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Friday, September 18, 2026
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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FRI-FS-01: Storytelling Through Landscape: The Making of Outdoor Environments in Disneyland Park
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
PT
FRI-FS-01: Storytelling Through Landscape: The Making of Outdoor Environments in Disneyland Park
Location: Los Angeles Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area (South Lobby)
Field Session Leader:
Bryan Garrene, ASLA (he/him/his)
– Walt Disney Imagineering
Field Session Leader:
Katie Garfias, ASLA, PLA (she/her/hers)
– Walt Disney Imagineering
Field Session Presenter:
Michael Dobrzycki
– Walt Disney Imagineering
Field Session Presenter:
Adam A. Schwerner
– Disneyland Resort
Field Session Presenter:
Jennifer M. Mok, ASLA, PLA (she/her/hers)
– Walt Disney Imagineering
Field Session Presenter:
Jonathan Peters, AIA
– Walt Disney Imagineering
CE: 3.50
7:15 AM - 12:15 PM
PT
FRI-FS-02: Beyond the Quad: The Pursuit of the Climate-adapted Campus
7:15 AM - 12:15 PM
PT
FRI-FS-02: Beyond the Quad: The Pursuit of the Climate-adapted Campus
Location: Los Angeles Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area (South Lobby)
Field Session Leader:
Julia L. Prince, ASLA, PLA (she/her/hers)
– Design Workshop
Field Session Leader:
Xiaojian Fan, ASLA, LEED Green Associate (she/her/hers)
– Design Workshop
Field Session Presenter:
Dawn Dyer, ASLA, PLA, LEED AP
– Studio-MLA
Field Session Presenter:
Nurit Katz (she/her/hers)
– UCLA
Field Session Presenter:
stephanie V. Landregan, FASLA (she/her/hers)
– Altadena Green
Field Session Presenter:
Hannah Michael Flynn, ASLA
– Stillwater Sciences
CE: 2.25
7:15 AM - 12:15 PM
PT
FRI-FS-03: Test Plot: Experimental Community Land Care
7:15 AM - 12:15 PM
PT
FRI-FS-03: Test Plot: Experimental Community Land Care
Location: Los Angeles Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area (South Lobby)
Field Session Leader:
Jennifer A. Jones, ASLA
– Terremoto Landscape
Field Session Leader:
Jen W.K Toy, ASLA, PLA (she/her/hers)
– Test Plot
Field Session Presenter:
Alexander Robinson, ASLA, AAR (he/him/his)
– USC School of Architecture
CE: 3.50
7:30 AM - 11:30 AM
PT
FRI-FS-04: An LA Bike Story: Pedaling Through the On-going Evolution
7:30 AM - 11:30 AM
PT
FRI-FS-04: An LA Bike Story: Pedaling Through the On-going Evolution
Location: Los Angeles Convention Center, Room 304A
Field Session Leader:
Cindy Zerger, ASLA
– Toole Design
Field Session Leader:
Erin Williams, LEED AP (she/her/hers)
– Toole Design Group
Field Session Presenter:
Severin Martinez
– Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT)
Field Session Presenter:
Jacob Katz Wessel
– Los Angeles Metro
CE: 2.00
7:30 AM - 11:30 AM
PT
FRI-FS-05: Ecology at Work: Designing Urban Habitat in Exposition Park
7:30 AM - 11:30 AM
PT
FRI-FS-05: Ecology at Work: Designing Urban Habitat in Exposition Park
Location: Los Angeles Convention Center, Room 304C
Field Session Leader:
Dawn Dyer, ASLA, PLA, LEED AP
– Studio-MLA
Field Session Leader:
Michael Hee, ASLA, PLA
– Studio-MLA
Field Session Presenter:
Evan Mather, FASLA
– MIG, Inc.
Field Session Presenter:
Daniel J. Feldman
– Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Field Session Presenter:
Kush Parekh, ASLA
– Studio-MLA
CE: 2.75
7:30 AM - 4:00 PM
PT
FRI-FS-06: The Huntington Past, Present, Future: Preserving Legacy Landscapes, Building Climate Resilience
7:30 AM - 4:00 PM
PT
FRI-FS-06: The Huntington Past, Present, Future: Preserving Legacy Landscapes, Building Climate Resilience
Location: Los Angeles Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area (South Lobby)
Field Session Leader:
Ruth Siegel, ASLA
– The Huntington
Field Session Leader:
Tom Rau, ASLA, PLA
– Urban Water Group Inc
Field Session Presenter:
Carol Bornstein
– Carol Bornstein Design
Field Session Presenter:
Ray Giang
– ProFun
CE: 4.50
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
PT
FRI-FS-07: Displacement and Defiance: Queer and Marginalized Histories of Downtown Los Angeles
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
PT
FRI-FS-07: Displacement and Defiance: Queer and Marginalized Histories of Downtown Los Angeles
Location: Los Angeles Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area (South Lobby)
Field Session Leader:
John Lambert Pearson, ASLA, PLA
– RIOS
Field Session Leader:
Mark Reid, Assoc. ASLA
– EPTDESIGN
Field Session Presenter:
Zoe Grace Detweiler, Associate ASLA
– USC School of Architecture
CE: 2.00
8:00 AM - 1:00 PM
PT
FRI-FS-08: Reconstituting Gritty Edges into Community Hubs and Corridors
8:00 AM - 1:00 PM
PT
FRI-FS-08: Reconstituting Gritty Edges into Community Hubs and Corridors
Location: Los Angeles Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area (South Lobby)
Field Session Leader:
Scott D. Baker, ASLA, PLA (he/him/his)
– RELM
Field Session Leader:
Eden Ferry, ASLA, PLA
– Studio-MLA
Field Session Presenter:
David Christensen
– RELM
Field Session Presenter:
Nick Saponara, LEED AP
– LA Metro
Field Session Presenter:
Thomas A. Small
– Culver City Forward
CE: 3.00
8:30 AM - 12:00 PM
PT
FRI-FS-09: Disability as Design Lens: An Audit-workshop Exploring Accessibility, Joy, and Mental Well-being
8:30 AM - 12:00 PM
PT
FRI-FS-09: Disability as Design Lens: An Audit-workshop Exploring Accessibility, Joy, and Mental Well-being
Location: Los Angeles Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area (South Lobby)
Field Session Leader:
Alexa Vaughn, ASLA (she/her/hers)
– Sasaki / UCLA
Field Session Leader:
Deanna Lynn, ASLA
– Wild Land Workshop
Field Session Presenter:
Kelsey Zlevor
– Mental Landscapes / Epstein
Field Session Presenter:
Jill Moore (she/her/hers)
– Landscape Structures
Field Session Presenter:
Elliott Kenney, ASLA (she/they)
– Freelance
CE: 2.50
8:30 AM - 1:00 PM
PT
FRI-FS-10: Tracing the LA River: Sepulveda Basin
8:30 AM - 1:00 PM
PT
FRI-FS-10: Tracing the LA River: Sepulveda Basin
Location: Los Angeles Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area (South Lobby)
Field Session Leader:
Jessica M. Henson, ASLA, PLA, AICP
– OLIN
Field Session Leader:
Mark Hanna, PE (he/him/his)
– Geosyntec Consultants, Inc
Field Session Presenter:
Emily Alcott
– Inter-Fluve
Field Session Presenter:
Christopher Torres, ASLA (he/him/his)
– Agency Artifact
Field Session Presenter:
Brian Baldauf, ASLA
– Mountains Recreation & Conservation Authority
Field Session Presenter:
Marcelino Ascensio, PE
– City of Los Angeles, Bureau of Engineering
CE: 3.75
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
PT
FRI-FS-11: Lights, Pencils, ACTION!!!! Sketching the Mystery & Drama of Film Noir Landscapes
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
PT
FRI-FS-11: Lights, Pencils, ACTION!!!! Sketching the Mystery & Drama of Film Noir Landscapes
Location: Los Angeles Convention Center, Room 304A
Field Session Leader:
Robert Chipman, ASLA
– Robert Chipman Landscape Architect, Inc
Field Session Leader:
Chip Sullivan, FASLA (he/him/his)
– UC Berkeley
Field Session Presenter:
Kelly A. Curl, ASLA (she/her/hers)
– Colorado State University
Field Session Presenter:
Cameron A. Berglund, ASLA
– UGA College of Environment and Design
CE: 3.50
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
PT
FRI-A01: Designing Food as Landscape Infrastructure
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
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
PT
FRI-A02: Connected Landscapes: Corridors for Climate, Biodiversity, and Community
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
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
PT
FRI-A03: Unlocking the Economic Value of Landscape Architecture: A Cross-sector Research Agenda
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
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
PT
FRI-A04: Building/Ground: Making Architect-landscape Collaboration Actually Work
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
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
PT
FRI-A05: Indigenous Stewardship Guiding Relational Design Practice
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
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
PT
FRI-A06: Building Trust and Transparency with Digital Community Engagement
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
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
PT
FRI-A07: I Would Walk (or Bike) 500 Miles: San Francisco Bay Trail 2.0
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
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
PT
FRI-A08: Beyond Firm Ownership: How Leadership Transition Really Happens
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
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
PT
FRI-A09: Hiding in Plain Sight: Weaving Essential Systems into Visionary Landscapes
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
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
PT
FRI-A10: Breadth and Depth: Building Organizational Capacity from Emerging Practices to Legacy Firms
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
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
PT
FRI-A11: Landscape Detectives: Revealing Community History and Activating Restorative Design in Public Parks
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
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
PT
LARE Prep: Grading, Drainage, and Stormwater Management Workshop
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
PT
LARE Prep: Grading, Drainage, and Stormwater Management Workshop
9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
PT
FRI-FS-13: Designing for Fire: A Living Demonstration of Biodiverse, Firewise Defensible Landscapes
9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
PT
FRI-FS-13: Designing for Fire: A Living Demonstration of Biodiverse, Firewise Defensible Landscapes
Location: Los Angeles Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area (South Lobby)
Field Session Leader:
Elisa A. Read Pappaterra, ASLA, PLA
– studio pappaterra
Field Session Leader:
Clark Stevens
– Resource Conservation District of the Santa Monica Mtns
CE: 2.50
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
PT
FRI-FS-12: Celebrating La's Alternative Public Space: From the Macabre to the Historic
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
PT
FRI-FS-12: Celebrating La’s Alternative Public Space: From the Macabre to the Historic
Location: Los Angeles Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area (South Lobby)
Field Session Leader:
Dante Gamache, ASLA, PLA
– Studio-MLA
Field Session Leader:
Alex San Diego, ASLA
– Studio-MLA
Field Session Presenter:
Heather Goers
– Historic Preservation & Heritage Consulting
Field Session Presenter:
Malcolm J. Rio
– Columbia University
Field Session Presenter:
Abbey Chamberlain Brach
– Hollyhock House, Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles
Field Session Presenter:
Tyler Cassity
– Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Field Session Presenter:
Michael Lehrer, FAIA
– Lehrer Architects LA
CE: 3.00
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
PT
LARE Prep: Planning and Design
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
PT
LARE Prep: Planning and Design
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM
PT
FRI-B01: Designing for Diseased Forests: Bridging Plant Pathology, Arboriculture, and Landscape Architecture
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
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM
PT
FRI-B02: Healing the Water: Practices of Nurturing and Honoring Rivers as Radical Regeneration
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
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM
PT
FRI-B03: Mapping Heat, Health & Equity: Landscape Tools for Climate Resilience
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
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM
PT
FRI-B04: Designing to Last: Stewardship and Context in National Parks
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
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM
PT
FRI-B05: Cultivating the Active Archive: Translating Design Memory into Future Practice
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
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM
PT
FRI-B06: Redesign by Necessity: Harnessing Setbacks and Serendipity to Create Extraordinary Landscapes
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
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM
PT
FRI-B07: Cultural Infrastructure: How Identity Grounds Public Space
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
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM
PT
FRI-B08: No One Wants to Work Anymore": Between Labor and Purpose
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
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM
PT
FRI-B09: Zone 0: A Spark for LA Advocacy and Science
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
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM
PT
FRI-B10: Let's Talk About Sequestration
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
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM
PT
FRI-B11: Resisting Conformity Through Craftsmanship
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
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
PT
FRI-FS-14: Lights, Camera, Green: Recasting the Studio Lot for Ecological and Social Health
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
PT
FRI-FS-14: Lights, Camera, Green: Recasting the Studio Lot for Ecological and Social Health
Location: Los Angeles Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area (South Lobby)
Field Session Leader:
Dillon Diers, ASLA
– OJB
Field Session Leader:
Aaron Kelley, ASLA, LEED AP
– Field Operations
Field Session Presenter:
Eric McWiliam, ASLA
– OJB Landscape Architecture
Field Session Presenter:
Charlie Cattlett, ASLA
– OJB Landscape Architecture
Field Session Presenter:
Sarah Weidner Astheimer, ASLA, PLA (she/her/hers)
– Fieldoperations
CE: 2.75
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
PT
FRI-FS-15: Love Letters to the LA River
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
PT
FRI-FS-15: Love Letters to the LA River
Location: Los Angeles Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area (South Lobby)
Field Session Leader:
Hannah Pae, ASLA
– Terremoto Landscape
Field Session Leader:
MaFe Gonzalez, ASLA
– BASE Landscape Architecture
Field Session Presenter:
Rosten Woo
– Rosten Woo
Field Session Presenter:
Jen W.K Toy, ASLA, PLA (she/her/hers)
– Test Plot
Field Session Presenter:
Danette Bouzanquet
– Friends of the LA River
Field Session Presenter:
Dan M. Mott
– FoLAR
CE: 1.50
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
PT
FRI-FS-16: Seeing Double: Two Major Public School Greening Projects and Two Funding Approaches
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
PT
FRI-FS-16: Seeing Double: Two Major Public School Greening Projects and Two Funding Approaches
Location: Los Angeles Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area (South Lobby)
Field Session Leader:
Robin Mark, ASLA, PLA (she/her/hers)
– SALT Landscape Architects
Field Session Leader:
Everett S. Carter, PLA (he/him/his)
– SALT Landscape Architects
Field Session Presenter:
Brad Rumble
– Esperanza Elementary (LAUSD)
Field Session Presenter:
Tori Kjer, PLA
– Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust
Field Session Presenter:
Julia E. Hawkinson, FAIA, LEED AP (she/her/hers)
– Los Angeles Unified School District
Field Session Presenter:
Robin W. Carmichael, ASLA
– Pamela Burton & Company
CE: 3.00
12:30 PM - 4:30 PM
PT
FRI-FS-17: Transforming Inglewood: Designing Civic Infrastructure Through Sports Centric Development
12:30 PM - 4:30 PM
PT
FRI-FS-17: Transforming Inglewood: Designing Civic Infrastructure Through Sports Centric Development
Location: Los Angeles Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area (South Lobby)
Field Session Leader:
Kush Parekh, ASLA
– Studio-MLA
Field Session Leader:
Alma L. DuSolier, PLA (she/her/hers)
– Hood Design Studio
Field Session Presenter:
Gerard McCallum, II
– Wilson Meany
Field Session Presenter:
Mia Lehrer, FASLA
– Studio-MLA
CE: 2.75
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
PT
LARE Prep: Grading & Drainage: Applied Practice
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
PT
LARE Prep: Grading & Drainage: Applied Practice
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
PT
FRI-C01: Once upon a Time: Narrative, Storytelling, and Finding Through-lines in Landscape Architecture
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
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
PT
FRI-C02: Landscape Architects as Equity Champions: Collective Actions for Environmental Justice
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
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
PT
FRI-C03: Connecting with Country: Traditional Custodians, the First Peoples, UNDRIP and Landscape Architecture
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
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
PT
FRI-C04: Designing the Balance Sheet: Financial Leadership in Practice
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
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
PT
FRI-C05: Innovating Bridge Design with Landscape Architecture
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
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
PT
FRI-C06: Marketing with Meaning: How Three Firms Stay Authentic to Their Mission
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
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
PT
FRI-C07: Parks Master Class: Designing for Sustainable Operations and Stewardship
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
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
PT
FRI-C08: Risky Business: A Conversation with a Construction Manager on Delivering Successful Projects
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
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
PT
FRI-C09: State Parks in the City? Lessons from the Garden State
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
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM
PT
FRI-D01: Designing with Care: Collaboration and Stewardship for Biodiverse Landscapes
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
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM
PT
FRI-D02: Adapting to Changes: Urban Forest Actions from Coast to Coast
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
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM
PT
FRI-D03: Actions Behind the Actions: Getting to Work on LA 2040
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
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM
PT
FRI-D04: Publics, Projects, Power: engagement Techniques for Real-world Constraints
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
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM
PT
FRI-D05: Meeting Waters: Interdisciplinary Design for Urban Resilience
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
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM
PT
FRI-D06: 'Parques' Are Not Parks: Challenging Linguistic Bias and Erasure in Design Practice
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
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM
PT
FRI-D07: Front-loading Success: Defining Value During Project Pursuits
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
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM
PT
FRI-D08: Partnerships for the Public Good: LWCF Growing Community Parks and Trails
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
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM
PT
FRI-D09: Ambition at Scale: Rewards and Risks of Multi-project Design-build Delivery
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
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM
PT
FRI-D10: Future Infrastructure Design: Foundations for Collaboration Between Landscape Architects and Engineers
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
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM
PT
FRI-D11: School’s Outside! Cultivating Biodiversity and Environmental Justice Through Community Schoolyard Design
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
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM
PT
ASLA/Land8 Wrap Party
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM
PT
ASLA/Land8 Wrap Party
