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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Sunday, Oct 6th
8:30am – 9:45am ET
SUN-A01: Hot, Dry, Burnt: Adapting to Climate Change in the American West
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 145AB
Lead Speaker: Jonah Susskind, ASLA – SWA Group
Speaker: Christine E. Ten Eyck, FASLA – TEN EYCK LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS INC.
Speaker: Dalia Munenzon – Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design, University of Houston
Sunday, Oct 6th
8:30am – 9:45am ET
SUN-A02: Sound and the City: Designing Aural Environments for Healthy Communities
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 152AB
Lead Speaker: Jess Hamilton, ASLA, PLA – Mikyoung Kim Design
Speaker: Carl Giegold, FAIA (he/him/his) – Threshold Acoustics
Speaker: Gia Biagi – Studio Gang
Sunday, Oct 6th
8:30am – 9:45am ET
SUN-A03: Concrete Confidential: Unlocking the Full Potential of a Ubiquitous Building Material
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 151AB
Lead Speaker: John C. Payne, ASLA, PLA, ISA, Assoc. DBIA – SiteWorks
Speaker: Jenny Hamann, ASLA, PLA – Stantec
Sunday, Oct 6th
8:30am – 9:45am ET
SUN-A04: From Waste to Resource: Increasing Circularity in Engineered Soils Through Renewable Materials
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 150AB
Lead Speaker: Pia von Barby, ASLA, PLA – OLIN
Speaker: Nic Esposito – Circular Philadelphia
Speaker: Lindsay Reul, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Philadelphia Water Department
Sunday, Oct 6th
8:30am – 9:45am ET
SUN-A05: Following a Founder: Designing Your Path to Leadership in a Growing Firm
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 146A
Lead Speaker: Erin Murphy, AIA (she/her/hers) – CVG
Speaker: Lauren Ewald, ASLA, PLA (she/her/hers) – Fletcher Studio
Speaker: Jennifer Ng, ASLA – Klopfer Martin Design Group
Sunday, Oct 6th
8:30am – 9:45am ET
SUN-A06: Ownership Transition: The ESOP Strategy
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 146B
Lead Speaker: Eric Lucas, ASLA – MKSK
Speaker: Cara Bobchek (she/her/hers) – HR Advisors Group
Speaker: Gaelle Gourmelon, ASLA (she/her/hers) – MKSK
Sunday, Oct 6th
8:30am – 9:45am ET
SUN-A07: Never a Blank Slate: Fostering Community in the Presence of Profound Change
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 144ABC
Lead Speaker: Greg Dorolek, ASLA (he/him/his) – wenk associates
Speaker: Sarah Cawrse, PLA – RiNo Art District
Speaker: Craig Coronato, FASLA – Denver Parks and Recreation
Sunday, Oct 6th
8:30am – 9:45am ET
SUN-A08: Sustaining Green: Innovative Partners and Funding in Systems-Based Design, Construction, and Maintenance
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 147AB
Lead Speaker: Lauren Marshall, ASLA, PLA, ISA Certified Arborist (she/her/hers) – Arbor Day Foundation
Speaker: Marisa Repka – Cambium Carbon
Speaker: Andrea Ferri (she/her/hers) – Blue Forest
Sunday, Oct 6th
8:30am – 9:45am ET
SUN-A09: Addressing Health, Equity, and Healing: Design Processes that Engender Systems of Change
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 146C
Lead Speaker: Meredith Wenskoski, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Livable Cities Studio
Speaker: Erin Clark, MPL/JD – Denver Housing Authority
Speaker: Rachelle Macur (she/her/hers) – Shopworks Architecture
Sunday, Oct 6th
10:15am – 11:30am ET
SUN-B01: Rewilding a Post-industrial Landscape: A Story About Diversity
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 147AB
Lead Speaker: Heather Blaikie, ASLA, PLA – Scenic Hudson, Inc.
Speaker: Marni Burns, ASLA, PLA (she/her/hers) – OLIN
Speaker: Eric Rothstein (he/him/his) – eDesign Dynamics
Sunday, Oct 6th
10:15am – 11:30am ET
SUN-B02: Design for Freedom: Eliminating Forced Labor in the Building Materials Supply Chain
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 146A
Lead Speaker: Louis Fusco, ASLA, PLA – Louis Fusco Landscape Architects
Speaker: Sharon Prince – Grace Farms Foundation
Speaker: Amy Syverson-Shaffer, ASLA, SITES AP – Landscape Forms
Sunday, Oct 6th
10:15am – 11:30am ET
SUN-B03: Instructions for the Future: Women Cultivating a Responsive Design Practice
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 146B
Lead Speaker: Maria Landoni, ASLA – Sur Landscape Architecture
Speaker: Adriana Chavez Sanchez – ORU - Oficina de Resiliencia
Speaker: Morgan Ramirez, ASLA – Morami Studio
Sunday, Oct 6th
10:15am – 11:30am ET
SUN-B04: Power Sharing and Community-driven Design for Parks in LA County
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 146C
Lead Speaker: Adriana Garcia So, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust
Speaker: Allen Compton, ASLA, PLA (he/him/his) – SALT Landscape Architects
Speaker: Dilia Ortega – Communities for a Better Environment
Sunday, Oct 6th
10:15am – 11:30am ET
SUN-B05: Rematriate the Land: Our Obligations to Truth and Healing
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 152AB
Lead Speaker: Jose de Jesus Leal, ASLA – MIG, Inc.
Speaker: Kenwani'cahee Kravitz, MLS (she/her/hers) – Southern Oregon University
Speaker: Paul Fragua – MIG, Inc.
Sunday, Oct 6th
10:15am – 11:30am ET
SUN-B06: Climate Action Planning (The Verb): Promising Practices for Climate-positive Work
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 145AB
Lead Speaker: Bonnie C. Roy, PLA, AICP (she/her/hers) – SWT Design, Inc.
Speaker: Dorothy Faris, ASLA, PLA (she/her/hers) – Mithun
Speaker: Sarah Fitzgerald, ASLA, PLA (she/her/hers) – SWA Group
Sunday, Oct 6th
10:15am – 11:30am ET
SUN-B07: My Place: Using Signs and Graphics to Enhance Personal Connections to Space
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 151AB
Lead Speaker: Christine Montgomery, ASLA – RSM Design
Speaker: Susan Mavor, CDP (she/her/hers) – Lost & Found Design
Speaker: Adam Fine, MCIP LPP (he/him/his) – Fathom Studio
Sunday, Oct 6th
10:15am – 11:30am ET
SUN-B08: The Untapped Potential of Urban Parks to Enhance Disaster Preparedness and Recovery
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 150AB
Lead Speaker: Donna Walcavage, FASLA (she/her/hers) – Stantec
Speaker: Ali C. Hocek, AIA (he/him/his) – AC Höcek Architecture LLC
Sunday, Oct 6th
10:15am – 11:30am ET
SUN-B09: Trash to Treasure—Wasteyard Modernization at New York Public Housing
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 144ABC
Lead Speaker: Clare Miflin, AIA, LEED AP, Certified Biomimicry Professional (she/her/hers) – Center for Zero Waste Design
Speaker: Runit Chhaya, ASLA – Grain Collective Landscape Architecture & Urban Design PLLC
Speaker: Juliette Spertus (she/her/hers) – New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA)
Sunday, Oct 6th
2:00pm – 3:15pm ET
SUN-C01: The Complex Nature of Mini-Forests: Promises and Perils of Urban Restorative Forest-Making
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 147AB
Lead Speaker: Heather Schibli, International ASLA – Dougan Ecology
Speaker: Hannah Lewis, MS (she/her/hers) – Renewing the Countryside
Speaker: Marc Hallé, ASLA – CCxA Architectes paysagistes inc
Sunday, Oct 6th
2:00pm – 3:15pm ET
SUN-C02: All Are Welcome: Integrating Equity in Civic Spaces
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 146A
Lead Speaker: Mauricio Gomez, ASLA – SASAKI
Speaker: Greg Burrell, ASLA, PLA (he/him/his) – OLIN
Speaker: Neil Hrushowy, PhD – Vancouver Dept of Planning, Urban Design and Sustainability
Sunday, Oct 6th
2:00pm – 3:15pm ET
SUN-C03: How We Practice Matters: Making Space for Landscape Activism
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 146B
Lead Speaker: Charles A. Birnbaum, FASLA – The Cultural Landscape Foundation
Speaker: Angela Kyle – Jennie's Legacy
Speaker: Peggy King-Jorde – KING JORDE Cultural Projects Consulting
Sunday, Oct 6th
2:00pm – 3:15pm ET
SUN-C04: Making Materials Work for Climate Action and SITES
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 145AB
Lead Speaker: Danielle Pieranunzi, SITES AP, LEED AP – Green Business Certification Inc.
Speaker: Alison Kinn Bennett (she/her/hers) – US Environmental Protection Agency
Speaker: Michal Kapitulnik, ASLA – Surfacedesign, Inc.
Sunday, Oct 6th
2:00pm – 3:15pm ET
SUN-C05: The Sustainable Square Mile: Healing a Community with Neighborhood-Scale Green Infrastructure
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 146C
Lead Speaker: David Yocca, FASLA – Blacks In Green
Speaker: Naomi Davis – Blacks In Green (BIG NFP)
Sunday, Oct 6th
2:00pm – 3:15pm ET
SUN-C06: Adapting the Campus Landscape: Climate Resilience, Sociability, and Well-Being
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 151AB
Lead Speaker: Chris Reed, FASLA – STOSS
Speaker: Laura L. Tenny, ASLA, PLA, LEED AP – MIT
Speaker: Byron W. Sampson, ASLA, PLA (he/him/his) – Arizona State University
Sunday, Oct 6th
2:00pm – 3:15pm ET
SUN-C07: Cultivating Compassion: Designing Healing Gardens for Neurodiversity, Unveiling Insights and Impacts
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Center Stage -Salon I
Lead Speaker: Virginia T. Burt, FASLA – Virginia Burt Designs
Speaker: Maci T. Nelson, ASLA (she/her/hers) – LAND studio
Speaker: Carl R. Brass – Bellefaire JCB
Sunday, Oct 6th
2:00pm – 3:15pm ET
SUN-C08: Leaping Forward: Growing from Full-time Employment to Entrepreneurship
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 152AB
Lead Speaker: Matthew Gindlesperger, ASLA, PLA (he/him/his) – LILA Landscape Architecture
Speaker: Timothy Nawrocki, ASLA, PLA, AIA (he/him/his) – LILA Landscape Architecture
Speaker: Haemee Han, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Jaemee Studio / Rutgers University
Sunday, Oct 6th
2:00pm – 3:15pm ET
SUN-C09: Eating Ecologies: Growing Edible Green Infrastructure and Environmental Justice
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 144ABC
Lead Speaker: Matthew Potteiger, ASLA (he/him/his) – Dept. of Landscape Architecture, SUNY ESF
Speaker: Ethan Tyo (he/him/his) – AlterNative Project, LLC
Speaker: Catherine Bukowski (she/her/hers) – Montgomery County, MD Department of Environmental Protection, Watershed Restoration Division, Stewardship Division
Sunday, Oct 6th
2:00pm – 3:15pm ET
SUN-C10: Water Wise: Strategies for Drought-resilient Property and Landscape Management
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 150AB
Lead Speaker: Brent Lloyd, ASLA, PLA – EDSA
Speaker: Austin Krcmarik – Denver Water
Speaker: Lindsay Brugger, AIA (she/her/hers) – Urban Land Institute
Sunday, Oct 6th
3:45pm – 5:00pm ET
SUN-D01: Restoring to What? Addressing Biodiversity in the Era of Climate Change
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Center Stage -Salon I
Lead Speaker: Jennifer Dowdell, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Biohabitats Inc.
Speaker: Claudia West, ASLA – Phyto Studio
Speaker: Martha Eberle, ASLA, PLA – Andropogon Associates
Sunday, Oct 6th
3:45pm – 5:00pm ET
SUN-D02: Indigenous Design: Design Adapted to Place
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 146A
Lead Speaker: Naomi Ratte – NVision Insight Group / Canadian Society Landscape Architects Reconciliation Advisory Committee
Speaker: Grant Fahlgren (he/him/his) – PFS Studio / Canadian Society Landscape Architects Reconciliation Advisory Committee
Sunday, Oct 6th
3:45pm – 5:00pm ET
SUN-D03: Shifting Ground—Homelessness and the Fight for Equitable and Compassionate Design
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 146B
Lead Speaker: Jerome Chou, ASLA (he/him/his) – Kounkuey Design Initiative
Speaker: Brice Maryman, FASLA, PLA (he/him/his) – MxM Landscape Architecture LLC
Speaker: Jean Yang – SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Sunday, Oct 6th
3:45pm – 5:00pm ET
SUN-D04: Silt Sand Slurry: Nontraditional Practice with the Dredge Research Collaborative
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 145AB
Lead Speaker: Rob Holmes, ASLA – Auburn University
Speaker: Brett Milligan, ASLA – UC Davis
Speaker: Gena Wirth, ASLA – SCAPE Landscape Architecture
Sunday, Oct 6th
3:45pm – 5:00pm ET
SUN-D05: Federal to Local, Making Tree Equity a Reality
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 147AB
Lead Speaker: Gaylan D. Williams, ASLA, PLA, LEED AP (he/him/his) – University of Wisconsin - Madison
Speaker: Quintaniay Holifield, PhD – USDA Forest Service
Speaker: Stephen A. Sanchez, ASLA – HGOR Landscape Architects
Sunday, Oct 6th
3:45pm – 5:00pm ET
SUN-D06: Connection to Nature Is Still the Best Medicine in Contemporary Healthcare
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 152AB
Lead Speaker: Ian P. Downing, ASLA (he/him/his) – Mikyoung Kim Design
Speaker: Wendy Mok, ASLA, PLA – GLS Landscape | Architecture
Speaker: Emily L. Allen, ASLA, LEED AP (she/her/hers) – Field Operations
Sunday, Oct 6th
3:45pm – 5:00pm ET
SUN-D07: Rubble Ridges: A Nature-Based Solution for Great Lakes Coastal Communities
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 151AB
Lead Speaker: Theresa Ruswick – PROOF Projects
Speaker: Cody Eskew – Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Coastal Management Program
Speaker: Matt Henderson, PE – Anchor QEA
Sunday, Oct 6th
3:45pm – 5:00pm ET
SUN-D08: LANDSPLAINING: Advocating for the Role of Landscape Architecture
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 146C
Lead Speaker: Kimberly A. Tryba, ASLA, AIA (she/her/hers) – Martha Schwartz Partners
Speaker: Jason S. Schupbach (he/him/his) – Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design, Drexel University
Speaker: Giuseppe Colosimo – ARCADIS
Sunday, Oct 6th
3:45pm – 5:00pm ET
SUN-D09: AFRICA: Onwards and Upwards!
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 150AB
Lead Speaker: Hitesh S. Mehta, FASLA – HM Design
Speaker: Arthur M. Adeya, ASLA – Kounkuey Design Initiative
Speaker: Carey J. Duncan, ASLA – Carey Duncan Design; Mohamed VI Polytechnic Univsersity
Sunday, Oct 6th
3:45pm – 5:00pm ET
SUN-D10: Blueprint 2.0: Reimagining Prosperity Around the World’s Largest Airport
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 144ABC
Lead Speaker: Andrew Kohr, ASLA, PLA – Pond and Company
Speaker: Brian Dorelus – Aerotropolis Atlanta Alliance
Speaker: Andrew Fayn, MPl. (he/him/his) – MXD Development Strategists
Monday, Oct 7th
11:00am – 12:15pm ET
MON-A01: Inside the LA Studio—LandDesign
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Center Stage -Salon I
Guest Speaker: Peter Crowley, ASLA, PLA – LandDesign
Guest Speaker: Raymond Waugh, PE – LandDesign
Guest Speaker: Stephanie Pankiewicz, ASLA, PLA – LandDesign
Guest Speaker: Ashley Clark, Assoc. AIA – LandDesign
Moderator: Paola Moya (she/her/hers) – MOYA Design Partners
Monday, Oct 7th
11:00am – 12:15pm ET
MON-A02: Greenspeak: Dialogue Between Landscape Architects and Native Plant Producers to Promote BNG
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 145AB
Lead Speaker: Maria Landoni, ASLA – Sur Landscape Architecture
Speaker: Ronda Burnett, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Missouri Department of Conservation
Speaker: Elliott Duemler (he/him/his) – National Nursery Products
Monday, Oct 7th
11:00am – 12:15pm ET
MON-A03: Four Coasts: Improving Coastal Design Through Landscape Architecture and Engineering With Nature
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 150AB
Lead Speaker: Rob Holmes, ASLA – Auburn University
Speaker: Jeffrey King, Affil. ASLA, PE – Engineer Research and Development Center, US Army Corps of Engineers
Speaker: Mindy Strevig, PE (she/her/hers) – Anchor QEA
Monday, Oct 7th
11:00am – 12:15pm ET
MON-A04: Identity Crisis: Consensus-building for National Identity in a Polemical Urban Park Project
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 146B
Lead Speaker: Hyeyoung Choi, ASLA, PLA, LEED AP – Sungkyunkwan University
Speaker: Myungjin Shin (she/her/hers) – Environmental Planning Institute, SNU
Speaker: Daniel S. Oh, AICP, LEED AP – Square MMKM
Monday, Oct 7th
11:00am – 12:15pm ET
MON-A05: A Conversation: the Power of Equity in Climate Action
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 146A
Lead Speaker: Diane Jones Allen, FASLA, PLA – DesignJonesllc.com
Speaker: Matt Williams, ASLA – City of Detroit
Speaker: Jean Senechal Biggs, ASLA (she/her/hers) – City of Beaverton
Monday, Oct 7th
11:00am – 12:15pm ET
MON-A06: Evidence-Based Design for Human and Environmental Health
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 147AB
Lead Speaker: Megan Born, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Field Operations
Speaker: Lannie McClelen, ASLA, PLA – Texas Trees Foundation
Speaker: Brent Bucknum – Hyphae Design Laboratory
Monday, Oct 7th
11:00am – 12:15pm ET
MON-A07: Business of the Business: Strategies for Managing Small Design Practices
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 146C
Lead Speaker: Gareth Mahon, ASLA, PLA, LEED AP – RKLA Studio Landscape Architecture LLP
Speaker: Diane M. Lipovsky, ASLA, PLA – Superbloom
Speaker: Yotam Kedem – Precise Int Corp
Monday, Oct 7th
11:00am – 12:15pm ET
MON-A08: 25-Year Transformative Planning and Design Legacy at the University of Dubuque
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 144ABC
Lead Speaker: Tom Oslund, FASLA, PLA, FAAR – O2 Design
Speaker: Jeffrey F. Bullock – University of Dubuque
Speaker: Han Zhang, ASLA, PLA, LEED AP (she/her/hers) – O2 Design
Monday, Oct 7th
11:00am – 12:15pm ET
MON-A09: Sensory-Responsive Design: Qualitative Insights and Design Methodologies for Crafting Neuro-Inclusive Environments
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 152AB
Lead Speaker: Kathryn A. Finnigan, Associate ASLA (she/her/hers) – Kurisu LLC
Speaker: Amy Wagenfeld, Affil. ASLA – University of Washington Department of Landscape Architecture and Amy Wagenfeld | Design
Speaker: Benjamin Jensen, Associate ASLA (he/him/his) – HOK
Monday, Oct 7th
11:00am – 12:15pm ET
MON-A10: The Research-practice Ecotone: Models for Authentic Inquiry and Discovery
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 151AB
Lead Speaker: Megan Barnes, ASLA – Landscape Architecture Foundation
Speaker: Mikyoung Kim, FASLA – Mikyoung Kim
Speaker: Rebecca S. Popowsky, ASLA, SITES AP (she/her/hers) – OLIN
Monday, Oct 7th
2:00pm – 3:15pm ET
MON-B01: Inside the LA Studio—Michael Vergason Landscape Architects
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Center Stage -Salon I
Guest Speaker: Michael Vergason, FASLA, FAAR – Michael Vergason Landscape Architects
Guest Speaker: Beata Boodell Corcoran, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Michael Vergason Landscape Architects
Guest Speaker: Kameron Aroom, ASLA, PLA – Michael Vergason Landscape Architects
Moderator: Elizabeth K. Meyer, FASLA – University of Virginia School of Architecture
Monday, Oct 7th
2:00pm – 3:15pm ET
MON-B02: Generative Planting at Scale: Systems Design for Ecological Impact
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 145AB
Lead Speaker: Thomas Rainer, ASLA, PLA – Phyto Studio
Speaker: Chris Landau, Affil. ASLA (he/him/his) – LANDAU Design+Technology
Speaker: Xun Liu, ASLA – University of Southern California
Monday, Oct 7th
2:00pm – 3:15pm ET
MON-B03: Beyond the ADA: New Federal Guidance Impacting Accessibility in the Public Realm
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 146A
Lead Speaker: James Elliott, AICP – Toole Design
Speaker: Juliet Shoultz, PE – U.S Access Board
Speaker: Sarah Johnson, ASLA, PLA, AICP (she/her/hers) – Toole Design Group
Speaker: Eric Childs, ASLA, PLA, LEED AP (he/him/his) – Toole Design
Monday, Oct 7th
2:00pm – 3:15pm ET
MON-B04: Getting a Seat at the Table: Advocating for the Holistic Landscape Architect
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 146B
Lead Speaker: Jen Cross, ASLA, PLA – HDR
Speaker: Kene Okigbo, ASLA – RDG Planning & Design
Speaker: Zak Pierce, PLA, ASLA – CLH design
Monday, Oct 7th
2:00pm – 3:15pm ET
MON-B05: A Conversation with Congress: How Landscape Architects Green Schools
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 147AB
Lead Speaker: Gregory Miller, FASLA, PLA (he/him/his) – Pland Collaborative
Speaker: Rumer J. Alleyne-LeGendre (she/her/hers) – Office of Congresswoman Velázquez
Speaker: Claire Latané, FASLA (she/her/hers) – Cal Poly Pomona
Monday, Oct 7th
2:00pm – 3:15pm ET
MON-B06: Achieving Success on a Shoestring: How to Leverage Creativity for Nonprofit Clients
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 152AB
Lead Speaker: Sarah Boyer, ASLA, PLA, LEED AP – Lord Aeck Sargent
Speaker: Greg Levine, ISA Certified – Trees Atlanta
Speaker: José M. Almiñana, FASLA, LEED AP, SITES AP (he/him/his) – Andropogon Associates, Ltd.
Monday, Oct 7th
2:00pm – 3:15pm ET
MON-B07: Washington D.C.—A Tapestry of Towns and Small Gardens
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 151AB
Lead Speaker: Jack Sullivan, FASLA, PLA (he/him/his) – University of Maryland
Speaker: Bob Hruby, ASLA, PLA (he/him/his) – Campion Hruby Landscape Architects
Speaker: Jennifer Horn, ASLA, PLA, ISA Certified Arborist (she/her/hers) – Horn & Co.
Monday, Oct 7th
2:00pm – 3:15pm ET
MON-B08: Franklin Park: Designing Toward an Invitation to Participate
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 144ABC
Lead Speaker: David A. Rubin, FASLA, FAAR (he/him/his) – DAVID RUBIN Land Collective
Speaker: Rene O. Diaz (he/him/his) – DowntownDC Business Improvement District
Speaker: Tammy M. Stidham (she/her/hers) – National Park Service
Monday, Oct 7th
2:00pm – 3:15pm ET
MON-B09: Hard as a Rock! Detailing Natural Stone Paving for Timeless Durability
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 150AB
Lead Speaker: Dacia Woodworth – Natural Stone Institute
Speaker: J.C. Slocum – The Gallegos Corporation
Speaker: Ben Roush, ASLA – Design Workshop, Inc.
Monday, Oct 7th
2:00pm – 3:15pm ET
MON-B10: Putting Words into Actions: Shaping a Diverse and Inclusive Landscape Architecture Profession
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 146C
Lead Speaker: Taewook Cha, FASLA, PLA, LEED AP (he/him/his) – Supermass Studio
Speaker: Stephanie Onwenu, Associate ASLA (she/they) – Ijeomalandartscapes LLC
Monday, Oct 7th
3:45pm – 5:00pm ET
MON-C01: New Tools for Managing and Designing for Urban Biodiversity: Battery Park City
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 145AB
Lead Speaker: Kirk Gordon, ISA (he/him/his) – SCAPE Landscape Architecture
Speaker: Martin Harwood, PLA, ISA (he/him/his) – SCAPE Landscape Architecture
Speaker: Sarah Fisher Curtin (she/her/hers) – Battery Park City Authority
Monday, Oct 7th
3:45pm – 5:00pm ET
MON-C02: Dignified Design: Bus Shelters that Elevate the Transit Experience in Underserved Communities
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 146B
Lead Speaker: Kirk W. Keller, ASLA, PLA, LEED AP – Studio One Eleven
Speaker: Chelsea Richer, AICP (she/her/hers) – Fehr & Peers
Speaker: John Moreno – City of Paramount
Monday, Oct 7th
3:45pm – 5:00pm ET
MON-C03: Nothing About Us Without Us: Empowering Inclusive Design
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 146A
Lead Speaker: Amanda Bailey, PLA, ASLA (she/her/hers) – MxM Landscape Architecture
Speaker: Peggy Martinez, ADAC – Creative Inclusion
Speaker: Karen L. Braitmayer, FAIA (she/her/hers) – Studio Pacifica
Monday, Oct 7th
3:45pm – 5:00pm ET
MON-C04: Think BIG! Exploring Strategic Roles to Increase Transparency and Impact of Practice
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 146C
Lead Speaker: Shawn Balon, ASLA, PLA – Timmons Group
Speaker: Nicole Warns, ASLA, PLA (she/her/hers) – TBG Partners
Speaker: Erica J. Christenson, ASLA, PLA, SITES AP (she/her/hers) – TEN x TEN
Monday, Oct 7th
3:45pm – 5:00pm ET
MON-C05: You Thought Writing the Constitution Was Hard? Try Renovating Constitution Gardens!
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 152AB
Lead Speaker: Julie Canter, ASLA, LEED AP – PWP Landscape Architecture
Speaker: Teresa A Durkin, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Trust for the National Mall
Speaker: Sarah Steele (she/her/hers) – Hensel Phelps
Monday, Oct 7th
3:45pm – 5:00pm ET
MON-C06: From Removal to Reuse: Perspectives on Reclaimed Material in Design
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 151AB
Lead Speaker: Wendy Andringa, ASLA, PLA, WEDG, LEED (she/her/hers) – Assemblage Landscape Architecture
Speaker: Ilana Cohen, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Atelier Roberta
Speaker: Alexander Bender – Tri-Lox
Monday, Oct 7th
3:45pm – 5:00pm ET
MON-C07: Performance-based Plant Selection: Developing a National Bioretention Plant Selection Tool
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 150AB
Lead Speaker: Jeremy Person, ASLA, PLA (he/him/his) – Bureau of Environmental Services, City of Portland, Oregon
Speaker: Jim Cooper, ASLA, PLA, PWS (he/him/his) – Biohabitats
Speaker: Ann E. English, ASLA, PLA, LEED AP (she/her/hers) – Montgomery County/ DEP Watershed Restoration Division
Monday, Oct 7th
3:45pm – 5:00pm ET
MON-C08: A Seat at the Table: Wielding Influence for Landscape Architecture
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Center Stage -Salon I
Lead Speaker: Braden T. Meadows, Associate ASLA – SWH Landscape Architecture
Speaker: Karen M. Cesare, PLA, ASLA – President, Novak Environmental, Inc.
Speaker: Sam J. Creekmore, IV, ASLA (he/him/his) – Mississippi House of Representatives
Monday, Oct 7th
3:45pm – 5:00pm ET
MON-C09: Great Street, Great City: How Public Realm Investment Is Revitalizing Downtown Johnstown
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 147AB
Lead Speaker: Laura Gornowski Marett, ASLA – Scape Landscape Architecture
Speaker: Thad Pawlowski – Partners in Public Design
Speaker: Laura Huchel
Monday, Oct 7th
3:45pm – 5:00pm ET
MON-C10: Pedal Powered: Bicycling as a Mode for Engagement, Education, Research, and Fieldwork
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 144ABC
Lead Speaker: Austin Dunn, ASLA, PLA – Iowa State University
Speaker: Ryan Booth, ASLA, PLA – Alta Planning & Design
Speaker: Kevin Belle, AICP (he/him/his) – Rails to Trails Conservancy
Tuesday, Oct 8th
8:30am – 9:45am ET
TUE-A01: Outdoor Lighting—Beautiful, Biologically Appropriate, and Ecologically Responsible
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 145AB
Lead Speaker: Rick A. Utting, IES – DarkSky International
Speaker: Nancy Clanton, PE, FIES, FIALD, LC, LEED Fellow (she/her/hers) – Visibility Innovations, LLC
Speaker: Randy J. Burkett, FIALD, FIES – Reed Burkett Lighting Design
Tuesday, Oct 8th
8:30am – 9:45am ET
TUE-A02: Canary in the Coal Mine: Reviving Landscape Architecture with Community Input
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 146B
Lead Speaker: Deshaun L. Bennett (he/him/his) – Hummingbird Community Cooperation
Speaker: Jescelle R. Major, ASLA, LEED Green Associate – Arizona State University/ Well Outside
Speaker: Bronwen Mastro, ASLA, LEED BD+C (she/her/hers) – Bend Park and Recreation District
Tuesday, Oct 8th
8:30am – 9:45am ET
TUE-A03: Collective Strength: Building a Worker-owned Design Firm Cooperative
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 146C
Lead Speaker: Heidi Thomas, PLA, ASLA (she/her/hers) – EnviroCollab
Speaker: Taji Amani – Baltimore Roundtable for Economic Democracy
Speaker: Parag Rajendra Khandhar, Esq. (he/him/his) – Gilmore Khandhar, LLC
Tuesday, Oct 8th
8:30am – 9:45am ET
TUE-A04: Cool-Kit: Extreme Heat and Equitable Solutions to Promote Heat Resilience
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 147AB
Lead Speaker: Kimberly Garza, ASLA, LEED AP (she/her/hers) – Atlas Lab Inc.
Speaker: Salvador N. Lindquist, ASLA – University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Speaker: Keenan Gibbons, ASLA, LEED Green Associate – SmithGroup, University of Michigan
Tuesday, Oct 8th
8:30am – 9:45am ET
TUE-A05: Unlocking the Carbon Potential of Soils
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 151AB
Lead Speaker: Christopher R. Ng-Hardy, ASLA, PLA – Sasaki
Speaker: Gillian T. Davies (she/her/hers) – BSC Group, Inc. & Visiting Scholar, Tufts University Global Development & Environment Institute
Speaker: Rachel W. Lindsay, Affil. ASLA (she/her/hers) – Regenerative Design Group
Tuesday, Oct 8th
8:30am – 9:45am ET
TUE-A06: Transcending Anglo/American Olmstedian Design to Create Culturally Responsive Spaces and Places
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 152AB
Lead Speaker: Steve A. Rasmussen Cancian, ASLA, PLA – North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Speaker: Diane Jones Allen, FASLA, PLA – DesignJonesllc.com
Speaker: Monique Bassey, ASLA (she/her/hers) – University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Tuesday, Oct 8th
8:30am – 9:45am ET
TUE-A07: Doing Good: Building and Sustaining an Ethical Practice
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Center Stage -Salon I
Lead Speaker: Mikyoung Kim, FASLA – Mikyoung Kim
Speaker: Sierra L. Bainbridge, ASLA – MASS Group
Speaker: Chelina Odbert, Hon. ASLA (she/her/hers) – Kounkuey Design Initiative
Tuesday, Oct 8th
8:30am – 9:45am ET
TUE-A08: A Texas Approach to Systematic Change in Nature Access and Outdoor Learning
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 150AB
Lead Speaker: Sarah Coles (she/her/hers) – Texas Children in Nature Network
Speaker: Melody Alcazar (she/her/hers) – City of Austin
Speaker: Jaime Gonzalez (he/him/his) – The Student Conservation Association (SCA)
Tuesday, Oct 8th
8:30am – 9:45am ET
TUE-A09: The Point: Transforming the Utah State Prison into an Innovative Urban Center
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 144ABC
Lead Speaker: Tim Watkins, AICP – Wasatch Front Regional Council
Speaker: Steven Kellenberg (he/him/his) – Kellenberg Studio
Speaker: Jim MacRae, PLA, LEED AP – Design Workshop
Tuesday, Oct 8th
2:00pm – 3:15pm ET
TUE-B01: Inside the LA Studio—PUSH studio Landscape and Urban Design
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Center Stage -Salon I
Guest Speaker: Glenn L. Smith, FASLA, Loeb Fellow (he/him/his) – PUSH studio, LLC
Guest Speaker: Vinson Bert J. Hustvedt-Camacho, Associate AIA (he/him/his) – PUSH studio
Guest Speaker: Hakeem Wilson, PLA – PUSH studio
Moderator: Monique Bassey, ASLA (she/her/hers) – University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Tuesday, Oct 8th
2:00pm – 3:15pm ET
TUE-B02: Tackling the Water and Biodiversity Crisis in Florida: The OUTSIDE Collaborative
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 145AB
Lead Speaker: Christina Hite, FASLA (she/her/hers) – Dix.Hite + Partners
Speaker: Timothee Salin – IMG ENTERPRISES
Speaker: Pierce Jones (he/him/his) – University of Florida
Tuesday, Oct 8th
2:00pm – 3:15pm ET
TUE-B03: Nothing Special: Fostering Innovation in Learning, Teaching, and Practice
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 146A
Lead Speaker: Todd D. Johnson, FASLA (he/him/his) – Utah State University
Speaker: Phillip Fernberg, ASLA – OJB Landscape Architecture
Speaker: Addison Martin, Student ASLA (she/they) – Utah State University
Tuesday, Oct 8th
2:00pm – 3:15pm ET
TUE-B04: Reflection of the Gay Rights Movement in the Memorial Landscape
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 152AB
Lead Speaker: Yusheng Dent, ASLA (he/him/his) – SWA Group
Speaker: Chad Lord – National Parks Conservation Association
Speaker: Cleve Jones
Tuesday, Oct 8th
2:00pm – 3:15pm ET
TUE-B05: A Phase-by-Phase Approach to Decarbonizing Design
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 147AB
Lead Speaker: Andrew W. Wickham, ASLA, PLA, LEED AP (he/him/his) – LPA Design Studios
Speaker: Marieke Lacasse, FASLA, LEED AP (she/her/hers) – GGLO
Speaker: Alejandra Hinojosa, Affil. ASLA (she/her/hers) – LPA Design Studios
Tuesday, Oct 8th
2:00pm – 3:15pm ET
TUE-B06: When 1 × 1 = ♾️: Design Ethics, Storytelling, and Collaboration with AI
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 151AB
Lead Speaker: Misa Chen, ASLA, PLA (she/her/hers) – STUDIO EDITION
Speaker: Joshua Vermillion – University of Nevada Las Vegas
Speaker: Ricardo J. Rodríguez De Santiago, AIA, LEED AP (he/him/his) – Bytes & Mortar
Tuesday, Oct 8th
2:00pm – 3:15pm ET
TUE-B07: Public Parks, Private Operations: How Funding and Governance Planning Realize Great Design
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 146B
Lead Speaker: Connie J. Chung, AICP (she/her/hers) – HR&A Advisors
Speaker: Maureen Heffernan (she/her/hers) – Park Management Company
Speaker: Meghen Quinn, ASLA – Hargreaves Jones
Tuesday, Oct 8th
2:00pm – 3:15pm ET
TUE-B08: Finding Your Place: Landscape Architecture in Engineering(-first) Design Firms
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 146C
Lead Speaker: Scott W. Wiley, ASLA, PLA (he/him/his) – Timmons Group
Speaker: Catherine A. Puckett, ASLA, PLA (she/her/hers) – HWC Engineering
Speaker: Jennifer Seacrest, ASLA, PLA (she/her/hers) – Olsson Studio
Tuesday, Oct 8th
2:00pm – 3:15pm ET
TUE-B09: The Region – Uplifting Communities Through Transit Oriented Development in Northwest Indiana
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 144ABC
Lead Speaker: Aaron Kowalski, AICP – MKSK
Speaker: Eddie Melton – City of Gary, Indiana
Speaker: Sherri Ziller – Northwest Indiana Regional Development Authority
Tuesday, Oct 8th
2:00pm – 3:15pm ET
TUE-B10: Design Matters: The Impact of Landscape Architecture on Infrastructure Projects
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 150AB
Lead Speaker: Gentry K. Lock, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Stantec
Speaker: Olga Gorbunova, PE – EE Cruz
Speaker: Kathryn Prybylski, PE – NYC EDC
Tuesday, Oct 8th
3:45pm – 5:00pm ET
TUE-C01: Come to the River: Tom Lee Park and Inclusive Placemaking for Memphis
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Center Stage -Salon I
Lead Speaker: Kate Orff, FASLA (she/her/hers) – SCAPE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE D.P.C.
Speaker: Carol Coletta – Memphis River Parks Partnership
Speaker: John Donnelly, ASLA, PLA – SCAPE Landscape Architecture, DPC
Tuesday, Oct 8th
3:45pm – 5:00pm ET
TUE-C02: Youth-Led Community Resilience: Trauma-Informed Practices Fostering Equitable Development
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 146B
Lead Speaker: Sarah W. Konradi, ASLA, PLA – Design Workshop Foundation
Speaker: Kofi Boone, FASLA (he/him/his) – NC State University
Speaker: Chris J. Suggs (he/him/his) – Kinston Teens, Inc.
Tuesday, Oct 8th
3:45pm – 5:00pm ET
TUE-C03: Get the Dirt on Soil-level Strategies for Climate Resilience and Carbon Drawdown
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 146A
Lead Speaker: Sally L. Brown – University of Washington
Speaker: Ron Alexander, Affil. ASLA (he/him/his) – R. Alexander Associates, Inc.
Speaker: Jake Chalfin (he/him/his) – laurel valley soils
Tuesday, Oct 8th
3:45pm – 5:00pm ET
TUE-C04: Small Sites + Big Impact—Building a Network of Climate Action
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 147AB
Lead Speaker: Kaki Martin, FASLA, PLA (she/her/hers) – Klopfer Martin Design Group
Speaker: Matthew Cunningham, ASLA, PLA (he/him/his) – Matthew Cunningham Landscape Design LLC and Harvard Graduate School of Design
Speaker: Kate England, GIP, ENV SP (she/her/hers) – City of Boston
Tuesday, Oct 8th
3:45pm – 5:00pm ET
TUE-C05: Bringing Nature into the Heart of Darkness: Restorative Justice in the Garden
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 152AB
Lead Speaker: Daniel M. Winterbottom, FASLA – University of Washington
Speaker: David Komeiji – Saga Goryu Ikebana North America Chapter
Speaker: Thomas Charney, Associate ASLA (he/him/his) – Boss Engineering
Tuesday, Oct 8th
3:45pm – 5:00pm ET
TUE-C06: Poetry of Place: The Pursuit of the There There
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 151AB
Lead Speaker: Roderick Wyllie, FASLA (he/him/his) – Surfacedesign, Inc.
Speaker: Robin Winogrond, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Robin Winogrond. landscape arc
Speaker: Mark Rogero – Concreteworks
Tuesday, Oct 8th
3:45pm – 5:00pm ET
TUE-C07: From Afterthought to Forethought—Approaches to Construction Administration
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 150AB
Lead Speaker: Shawn M. Weidner, ASLA, PLA – Hoerr Schaudt Landscape Architects
Speaker: Demetrios Staurinos, ASLA (he/him/his) – OLIN
Speaker: John C. Payne, ASLA, PLA, ISA, Assoc. DBIA – SiteWorks
Tuesday, Oct 8th
3:45pm – 5:00pm ET
TUE-C08: A Sole Practitioner’s Guide to Hiring Your First Employee
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 146C
Lead Speaker: Michael Radner, ASLA, PLA (he/him/his) – Radner Design Associates, Inc.
Speaker: Emma Kelly, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Emma Kelly Landscape, LLC
Tuesday, Oct 8th
3:45pm – 5:00pm ET
TUE-C09: Green Stormwater Infrastructure for the People!—but Which People?
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 145AB
Lead Speaker: Stephanie E. Hurley, ASLA – University of Vermont
Speaker: Amir Johnson – University of Vermont
Tuesday, Oct 8th
3:45pm – 5:00pm ET
TUE-C10: Making the Most of Federal Transportation Funding to Maximize State Active Transportation
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 144ABC
Lead Speaker: Elle Segal (she/her/hers) – Rails to Trails Conservancy
Speaker: Kim Chesser (she/her/hers) – Rails to Trails Conservancy
Speaker: Joseph Reed – Rails to Trails Conservancy
Wednesday, Oct 9th
8:30am – 9:45am ET
WED-A01: Planting for the Next 125 Years: Landscape Architecture’s Role in Combating Invasives
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 147AB
Lead Speaker: Barbara Barnes, ASLA, LEED AP – HDR Inc
Speaker: Michael Spina, ASLA, PLA – HDR
Speaker: Fran Chismar (he/him/his) – Pinelands Nursery
Wednesday, Oct 9th
8:30am – 9:45am ET
WED-A02: History Erased: Bringing Life Back to a Community Legacy
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 150AB
Lead Speaker: Joshua Brooks, ASLA, PLA, AICP, LEED Green Associate – Sasaki
Speaker: Corinne Villavaso – The Villavaso Group, LLC
Wednesday, Oct 9th
8:30am – 9:45am ET
WED-A03: The Curation, Choreography, and Culture of Linear Landscapes
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 144ABC
Lead Speaker: Cindy Zerger, ASLA, PLA – Toole Design
Speaker: Nate S. Cormier, ASLA, PLA, LEED AP (he/him/his) – RIOS
Speaker: Megan Born, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Field Operations
Wednesday, Oct 9th
8:30am – 9:45am ET
WED-A04: Public vs. Private: How Landscape Architects Navigate Private Investment in Parks
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 146B
Lead Speaker: Jen Cross, ASLA, PLA – HDR
Speaker: Hans Klein-Hewett, ASLA, PLA (he/him/his) – Iowa State University
Speaker: Robert Bryant, ASLA, PLA, AICP – HDR
Wednesday, Oct 9th
8:30am – 9:45am ET
WED-A05: Widening the Tent: Elevating Multigenerational, Inclusive, and Accessible Play in Civic Spaces
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 146A
Lead Speaker: Matthew Macchietto, ASLA – Hoerr Schaudt
Speaker: Nathan Elliott, ASLA, PLA, LEED AP (he/him/his) – OJB Landscape Architecture
Speaker: Ingrid M. Kanics, Affil. ASLA (she/her/hers) – Kanics Inclusive Design Services, LLC
Wednesday, Oct 9th
10:15am – 11:30am ET
WED-B01: Breaking Down Barriers: Restoring Community and Landscape Connections at the Harlem Meer
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 150AB
Lead Speaker: Lane Addonizio, AICP – Lane Addonizio, AICP
Speaker: Christopher Nolan, FASLA – Studio Nolan
Speaker: John T. Reddick – Central Park Conservancy
Wednesday, Oct 9th
10:15am – 11:30am ET
WED-B02: Measuring Joy: Quantifying the Social and Economic Impacts of Public Realm Interventions
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 152AB
Lead Speaker: Mouna Andraos (she/her/hers) – Daily tous les jours
Speaker: Joshua Bloom – The Lakota Group
Speaker: Leyla Nahas (she/her/hers) – Daily tous les jours
Wednesday, Oct 9th
10:15am – 11:30am ET
WED-B03: Designing for Energy Transition: The Opportunity of Renewable Energy Landscapes
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 144ABC
Lead Speaker: Nicholas Pevzner (he/him/his) – University of Pennsylvania
Speaker: Yekang Ko, PhD, Affil. ASLA – University of Oregon / Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Speaker: Jasper Hugtenburg (he/him/his) – H+N+S Landscape Architects
Wednesday, Oct 9th
10:15am – 11:30am ET
WED-B04: Rethinking the Retail Experience: Meeting the next Generation of Consumer Approval
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 146A
Lead Speaker: Joseph J. Plumpe, ASLA – STUDIO39 Landscape Architecture, P.C.
Speaker: Richard G. Cataffa – Federal Realty
Speaker: Geoff Sharpe, ASLA – Federal Realty Investment Trust
Wednesday, Oct 9th
10:15am – 11:30am ET
WED-B05: Using Your Voice to Influence Landscape Architecture Licensure and Policy
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 147AB
Lead Speaker: Jay Gehler, FASLA, PLA – Coleman Company Inc
Speaker: Doug Boyer, ASLA, PLA – EDGE
Speaker: Janene D. Jackson (she/her/hers) – Holland & Knight
Wednesday, Oct 9th
10:15am – 11:30am ET
WED-B06: The Urban Forestry Approach: Seeing Tree Canopy as an Asset in D.C.
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 146B
Lead Speaker: Jill Keller, PLA, ASLA (she/her/hers) – District Department of Transportation - Urban Forestry Division
Speaker: Jo-Elle Burgard, PLA, LEED AP – District Department of Transportation
Speaker: Matt Madeira (he/him/his) – Arborist Consulting & Tree Preservation, LLC
Wednesday, Oct 9th
10:15am – 11:30am ET
WED-B07: Reframing the Plantation Narrative: A Community-driven Evolution of Latta Place
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 146C
Lead Speaker: Gina Ford, FASLA – Agency Landscape + Planning
Speaker: Kofi Boone, FASLA (he/him/his) – NC State University
Speaker: Darneka Waters, ASLA – Mecklenburg County Park & Recreation