Ken Rubinstein Moderates Panel at Annual MedEd Facilities Conference

April 4, 2017 at 8:00am9:30am
Seaport World Trade Center Boston

1 Seaport Lane
Boston, Massachusetts

Conference Dates:  April 4-5
REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Ken Rubinstein, Chair of Preti Flaherty's Construction Law group, will moderate a panel discussion at this year's MedEd Facilities Conference focusing on ways colleges and universities are teaming up to solve the critical shortage of nurses and provide affordable, high quality education in New England. The Owner of Union Point, a 1500 acre mixed use community arising just 12 miles south of Boston, is constructing a 240,000 sf collaborative educational facility shared by up to 12 institutions with on-site MBTA service-- surrounded by first-class amenities including parking. The Vertical College provides digitally assigned classrooms, lecture and lab spaces driving up space utilization while dramatically reducing real estate and infrastructure cost. Learn the strategies behind increased ROI and bold use of shared services which drive beyond the obvious physical space to innovations such as shared Bursar, student assistance and more. Very cool...

Panelist:

John Tocci SR.,Tocci Building Corporation

Kyle Corkum, LStar Land

Gerard Kavanaugh, UMASS

Ted Landsmark, President Emeritus, Boston Architectural College

This panel discussion, The Vertical College at Union Point, is scheduled for Tuesday, April 4, at 8:00 AM.  Registration information and full conference details are available HERE.

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