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Friday, Oct 10th
7:00 AM – 3:00 PM CT
FRI-FS-01: Exploring the Atchafalaya Basin: History, Conservation, and Restoration
Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area
Field Session Leader: Bryan Piazza – The Nature Conservancy
Field Session Leader: Justin K. Lemoine, ASLA, PLA – Atchafalaya National Heritage Area
Field Session Presenter: Kevin Hanegan, PE (he/him/his) – Moffatt & Nichol
Biodiversity
Friday, Oct 10th
8:30 AM – 9:45 AM CT
FRI-A01: Bees, Butterflies, Beetles—Oh My! Science-Backed Framework for Urban Pollinator Conservation
Speaker: Kate Kennen, FASLA – | Offshoots | Northeastern University
Speaker: Nicholas Dorian – Chicago Botanic Garden
Speaker: Luisa Oliveira, ASLA (she/her/hers) – City of Somerville, MA
Biodiversity
Friday, Oct 10th
10:15 AM – 11:30 AM CT
FRI-B04: Designing Biodiversity Through Landscape Interactions: Applied Science at Varied Scales
Speaker: Sohyun Park, ASLA (she/her/hers) – University of Connecticut
Speaker: Jim Cooper, ASLA (he/him/his) – Biohabitats, Inc.
Speaker: Evan Abramson, Affil. ASLA – Landscape Interactions
Biodiversity
Friday, Oct 10th
12:45 PM – 5:00 PM CT
FRI-FS-12: Beyond the Swamp: Paddling Manchac’s Ecology, History, and Culture
Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area
Field Session Leader: Xueyang Huang, ASLA, WEDG – SCAPE
Field Session Leader: SHAOHUAI XING, ASLA, PLA – SMM
Field Session Presenter: Joshua Hermann – Wild Louisisana Tours
Field Session Presenter: David A. White – Loyola University
Biodiversity
Friday, Oct 10th
12:45 PM – 5:00 PM CT
FRI-FS-13: Last Trees Standing: Walking Amid Ancient Oaks, Developing Trajectories Toward Regenerative Futures
Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area
Field Session Leader: Joseph O. Evans, III, LEED AP – Evans+Lighter Landscape Architecture
Field Session Leader: Susannah Burley – Sustaining Our Urban Landscape (SOUL)
Biodiversity
Friday, Oct 10th
2:00 PM – 3:15 PM CT
FRI-C07: Nature at the Water’s Edge: Designing Resilient and Biodiverse Urban Waterfronts
Speaker: Pippa W. Brashear, ASLA, PLA (she/her/hers) – SCAPE Landscape Architecture
Speaker: Shlomit Wartenburg – ECOncrete
Speaker: Anna Spooner, ASLA, PLA – Anchor QEA
Biodiversity
Friday, Oct 10th
3:45 PM – 5:00 PM CT
FRI-D09: Rewilding New York City—History, Design & Ecology
Speaker: David Seiter, ASLA, PLA (he/him/his) – Future Green Landscape Architecture DPC
Speaker: Eric W. Sanderson (he/him/his) – New York Botanical Garden
Speaker: Robin Grossinger – Second Nature Ecology + Design
Biodiversity
Friday, Oct 10th
3:45 PM – 5:00 PM CT
FRI-D10: Tapping into Ecological Memory: A Key to Resilient Design
Speaker: Jennifer A. Dowdell, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Biohabitats Inc.
Speaker: Tom Smarr – Jenkins Arboretum & Gardens
Speaker: Claudia West, International ASLA – Phyto Studio LLC
Biodiversity
Saturday, Oct 11th
11:00 AM – 12:15 PM CT
SAT-A06: Islas y Canales Verdes: Land Conservation + Intercultural Design in South America
Speaker: Carl Carlson, ASLA, PLA – LaGuardia Design Group
Speaker: Amanda Coen, ASLA, PLA – Independent / Udelar / Universidad ORT Uruguay
Speaker: Matthew P. Ells, ASLA (he/him/his) – Butler Parklands, Inc.
Biodiversity
Saturday, Oct 11th
2:00 PM – 3:15 PM CT
SAT-B04: From Pavement to Pollinators: Building Biodiverse Urban Habitats
Speaker: Isabel Castilla, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Field Operations
Speaker: Jeremy Jungels (he/him/his) – The Hort (The Horticultural Society of NY)
Speaker: Kayla Murgo, ASLA – Vestre
Biodiversity
Saturday, Oct 11th
3:45 PM – 5:00 PM CT
SAT-C03: Ecological Approach to Enhancing Biodiversity in a Tree City of the World
Speaker: Patricia H. Akinaga, ASLA, ABAP (she/her/hers) – Stoev Design Group/ Patricia AKINAGA Landscape Architecture
Speaker: Marcelo T. Kubo, SBB (he/him/his) – Patricia Akinaga Landscape Design and Urban Planning
Speaker: Rene G S Carneiro (he/him/his) – Universidade Federal de Goiás
Biodiversity
Sunday, Oct 12th
8:30 AM – 9:45 AM CT
SUN-A01: Biodiversity-Positive Transformations of Blighted Urban Landscapes
Speaker: daniel woodroffe, ASLA, PLA (he/him/his) – dwg.
Speaker: Satoko Muratake, ASLA, PLA (she/her/hers) – Ten x Ten
Speaker: Dou Zhang, FASLA, PLA, LEED AP, SITES AP – Sasaki
Biodiversity
Sunday, Oct 12th
2:00 PM – 3:15 PM CT
SUN-B03: Future Trees: Strategies for Designing and Managing Canopies for Institutional Landscapes
Speaker: Thomas Rainer, ASLA – Phyto Studio
Speaker: Sara Evans – The Green-Wood Cemetery
Speaker: Rachel AC Heslop – Oak Spring Garden Foundation
Biodiversity
Sunday, Oct 12th
2:00 PM – 3:15 PM CT
SUN-B08: The Home Landscape Lab: Unlocking Small Business Opportunities for a Biodiverse Future
Speaker: Wanjing Ji, ASLA, PLA – Ping Design LLC
Speaker: Emily A. Milliman, ASLA, PLA – Milliman Design Studio PLLC
Speaker: Jessica Wolff, ASLA, PLA, LEED AP – Lupine Site Design
Biodiversity
Sunday, Oct 12th
3:45 PM – 5:00 PM CT
SUN-C02: Biodiversity: Strategies for Landscape Architects
Speaker: Claudia West, International ASLA – Phyto Studio LLC
Speaker: Derek Kalp, ASLA, PLA, CEFP – Penn State University
Speaker: Douglas A. DeBerry, PhD – College of William & Mary/VHB
Biodiversity
Sunday, Oct 12th
3:45 PM – 5:00 PM CT
SUN-C10: Ways of Seeing, Ways of Being: Reconsidering Expertise Across Knowledge Systems
Speaker: Carlos X. Torres de Janon, Assoc. ASLA – MIG, Inc.
Speaker: Csanyi Matusicky – Pheasants Forever & Natural Resources Conservation Service
Biodiversity
Monday, Oct 13th
7:30 AM – 2:00 PM CT
MON-FS-02: Crosby Arboretum: A Regenerative Landscape
Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area
Field Session Leader: Bob Brzuszek, ASLA – Mississippi State University
Field Session Leader: Hans C. Herrmann, ASLA-PLA, AIA, LEED AP (he/him/his) – SHM Architects
Field Session Presenter: Robert F. Poore, FASLA – Native Habitats, inc.
Field Session Presenter: Anne Spafford, ASLA – Mississippi State University
Biodiversity
Monday, Oct 13th
8:30 AM – 9:45 AM CT
MON-A03: From Seed to Design: Enhancing Urban Biodiversity Through Local Networks
Speaker: Grant L. Thompson, ASLA, PLA, LEED AP (he/him/his) – RDG Planning & Design
Speaker: Deb Hilbert (she/her/hers) – SUNY-ESF
Speaker: Suzette Lopane, ASLA, PLA – Westchester County
Biodiversity
Monday, Oct 13th
8:30 AM – 11:00 AM CT
MON-DD-01: Nature as Client: Co-creating with More-than-Human Species
Speaker: MaFe Gonzalez, Assoc. ASLA – BASE Landscape Architecture
Speaker: Keith Bowers, FASLA, PLA – Biohabitats, Inc.
Speaker: Nathaniel Willing, Student Affil. ASLA – MIG INC
Speaker: Pamela Martin – Coastal Carolina University/ RISE Center, a United Nations Regional Centre of Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development
Biodiversity
Monday, Oct 13th
8:45 AM – 12:30 PM CT
MON-FS-06: Sankofa Wetland Park and Nature Trail: Ecological Restoration and Community Resilience
Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area
Field Session Leader: Rashida Ferdinand – Sankofa CDC
Field Session Leader: Russell Clark, ASLA – National Park Service - Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance
Field Session Presenter: Robert R. Lange, PhD – Comite Resources
Biodiversity