Quest 2026: Agenda

All meals provided. Dress code is business casual. Check back for updates.

TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING, April 28, 2026

2:00-5:30 PM Ybor City Innovation Tour, including supplies warehouse, community garden, food pharmacy and Tampa General Hospital (TGH) Innovation Center: hospital-at-home mock-up & patient room of the future.
5:30-7:30 PM Reception at TGH Innovation Center

WEDNESDAY, April 29, 2026

Sessions at Tampa General Hospital

WEDNESDAY EVENING, April 29, 2026

6:00-8:30 PM Reception and Dinner

THURSDAY, April 30

Sessions at Tampa General Hospital 
Conference concludes at 4:30 PM

 
Session Topics and Activities 

Keynote
TGH's CEO John Couris explains how their evidence-based AKTiVe model  - Authenticity, Kindness, Transparency, Vulnerability - guides TGH's leaders in their quest for excellence

Support Services and Finance 
TGH's SVP Finance demonstrates how support services leadership impacts the bottom line

Tours
Taneja Tower (13-story surgical, neuroscience, and transplant tower under construction); command center; hurricane barrier; supplies warehouse; TampaWell community garden and food pharmacy; hospital-at-home mockup; patient room of the future; food service kitchen; unattended retail

Innovations in Practice and in Development 
Presentations of what systems are doing in their quest to apply new ideas to daily operations in EVS, food and nutrition, laundry & linen, security, transport, and more

Collaborative Problem Solving 
Group sessions in which attendees work together to solve problems they face

Support Services Grand Rounds
Attendees are invited to participate in Tampa General grand rounds meeting focused on support services.

Patient Experience
Advances in driving patient satisfaction, from the basement to the bedside

Using Dashboards and Benchmarks to Your Advantage 
Moving from defense to offense

Support Services Shorts
Back by popular demand. Presenters have no more than five minutes to tell about a project. 

From the Front Line
Support services associates share their perspectives on the quest for excellence.

Open Forum
Attendees submit their management challenges to the group for a facilitated discussion of possible solutions.

Networking
Plenty of time to connect with your peers. Group problem-solving workshops.Two offsite receptions and one dinner. All sessions and activities are in-person.