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IHCD to sponsor education sessions at Med|Ed Boston

Boston, MA Attendees to MED|Ed Facilities 2017 can attend new educational sessions produced and sponsored by Institute for Human Centered Design (IHCD), April 4+5, 2017 at the Seaport World Trade Center Boston. The Institute for Human Centered Design (IHCD) sessions at MED|Ed Facilities will focus on social sustainability and universal/human-centered design.

IHCD educational sessions include:

• The ADA Standards for Accessible Design: What Medical Centers Need to Know

• Human-Centric Lighting - What Does it Mean and How do We Provide it in Practice?

• Welcoming Campuses, Wayfinding That Works for Everyone

• Comprehensive Analysis of Accessibility Compliance as a Tool for Diversity and Inclusion in Higher Education: Case Studies Complete descriptions and additional sessions are available at www.mededboston.com.

The exhibit area will provide opportunities for product manufacturers to display healthy products to the design and construction professionals who attend the event.

Valerie Fletcher, executive director, Institute for Human Centered Design (IHCD) said, “The Institute for Human Centered Design has chosen to use the term “human centered design” as the most representative of our philosophy. We are invested in the international universal design/design-for-all/inclusive design movement but we believe that it is important to be open to complementary ideas that make sense within the simple and open framework of human centered design. Important parallel trends today include green design and design for health and healing. We see value in finding the common ground between movements and in working collaboratively.”

Richard Vendola, MED|Ed Facilities Boston principal said, “To support our goal of delivering the highest quality educational programs for the design and construction professionals in the Northeast, we partnered with the premier experts on subject matter, and IHCD is exactly that when it comes to human-centered or universal design. We are happy to be able to draw on Valerie Fletcher and her associates knowledge and experience.”

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