The International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) has announced a collaboration with the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) on a new conference. The WELL Conference is slated for April 2020.

The WELL Conference will be designed to offer a rich, experiential opportunity for attendees from across  multiple sectors—the traditional architectural, design and engineering communities, but also real estate developers, corporate officials engaged in advancing best practices in environmental, social and governance (ESG) protocols, public health practitioners, and technology companies who are playing an ever-greater role in the real-time monitoring of building and community infrastructure performance.

“At the center of this entire process is the critical role of design – design of space, materials, forms, processes, protocols – design matters in every part of our lives,” said ASID CEO Randy Fiser, Hon. FASID.

“Design professionals ensure interior environments protect those who inhabit the spaces where we live, work, and play; now it’s incumbent upon us to encourage greater levels of health and well-being interventions.  We are strong believers in WELL, its scientific integrity, its rigor and the opportunities it offers to recognize the critical role of the design community in every market sector. The WELL Conference will help us take that message forward further and faster.”

IWBI Chairman and CEO Rick Fedrizzi added, “This second wave of the sustainability movement focuses on improving human performance, building on the work done over the past 25 years to improve building performance. We intend this event to be a jaw-dropping, immersive experience that reminds people of why they have taken up the cause to make our buildings and communities work for our health every day.”