.
Read the article here.
(Image credit: Tom Bonner Photography, Courtesy CO Architects)
City Of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Hope Plaza, Duarte, California: 2025 Design Showcase Award Of Merit
Project team members from EwingCole and CO Architects share insights on some of the planning and design strategies for the award-winning cancer center.
Read the article here.
(Image credit: Cooper Photography)
Och Spine At NewYork-Presbyterian/The Spiral, New York: 2025 Design Showcase Award Of Merit
Members from the winning project team at Array Architects discuss delivering a unified care environment for three healthcare tenants within an urban setting.
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(Image credit: Albert Vecerka/Esto)
April Sampson Cancer Center In Lincoln, Nebraska: 2025 Design Showcase Honorable Mention
April Sampson Cancer Center maximizes its sloping site to create a new care environment replete with inviting views, daylighting, and materials that blend in with the natural surroundings.
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2025 Healthcare Design Remodel/Renovation Competition Accepting Submissions
Submitted project entries for the 16th annual awards program are due August 13.
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Looking Back On 25 Years Of The Healthcare Design Showcase
As Healthcare Design celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Design Showcase, we look back on some of the awards program’s key milestones and memorable projects, which capture the industry’s evolution and the changing healthcare landscape.
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Healthcare Design Announces 2025 Rising Stars Honorees
Seven healthcare design professionals are honored in the annual awards program celebrating emerging professionals already making an impact in the industry.
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2025 HCD Conference + Expo Opens Official Housing Site
Hotel reservations are now available for the 2025 HCD Conference, which heads to Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 25-28.
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