Healthcare Facilities Symposium & Expo: October 1-3

The Healthcare Facilities Symposium & Expo, taking place at Navy Pier, is where industry leaders, from design firms to healthcare owners, come together for 3 days to share best practices, explore new concepts and discover products and solutions. The mission of the Symposium is to create a multi-disciplinary environment that inspires you to evoke change and the advancement of a better delivery of healthcare through the physical space. Competitors, clients, and colleagues come together as friends to collaborate, share research, hear fresh perspectives and participate in the ever changing conversation of your industry.

Save 20% on a full conference pass! Visit www.hcarefacilities.com and enter source code: FH2M9A to receive your discount.

Panel on Antibiotics Overuse in Livestock: July 24th

Antibiotic overuse has resulted in carefully structured antibiotic stewardship programs and prescription guidelines in health care and hospitals. Yet, 80 % of antibiotics sold today are for food animal agriculture. Learn what classes of antibiotics are used sub therapeutically on the farm and how this practice breeds antibiotic resistant bacteria and what you can do to make a difference. 

Please join us for a special lunch panel at the Gleacher Center in Chicago to highlight and share information regarding the significant public health threat of antibiotic overuse for food animal production and how hospitals and clinicians can influence change through procurement practices, food choices, and knowledge. The event will begin at 11:15 AM on Wednesday, July 24.

Please RSVP by July 17 to saveantibiotics@pewtrusts.org

Remote participation is possible - please note if you won't be able to attend in person when you RSVP.

Invitees include clinicians, hospital food service providers, chefs, food and nutrition services employees and other healthcare workers interested in environmental and antimicrobial stewardship.

In Partnership with:

• University of Illinois Hospital and Health Science System Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• District 6 Chicago Medical Society
• Advocate Health Care
• University of Chicago
• Health Care Without Harm
• Chicago Physicians for Social Responsibility
• The Pew Charitable Trusts

WHAT: Lunch to gather a group of Illinois healthcare workers to discuss antibiotic overuse for livestock and how it contributes to the development of drug-resistant bacteria. This is an educational session for attendees to learn more about the issue, connect with others working in the field, and find out what can be done to help.

WHEN: 11:15 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., Wednesday, July 24, 2013

WHERE: Gleacher Center, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, 450 North Cityfront Plaza Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60611

2013 Energy Efficiency Expo: September 10th

2013 Energy Efficiency Expo will be on September 10th and is presented by ComEd, Nicor Gas, Peoples Gas, North Shore Gas and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.

The Expo is an opportunity to collectively meet with ComEd and your gas company to help you find ways to stretch your operating dollars and meet your budget with comprehensive energy-efficiency incentives.

• NEW -- Hear the latest on LED technology and Your options
• NEW – “Management Solutions” track with topics that include sustainability plans and how to get and KEEP your organization involved
• Stay current on available utility incentives – learn what’s available in utility incentives from ComEd, Nicor Gas, North Shore Gas and Peoples Gas, plus the Illinois Dept of Commerce & Economic Opportunity

The rate of $79 expires on July 15, so act now.

For more information on the Expo: 2013 Energy Efficiency Expo<https://www.etouches.com/ehome/57796/105257/>

To go straight to registration: Registration<https://www.eiseverywhere.com/ereg/newreg.php?eventid=57796>. Use the promo code ComEd 2013 to receive the $79 rate. Use the promo code PremierCustomer to receive a 10% bonus incentive coupon.