Concurrent Education Sessions

Access to concurrent education sessions is available to full conference registrants. No additional registration necessary. All sessions are 75-minutes.

Concurrent Education Sessions

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Wednesday, Sep 16th
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM PT
WED-A01: Layered Landscapes: Growing the Past in the Present
Speaker: John Lambert Pearson, ASLA, PLA – RIOS
Speaker: Nina Raj (she/they) – Altadena Seed Library
Speaker: Katie Tilford (she/her/hers) – Theodore Payne Foundation for Wild Flowers & Native Plants
CE: 1.25
Wednesday, Sep 16th
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM PT
WED-A02: Progress or Peril? AI, Environmental Stewardship, and the Future of Landscape Architecture
Speaker: Alyssa M. Moffitt, ASLA – Terra Brava Landscape Architecture, ASLA Southern California Chapter
Speaker: Alyssa Erickson – Landscape Architecture
Speaker: Evan Mather, FASLA – MIG, Inc.
CE: 1.25
Wednesday, Sep 16th
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM PT
WED-A03: Grounding the Grid: Designing Energy Landscapes as Civic Infrastructure
Speaker: Roberto J. Rovira, ASLA (he/him/his) – FIU and Studio Roberto Rovira
Speaker: Edmundo R. Colon-Izquierdo, ASLA, AIA – ECo
Speaker: Richard S. Roark, FASLA, AICP – OLIN
CE: 1.25
Wednesday, Sep 16th
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM PT
WED-A04: Storytelling in the Schoolyard: Crafting the Narrative for Nature-based Learning Environments
Speaker: Jennifer Zell, ASLA (she/her/hers) – MIG, Inc.
Speaker: Hongjoo Kim, ASLA, PLA – HKLA
Speaker: Julia E. Hawkinson, FAIA, LEED AP (she/her/hers) – Los Angeles Unified School District
CE: 1.25
Wednesday, Sep 16th
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM PT
WED-A05: Design Without Boundaries: Bringing Together Landscape, Architecture and Fabrication
Speaker: Nathan S. Elliott, ASLA (he/him/his) – OJB Landscape Architecture
Speaker: Ross Gredys (he/him/his) – Rebellion Fabrication
Speaker: Benjamin Corotis, Affil. ASLA (he/him/his) – ADBC Architecture
CE: 1.25
Wednesday, Sep 16th
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM PT
WED-A06: Equity by Design: Community Engagement and Prioritization in La’s Park Needs Assessment
Speaker: Sarah M. Swanseen, ASLA, PLA, AICP (she/her/hers) – OLIN
Speaker: Jon Christensen – UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability
Speaker: Eric V. RIley, Jr., Affil. ASLA (he/him/his) – Kounkuey Design Initiative
CE: 1.25
Wednesday, Sep 16th
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM PT
WED-A07: Designing for Belonging: Advancing Engagement in Landscape Architecture
Speaker: Joy Kuebler, FASLA, PLA – PLAYCE Studio
Speaker: Ujijji Davis Williams, ASLA, PLA – JIMA Studio
Speaker: Andrew W. Wickham, ASLA, PLA, LEED AP (he/him/his) – LPA Design Studios
CE: 1.25
Wednesday, Sep 16th
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM PT
WED-A08: Designing Your Exit: A Small Firm Succession Blueprint
Speaker: Kimberly A. Tryba, ASLA, AIA (she/her/hers) – LILA Studio LLC
Speaker: Thomas R. Ryan, FASLA (he/him/his) – Ryan Associates
Speaker: Scott Rice, ASLA, PLA, LEED AP, CASp (he/him/his) – Community Works Design Group
CE: 1.25
Wednesday, Sep 16th
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM PT
WED-A09: Still Paying for Robert Moses: Landscape Architecture Leadership on NYC Waterfronts
Speaker: Gentry K. Lock, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Stantec
Speaker: Lena Ferguson, AICP (she/her/hers) – New York City Economic Development Corporation
Speaker: Caitlin J. DiDonato, PE (she/her/hers) – Stantec
CE: 1.25
Wednesday, Sep 16th
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM PT
WED-A10: Getting Specific About Specifications: Maximizing the Effectiveness of Fundamental Contract Documents
Speaker: John C. Payne, ASLA, PLA (he/him/his) – SiteWorks LLC
Speaker: Laura Gray, PE – Professional Engineer
Speaker: Chad A. Benton, ASLA – BrightView Landscape Development, Inc.
CE: 1.25
Wednesday, Sep 16th
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM PT
WED-A11: Great Lakes Resilience: Advancing a Novel Regional Prototype from Concept to Construction
Speaker: Jared Edgar McKnight, ASLA – WRT
Speaker: Kelly B. Coffman, ASLA, PLA, LEED AP – Cleveland Metroparks
Speaker: Kara Slocum, PE (she/her/hers) – Arup
CE: 1.25
Wednesday, Sep 16th
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT
WED-B01: Healthy Soils Support Healthy Trees: The Amazing World of Soil Genomics"
Speaker: Peter J. Caldwell, ASLA, PLA – Texas A&M University
Speaker: Gordon Mann – The Institute of Soil Genomics for Healthy Community Forestry
Speaker: Wei Zhang – The Institute of Soil Genomics for Healthy Community Forestry
CE: 1.25
Wednesday, Sep 16th
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT
WED-B02: Zone 0: A Spark for LA Advocacy and Science
Speaker: stephanie V. Landregan, FASLA (she/her/hers) – Altadena Green
Speaker: Esther Margulies, ASLA – Office of the Designed Landscape inc + USC
Speaker: Max A. Moritz (he/him/his) – UC Cooperative Extension/Bren School, UC Santa Barbara
CE: 1.25
Wednesday, Sep 16th
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT
WED-B03: Let’s Talk About Sequestration
Speaker: Chris R. Hardy, ASLA – Sasaki
Speaker: Nicholas Pevzner, ASLA (he/him/his) – University of Pennsylvania
Speaker: Jonah Susskind, ASLA – SWA
CE: 1.25
Wednesday, Sep 16th
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT
WED-B04: Resisting Conformity Through Craftsmanship
Speaker: Isabella Welch, ASLA – Design Workshop
Speaker: Kela M. Martinez – DOWBUILT
Speaker: Elena Colombo – Colombo Construction Corp DBA FireFeatures
CE: 1.25
Wednesday, Sep 16th
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT
WED-B05: Once upon a Time: Narrative, Storytelling, and Finding Through-lines in Landscape Architecture
Speaker: Rene Bihan, FASLA, LAI (he/him/his) – SWA Group San Francisco
Speaker: Charles A. Birnbaum, FASLA – The Cultural Landscape Foundation
Speaker: John A. King, Hon. ASLA – Retired
CE: 1.25
Wednesday, Sep 16th
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT
WED-B06: Landscape Architects as Equity Champions: Collective Actions for Environmental Justice
Speaker: Brett Weidl, ASLA, PLA, LEED AP (she/her/hers) – MKSK
Speaker: Brian Hurd – CDTA Partners LLC
Speaker: Jack Jordan (he/him/his) – Climate Action Evanston
CE: 1.25
Wednesday, Sep 16th
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT
WED-B07: Connecting with Country: Traditional Custodians, the First Peoples, UNDRIP and Landscape Architecture
Speaker: José de Jesús Leal Loera, FASLA (he/him/his) – MIG, Inc.
Speaker: Chris Tidswell – Arcadia
Speaker: Luciano Svagelli – Arcadia
CE: 1.25
Wednesday, Sep 16th
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT
WED-B08: Designing the Balance Sheet: Financial Leadership in Practice
Speaker: Gareth Mahon, ASLA – RKLA Studio
Speaker: Yotam Kedem – Precise Int Corp
Speaker: John A. Kett, FASLA (he/him/his) – Reed Hilderbrand
CE: 1.25
Wednesday, Sep 16th
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT
WED-B09: Innovating Bridge Design with Landscape Architecture
Speaker: Matt McMahon, ASLA – Snøhetta
Speaker: Terrie Brightman, ASLA, PLA (she/her/hers) – Rock Design Associates LLC
Speaker: Shannon Simms, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Mayer/Reed
CE: 1.25
Wednesday, Sep 16th
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT
WED-B10: Bridging the Gap Between Arborists and Landscape Architects Through Standards of Practice
Speaker: Deb Hilbert (she/her/hers) – SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Speaker: Celia R. Nichols, ASLA, PLA (she/her/hers) – Nichols Landscape Architecture, Inc.
Speaker: Richard James Hauer – Eocene Environmental Group
CE: 1.25
Wednesday, Sep 16th
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT
WED-B11: Beyond Green: Planning and Operating Parks That Pay for Themselves
Speaker: Jeannette Compton, ASLA – Mill River Collaborative
Speaker: Kate Collignon – HR&A Advisors
Speaker: Gary Sorge, FASLA, PLA, AICP – Stantec
CE: 1.25
Wednesday, Sep 16th
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM PT
WED-C02: In Defense of Urban Habitat: Biodiversity in the Los Angeles Basin
Speaker: Julia L. Prince, ASLA, PLA (she/her/hers) – Design Workshop
Speaker: Travis Longcore – UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability
CE: 1.25
Wednesday, Sep 16th
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM PT
WED-C03: Learning from Altadena: Post-catastrophe Rebuilding Through Public Space and Art
Speaker: Jonathan L. Franklin, ASLA – Kounkuey Design Initiative
Speaker: Chester Kano, Architect (he/him/his) – County of Los Angeles Department of Parks and Recreation
Speaker: Leigh Adams (she/her/hers) – APLD
CE: 1.25
Wednesday, Sep 16th
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM PT
WED-C04: Tracking Whole Life Carbon for LA 2040
Speaker: Meg Calkins, FASLA, FCELA (she/her/hers) – North Carolina State University
Speaker: Alejandra Hinojosa, Affil. ASLA (she/her/hers) – LPA Design Studios
CE: 1.25
Wednesday, Sep 16th
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM PT
WED-C05: When a Library Is the Landscape: Designing the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library
Speaker: Michelle J. Delk, FASLA (she/her/hers) – Snohetta
Speaker: Jennifer Burke Jackson, AIA – JLG Architects
Speaker: Edward O'Keefe – Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Foundation
CE: 1.25
Wednesday, Sep 16th
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM PT
WED-C06: Beyond Compliance: Designing for Cognitive, Physical, and Neurodiverse Inclusion
Speaker: Hana Ishikawa, Affil. ASLA, AIA – Site Design Group, Ltd.
Speaker: Jill Moore (she/her/hers) – Landscape Structures
Speaker: Heather Gleason, Certified Park and Recreation Professional (she/her/hers) – Chicago Park District
CE: 1.25
Wednesday, Sep 16th
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM PT
WED-C07: The PM Playbook: Leadership Across Scale and Sector
Speaker: Sarah Evans, ASLA, PLA (she/her/hers) – V3 Companies
Speaker: Adrian L. Smith, FASLA (he/him/his) – City of New York Department of Parks & Recreation
Speaker: Clare Johnson, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Site Design Group, ltd.
CE: 1.25
Wednesday, Sep 16th
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM PT
WED-C08: Start with Yes: A Superpower for Small Practices
Speaker: Haley Waterson, ASLA (she/they) – Plural
Speaker: Jennifer Ng, ASLA – Klopfer Martin Design Group (KMDG)
Speaker: Danica Liongson, ASLA, PLA (she/her/hers) – Merritt Chase
CE: 1.25
Wednesday, Sep 16th
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM PT
WED-C09: Renewing, Revisioning and Remaking the St Johns: Jacksonville's Riverfront Renaissance
Speaker: Gina Ford, FASLA – Agency Landscape + Planning
Speaker: Micah S. Lipscomb, PLA, SITES AP – Perkins&Will
Speaker: Scott A. Jordan, ASLA – Civitas Inc.
CE: 1.25
Wednesday, Sep 16th
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM PT
WED-C10: Los Angeles Beyond the Car: Hidden Landscapes of Nature, Culture, and Power
Speaker: Alex Marchinski, ASLA – RIOS
Speaker: Adé E. Neff – Ride On! Bike Shop
Speaker: Nithya Raman – City of Los Angeles
CE: 1.25
Wednesday, Sep 16th
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM PT
WED-C11: Nature, Elevated: Restoring Park Connections with Landscape on Structure
Speaker: Ariel Ries, PLA – Central Park Conservancy
Speaker: Steven Bopp, ASLA, PLA (he/him/his) – Central Park Conservancy
Speaker: Laura Hansplant, ASLA – Studio Sustena
CE: 1.25
Thursday, Sep 17th
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM PT
THUR-A01: Ecology as Agency: How Biotic Interactions Change Designed Landscapes
Speaker: Steven N. Handel, Hon. ASLA (he/him/his) – Rutgers University
Speaker: Stacy Passmore, ASLA, PLA, AICP – Superbloom
Speaker: Larry Weaner – LWLA
CE: 1.25
Thursday, Sep 17th
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM PT
THUR-A02: Beyond the Blueprint: Climate Action Planning Across Practice Scales
Speaker: Chelsea Gieryic, ASLA, AICP, SITES AP – Livable Cities Studio
Speaker: Jonah Susskind, ASLA – SWA
Speaker: Aida M. Curtis, FASLA, PLA, AIA – Curtis + Rogers Design Studio, Inc. // ASLA Biodiversity and Climate Action Committee
CE: 1.25
Thursday, Sep 17th
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM PT
THUR-A03: Shared Waters: Designing with Negotiated Flows, Borders, and Uncertainty Along Transboundary Rivers
Speaker: Tami N. Banh, ASLA, AIA – University of Pennsylvania
Speaker: Neil White – Cocopah Tribe
Speaker: Fred Phillips, ASLA – Fred Phillips Consulting
CE: 1.25
Thursday, Sep 17th
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM PT
THUR-A04: Take Action or Suffer: Bridging Heat Research, Policy, and Design
Speaker: Dustin Simmons, ASLA, PLA (he/him/his) – SmithGroup
Speaker: Paul Coseo, ASLA, PLA (he/him/his) – Arizona State University
Speaker: Lora Martens, ASLA, PLA – City of Phoenix
CE: 1.25
Thursday, Sep 17th
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM PT
THUR-A05: Staging Reciprocity: Designing with Communities for Justice and Resilience
Speaker: Yun Hye Hwang – National University of Singapore
Speaker: Mari A. Fujita – University of British Columbia, School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Speaker: Jeff Hou, FASLA (he/him/his) – National University of Singapore
CE: 1.25
Thursday, Sep 17th
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM PT
THUR-A06: Jack of All Trades or Master of One? Landscape Practice Today
Speaker: Alex Strader, ASLA, PLA – Andrea Cochran Landscape Architecture
Speaker: Jeremy Martin, ASLA (he/him/his) – Reed Hilderbrand
Speaker: Matthew Paul Cantwell (he/him/his) – Secret Gardens
CE: 1.25
Thursday, Sep 17th
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM PT
THUR-A07: Perception of Place: Integrating Multisensory Experiences into Design
Speaker: Jessica Canfield, ASLA, PLA (she/her/hers) – Kansas State University
Speaker: Alexa Vaughn, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Sasaki / UCLA
Speaker: Ian Scherling, ASLA (he/him/his) – Sasaki
CE: 1.25
Thursday, Sep 17th
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM PT
THUR-A08: Reclaim and Retain: Celebrating the Preservation of Cultural Sites
Speaker: Glenn LaRue L. Smith, FASLA (he/him/his) – PUSH studio, LLC
Speaker: Cory Henry (he/him/his) – Atelier Cory Henry, LLC
Speaker: Elizabeth J. Kennedy, FASLA (she/her/hers) – Elizabeth Kennedy Landscape Architect, PLLC
CE: 1.25
Thursday, Sep 17th
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM PT
THUR-A09: Behind Closed Doors: Candid Lessons from Women Who Founded Design Firms
Speaker: Meredith Wenskoski, ASLA, PLA, LEED AP (she/her/hers) – Livable Cities Studio
Speaker: Magdalena A. Aravena, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Studio Siembra
Speaker: Rebecca R. Leonard, FASLA, FAICP – Lionheart
CE: 1.25
Thursday, Sep 17th
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM PT
THUR-A10: Construction Confidential: A Frank Conversation About How Things Get Built
Speaker: John C. Payne, ASLA, PLA (he/him/his) – SiteWorks LLC
Speaker: Sean Higgins, AIA – GFP Real Estate
Speaker: Dylan F. Peck – Alpine Construction & Landscaping Corp
CE: 1.25
Thursday, Sep 17th
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM PT
THUR-A11: Move You: The Art and Practice of Signage in Public Landscapes
Speaker: Erin Williams, LEED AP (she/her/hers) – Toole Design Group
Speaker: William H. Dodge (he/him/his) – A Gang of Three
Speaker: Tim Popa, Assoc. ASLA – Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects
CE: 1.25
Thursday, Sep 17th
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT
THUR-B01: Urban Biodiversity in Practice: Three Pathways for Education, Stewardship, and Policy
Speaker: Dawn Dyer, ASLA, PLA, LEED AP – Studio-MLA
Speaker: Lila M. Higgins (they/them/theirs) – California Native Plant Society
Speaker: Jen W.K Toy, ASLA, PLA (she/her/hers) – Test Plot
CE: 1.25
Thursday, Sep 17th
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT
THUR-B02: Funding the Future: Creative Financing to Support Climate-ready Communities
Speaker: Chi Chi Truong, PE, WEDG, LEED Green Associate (he/him/his) – Arup
Speaker: Daniel G. Hernandez (he/him/his) – Baldwin Hills and Urban Watersheds Conservancy
Speaker: Amitabh Barthakur, AICP (he/him/his) – HR&A Advisors
CE: 1.25
Thursday, Sep 17th
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT
THUR-B03: Let's Go! Climate Action and Communication That Work
Speaker: Mary McCall, ASLA, PLA – Quite Contrary Studios
Speaker: Paul C. West, PhD (he/him/his) – Project Drawdown
CE: 1.25
Thursday, Sep 17th
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT
THUR-B04: Design of Planting Soils for Landscapes on Elevated Structures
Speaker: Ted Hartsig – Olsson, Inc.
Speaker: Robert Rock, ASLA, PLA – Rock Design Associates
Speaker: Efren Cazares – MycoRoots
CE: 1.25
Thursday, Sep 17th
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT
THUR-B05: Evolving Iconic Landscapes: The Role of Designers in Legacy Places
Speaker: Tiffany J. Beamer, FASLA, PLA, SITES AP (she/her/hers) – OLIN
Speaker: Dakota Keene, ASLA, PLA, LEED AP – Mithun
Speaker: Susannah Ross, ASLA – Agency Landscape + Planning
CE: 1.25
Thursday, Sep 17th
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT
THUR-B06: AI in Professional Practice
Speaker: Jenn Becker, ASLA – Confluence
Speaker: Daniel A. Tal, FASLA (he/him/his) – Confluence
Speaker: Kelly A. Curl, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Colorado State University
CE: 1.25
Thursday, Sep 17th
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT
THUR-B07: How It Started…How It’s Going: Stories and Struggles in Practice
Speaker: Kate Orff, FASLA (she/her/hers) – SCAPE
Speaker: Jennifer Guthrie, FASLA (she/her/hers) – GGN
Speaker: Andrea CR Cochran, FASLA – Andrea Cochran Landscape Architecture
CE: 1.25
Thursday, Sep 17th
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT
THUR-B08: Maintenance as Motion: Designing Landscapes That Evolve and Endure
Speaker: Ashley Langworthy, ASLA, PLA, AICP, LEED AP – Miasto
Speaker: John Lambert Pearson, ASLA, PLA – RIOS
Speaker: Maxwell A. Kanter (he/him/his) – Saturate and Test Plot
CE: 1.25
Thursday, Sep 17th
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT
THUR-B09: Confessions of a Landscape Contractor: 15 Tips on Avoiding Common Mistakes
Speaker: Hana Ishikawa, Affil. ASLA, AIA – Site Design Group, Ltd.
Speaker: Brian Barry, LEED AP – Site Design Group, Ltd.
CE: 1.25
Thursday, Sep 17th
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT
THUR-B10: Designing the In-between: Streets as Civic Rooms, Local to Global
Speaker: Isabel Castilla, ASLA, PLA (she/her/hers) – Field Operations
Speaker: Yadiel J. Rivera Diaz, ASLA (he/him/his) – MARVEL
Speaker: Eduardo M. Llinás – Alliance for Paseo Paseo
CE: 1.25
Thursday, Sep 17th
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT
THUR-B11: Implementing the Gowanus Lowlands: Who Builds, Who Maintains, Who Benefits
Speaker: Gena Wirth, FASLA – SCAPE
Speaker: Sagi Golan, AIA (he/him/his) – NYC Department of City Planning
Speaker: Andrea Parker, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Gowanus Canal Conservancy
CE: 1.25
Thursday, Sep 17th
2:15 PM - 3:30 PM PT
THUR-C01: Applied Wildlife Equity: Just Design with the Living World
Speaker: Aiman E. Duckworth, ASLA, PLA (he/him/his) – Biohabitats
Speaker: Robert Rock, ASLA, PLA – Rock Design Associates
Speaker: Kelly Finkowski, ASLA, PLA – Dig Studio
CE: 1.25
Thursday, Sep 17th
2:15 PM - 3:30 PM PT
THUR-C02: Plants Are Not the Problem: Designing Resilient Landscapes in Los Angeles County
Speaker: Elisa A. Read Pappaterra, ASLA, PLA – studio pappaterra
Speaker: Clark Stevens – Resource Conservation District of the Santa Monica Mtns
Speaker: Isaac T. Brown, Dr. – McMillen
CE: 1.25
Thursday, Sep 17th
2:15 PM - 3:30 PM PT
THUR-C03: Climate Refuge Now: Working Toward Trust and Self-determination Across a Spatial Spectrum
Speaker: Jackson Blalock, ASLA – Pacific Conservation District
Speaker: Laura Durgerian, ASLA, PLA (she/her/hers) – Mithun
Speaker: Kelly Leilani Main – Buy-In Community Planning, Inc.
CE: 1.25
Thursday, Sep 17th
2:15 PM - 3:30 PM PT
THUR-C04: Myth vs. Evidence: What Science Says About Designing for Wildfire
Speaker: Emily Schlickman, ASLA (she/her/hers) – University of California, Davis
Speaker: Yana Valachovic – University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources
Speaker: Alexandra D. Syphard – Conservation Biology Institute
CE: 1.25
Thursday, Sep 17th
2:15 PM - 3:30 PM PT
THUR-C05: Infrastructural Change: Reconnecting Community and Visioning Actionable Transformation in North Adams
Speaker: Marya Kozik (she/her/hers) – City of North Adams
Speaker: Morgan Everett (he/him/his) – MASS MoCA
Speaker: Chelsea Kilburn, ASLA – STOSS Landscape Urbanism
CE: 1.25
Thursday, Sep 17th
2:15 PM - 3:30 PM PT
THUR-C06: Public Lands Under Pressure: Co-creating Resilient Civic Spaces Through Collective Design
Speaker: Amber Richane, LEED AP – City of Santa Monica
Speaker: Anna Cawrse, ASLA – Sasaki
Speaker: Renato Olmedo-Gonzalez (he/him/his) – Salt Lake City Arts Council
CE: 1.25
Thursday, Sep 17th
2:15 PM - 3:30 PM PT
THUR-C07: Can We Restore "Real" Rivers in Cities?
Speaker: Jessica M. Henson, ASLA, PLA, AICP – OLIN
Speaker: Matt Kondolf, PhD (he/him/his) – University of California Berkeley
Speaker: Emily Alcott – Inter-Fluve
CE: 1.25
Thursday, Sep 17th
2:15 PM - 3:30 PM PT
THUR-C08: Climate Resilient Rural Self-sufficiency: Lessons from California's Only Black Freedom Colony
Speaker: Alison B. Hirsch, ASLA (she/her/hers) – University of Southern California
Speaker: Dezaraye Bagalayos (she/her/hers) – Allensworth Progressive Association
Speaker: Tekoah A. Kadara – Allensworth Progressive Association
CE: 1.25
Thursday, Sep 17th
2:15 PM - 3:30 PM PT
THUR-C09: Say It So It Lands: Speaking Tools for Landscape Architects
Speaker: Chelsey Rives – Volcano Heart Coaching & Consulting
Speaker: Amy Starling Rampy, ASLA, PLA, LEED AP – TBG Partners
CE: 1.25
Thursday, Sep 17th
2:15 PM - 3:30 PM PT
THUR-C10: Wood Is Good!?* Using Low Carbon, Ethical Wood Materials in Site Construction
Speaker: Meg Calkins, FASLA, FCELA (she/her/hers) – North Carolina State University
Speaker: Alexander Bender (he/him/his) – Tri-Lox
CE: 1.25
Thursday, Sep 17th
2:15 PM - 3:30 PM PT
THUR-C11: Embracing Regionalism: Place-specific Design for Public Landscapes
Speaker: Nina Chase, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Merritt Chase
Speaker: Kasey Toomey, ASLA, PLA – TERREMOTO
Speaker: Diane M. Lipovsky, ASLA, PLA (she/her/hers) – Superbloom
CE: 1.25
Friday, Sep 18th
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM PT
FRI-A01: Designing Food as Landscape Infrastructure
Speaker: Ming-Jen Hsueh, ASLA – Sasaki
Speaker: Henry Gordon-Smith (he/him/his) – AGRITECTURE
Speaker: Forbes Lipschitz – Ohio State University
CE: 1.25
Friday, Sep 18th
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM PT
FRI-A02: Connected Landscapes: Corridors for Climate, Biodiversity, and Community
Speaker: Kelly G. Homan – Auburn University
Speaker: Nathan Heavers, ASLA – Temple University
Speaker: Giuseppina Irene Curulli, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Virginia Tech
CE: 1.25
Friday, Sep 18th
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM PT
FRI-A03: Unlocking the Economic Value of Landscape Architecture: A Cross-sector Research Agenda
Speaker: Jennifer Egan – Environmental Finance Center, University of Maryland
Speaker: Torey Carter-Conneen, Hon. ASLA – ASLA
Speaker: Megan Barnes, ASLA – Landscape Architecture Foundation
CE: 1.25
Friday, Sep 18th
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM PT
FRI-A04: Building/Ground: Making Architect–landscape Collaboration Actually Work
Speaker: Nick Glase, ASLA, AIA (he/him/his) – Unknown Studio Landscape Architecture
Speaker: Michelle J. Delk, FASLA (she/her/hers) – Snohetta
Speaker: Tenna Florian, FAIA (she/her/hers) – Lake Flato
CE: 1.25
Friday, Sep 18th
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM PT
FRI-A05: Indigenous Stewardship Guiding Relational Design Practice
Speaker: Monique Bassey, ASLA (she/her/hers) – University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Speaker: Paul Fragua, Affil. ASLA – MIG, Inc.
Speaker: Steve Laravie, Jr. (he/him/his) – Blue Heron Tiospaye
CE: 1.25
Friday, Sep 18th
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM PT
FRI-A06: Building Trust and Transparency with Digital Community Engagement
Speaker: Gabrielle Grinde, ASLA, PLA (she/her/hers) – HKGi
Speaker: Hannah Schmitz, ASLA – HKGI
Speaker: Anna Broberg, Corporate ASLA (she/her/hers) – Maptionnaire
CE: 1.25
Friday, Sep 18th
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM PT
FRI-A07: I Would Walk (or Bike) 500 Miles: San Francisco Bay Trail 2.0
Speaker: Ryan Booth, ASLA, PLA – Alta Planning + Design
Speaker: Liz Westbrook (she/her/hers) – Zander Westbrook Design
Speaker: Kristen Lohse, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Toole Design
CE: 1.25
Friday, Sep 18th
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM PT
FRI-A08: Beyond Firm Ownership: How Leadership Transition Really Happens
Speaker: Rena Klein, FAIA (she/her/hers) – AVEC
Speaker: Jennifer L. Orr, ASLA, PLA – Lionheart Places, LLC
Speaker: Keiko Tsuruta Cramer, ASLA, PLA (she/her/hers) – WRT, LLC
CE: 1.25
Friday, Sep 18th
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM PT
FRI-A09: Hiding in Plain Sight: Weaving Essential Systems into Visionary Landscapes
Speaker: Julia Gold, ASLA – SiteWorks
Speaker: Dan Yannaccone, ASLA, PLA, WEDG (he/him/his) – MNLA
Speaker: Jeremy Martin, ASLA (he/him/his) – Reed Hilderbrand
CE: 1.25
Friday, Sep 18th
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM PT
FRI-A10: Breadth and Depth: Building Organizational Capacity from Emerging Practices to Legacy Firms
Speaker: Steven T. Lee, ASLA, PLA (he/him/his) – SWA
Speaker: William DiBernardo, ASLA, PLA (he/him/his) – Sit—Still Landscape Architecture
Speaker: Grace E. Prem, ASLA, PLA (she/her/hers) – SCAPE
CE: 1.25
Friday, Sep 18th
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM PT
FRI-A11: Landscape Detectives: Revealing Community History and Activating Restorative Design in Public Parks
Speaker: Brandon Lunsford (he/him/his) – Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation
Speaker: Shakira Hood (she/her/hers) – Stimmel Associates
Speaker: Jennifer L. Brooks, ASLA, PLA (she/her/hers) – Mecklenburg County
CE: 1.25
Friday, Sep 18th
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT
FRI-B01: Designing for Diseased Forests: Bridging Plant Pathology, Arboriculture, and Landscape Architecture
Speaker: Jenna M. Wu, Assoc. ASLA (she/her/hers) – SCAPE Landscape Architecture, DPC
Speaker: Matthew A. Borden – Bartlett Tree Research Laboratories & Arboretum
Speaker: Andrew J. Balon (he/him/his) – The Bartlett Tree Experts
CE: 1.25
Friday, Sep 18th
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT
FRI-B02: Healing the Water: Practices of Nurturing and Honoring Rivers as Radical Regeneration
Speaker: Maria Landoni, ASLA – Sur Landscape Architecture
Speaker: Julia N. Watson, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Lo—TEK Office for Intercultural Urbanism & Lo—TEK Institute
CE: 1.25
Friday, Sep 18th
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT
FRI-B03: Mapping Heat, Health & Equity: Landscape Tools for Climate Resilience
Speaker: Owen Wiseman, ND – NatureQuant
Speaker: Vivek Shandas (he/him/his) – CAPA Strategies
Speaker: Kimberly Garza, ASLA, PLA, LEED AP (she/her/hers) – ATLAS Lab Inc.
CE: 1.25
Friday, Sep 18th
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT
FRI-B04: Designing to Last: Stewardship and Context in National Parks
Speaker: Jessica Hendryx Brown, ASLA, PLA – National Park Service
Speaker: Daniel J. Lawson – National Park Service, Rocky Mountain National Park
CE: 1.25
Friday, Sep 18th
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT
FRI-B05: Cultivating the Active Archive: Translating Design Memory into Future Practice
Speaker: Hannah Hardenbergh (she/her/hers) – Klopfer Martin Design Group
Speaker: Jennifer Hung (she/her/hers) – SWA
Speaker: David C. Malda, ASLA, LEED AP – GGN
CE: 1.25
Friday, Sep 18th
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT
FRI-B06: Redesign by Necessity: Harnessing Setbacks and Serendipity to Create Extraordinary Landscapes
Speaker: Laura L. Solano, FASLA (she/her/hers) – MVVA, Inc.
Speaker: Adam Greenspan, FASLA – PWP Landscape Architecture
CE: 1.25
Friday, Sep 18th
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT
FRI-B07: Cultural Infrastructure: How Identity Grounds Public Space
Speaker: Juan Guzman Palacios, ASLA, PLA – Marvel
Speaker: Carolina Llano (she/her/hers) – NYC Office of the Mayor, Public Design Commission
Speaker: Ishita Gaur, AICP (she/her/hers) – Marvel
CE: 1.25
Friday, Sep 18th
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT
FRI-B08: "No One Wants to Work Anymore": Between Labor and Purpose
Speaker: Avery Haynes, Assoc. ASLA (any pronouns) – Hoerr Schaudt
Speaker: Carlos Torres de Janon, Assoc. ASLA (he/him/his) – Self-Employed
Speaker: José de Jesús Leal Loera, FASLA (he/him/his) – MIG, Inc.
CE: 1.25
Friday, Sep 18th
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT
FRI-B09: From Site to Systems: Engaging Water at Scale
Speaker: Mami Hara – US Water Alliance
Speaker: Leslie Webster, PLA (she/her/hers) – Seattle Public Utilities
Speaker: Wendy Broley – Brown and Caldwell
CE: 1.25
Friday, Sep 18th
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT
FRI-B10: Drafting Resilience: Natural Infrastructure for Mission Ready Shorelines
Speaker: Steven P. Bailey – Engineering With Nature, US Army Corps of Engineers Engineering Research and Development Center Coastal and Hydraulics Labratory
Speaker: Sophie Riedel, ASLA, PLA, WEDG – Waggonner & Ball, a Moffatt & Nichol Studio
Speaker: Katie Baltzer (she/her/hers) – The Nature Conservancy
CE: 1.25
Friday, Sep 18th
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT
FRI-B11: From Dam to Dynamic Park: Reimagining Doan Brook’s Future Together
Speaker: Kimberly Colich, PE – Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District
Speaker: Matthew Langan, ASLA, LEED AP – STIMSON
Speaker: Glen Valentine, FASLA – Stimson Studio
CE: 1.25
Friday, Sep 18th
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM PT
FRI-C01: Cultivating Care: Ecological Stewardship as Design Practice
Speaker: Sarah Leaskey, ASLA, PLA – Refugia Design
Speaker: Kevin P. Williams (he/him/his) – Denver Botanic Gardens
Speaker: Jennifer A. Jones, ASLA – Terremoto Landscape
CE: 1.25
Friday, Sep 18th
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM PT
FRI-C02: Fire Infrastructure: Integrated, Comprehensive Solutions for Resiliency of Urban Communities
Speaker: Ben V. Feldmann, ASLA, PLA, LEED AP, WEDG (he/him/his) – Studio-MLA
Speaker: Greg T. Kochanowski, AIA – Practice
Speaker: Sarah Kevorkian (she/her/hers) – Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority
CE: 1.25
Friday, Sep 18th
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM PT
FRI-C03: Green Infrastructure: Where Water Is Scarce and Stakes Are High
Speaker: Caroline Koch – WaterNow
Speaker: Irene Ogata, ASLA, PLA (she/her/hers) – City of Tuscon
Speaker: Will Viitanen, ASLA, PLA, AIA, LEED AP, SITES AP – Livable Cities Studio
CE: 1.25
Friday, Sep 18th
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM PT
FRI-C04: From Classroom to Community: Seeding Long-term Impact Through Collaborative Design
Speaker: Brie Hensold, Hon. ASLA – Agency Landscape + Planning
Speaker: Maggie E. Hansen (she/her/hers) – University of Texas at Austin
Speaker: Kofi M. Boone, FASLA (he/him/his) – NC State University
CE: 1.25
Friday, Sep 18th
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM PT
FRI-C05: Innovative Placemaking for Marginalized Communities Through Public Art, Storytelling, Wayfinding, and Programming
Speaker: Hanson Hom, ASLA, FAICP – Self-employed
Speaker: James T. Rojas – Place It!
Speaker: ponnapa prakkamakul, ASLA, PLA, LEED AP, SITES AP (she/her/hers) – Sasaki
CE: 1.25
Friday, Sep 18th
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM PT
FRI-C06: Marketing with Meaning: How Three Firms Stay Authentic to Their Mission
Speaker: Elsa Mark-Ng (she/her/hers) – Agency Landscape + Planning
Speaker: Nora Healy (she/her/hers) – Kounkuey Design Initiative
Speaker: Jenna Jones, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Site Design Group, Ltd.
CE: 1.25
Friday, Sep 18th
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM PT
FRI-C07: Parks Master Class: Designing for Sustainable Operations and Stewardship
Speaker: Jayne S. Miller, CPRP (she/her/hers) – PROS Consulting
Speaker: Connie J. Chung, AICP (she/her/hers) – HR&A Advisors
Speaker: Ashley Langworthy, ASLA, PLA, AICP, LEED AP – Miasto
CE: 1.25
Friday, Sep 18th
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM PT
FRI-C08: Risky Business: A Conversation with a Construction Manager on Delivering Successful Projects
Speaker: Jenny Hamann, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Stantec
Speaker: Ruth Nervig, ASLA (she/her/hers) – SiteWorks
Speaker: Laura Gray, PE – Professional Engineer
CE: 1.25
Friday, Sep 18th
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM PT
FRI-C09: State Parks in the City? Lessons from the Garden State
Speaker: Kate Tooke, ASLA, PLA (she/her/hers) – Agency Landscape and Planning
Speaker: Kara Slocum, PE (she/her/hers) – Arup
Speaker: Maggie McCann (she/her/hers) – New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
CE: 1.25
Friday, Sep 18th
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM PT
FRI-D01: Designing with Care: Collaboration and Stewardship for Biodiverse Landscapes
Speaker: Brenna Castro Carlson, ASLA, PLA (she/her/hers) – Atlas Lab
Speaker: Haven Kiers, ASLA (she/her/hers) – University of California, Davis
Speaker: Rashid F. Poulson – Brooklyn Bridge Park
CE: 1.25
Friday, Sep 18th
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM PT
FRI-D02: Adapting to Changes: Urban Forest Actions from Coast to Coast
Speaker: Rachel E. O’Leary (she/her/hers) – California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE)
Speaker: David Lefcourt – City of Cambridge DPW
Speaker: Albert Z. Chen, ASLA, PLA – Stoss Landscape Urbanism
CE: 1.25
Friday, Sep 18th
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM PT
FRI-D03: Actions Behind the Actions: Getting to Work on LA 2040
Speaker: Amy C. Syverson, ASLA, SITES AP, TRUE Advisor – Landscape Forms
Speaker: Mariana Z. Ricker, ASLA, PLA – SWA Group
Speaker: Jordan Clark, Affil. ASLA, SITES AP (he/him/his) – TBG Partners
CE: 1.25
Friday, Sep 18th
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM PT
FRI-D04: Publics, Projects, Power: engagement Techniques for Real-world Constraints
Speaker: Claire Latané, FASLA (she/her/hers) – Cal Poly Pomona
Speaker: Jeff Hou, FASLA (he/him/his) – National University of Singapore
Speaker: Jean Yang, PLA – SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestr
CE: 1.25
Friday, Sep 18th
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM PT
FRI-D05: Meeting Waters: Interdisciplinary Design for Urban Resilience
Speaker: Anna Beheshti-Rhodes, PE, ENV SP – Arup
Speaker: Zoe Holland, ASLA (she/her/hers) – STIMSON
Speaker: Chris Martin (he/him/his) – Providence Department of Planning & Development
CE: 1.25
Friday, Sep 18th
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM PT
FRI-D06: 'Parques' Are Not Parks: Challenging Linguistic Bias and Erasure in Design Practice
Speaker: Brenda A. Palacios Rodriguez, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Indigenous Collective Group (ICG)
Speaker: Carlos Torres de Janon, Assoc. ASLA (he/him/his) – Self-Employed
CE: 1.25
Friday, Sep 18th
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM PT
FRI-D07: Front-loading Success: Defining Value During Project Pursuits
Speaker: Grace Dials, ASLA, PLA – SCAPE Landscape Architecture
Speaker: Lauren A. Leighty, ASLA (she/her/hers) – SmithGroup
Speaker: Stacy Passmore, ASLA, PLA, AICP – Superbloom
CE: 1.25
Friday, Sep 18th
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM PT
FRI-D08: Partnerships for the Public Good: LWCF Growing Community Parks and Trails
Speaker: Aaron L. Wiener, ASLA, PLA, PMP – National Park Service
Speaker: Jen Isacoff, PLA – Trust for Public Land
Speaker: Margaret A. Carson, PhD (she/her/hers) – National Park Service
CE: 1.25
Friday, Sep 18th
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM PT
FRI-D09: Ambition at Scale: Rewards and Risks of Multi-project Design-build Delivery
Speaker: Kasia Keeley, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Mithun
Speaker: John Gray (he/him/his) – FORMA Construction
Speaker: Jeremy Woolley (he/him/his) – Parametrix
CE: 1.25
Friday, Sep 18th
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM PT
FRI-D10: Future Infrastructure Design: Foundations for Collaboration Between Landscape Architects and Engineers
Speaker: Matt Jones, PE, LEED AP BD+C – Magnusson Klemencic Associates
Speaker: Younes Nouri, PE, PhD – Moffatt & Nichol
Speaker: Amelia Jensen, ASLA, PLA – Mithun
CE: 1.25
Friday, Sep 18th
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM PT
FRI-D11: School’s Outside! Cultivating Biodiversity and Environmental Justice Through Community Schoolyard Design
Speaker: Anna K. Callahan (she/her/hers) – Trust for Public Land
Speaker: Ben Waldo, ASLA, PLA – SWA Group
Speaker: Jordan Hedlund, ASLA (he/him/his) – HKGi
CE: 1.25