Full Schedule

8:30 AM - 9:45 AM PT

WED-A01: Layered Landscapes: Growing the Past in the Present

Speaker: – RIOS

Speaker: – Altadena Seed Library

Speaker: – Theodore Payne Foundation for Wild Flowers & Native Plants

CE: 1.25

8:30 AM - 9:45 AM PT

WED-A02: Progress or Peril? AI, Environmental Stewardship, and the Future of Landscape Architecture

Speaker: – Terra Brava Landscape Architecture, ASLA Southern California Chapter

Speaker: – Landscape Architecture

Speaker: – MIG, Inc.

CE: 1.25

8:30 AM - 9:45 AM PT

WED-A03: Grounding the Grid: Designing Energy Landscapes as Civic Infrastructure

Speaker: – FIU and Studio Roberto Rovira

Speaker: – ECo

Speaker: – OLIN

CE: 1.25

8:30 AM - 9:45 AM PT

WED-A04: Storytelling in the Schoolyard: Crafting the Narrative for Nature-based Learning Environments

Speaker: – MIG, Inc.

Speaker: – HKLA

Speaker: – Los Angeles Unified School District

CE: 1.25

8:30 AM - 9:45 AM PT

WED-A05: Design Without Boundaries: Bringing Together Landscape, Architecture and Fabrication

Speaker: – OJB Landscape Architecture

Speaker: – Rebellion Fabrication

Speaker: – ADBC Architecture

CE: 1.25

8:30 AM - 9:45 AM PT

WED-A06: Equity by Design: Community Engagement and Prioritization in La’s Park Needs Assessment

Speaker: – OLIN

Speaker: – UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability

Speaker: – Kounkuey Design Initiative

CE: 1.25

8:30 AM - 9:45 AM PT

WED-A07: Designing for Belonging: Advancing Engagement in Landscape Architecture

Speaker: – PLAYCE Studio

Speaker: – JIMA Studio

Speaker: – LPA Design Studios

CE: 1.25

8:30 AM - 9:45 AM PT

WED-A08: Designing Your Exit: A Small Firm Succession Blueprint

Speaker: – LILA Studio LLC

Speaker: – Ryan Associates

Speaker: – Community Works Design Group

CE: 1.25

8:30 AM - 9:45 AM PT

WED-A09: Still Paying for Robert Moses: Landscape Architecture Leadership on NYC Waterfronts

Speaker: – Stantec

Speaker: – New York City Economic Development Corporation

Speaker: – Stantec

CE: 1.25

8:30 AM - 9:45 AM PT

WED-A10: Getting Specific About Specifications: Maximizing the Effectiveness of Fundamental Contract Documents

Speaker: – SiteWorks LLC

Speaker: – Professional Engineer

Speaker: – BrightView Landscape Development, Inc.

CE: 1.25

8:30 AM - 9:45 AM PT

WED-A11: Great Lakes Resilience: Advancing a Novel Regional Prototype from Concept to Construction

Speaker: – WRT

Speaker: – Cleveland Metroparks

Speaker: – Arup

CE: 1.25

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT

WED-B01: Healthy Soils Support Healthy Trees: The Amazing World of Soil Genomics"

Speaker: – Texas A&M University

Speaker: – The Institute of Soil Genomics for Healthy Community Forestry

CE: 1.25

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT

WED-B02: Zone 0: A Spark for LA Advocacy and Science

Speaker: – Altadena Green

Speaker: – Office of the Designed Landscape inc + USC

Speaker: – UC Cooperative Extension/Bren School, UC Santa Barbara

CE: 1.25

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT

WED-B03: Let’s Talk About Sequestration

Speaker: – Sasaki

Speaker: – University of Pennsylvania

Speaker: – SWA

CE: 1.25

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT

WED-B04: Resisting Conformity Through Craftsmanship

Speaker: – Design Workshop

Speaker: – DOWBUILT

Speaker: – Colombo Construction Corp DBA FireFeatures

CE: 1.25

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT

WED-B05: Once upon a Time: Narrative, Storytelling, and Finding Through-lines in Landscape Architecture

Speaker: – SWA Group San Francisco

Speaker: – The Cultural Landscape Foundation

Speaker: – Retired

CE: 1.25

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT

WED-B06: Landscape Architects as Equity Champions: Collective Actions for Environmental Justice

Speaker: – MKSK

Speaker: – CDTA Partners LLC

Speaker: – Climate Action Evanston

CE: 1.25

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT

WED-B07: Connecting with Country: Traditional Custodians, the First Peoples, UNDRIP and Landscape Architecture

Speaker: – MIG, Inc.

Speaker: – Arcadia

CE: 1.25

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT

WED-B08: Designing the Balance Sheet: Financial Leadership in Practice

Speaker: – RKLA Studio

Speaker: – Precise Int Corp

Speaker: – Reed Hilderbrand

CE: 1.25

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT

WED-B09: Innovating Bridge Design with Landscape Architecture

Speaker: – Snøhetta

Speaker: – Rock Design Associates LLC

Speaker: – Mayer/Reed

CE: 1.25

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT

WED-B10: Bridging the Gap Between Arborists and Landscape Architects Through Standards of Practice

Speaker: – SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Speaker: – Nichols Landscape Architecture, Inc.

Speaker: – Eocene Environmental Group

CE: 1.25

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT

WED-B11: Beyond Green: Planning and Operating Parks That Pay for Themselves

Speaker: – Mill River Collaborative

Speaker: – HR&A Advisors

Speaker: – Stantec

CE: 1.25

11:30 AM - 2:00 PM PT

Business Executive Lunch

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM PT

WED-C02: In Defense of Urban Habitat: Biodiversity in the Los Angeles Basin

Speaker: – Design Workshop

Speaker: – UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability

CE: 1.25

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM PT

WED-C03: Learning from Altadena: Post-catastrophe Rebuilding Through Public Space and Art

Speaker: – Kounkuey Design Initiative

Speaker: – County of Los Angeles Department of Parks and Recreation

Speaker: – APLD

CE: 1.25

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM PT

WED-C04: Tracking Whole Life Carbon for LA 2040

Speaker: – North Carolina State University

Speaker: – LPA Design Studios

CE: 1.25

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM PT

WED-C05: When a Library Is the Landscape: Designing the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library

Speaker: – Snohetta

Speaker: – JLG Architects

Speaker: – Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Foundation

CE: 1.25

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM PT

WED-C06: Beyond Compliance: Designing for Cognitive, Physical, and Neurodiverse Inclusion

Speaker: – Site Design Group, Ltd.

Speaker: – Landscape Structures

Speaker: – Chicago Park District

CE: 1.25

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM PT

WED-C07: The PM Playbook: Leadership Across Scale and Sector

Speaker: – V3 Companies

Speaker: – City of New York Department of Parks & Recreation

Speaker: – Site Design Group, ltd.

CE: 1.25

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM PT

WED-C08: Start with Yes: A Superpower for Small Practices

Speaker: – Plural

Speaker: – Klopfer Martin Design Group (KMDG)

Speaker: – Merritt Chase

CE: 1.25

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM PT

WED-C09: Renewing, Revisioning and Remaking the St Johns: Jacksonville's Riverfront Renaissance

Speaker: – Agency Landscape + Planning

Speaker: – Perkins&Will

Speaker: – Civitas Inc.

CE: 1.25

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM PT

WED-C10: Los Angeles Beyond the Car: Hidden Landscapes of Nature, Culture, and Power

Speaker: – RIOS

Speaker: – Ride On! Bike Shop

Speaker: – City of Los Angeles

CE: 1.25

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM PT

WED-C11: Nature, Elevated: Restoring Park Connections with Landscape on Structure

Speaker: – Central Park Conservancy

Speaker: – Studio Sustena

CE: 1.25

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM PT

ASLA Professional and Student Awards Ceremony and Celebration