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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
    7:15 AM – 5:00 PM CT
    FRI-FS-02: Between Source and Sink: Tracing Carbon Across Coastal Louisiana
    Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area
    Field Session Leader: Liz Camuti, ASLA, PLA (she/her/hers) – Tulane University and Spackman Mossop Michaels
    Field Session Leader: Richie Blink – Delta Discovery Tours
    Field Session Presenter: Nans P. Voron – SCAPE
    Field Session Presenter: Luke Lamb-Wotton – Tulane University
    Field Session Presenter: Michael Biros – Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana
    Climate Action
  • Friday, Oct 10th
    7:15 AM – 5:00 PM CT
    FRI-FS-03: Louisiana’s Coastal Program: Following the Steps from Model to Field
    Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area
    Field Session Leader: Andrew M. Wright, ASLA, PLA – SCAPE Landscape Architecture DPC
    Field Session Leader: Greg Grandy – Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority
    Field Session Presenter: Clint Willson – LSU Center for River Studies / Louisiana State University
    Field Session Presenter: Despo Thoma, AICP (she/her/hers) – SCAPE Landscape Architecture
    Climate Action
  • Friday, Oct 10th
    7:30 AM – 4:45 PM CT
    FRI-FS-04: Photographing in NOLA: Imaging Beyond the Limits of Architecture and Landscape Photography
    Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Room 225
    Field Session Leader: Diane J. Allen, FASLA – UT Arlington/DesignJones LLC
    Field Session Leader: Sahar Coston-Hardy, Affil. ASLA – Sahar Coston-Hardy Photography
    Field Session Presenter: Chris McGee (he/him/his) – Landscape Architecture Magazine
    Field Session Presenter: Marion Brenner, Assoc. ASLA – Marion Brenner Photography
    Field Session Presenter: Zach Broussard, ASLA, PLA – CARBO Landscape Architecture
    Field Session Presenter: Leslie J. Carter, ASLA, PLA – Reed Hilderbrand
    Design and the Creative Process
  • Friday, Oct 10th
    7:45 AM – 5:00 PM CT
    FRI-FS-05: Working Landscapes: The Living Coast of Terrebonne Parish
    Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area
    Field Session Leader: Wes Michaels, ASLA, PLA, LEED AP – Spackman Mossop Michaels
    Field Session Leader: Christopher M. Pulaski, ASLA, PLA – Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government
    Field Session Presenter: Julie Falgout – Louisiana Sea Grant
    Field Session Presenter: Gary LaFleur, Jr. – Nicholls State University
    Field Session Presenter: Brian J. Roberts – Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
    Climate Action
  • Friday, Oct 10th
    8:15 AM – 1:00 PM CT
    FRI-FS-06: Garden Design in New Orleans Does Not Have to Be a Secret
    Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area
    Field Session Leader: William Alan Mumford, ASLA – Landscape Images Ltd
    Field Session Leader: Kim Alvarez – Landscape Images LTD.
    Field Session Presenter: Marianne Mumford, Assoc. ASLA – Landscape Images LTD.
    Field Session Presenter: John Bland, Assoc. ASLA – Landscape Images LTD.
    Design Implementation
  • Friday, Oct 10th
    8:15 AM – 4:30 PM CT
    FRI-FS-07: Community-Led Climate Action: Experimental Planting Projects in New Orleans’ Central Wetlands
    Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Room 226
    Field Session Leader: Bonnie-Kate Walker, ASLA, PLA (she/her/hers) – Office of Living Things and ETH Zurich
    Field Session Leader: Arlo Townsley – L9 Center for Sustainable Engagement and Development
    Field Session Presenter: Arthur J. Johnson (he/him/his) – Center for Sustainable Engagement and Development
    Field Session Presenter: Joshua Lewis – Tulane University
    Climate Action
  • Friday, Oct 10th
    8:15 AM – 4:30 PM CT
    FRI-FS-08: Water as Conduit of Violence: How the Mississippi River Shaped Cancer Alley
    Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area
    Field Session Leader: Pilar Zuluaga, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Spackman Mossop Michaels
    Field Session Leader: Jessica A. Dandridge-Smith – The Water Collaborative of Greater New Orleans
    Field Session Presenter: Taya Fontenette – The Water Collaborative of Greater New Orleans
    Field Session Presenter: Kimberly Terrell – Tulane Environmental Law Clinic
    Field Session Presenter: Jo Banner – The Descendants Project
    Equity and Inclusion
  • Friday, Oct 10th
    9:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT
    FRI-FS-09: Soulful Sketching Where Jazz Was Born
    Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Room 227
    Field Session Leader: Kelly A. Curl, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Colorado State University
    Field Session Leader: Cameron Berglund – UGA College of Environment & Design
    Field Session Presenter: Chip Sullivan, FASLA (he/him/his) – UC Berkeley
    Field Session Presenter: Robert Chipman, ASLA – Robert Chipman Landscape Architect, Inc
    Field Session Presenter: James Richards, FASLA – JamesRichardsSketchbook.com
    Design and the Creative Process
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  • Friday, Oct 10th
    9:15 AM – 5:00 PM CT
    FRI-FS-10: Living With Water: History and Future of Resilience in New Orleans
    Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area
    Field Session Leader: Rami Diaz, AIA, LEED AP – Waggonner & Ball, A Moffatt & Nichol Studio
    Field Session Leader: Delaney R. McGuinness, ASLA, PLA – Waggonner & Ball | Moffatt & Nichol
    Field Session Presenter: Grace Vogel Sanders, ASLA, PLA – Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans
    Field Session Presenter: Todd Reynolds – Groundwork New Orleans
    Field Session Presenter: Angela Chalk – Healthy Community Services
    Field Session Presenter: Stephen Nelson – Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans
    Field Session Presenter: Kelli Cunningham, ASLA, PLA, AIA – Waggonner & Ball
    Field Session Presenter: Shannon Blakeman, ASLA, PLA – CARBO Landscape Architecture
    The Future of the Public Realm
  • Friday, Oct 10th
    12:15 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    FRI-FS-11: Mandeville Parks: From Regional Plans to Local Projects
    Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area
    Field Session Leader: Cassie Nichols, ASLA, PLA – Waggonner and Ball
    Field Session Leader: Julia C. Mudd – Moffatt & Nichol
    Climate Action
  • 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
  • Monday, Oct 13th
    7:00 AM – 2:00 PM CT
    MON-FS-01: Land, Water & Art: Making NOMA’s Sculpture Garden within Historic City Park
    Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area
    Field Session Leader: Lydia Gikas Cook, ASLA, PLA (she/her/hers) – Reed Hilderbrand
    Field Session Leader: Leslie J. Carter, ASLA, PLA – Reed Hilderbrand
    Field Session Presenter: Jim Remlin, LEED AP, PE – Sherwood Design Engineers
    Field Session Presenter: Erin Comeaux – RNGD Builders, LLC
    Field Session Presenter: Suzanne L. Turner, FASLA – suzanneturnerassociates; Louisiana State University
    Field Session Presenter: Lee H. Ledbetter, FAIA – Lee Ledbetter & Associates
    Design Implementation
  • 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
    7:45 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    MON-FS-03: Bike Tour of New Orleans: Low-Stress Bikeways to Bike Easy
    Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Room 225
    Field Session Leader: Jennifer Ruley, PE – City of New Orleans
    Field Session Leader: Susannah S. Barton – Toole Design
    Field Session Presenter: Sarah Johnson, ASLA, PLA, AICP (she/her/hers) – Toole Design Group
    Field Session Presenter: Allene La Spina – Bike Easy
    The Future of the Public Realm
  • Monday, Oct 13th
    7:45 AM – 12:30 PM CT
    MON-FS-04: Regional Planning, Local Adaptation: Climate Action in the City of Gretna
    Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area
    Field Session Leader: Andy Sternad, AIA, AICP – Waggonner & Ball
    Field Session Leader: Amy Norval, ASLA, PLA – CARBO Landscape Architecture
    Field Session Presenter: Danielle Duhe, ASLA, PLA (she/her/hers) – Dana Brown & Associates
    Field Session Presenter: Amie L. Hebert, NGICP, CPSI – City of Gretna
    Field Session Presenter: Keith A. Maung-Douglass, PLA – CARBO Landscape Architecture
    Field Session Presenter: Madason JA Priore – City of Gretna, LA
    Climate Action
  • Monday, Oct 13th
    8:15 AM – 2:00 PM CT
    MON-FS-05: Louisiana Children’s Museum: A Joyous and Resilient Landscape in City Park
    Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Room 226
    Field Session Leader: Christian M. Runge, ASLA – Mithun
    Field Session Leader: Rami Diaz, AIA, LEED AP – Waggonner & Ball, A Moffatt & Nichol Studio
    Field Session Presenter: Stephanie A. Aubert – Louisiana Children's Museum
    Design Implementation
  • 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
  • Monday, Oct 13th
    8:45 AM – 1:30 PM CT
    MON-FS-07: Living & Working with Water: Green Infrastructure and Workforce Development on Lafitte Greenway
    Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Room 227
    Field Session Leader: Jason Neville – Lafitte Greenway Partnership
    Field Session Leader: Danielle Duhe, ASLA, PLA (she/her/hers) – Dana Brown & Associates
    Field Session Presenter: Mina Seck – Sprout
    Field Session Presenter: Ryan Mattingly – Louisiana Green Corps
    The Future of the Public Realm
  • Monday, Oct 13th
    9:00 AM – 1:00 PM CT
    MON-FS-08: Into the Streets—Queer and Antiracist Histories in New Orleans’ French Quarter
    Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area
    Field Session Leader: Chris Daemmrich, NOMA (he/him/his) – Collaborative School of Design
    Field Session Leader: Tanner J. Perrin, ASLA, PLA – Spackman Mossop Michaels
    Field Session Presenter: Pilar Zuluaga, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Spackman Mossop Michaels
    Equity and Inclusion
  • Monday, Oct 13th
    9:15 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    MON-FS-09: Longue Vue House and Gardens: Exploring the Legacy of Ellen Biddle Shipman
    Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area
    Field Session Leader: Lenora Costa – Longue Vue House and Gardens
    Field Session Leader: Kelli Cunningham, ASLA, PLA, AIA – Waggonner & Ball
    Field Session Presenter: Stella B. Landis – Longue Vue House and Gardens
    Design and the Creative Process