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Full Schedule

  • Thursday, September 17, 2026
  • 6:30 AM - 5:00 PM PT
    Registration
  • 6:30 AM - 6:00 PM PT
    The ASLA Park by Greenfields
  • 7:00 AM - 8:30 AM PT
    Women in Landscape Architecture Walk
  • 8:00 AM - 5:30 PM PT
    ASLA Gift Shop
  • 8:30 AM - 9:45 AM PT
    THUR-A01: Ecology as Agency: How Biotic Interactions Change Designed Landscapes
  • 8:30 AM - 9:45 AM PT
    THUR-A02: Beyond the Blueprint: Climate Action Planning Across Practice Scales
  • 8:30 AM - 9:45 AM PT
    THUR-A03: Shared Waters: Designing with Negotiated Flows, Borders, and Uncertainty Along Transboundary Rivers
  • 8:30 AM - 9:45 AM PT
    THUR-A04: Take Action or Suffer: Bridging Heat Research, Policy, and Design
  • 8:30 AM - 9:45 AM PT
    THUR-A05: Staging Reciprocity: Designing with Communities for Justice and Resilience
  • 8:30 AM - 9:45 AM PT
    THUR-A06: Jack of All Trades or Master of One? Landscape Practice Today
  • 8:30 AM - 9:45 AM PT
    THUR-A07: Perception of Place: Integrating Multisensory Experiences into Design
  • 8:30 AM - 9:45 AM PT
    THUR-A08: Reclaim and Retain: Celebrating the Preservation of Cultural Sites
  • 8:30 AM - 9:45 AM PT
    THUR-A09: Behind Closed Doors: Candid Lessons from Women Who Founded Design Firms
  • 8:30 AM - 9:45 AM PT
    THUR-A10: Construction Confidential: A Frank Conversation About How Things Get Built
  • 8:30 AM - 9:45 AM PT
    THUR-A11: Move You: The Art and Practice of Signage in Public Landscapes
  • 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM PT
    Coffee & Breakfast Snacks
  • 9:30 AM - 3:00 PM PT
    ASLA Live Podcasts!
  • 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM PT
    Author Signings
  • 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM PT
    EXPO Open
  • 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM PT
    Paws for Play by BarkPark
  • 9:45 AM - 1:20 PM PT
    Student Awards Theater
  • 9:45 AM - 3:00 PM PT
    JobLink Live!
  • 9:45 AM - 3:00 PM PT
    Portfolio Review - Attention Associate and Student ASLA Members!
  • 10:00 AM - 10:20 AM PT
    Nursery to Landscape: How Do Plants Get to Your Project Site?
  • 10:00 AM - 10:20 AM PT
    Personal Branding for Leaders in Landscape Architecture
  • 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM PT
    Meet Up: ASLA Climate & Biodiversity Action Network
  • 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM PT
    Our Nation's Historic and Cultural Heritage Are Under Attack: Landscape Architects Must Respond to Proposals to Weaken Section 106
  • 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM PT
    Student Chapter President Meetup
  • 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM PT
    Sketch Demo
  • 10:00 AM - 3:15 PM PT
    Meet the Editors
  • 10:30 AM - 3:20 PM PT
    Office Hours: Free Business Performance Audits
  • 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM PT
    LL-09: Designing for Sound: How Soundscapes Shape Behavior in Public Spaces
  • 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM PT
    LL-10: inclusive play design from vision to master plan
  • 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM PT
    LL-11: Inclusive Playgrounds: Designing Spaces to Bring Children & Communities Together
  • 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT
    THUR-B01: Urban Biodiversity in Practice: Three Pathways for Education, Stewardship, and Policy
  • 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT
    THUR-B02: Funding the Future: Creative Financing to Support Climate-ready Communities
  • 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT
    THUR-B03: Let's Go! Climate Action and Communication That Work
  • 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT
    THUR-B04: Design of Planting Soils for Landscapes on Elevated Structures
  • 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT
    THUR-B05: Evolving Iconic Landscapes: The Role of Designers in Legacy Places
  • 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT
    THUR-B06: AI in Professional Practice
  • 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT
    THUR-B07: How It Started…How It's Going: Stories and Struggles in Practice
  • 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT
    THUR-B08: Maintenance as Motion: Designing Landscapes That Evolve and Endure
  • 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT
    THUR-B09: Confessions of a Landscape Contractor: 15 Tips on Avoiding Common Mistakes
  • 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT
    THUR-B10: Designing the In-between: Streets as Civic Rooms, Local to Global
  • 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT
    THUR-B11: Implementing the Gowanus Lowlands: Who Builds, Who Maintains, Who Benefits
  • 11:00 AM - 11:20 AM PT
    Using Ecosystem References for Urban Planting Design
  • 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM PT
    Bridging Academia and Practice
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT
    Ceremony as a Way of Living: Stewardship, Restoration, and Indigenous Practice
  • 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM PT
    Landscape Architects Belong at the Table: Civic Engagement Program Kickoff
  • 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM PT
    Refuel Without Missing a Beat: EXPO Concessions Open Today
  • 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM PT
    Sketch Demo
  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM PT
    Real Firms. Real Results. Technology in Landscape Architecture
  • 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM PT
    Ask Me Anything: Student & Emerging Professionals
  • 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM PT
    Disabled Designer Network x LA Networking Event
  • 12:10 PM - 1:10 PM PT
    LL-12: OPEN AIR STEEL STRUCTURES: Adding Value to the Built Environment
  • 12:10 PM - 1:10 PM PT
    LL-13: Inclusivity: People, Public Furniture, & Public Space
  • 12:15 PM - 12:35 PM PT
    Solar Energy’s Role in Placemaking and Community Engagement
  • 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM PT
    PPN Meet & Greet
  • 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM PT
    The ASLA Industry Outlook: An Executive Forum on the Future of Landscape Architecture
  • 12:30 PM - 4:30 PM PT
    THUR-FS-01: Healing Land, Water, and Community - Earvin Magic Johnson Park
  • 12:30 PM - 5:00 PM PT
    THUR-FS-02: Landscape for Veterans: Bridging a Human-centered Habitat and Native Ecosystem
  • 12:30 PM - 5:00 PM PT
    THUR-FS-03: Ecological Garden Design in Los Angeles
  • 12:45 PM - 4:15 PM PT
    THUR-FS-04: Exploring Sensory-based Latino Landscapes
  • 12:45 PM - 5:00 PM PT
    THUR-FS-05: A Window to the Waterfront: Exploring Wilmington’s New Waterfront Promenade
  • 12:45 PM - 5:00 PM PT
    THUR-FS-06: When Our Wildlands Burn: Community and Recovery at Eaton Canyon
  • 1:00 PM - 1:20 PM PT
    AI Optimization of Ecological Planting Design with DeepEarth
  • 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM PT
    What's Next for Urban Design in ‘L.A.’?
  • 1:00 PM - 4:30 PM PT
    THUR-FS-07: Unlocking the LA River Through Art, Design, and Engineering
  • 1:15 PM - 2:00 PM PT
    Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS) Meeting
  • 1:20 PM - 2:20 PM PT
    LL-14: Topography in the Play Environment
  • 1:20 PM - 2:20 PM PT
    LL-15: Playful Curb Appeal: Industrial Design 101
  • 1:20 PM - 2:20 PM PT
    LL-16: Designing Play Spaces for ALL Ages
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM PT
    So You Want to Be a Licensed Landscape Architect: Your Path to Licensure
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM PT
    Landscape Architecture Research Exchange 2.0
  • 2:15 PM - 3:30 PM PT
    THUR-C01: Applied Wildlife Equity: Just Design with the Living World
  • 2:15 PM - 3:30 PM PT
    THUR-C02: Plants Are Not the Problem: Designing Resilient Landscapes in Los Angeles County
  • 2:15 PM - 3:30 PM PT
    THUR-C03: Climate Refuge Now: Working Toward Trust and Self-determination Across a Spatial Spectrum
  • 2:15 PM - 3:30 PM PT
    THUR-C04: Myth vs. Evidence: What Science Says About Designing for Wildfire
  • 2:15 PM - 3:30 PM PT
    THUR-C05: Infrastructural Change: Reconnecting Community and Visioning Actionable Transformation in North Adams
  • 2:15 PM - 3:30 PM PT
    THUR-C06: Public Lands Under Pressure: Co-creating Resilient Civic Spaces Through Collective Design
  • 2:15 PM - 3:30 PM PT
    THUR-C07: Can We Restore "Real" Rivers in Cities?
  • 2:15 PM - 3:30 PM PT
    THUR-C08: Climate Resilient Rural Self-sufficiency: Lessons from California's Only Black Freedom Colony
  • 2:15 PM - 3:30 PM PT
    THUR-C09: Say It So It Lands: Speaking Tools for Landscape Architects
  • 2:15 PM - 3:30 PM PT
    THUR-C10: Wood Is Good!?* Using Low Carbon, Ethical Wood Materials in Site Construction
  • 2:15 PM - 3:30 PM PT
    THUR-C11: Embracing Regionalism: Place-specific Design for Public Landscapes
  • 2:20 PM - 2:40 PM PT
    Urbangrove: Above Ground Tree Planter Ecosystems
  • 2:30 PM - 3:15 PM PT
    Sketch Demo
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT
    LL-17: Designing outdoor playgrounds for inclusive play with universal design strategies
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT
    LL-18: Shade in Motion: Bridging Commons Across Practice, Policy & Public Futures
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT
    LL-19: The 75-Year Landscape in Stone
  • 2:40 PM - 3:15 PM PT
    Student Awards Theater
  • 3:00 PM - 7:00 PM PT
    Will Call - Fellows and Honors Gala
  • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM PT
    ASLA Alumni Tailgate
  • 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM PT
    Wait for the Crate Party - Exhibitor Thank You
  • 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM PT
    WxLA Annual Gathering and Celebration of Scholars
  • 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM PT
    El Merequetengue Happy Hour
  • 6:30 PM - 11:00 PM PT
    The Fellows and Honors Gala