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May 1-2, 2007
Washington, D.C.

Contents
About the Living Rooms Conference
Final Program and Speaker Biographies
Hotel Accommodations
Cancellation Policy
Sponsorship Opportunities

About the Conference
Cochaired by HFES Past President Barry H. Beith and IDSA Past President Ron B. Kemnitzer, this collaborative conference is based on the premise that the home will become a vital health care venue over the next 15-20 years as Baby Boomers grow older and put increased strain on the medical system. It brings together human factors practitioners and industrial designers to examine, discuss, and interact with one another about how to design products and homes that meet these needs.

The goals of "Living Rooms" are

• to facilitate interaction between human factors researchers/designers and industrial designers, and encourage them to explore further the potential synergism in their collaboration, and
• to raise attendees' awareness regarding the impending crisis in home health care and the role they can play in designing better home-based health care systems.

The program consists of a number of invited addresses and panels. The concluding panel will be a half-day working session for all conference attendees and speakers intended to gather data to identify and address major design issues related to the home as a health care venue. Data generated in this session will be provided in a report to be distributed to attendees and speakers after the conference.

NOTE: Attendance is limited to 150 participants.

Hotel Accommodations
The following hotels are close to the conference venue. Room blocks have not been reserved; please contact the hotels of interest for rates and availability. The venue is 1.5 blocks from the McPherson Square Metro Stop (Orange and Blue lines).

Conference Venue:
ASAE Headquarters
1575 I Street NW
Washington, DC 20005
202/326-9550

Nearby hotels:

Jurys Washington Hotel (1.3 mi)
1500 New Hampshire Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20036
202/483-6000
fax 202/328-3265

Westin Embassy Row (1.3 mi)
2100 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20008
202/293-2100
fax 202/293-0641

Hilton Washington Embassy Row (1.4 mi)
2015 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20036
202/265-1600
fax 202/332-4870

Capital Hilton (1.7 mi)
1001 16th Street NW
Washington, DC 20036
202/393-1000
fax 202/639-5784

St. Gregory Hotel & Suites (2.0 mi)
2033 M Street NW
Washington, DC 20036
202/530-3600
fax 202/466-6770

Doubletree Guest Suites (2.4 mi)
801 New Hampshire Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20037
202/785-2000
fax 202/785-9485

George Washington University Inn (2.4 mi)
824 New Hampshire Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20037
202/337-6620
fax 202/298-7499

Hotel Lombardy (2.5 mi)
2019 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20006
202/828-2600
fax 202/872-0503

Washington Suites-Georgetown (3.3 mi)
2500 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, DC 20037
202/333-8060
fax 202/338-3818

Cancellation Policy
Please notify HFES immediately if you need to cancel your registration. A full refund will be given for written cancellations received by 5:00 p.m. Pacific time on Tuesday, April 24, 2007. We will not honor requests for refunds after that date.