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Friday, Oct 27th
7:15am – 5:00pm CT
FRI-FS-01: The Modernist Campus of St. John’s University and Monastery
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area 1, Level 1
Field Session Leader: Joseph R. Favour, ASLA (he/him/his) – University of Minnesota
Field Session Leader: Thomas R. Oslund, FASLA, FAAR – O2 Design
Field Session Presenter: Robin Pierzina – St. John's University
Field Session Presenter: Peggy Roske, MLIS (she/her/hers) – St. John's University
Friday, Oct 27th
7:30am – 3:30pm CT
FRI-FS-02: Art, Community, Healing: Innovative Public Spaces for a Destination Medical Center
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area 2, Level 1
Field Session Leader: Frank Fitzgerald, ASLA (he/him/his) – Coen+Partners
Field Session Leader: Chuck Stewart, ASLA – Coen + Partners
Field Session Presenter: Patrick Seeb – Destination Medical Center
Field Session Presenter: Kevin Bright, LEED Fellow, CEM – DMC EDA and City of Rochester
Field Session Presenter: Chao Mwatela – City of Rochester
Field Session Presenter: Britton Jones, ASLA (he/him/his) – Bolton & Menk
Field Session Presenter: Gwen Westerman – Minnesota State University, Mankato
Field Session Presenter: Nicole Peterson, ASLA, PLA – Deep Root Green Infrastructure
Sponsored By
Friday, Oct 27th
7:45am – 4:00pm CT
FRI-FS-03: Green Stormwater Infrastructure Tour: Planning, Design, Equity, and Environment
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 102AB
Field Session Leader: Stephanie E. Hurley, ASLA – University of Vermont
Field Session Leader: Andy Erickson, PE – St. Anthony Falls Lab - Univ. of MN
Field Session Presenter: Della Schall Young – Young Environmental Consulting Group, LLC
Field Session Presenter: Jennifer Ehlert (she/her/hers) – Metro Blooms Design+Build
Sponsored By
Friday, Oct 27th
8:30am – 4:00pm CT
FRI-FS-05: The Twin Cities’ Contested Landscapes, Design Justice, and Community-owned Public Spaces
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area 3, Level 1
Field Session Leader: Ross B. Altheimer, ASLA, FAAR (he/him/his) – TEN x TEN
Field Session Leader: Satoko Muratake, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Ten x Ten
Field Session Presenter: James Garrett, Jr., FAIA – 4RM+ULA
Field Session Presenter: Nathan Johnson, FAIA – 4RM+ULA
Field Session Presenter: Roger Cummings – Juxtaposition Arts (JXTA)
Friday, Oct 27th
8:30am – 5:00pm CT
FRI-FS-06: Twinning: A Photography Flex with Two Sites, Two Firms, And Two Photographers
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 102CD
Field Session Leader: Sahar Coston-Hardy, Affiliate ASLA – Sahar Coston-Hardy Photography
Field Session Leader: Rachel Salmela, ASLA – TEN x TEN
Field Session Presenter: Marion Brenner, Affiliate ASLA – Marion Brenner Photography
Field Session Presenter: Chris McGee (he/him/his) – Landscape Architecture Magazine
Field Session Presenter: Laura Kamin-Lyndgaard, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Coen+Partners
Friday, Oct 27th
9:00am – 10:30am CT
FRI-A01: Bringing Nature Home: Designing Ornamental Gardens to Enhance and Restore Biodiversity
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Auditorium 3
Lead Speaker: Desirae D. Wood, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Dobro Design
Speaker: Courtney A. Skybak, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Samuel H. Williamson Associates
Friday, Oct 27th
9:00am – 10:30am CT
FRI-A02: If This Stream Could Talk
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 101DE
Lead Speaker: Chris Sanders, ASLA, PLA, SITES AP, ENV SP – Lamar Johnson Collaborative
Speaker: Neil Eisenberger, ASLA, PLA – Lamar Johnson Collaborative
Friday, Oct 27th
9:00am – 10:30am CT
FRI-A03: Community as Design Consultant/Landscape Architect as Facilitator: Shifting the Design Relationship
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 101ABC
Lead Speaker: Sam E. Valentine, ASLA, RLA, LEED AP (he/him/his) – Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA)
Speaker: Biruk Belay, ASLA (he/him/his) – Site Workshop Landscape Architecture
Speaker: Alexa Bosse, ASLA, AIA – Hinge Collective
Friday, Oct 27th
9:00am – 10:30am CT
FRI-A04: Engineering with Nature in San Francisco: Collaboration and Process Across Disciplines and Scales
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 101HIJ
Lead Speaker: Davi Parente Schoen, ASLA – CMG Landscape Architecture
Speaker: Maryellen Hearn (she/her/hers) – Pathways Climate Institute
Speaker: Jules Bruck, ASLA (she/her/hers) – University of Florida
Friday, Oct 27th
9:00am – 10:30am CT
FRI-A05: Future/Farm
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 200DE
Lead Speaker: Stacy Passmore, ASLA, AICP – Superbloom
Speaker: Brian Schundler, ASLA – Nelson Byrd Woltz
Speaker: Sierra L. Bainbridge, ASLA – MASS Group
Friday, Oct 27th
9:00am – 10:30am CT
FRI-A06: Drone Technology and Landscape Architecture: Strategies for Integrated Workflows and Climate Action
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 101FG
Lead Speaker: Arturo Merino, ASLA – Westwind Landscape Construction/ The University of New Mexico
Speaker: Anthony Fettes, ASLA, PLA (he/him/his) – University of New Mexico
Friday, Oct 27th
9:00am – 10:30am CT
FRI-A07: Preparing for Successful Leadership Transition: How to Navigate the Two-Way Street
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 211AB
Lead Speaker: Rena M. Klein, FAIA – CVG
Speaker: Ilse Frank, ASLA, Associate AIA – Studio Balcones
Speaker: Sun Joo Kim, Associate AIA (she/her/hers) – CVG
Friday, Oct 27th
9:00am – 10:30am CT
FRI-A08: What's Next for The Necklace?: Evolving Historic Parks for the 21st Century
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 211CD
Lead Speaker: Lydia G. Cook, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Reed Hilderbrand
Speaker: Amy Whitesides, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Harvard GSD
Speaker: Jhanea D. Amazi – MASS Design Group
Friday, Oct 27th
9:00am – 11:30am CT
FRI-DD-01: Living Surfaces—How to Design Successful Green Roofs that Optimize Biodiversity
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 208CD
Lead Speaker: David Yocca, FASLA – Green Infrastructure Foundation
Speaker: Bruce D. Dvorak, FASLA – Texas A&M University
Speaker: Steven W. Peck, Hon. ASLA (he/him/his) – Green Roofs for Healthy Cities/World Green Infrastructure Network
Speaker: Angie Durhman, MS, GRP (she/her/hers) – AD Greenroof LLC
Friday, Oct 27th
9:00am – 1:30pm CT
FRI-FS-04: Tour de Minneapolis Bike Infrastructure
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 102EF
Field Session Leader: Noah Halbach, ASLA – Toole Design
Field Session Leader: Cindy Zerger, ASLA – Toole Design
Field Session Presenter: Katie White – City of Minneapolis
Field Session Presenter: Jordan Kocak, AICP – Hennepin County
Field Session Presenter: Han Zhang, ASLA, LEED AP BD+C (she/her/hers) – O2 Design
Friday, Oct 27th
9:00am – 5:00pm CT
FRI-FS-07: Still Here: Honoring Sacred Indigenous Landscapes on the Mississippi River
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area 1, Level 1
Field Session Leader: Maura M. Rockcastle, ASLA – TEN x TEN
Field Session Leader: Ellen C. Stewart, ASLA – City of St. Paul Parks and Recreation
Field Session Presenter: Katie Kelly, PLA, ASLA – TEN x TEN Studio
Field Session Presenter: Maggie Lorenz – Wakan Tipi Awanyankapi
Field Session Presenter: Brenda W. Williams, FASLA – Quinn Evans
Friday, Oct 27th
9:00am – 5:00pm CT
FRI-FS-08: The Past, Present, and Future of the Minneapolis Grand Rounds
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area 2, Level 1
Field Session Leader: Carrie Ann Christensen, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board
Field Session Leader: Adam Regn Arvidson, FASLA, PLA (he/him/his) – Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board
Field Session Presenter: Michael Schroeder – Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board
Field Session Presenter: Claire Wilson – Loppet Foundation
Field Session Presenter: Susan Wilkins (she/her/hers) – Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board
Field Session Presenter: James Garrett, Jr., FAIA – 4RM+ULA
Field Session Presenter: Rebecca Walker – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Field Session Presenter: Roger Cummings – Juxtaposition Arts (JXTA)
Friday, Oct 27th
9:15am – 5:00pm CT
FRI-FS-09: Ah-HAAAA! Sketching Minneapolis
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 102AB
Field Session Leader: Robert Chipman, ASLA – Robert Chipman Landscape Architect, Inc
Field Session Leader: Chip Sullivan, FASLA (he/him/his) – University of California, Berkeley
Field Session Presenter: Kelly A. Curl, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Colorado State University
Field Session Presenter: David David de la Peña (he/him/his) – University of California, Davis
Sponsored By
Friday, Oct 27th
10:15am – 4:45pm CT
FRI-FS-10: Re-embracing the Mississippi Riverfront & the Evolution of Downtown East
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area 3, Level 1
Field Session Leader: Jean M. Garbarini, ASLA – Damon Farber Landscape Architects
Field Session Leader: Sandra G. Rolph, ASLA, PLA, LEED AP – O2 Design
Field Session Presenter: Tadd Kreun, FASLA – O2 Design
Field Session Presenter: Kate M. Lamers, ASLA, LEED AP – TLALLI Collaborative
Field Session Presenter: Mary Lydecker, ASLA, LEED AP – Hargreaves Jones
Friday, Oct 27th
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
FRI-B01: 30x30 and Green Infrastructure: Tools for Multi-Scale Conservation and Design
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 101ABC
Lead Speaker: Daniel Martin, ASLA – Esri Professional Services - Environment and Geodesign
Speaker: Karen Firehock, AICP – Green Infrastructure Center Inc.
Friday, Oct 27th
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
FRI-B02: Facing Imposter Syndrome: Providing Mental Health Tools for Practitioners, Students, and Firms
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 101DE
Lead Speaker: Maci Nelson, ASLA (she/her/hers) – The Landscape Nerd Podcast
Speaker: Myron Nelson (he/him/his) – Black Tie Therapy
Friday, Oct 27th
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
FRI-B03: Cultivating Legacy: Transformative Engagement Strategies to Build a Park for All
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Auditorium 3
Lead Speaker: Megan Horn, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Studio MLA
Speaker: David Diaz (he/him/his) – Active San Gabriel Valley
Speaker: Chester Kano, Architect (he/him/his) – Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation
Friday, Oct 27th
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
FRI-B04: Landscape Strategies for Water Independence
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 101HIJ
Lead Speaker: Katherine C. Harvey, ASLA (she/her/hers) – RIOS
Speaker: Erin English, LEED AP, PE (she/her/hers) – Biohabitats, Inc.
Speaker: Amelia Luna, PE, MSc, LEED AP, ENV SP (she/her/hers) – Sherwood Design Engineers
Friday, Oct 27th
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
FRI-B05: Riverside Park Detroit: Transforming Park, Transforming Lives
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 101FG
Lead Speaker: Keenan Gibbons, ASLA, LEED Green Associate – SmithGroup, University of Michigan
Speaker: Tim Karl, ASLA – City of Detroit/General Services Department
Speaker: Erminia Ramirez – Riverside Park Advisory Council- Detroit
Friday, Oct 27th
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
FRI-B06: Taking a Critical Lens to Urban Planting: Explore Design Challenges and Strategies
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 200DE
Lead Speaker: Gentry K. Lock, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Stantec
Speaker: Claudia West, ASLA – Phyto Studio
Speaker: Nancy Prince, FASLA – NYC Parks
Friday, Oct 27th
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
FRI-B07: Creating Urban Oasis for All: Biodiversity Restoration In Qianhai Water City
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 211CD
Lead Speaker: Hong Zhou, ASLA, RLA, LEED AP (she/her/hers) – James Corner Field Operations
Speaker: Yitian Zhao, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Field Operations
Speaker: Rui Li – Tongji Architectural Design (Group) co., Ltd.
Friday, Oct 27th
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
FRI-B08: “Who owns that?” Filling Design Gaps Between Landscape Architects, Architects, and Engineers
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Auditorium 1
Lead Speaker: Matthew R. Sherman, PE – Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc.
Speaker: John Stuart Fishback, ASLA (he/him/his) – Reed Hilderbrand
Speaker: Jennifer A. Grubb, PE (she/her/hers) – Simpson Gumpertz & Heger, Inc.
Friday, Oct 27th
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
FRI-B09: Preservation vs. Resilience at the Tidal Basin: Do We Have to Choose?
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 200ABC
Lead Speaker: Sarah W. Astheimer, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Field Operations
Speaker: Eric F. Kramer, FASLA – Reed Hilderbrand
Speaker: Alma L. Du Solier, ASLA – Hood Design Studio
Friday, Oct 27th
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
FRI-B10: From Gray to Gold: Achieving SITES Certification at Gilead Park
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 211AB
Lead Speaker: Zachary Rees, ASLA (he/him/his) – HDR, INC.
Speaker: William Fee, ASLA – Carducci Associates
Speaker: Nicole Kho – Gilead Sciences
Friday, Oct 27th
1:00pm – 5:00pm CT
FRI-FS-11: Revitalizing Modernist Public Space through Public-Private Partnerships in Downtown Minneapolis
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 102AB
Field Session Leader: Peter Hendee Brown, FAIA, FAICP (he/him/his) – University of Minnesota
Field Session Leader: Laura Kamin-Lyndgaard, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Coen+Partners
Field Session Presenter: Eric M. Becker, ASLA – Field Operations
Field Session Presenter: Quentin Collette (he/him/his) – New History
Field Session Presenter: Karen Adhikari, ASLA, LEED AP – FLUIDITY DESIGN CONSULTANTS
Field Session Presenter: Megan Born, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Field Operations
Field Session Presenter: Regina M. Flanagan, PLA, ASLA, CLARB (she/her/hers) – Art • Landscape • Design LLC
Sponsored By
Friday, Oct 27th
1:30pm – 3:00pm CT
FRI-C02: Seeing Is Believing: Visualizing Risk to Envision New Solutions
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 211AB
Lead Speaker: Brooke Morris, ASLA, PE – Waggonner & Ball
Speaker: Andy Sternad, AIA, AICP – Waggonner & Ball
Friday, Oct 27th
1:30pm – 3:00pm CT
FRI-C03: Behind the Curtain: Storytelling and Design Process of Residential Landscapes
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 101ABC
Lead Speaker: Mike Albert, FASLA – Design Workshop, Inc.
Speaker: Wanjing Ji, ASLA – Coen+Partners
Speaker: Christopher LaGuardia, FASLA – LaGuardia Design Group
Friday, Oct 27th
1:30pm – 3:00pm CT
FRI-C04: Cultivating Complexity at Brooklyn Bridge Park: Horticultural Diversity and Ecological Stewardship
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 101DE
Lead Speaker: Jason Siebenmorgen, ASLA – Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates
Speaker: Rashid Poulson – Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation
Friday, Oct 27th
1:30pm – 3:00pm CT
FRI-C05: Centering Community Voices in Equitable Design Solutions: Restorative Justice on Portland’s I-5
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Auditorium 3
Lead Speaker: Kate Brooks, PLA, ASLA (she/her/hers) – ZGF Architects
Speaker: Roger Steven Lewis, FAIA (he/him/his) – ZGF Architects
Speaker: Jeana Woolley – JM Woolley & Associates (real estate development services and community engagement consulting firm)
Friday, Oct 27th
1:30pm – 3:00pm CT
FRI-C06: From Practice to Professor: Navigating a Career Switch
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 211CD
Lead Speaker: Jessica Canfield, ASLA – Kansas State University
Speaker: Diane Jones Allen, FASLA, PLA – DesignJonesllc.com
Speaker: C.L. Bohannon, ASLA – University of Virginia
Friday, Oct 27th
1:30pm – 3:00pm CT
FRI-C07: Learning with the Land: A Case for Public Landscape Curricula
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 101HIJ
Lead Speaker: Brad Howe, ASLA – SCAPE Landscape Architecture
Speaker: Ann M. Fraioli (she/her/hers) – Billion Oyster Project
Speaker: Jasmine Stokes (she/her/hers) – Memphis River Parks Partnership
Friday, Oct 27th
1:30pm – 3:00pm CT
FRI-C08: Making the Most of Leftover Land
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 200DE
Lead Speaker: Woody Hanson, LEED Green Associate (he/him/his) – SITELAB urban studio
Speaker: Luke Spray – San Francisco Parks Alliance
Speaker: Angela Matt (she/her/hers) – Retired
Friday, Oct 27th
1:30pm – 3:00pm CT
FRI-C09: Reimagining Mentorship for a New Generation
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 101FG
Lead Speaker: Jessica Pilon, ASLA, PLA (she/her/hers) – SmithGroup
Speaker: Magdalena A. Aravena, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Studio Siembra
Speaker: Alex Fenech, ASLA – Hitchcock Design Group
Friday, Oct 27th
1:30pm – 4:00pm CT
FRI-DD-02: Lighting the Way: the Past, Present, and Future of Outdoor Illumination
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 208CD
Lead Speaker: Joshua Spitzig, Affiliate ASLA, IALD, IES – Atelier Ten
Speaker: Nathan Elliott, ASLA, PLA, LEED AP (he/him/his) – OJB Landscape Architecture
Speaker: Adrienne Shulman – ERCO Lighting
Speaker: Chelsea K. Kreielsheimer, LEED AP – Atelier Ten
Friday, Oct 27th
1:30pm – 4:30pm CT
FRI-FS-12: Universal Design Auditing: An Immersive and Inclusive Introduction to Testing Site Accessibility
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area 1, Level 1
Field Session Leader: Alexa Vaughn, ASLA (she/her/hers) – DeafScape / UCLA
Field Session Leader: Jill Moore – Landscape Structures
Field Session Presenter: Andrea LaCour (she/her/hers) – Contour Collective
Field Session Presenter: Elaine Andersen – Contour Collective
Field Session Presenter: Ian Scherling, ASLA (he/him/his) – Sasaki
Friday, Oct 27th
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
FRI-D01: Building Biodiversity and Stewardship with Our Native Meadows
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 101HIJ
Lead Speaker: Kate Hayes, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Miridae
Speaker: Katherine Jenkins (she/her/hers) – The Ohio State University
Speaker: Ann-Marie Benz (she/they) – California Native Plant Society
Friday, Oct 27th
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
FRI-D02: Creating Culture: Studio Perspectives
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 200ABC
Lead Speaker: Tiffany Beamer, ASLA, SITES AP (she/her/hers) – OLIN
Speaker: Benjamin F. Niefield, ASLA – Design Workshop, Inc.
Speaker: Kona A. Gray, FASLA – EDSA, Inc.
Friday, Oct 27th
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
FRI-D03: Decarbonizing Details: Reducing the Carbon Footprint of Site Construction
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Auditorium 1
Lead Speaker: Meg Calkins, FASLA, SITES AP – North Carolina State University
Speaker: Christopher R. Hardy, ASLA, LEED AP – Sasaki
Speaker: Corbett Belcher, ASLA (he/him/his) – CMG
Friday, Oct 27th
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
FRI-D04: Bucking the Trend: Fighting Sameness in Landscape Architectural Aesthetics and Representation
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 200DE
Lead Speaker: Steven T. Lee, ASLA (he/him/his) – SWA/Balsley
Speaker: Matthew Gindlesperger, ASLA – Martha Schwartz Partners
Speaker: Donna Bridgeman, ASLA – West 8
Friday, Oct 27th
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
FRI-D05: Designing with Sensory Needs in Mind
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 101ABC
Lead Speaker: Ingrid M. Kanics, Affil. ASLA (she/her/hers) – Kanics Inclusive Design Services, LLC
Speaker: Dylan Jones, ASLA, PLA, LEED Green Associate – Genus Landscape Architects
Friday, Oct 27th
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
FRI-D06: Civic Design for the Next Generation: DC Water Headquarters on the Capital Riverfront
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 211AB
Lead Speaker: Stacilyn Feldman, ASLA, PLA, LEED AP (she/her/hers) – Oehme, van Sweden | OvS
Speaker: Sven Shockey, AIA (he/him/his) – SmithGroup
Speaker: Dayton Schroeter, AIA – Smithgroup
Friday, Oct 27th
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
FRI-D07: Below the Surface: Strategies for Designing Big Parks on Complex Structures
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 101DE
Lead Speaker: Jing Fan, ASLA – Hargreaves Jones Landscape Architecture
Speaker: Andrew Lavallee, FASLA – SiteWorks Landscape Architecture, LLC
Speaker: Nathan J. Palmer, PE – CONSOR Engineers, LLC
Friday, Oct 27th
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
FRI-D08: Capturing the Landscape: Producing Authentic Photographic Narratives
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Auditorium 3
Lead Speaker: Barrett Doherty, ASLA (he/him/his) – Barrett Doherty Images
Speaker: Naomi Drucker, ASLA – RKLA Studio Landscape Architecture
Speaker: Brooke Dexter (she/her/hers) – Field Operations
Friday, Oct 27th
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
FRI-D09: Focusing on Your Why: Optimizing Your Firm's Success and Legacy
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 101FG
Lead Speaker: Steven H. Terusaki, ASLA (he/him/his) – SEIDO Consulting, LLC
Speaker: Adrienne McCray, ASLA – Lee and Associates, Inc.
Speaker: Jimmy Chan, ASLA – RHAA Landscape Architects
Friday, Oct 27th
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
FRI-D10: Designing an Equitable and Inclusive Experience in the Balboa Cultural District
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 211CD
Lead Speaker: Jenn Low, ASLA, LEED AP (she/her/hers) – Openbox
Speaker: Nate S. Cormier, ASLA, PLA, LEED AP (he/him/his) – RIOS
Speaker: Ray Giang (he/him/his) – MR-ProFun
Saturday, Oct 28th
11:00am – 12:15pm CT
SAT-A01: Inside the LA Studio—MnDOT
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Auditorium 1
Guest Speaker: Andrea S. Weber, ASLA, PLA (she/her/hers) – MnDOT
Guest Speaker: Carol Zoff, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Minnesota Department of Transportation
Guest Speaker: Ashley C. Zidon, ASLA, AICP (she/her/hers) – MnDOT
Guest Speaker: April D. Lucas (she/her/hers) – MN DOT
Moderator: Nissa Tupper (she/her/hers) – Minnesota Department of Transportation
Saturday, Oct 28th
11:00am – 12:15pm CT
SAT-A02: Designing and Implementing Floating Wetlands for Biodiversity and Human Connections to Nature
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Auditorium 3
Lead Speaker: Nancy D. Rottle, FASLA, PLA (she/her/hers) – University of Washington
Speaker: Galen Y. Fulford – Biomatrix Water
Speaker: Phil Nicodemus – Urban Rivers
Saturday, Oct 28th
11:00am – 12:15pm CT
SAT-A03: Living Shorelines in Coastal Cities: Where and How to Build Them
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 101DE
Lead Speaker: Pippa W. Brashear, ASLA (she/her/hers) – SCAPE Landscape Architecture
Speaker: Eric Rothstein, na (he/him/his) – eDesign Dynamics
Speaker: Domenica Stasiak
Saturday, Oct 28th
11:00am – 12:15pm CT
SAT-A04: A Path Forward: Identifying Accessibility Challenges and Solutions for Historic Landscapes
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 101FG
Lead Speaker: Alexa Vaughn, ASLA (she/her/hers) – DeafScape / UCLA
Speaker: Laurie Matthews, ASLA (she/her/hers) – MIG
Speaker: Monica Rhodes (she/her/hers) – Rhodes Heritage Group
Saturday, Oct 28th
11:00am – 12:15pm CT
SAT-A05: Changing Perceptions: Garden Design in Light of Shifting Climates and Community Priorities
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 200ABC
Lead Speaker: Mike Albert, FASLA – Design Workshop, Inc.
Speaker: Michele Shelor, ASLA – Colwell Shelor Landscape Architecture
Speaker: Stacilyn Feldman, ASLA, PLA, LEED AP (she/her/hers) – Oehme, van Sweden | OvS
Saturday, Oct 28th
11:00am – 12:15pm CT
SAT-A06: Exploring Trauma-Informed Design at Parrott Creek
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 211AB
Lead Speaker: Gina Ford, FASLA – Agency Landscape + Planning
Speaker: Josh Shelton, AIA – el dorado
Speaker: Ameyalli I. Manon-Ferguson (she/her/hers) – Parrott Creek Child & Family Services
Saturday, Oct 28th
11:00am – 12:15pm CT
SAT-A07: In Consideration of Ground: From Research to Practice
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 101ABC
Lead Speaker: Gwendolyn D. Cohen, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Auburn University
Speaker: Paul B. Josey, ASLA, PLA – Wolf Josey Landscape Architects
Speaker: Katie Kelly, PLA, ASLA – TEN x TEN Studio
Saturday, Oct 28th
11:00am – 12:15pm CT
SAT-A08: The After Party: Landscape Architect’s Role in Establishing, Curating, and Maintaining Landscapes
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 200DE
Lead Speaker: Michael F. Ciccarelli, ASLA, LEED AP – Hoerr Schaudt
Speaker: Claudia West, ASLA – Phyto Studio
Saturday, Oct 28th
11:00am – 12:15pm CT
SAT-A09: Climate Change and the Racialized Landscape: Fighting the Impacts of Racist Policy
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 211CD
Lead Speaker: Charles A. Cross, ASLA (he/him/his) – Detroit Collaborative Design Center, School of Architecture and Community Development, University of Detroit Mercy
Speaker: Stephanie I. Onwenu, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Ijeomalandartscapes LLC
Saturday, Oct 28th
11:00am – 12:15pm CT
SAT-A10: Reimagining the Master Plan: Equity, Engagement, and Environmental Justice in South Baltimore
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 101HIJ
Lead Speaker: Megan Born, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Field Operations
Speaker: Kristina Bigby – Assedo Consulting,
Speaker: Jenn Low, ASLA, LEED AP (she/her/hers) – Openbox
Saturday, Oct 28th
2:00pm – 3:15pm CT
SAT-B01: Inside the LA Studio—Coen+Partners
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Auditorium 1
Guest Speaker: Shane Coen, FASLA – Coen+Partners
Guest Speaker: McKenzie Wilhelm, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Coen+Partners
Guest Speaker: Laura Kamin-Lyndgaard, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Coen+Partners
Moderator: Doretta Bevilacqua Gilkes (she/her/hers) – Foster+Partners
Saturday, Oct 28th
2:00pm – 3:15pm CT
SAT-B02: The Overlooked Role of Residential Landscapes in Addressing the Biodiversity Loss Crisis
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Auditorium 3
Lead Speaker: Christopher Ramage, Associate ASLA (he/him/his) – Matthew Cunningham Landscape Design, LLC
Speaker: Kat Wyatt, Associate ASLA (she/her/hers) – Living Habitats
Saturday, Oct 28th
2:00pm – 3:15pm CT
SAT-B03: Healing on the Inside: The Benefits of Nature Interactions within Carceral Environments
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 200DE
Lead Speaker: Jimmy Kashi – Oregon State Penitentiary
Speaker: Julie Stevens, ASLA – Iowa State University
Speaker: Patti Lund (Wachtendorf) – Iowa Department of Corrections
Saturday, Oct 28th
2:00pm – 3:15pm CT
SAT-B04: Trickle-Up Research: Inquiry and Curiosity in Design Practice
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 101ABC
Lead Speaker: Allyson Mendenhall, FASLA, LEED Green Associate – Sasaki
Speaker: Anya Domlesky, ASLA – SWA Group
Speaker: Rebecca S. Popowsky, ASLA, SITES AP (she/her/hers) – OLIN
Saturday, Oct 28th
2:00pm – 3:15pm CT
SAT-B05: Visualizing Louisiana’s Coastal Future: Climate Communications and the 2023 Coastal Master Plan
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 211CD
Lead Speaker: Simone T. Maloz (she/her/hers) – Restore the Mississippi River Delta
Speaker: Despo Thoma (she/her/hers) – SCAPE Landscape Architecture DPC
Speaker: Krista L. Jankowski – Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority
Saturday, Oct 28th
2:00pm – 3:15pm CT
SAT-B06: Recent Progress in Big Data and Landscape Architecture: Applications through Crowd-Sourced Information
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 211AB
Lead Speaker: Bo Zhang, ASLA, LEED AP – Oklahoma State University
Speaker: Jessica E. Fernandez, PhD, PLA, ASLA, LEED AP ND (she/her/hers) – University of Georgia
Speaker: Xiwei Shen, PhD, ASLA – University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Saturday, Oct 28th
2:00pm – 3:15pm CT
SAT-B07: Sublime and Simple Detailing: Sustainable Materials for Low-Maintenance Environments
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 200ABC
Lead Speaker: Krista Bentson, ASLA – KBLA pllc
Speaker: Wendy Andringa, ASLA, PLA, LEED AP – Assemblage Landscape Architecture
Speaker: Eleonora Zilianti, ASLA – Elizabeth Kennedy Landscape Architect pllc
Saturday, Oct 28th
2:00pm – 3:15pm CT
SAT-B08: Sharing Landscape: Telling the Story of Your Work in the Media
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 101HIJ
Lead Speaker: Jack Murphy – The Architect's Newspaper
Speaker: Brooke Dexter (she/her/hers) – Field Operations
Speaker: Barrett Doherty, ASLA (he/him/his) – Barrett Doherty Images
Saturday, Oct 28th
2:00pm – 3:15pm CT
SAT-B09: Human Tolls: Building a Public History of a Community Divided by I-35W
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 101DE
Lead Speaker: Sydney C. Shea, ASLA – TEN x TEN
Speaker: Greg Donofrio (he/him/his) – University of Minnesota
Speaker: Ernest L. Lloyd (he/him/his) – A Public History of 35W
Saturday, Oct 28th
2:00pm – 3:15pm CT
SAT-B10: Designing a Lower Salt Future
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 101FG
Lead Speaker: Josh L. Shields, ASLA (he/him/his) – Bolton & Menk, Inc.
Speaker: Connie Fortin – Bolton & Menk
Speaker: Tim Olson, PE, CFM – Bolton & Menk, Inc.
Saturday, Oct 28th
2:00pm – 4:30pm CT
SAT-DD-01: How to Succeed in Succession 2.0
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 208AB
Lead Speaker: Kimberly Tryba, ASLA, AIA – Martha Schwartz Partners
Speaker: Lucinda R. Sanders, FASLA – OLIN
Speaker: Kona A. Gray, FASLA – EDSA, Inc.
Speaker: Keith Bowers, FASLA – Biohabitats, Inc.
Speaker: Gerdo Aquino, FASLA (he/him/his) – SWA
Saturday, Oct 28th
2:00pm – 4:30pm CT
SAT-DD-02: Remembering the Children: Rapid City Indian Boarding School Lands Project and Memorial
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 208CD
Lead Speaker: Eirik A. Heikes, ASLA, PLA (he/him/his) – Terrasite Design
Speaker: Amy Sazue (she/her/hers) – Remembering the Children Memorial
Speaker: Bobbie Koch, Associate AIA – He Sapa Otipi // 7 Directions Architects/Planners
Speaker: Valeriah Big Eagle, Ed.D. – Friends of the Children-He Sapa
Saturday, Oct 28th
3:45pm – 5:00pm CT
SAT-C01: Inside the LA Studio—Kounkuey Design Initiative
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Auditorium 1
Guest Speaker: Chelina Odbert, Hon. ASLA (she/her/hers) – Kounkuey Design Initiative
Guest Speaker: Adriana Carias (she/her/hers) – Kounkuey Design Initiative
Guest Speaker: Lauren Elachi, LEED AP (she/her/hers) – Kounkuey Design Initiative
Guest Speaker: Christian Rodriguez – Kounkuey Design Initiative
Moderator: Gina Ford, FASLA – Agency Landscape + Planning
Saturday, Oct 28th
3:45pm – 5:00pm CT
SAT-C02: How Do We Know What's Working? Getting Real with Landscape Metrics
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 200DE
Lead Speaker: Kelly A. Farrell, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Sasaki
Speaker: Megan Barnes, ASLA – Landscape Architecture Foundation
Speaker: Kristina Hill, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Institute of Urban and Regional Development, UC Berkeley
Saturday, Oct 28th
3:45pm – 5:00pm CT
SAT-C03: Cultivating Climate Justice: New Frameworks for Rural Resilience
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 200ABC
Lead Speaker: Forbes Lipschitz, ASLA – The Ohio State University
Speaker: Alison B. Hirsch, ASLA (she/her/hers) – University of Southern California (USC)
Speaker: Thomas Woltz, FASLA – Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects
Saturday, Oct 28th
3:45pm – 5:00pm CT
SAT-C04: Tactical Recreation—Activating Urban Spaces through Recreation
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 101DE
Lead Speaker: Mark W. van der Zalm, ASLA – VDZ+A Landscape Architects
Speaker: Michelle Larigakis, BLA (she/her/hers) – Vancouver Park Board, City of Vancouver
Speaker: Kanten Russell – New Line Skateparks
Saturday, Oct 28th
3:45pm – 5:00pm CT
SAT-C05: Lead, Follow, Adapt? Exploring Different Approaches to Changing Firm Culture
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 211CD
Lead Speaker: Erin Murphy, AIA (she/her/hers) – CVG
Speaker: Mark Klopfer, FASLA, AIA (he/him/his) – Klopfer Martin Design Group
Speaker: Ilse Frank, ASLA, Associate AIA – Studio Balcones
Saturday, Oct 28th
3:45pm – 5:00pm CT
SAT-C06: Making History: Participatory Design to Commemorate Park Histories in LA’s Salazar Park
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 211AB
Lead Speaker: Jerome Chou, ASLA (he/him/his) – Kounkuey Design Initiative
Speaker: Christian A. Amaral, ASLA – SALT Landscape Architects
Speaker: Diane Silva (she/her/hers) – Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation
Saturday, Oct 28th
3:45pm – 5:00pm CT
SAT-C07: Hyperlocalism: Finding the Story of Place
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 101ABC
Lead Speaker: Jason Shinoda, ASLA (he/him/his) – RIOS
Speaker: Hyunch Sung (she/her/hers) – Studio Moonya
Speaker: Anna Cawrse, ASLA – Sasaki
Saturday, Oct 28th
3:45pm – 5:00pm CT
SAT-C08: How Green Infrastructure Captured the Heart of Lexington: Town Branch Commons
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Auditorium 3
Lead Speaker: Kate Orff, FASLA (she/her/hers) – SCAPE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE D.P.C.
Speaker: Jeff Fugate (he/him/his) – University of Kentucky College of Design
Speaker: Patrick L. Henry, ASLA – Gresham Smith
Saturday, Oct 28th
3:45pm – 5:00pm CT
SAT-C09: Family Friendly Cities: Crafting Great Urban Spaces for Kids, Teens, and Caregivers
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 101HIJ
Lead Speaker: Nina Chase, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Merritt Chase
Speaker: Kate Tooke, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Agency Landscape and Planning
Speaker: Jessica Thorpe, AICP (she/her/hers) – Storyboard
Saturday, Oct 28th
3:45pm – 5:00pm CT
SAT-C10: Equitable Transportation Design with Small Communities
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 101FG
Lead Speaker: Emily Lewis, ASLA (she/her/hers) – DuBois & King
Speaker: Julia M. Badenhope, FASLA (she/her/hers) – Iowa State University
Speaker: Kat Shiffler, Associate ASLA – National Park Service
Sunday, Oct 29th
9:00am – 10:00am CT
SUN-A01: Grand Junction: Climate-Crisis Resiliency, Stormwater Management, Riparian Corridor Reparation, meets Social Overlay
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 101DE
Lead Speaker: David A. Rubin, FASLA, FAAR (he/him/his) – DAVID RUBIN Land Collective
Speaker: Philip Tevis – FlatLand Resources, LLC
Speaker: Andy Cook (he/him/his) – City of Westfield
Sunday, Oct 29th
9:00am – 10:00am CT
SUN-A02: Rolling Back the Lawn: Reinvigorating Ecological and Social Function at Georgia Tech’s EcoCommons
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 200DE
Lead Speaker: Lanie McKinnon, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects
Speaker: Christopher A. Streb, LEED AP, PE (he/him/his) – Biohabitats
Speaker: Jason K. Gregory, LEED AP – Georgia Institute of Technology
Sunday, Oct 29th
9:00am – 10:00am CT
SUN-A03: Scorched Earth: A Model for Campus Resiliency In Rapidly Changing Climates
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 200ABC
Lead Speaker: Allison Colwell, ASLA, LEED AP – COLWELL SHELOR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
Speaker: Norman Yatabe, ASLA, LEED AP – Arizona State University
Speaker: Todd Briggs, ASLA – TRUEFORM
Sunday, Oct 29th
9:00am – 10:00am CT
SUN-A04: Origin-Connection-Practice: Community Landscape Research in Rural and Urban Angola
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 101FG
Lead Speaker: Sam E. Valentine, ASLA, RLA, LEED AP (he/him/his) – Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA)
Speaker: Matheus B. Rosário (he/him/his) – Federal University of Bahia (Universidade Federal da Bahia)
Speaker: Ângela BL Mingas, PhD – Univesidade Lusíada de Angola
Sunday, Oct 29th
9:00am – 10:00am CT
SUN-A05: A Future of Computational Collaborators: Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Landscape Architecture
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 101HIJ
Lead Speaker: Bradley Cantrell, ASLA – University of Virginia
Speaker: Adam Mekies, ASLA, PLA – Sherwood Design Engineers
Speaker: Anya Domlesky, ASLA – SWA Group
Sunday, Oct 29th
9:00am – 10:00am CT
SUN-A06: Creating and Becoming a Certified Universally Designed Outdoor Space
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 101ABC
Lead Speaker: Jill Moore – Landscape Structures
Speaker: Sonya Lauren Smith, PT, DPT, PCS (she/her/hers) – Inclusion In Motion
Speaker: Lynn Mason, ASLA – Parkitects
Sunday, Oct 29th
9:00am – 10:00am CT
SUN-A07: Magic Johnson Park: Healing Land, Water, and Community
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Auditorium 1
Lead Speaker: Wendy Chan, PLA, ASLA, LEED Green Associate – MIG
Speaker: Clement Lau, FAICP – Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation
Speaker: Dawnesha Beaver (she/her/hers) – New Mt. Calvary Baptist Church
Sunday, Oct 29th
9:00am – 10:00am CT
SUN-A08: “What Revolution Do You Want To Lead?” And Other Essential Startup Questions
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 211AB
Lead Speaker: Brice Maryman, FASLA, PLA (he/him/his) – MxM Landscape Architecture LLC
Speaker: Ashley Ludwig, ASLA (she/her/hers) – ABLE
Speaker: Lauren Cantrell, ASLA (she/her/hers) – DELINEATOR
Sunday, Oct 29th
9:00am – 10:00am CT
SUN-A09: Democracy is Messy, and Getting Messier....
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Auditorium 3
Lead Speaker: Charles Neer, ASLA – WRT
Speaker: Allison Schapker, LEED AP – Fairmount Park Conservancy
Speaker: Claire E. Hempel, ASLA, AICP, LEED Green Associate (she/her/hers) – Design Workshop, Inc.
Sunday, Oct 29th
9:00am – 10:00am CT
SUN-A10: Connecting the Dots: Leveraging Infrastructure Funding for Public Improvements
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 211CD
Lead Speaker: Louis R. Johnson, ASLA – Gresham Smith
Speaker: Thomas J. Rogers, ASLA – SmithGroup
Speaker: Chris Bauer – PACE Contracting LLC
Sunday, Oct 29th
2:00pm – 3:15pm CT
SUN-B01: Inside the LA Studio - TenxTen
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Auditorium 1
Guest Speaker: Ross B. Altheimer, ASLA, FAAR (he/him/his) – TEN x TEN
Guest Speaker: Maura M. Rockcastle, ASLA – TEN x TEN
Guest Speaker: Satoko Muratake, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Ten x Ten
Guest Speaker: Erica J. Christenson, ASLA, PLA, SITES AP (she/her/hers) – TEN x TEN
Moderator: Julie Bargmann, ASLA – Professor Emerita / University of Virginia School of Architecture
Sunday, Oct 29th
2:00pm – 3:15pm CT
SUN-B02: Avoid Lost in Translation: Communicating Complex Ecological Concepts in Landscape Architecture
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Auditorium 3
Lead Speaker: Tao Zhang, ASLA, LEED AP, SITES AP (he/him/his) – Sasaki
Speaker: Steven N. Handel, PhD, Hon. ASLA (he/him/his) – Rutgers University
Speaker: Pippa W. Brashear, ASLA (she/her/hers) – SCAPE Landscape Architecture
Sunday, Oct 29th
2:00pm – 3:15pm CT
SUN-B03: Realizing Climate Action Ambitions: Pathways to Decarbonization
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 101ABC
Lead Speaker: Christopher R. Hardy, ASLA, LEED AP – Sasaki
Speaker: Anya Domlesky, ASLA – SWA Group
Speaker: Nicholas Pevzner (he/him/his) – University of Pennsylvania
Sunday, Oct 29th
2:00pm – 3:15pm CT
SUN-B04: Reconciliation in Practice: Decolonizing Landscape Architecture
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 200ABC
Lead Speaker: Grant Fahlgren (he/him/his) – PFS Studio / Canadian Society Landscape Architects Reconciliation Advisory Committee
Speaker: Michelle J. Delk, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Snohetta
Speaker: Kelty M. McKinnon, ASLA (she/her/hers) – PFS Studio
Sunday, Oct 29th
2:00pm – 3:15pm CT
SUN-B05: A Green Obsession: Exploring the Transformative Power of Horticulture
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 200DE
Lead Speaker: Nicholas Fobes, ASLA, LEED AP – Hoerr Schaudt Landscape Architects
Speaker: Thomas Rainer, ASLA, PLA – Phyto Studio
Speaker: Lauren Todd Stimson, ASLA (she/her/hers) – STIMSON
Sunday, Oct 29th
2:00pm – 3:15pm CT
SUN-B06: Design, Construction, Occupancy, Repeat: the High Line’s Fifteen Years of Development
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 101HIJ
Lead Speaker: Isabel Castilla, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Field Operations
Speaker: Patrick Hazari, AIA (he/him/his) – Friends of the High Line
Sunday, Oct 29th
2:00pm – 3:15pm CT
SUN-B07: Find Your Voice: Asian Immigrants Explore the Journey to Design Leadership
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 211CD
Lead Speaker: Wanjing Ji, ASLA – Coen+Partners
Speaker: Han Zhang, ASLA, LEED AP BD+C (she/her/hers) – O2 Design
Speaker: Haemee Han, ASLA – Jaemee Studio
Sunday, Oct 29th
2:00pm – 3:15pm CT
SUN-B08: Alternative Business Ownership Models
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 101FG
Lead Speaker: Patricia Algara, ASLA – BASE Landscape Architecture Inc.
Speaker: Cinda Gilliland, ASLA (she/her/hers) – re:public
Speaker: Keith Bowers, FASLA – Biohabitats, Inc.
Sunday, Oct 29th
2:00pm – 3:15pm CT
SUN-B09: Borderlands as Common Grounds: Multi-Scalar Design in the United States and Mexico
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 101DE
Lead Speaker: Gabriel Diaz Montemayor, ASLA (he/him/his) – University of Arkansas
Speaker: Adriana Chavez Sanchez – ORU - Oficina de Resiliencia
Speaker: Paola Aguirre Serrano – Borderless Studio
Sunday, Oct 29th
2:00pm – 3:15pm CT
SUN-B10: Open Space Masterplan for the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA)
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 211AB
Lead Speaker: Nancy Owens, ASLA, LEED AP – Nancy Owens Studio Landscape Architecture + Urban Design PLLC
Speaker: Kate Belski, ASLA – Grain Collective
Speaker: Delma Palma, RA, AICP (she/her/hers) – New York City Housing Authority
Sunday, Oct 29th
2:00pm – 4:30pm CT
SUN-DD-01: The Possibility Government Collaborative: Uniting Public Realm Practitioners!
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 208CD
Lead Speaker: Jennifer L. Brooks, ASLA, PLA – Mecklenburg County
Speaker: Solange Guillaume, ASLA (she/her/hers) – San Francisco Public Works
Speaker: Ellen C. Stewart, ASLA – City of St. Paul Parks and Recreation
Speaker: Julie An, PLA, LEED AP (she/her/hers) – San Francisco Public Works
Speaker: Ana Tabuena-Ruddy, ASLA, PLA (she/her/hers) – City of Los Angeles, StreetsLA
Sunday, Oct 29th
2:00pm – 4:30pm CT
SUN-DD-02: Water or Waste? Adaptive Approaches to Water Resources Management
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 208AB
Lead Speaker: Meg Griscom, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Reed Hilderbrand
Speaker: Tom Volk, Affiliate ASLA – Summerhill Landscapes
Speaker: Michael Igo, Affiliate ASLA, PE, LEED AP (he/him/his) – Aqueous Consultants
Speaker: Felicity Purzycki (she/her/hers) – Williams College
Speaker: Charlotte Leib, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Yale University / Designer, Reed Hilderbrand Landscape Architecture
Sunday, Oct 29th
3:45pm – 4:45pm CT
SUN-C01: Bridging Urban Ecologies—Integrating Wildlife Crossings into Urban Parks
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Auditorium 3
Lead Speaker: Gregory Tuzzolo, ASLA, LEED AP – STIMSON
Speaker: Jeffrey G. Aten, ASLA – Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects
Speaker: Patricia Catherine Cramer – Wildlife Connectivity Institute
Sunday, Oct 29th
3:45pm – 4:45pm CT
SUN-C02: Embracing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Academia: Through the Students’ Lens
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 101DE
Lead Speaker: Andrea Melissa Manjarrez Dominguez, Student ASLA (she/her/hers) – North Carolina State University
Speaker: Amira Slocum, Student ASLA (she/her/hers) – North Carolina State University
Speaker: Kofi M. Boone, FASLA (he/him/his) – NC State University
Sunday, Oct 29th
3:45pm – 4:45pm CT
SUN-C03: Gather Here: Reinvigorating Iconic Spaces for Celebration, Protest and Community in Boston
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Auditorium 1
Lead Speaker: Kate Tooke, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Agency Landscape and Planning
Speaker: Cheri Ruane, FASLA (she/her/hers) – Weston & Sampson Design Studio
Speaker: Diana Fernandez, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Boston Planning and Development Agency
Sunday, Oct 29th
3:45pm – 4:45pm CT
SUN-C04: Pregnancy, Parenting, and Practice—Let's Talk About It
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 101ABC
Lead Speaker: Jennifer Ng, ASLA – Klopfer Martin Design Group
Speaker: Anna Cawrse, ASLA – Sasaki
Speaker: Julie W. Gawendo, ASLA – re:public
Sunday, Oct 29th
3:45pm – 4:45pm CT
SUN-C05: BIG PARKS, BIG IMPACTS: Raising the Stakes for Performative Landscapes
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 200ABC
Lead Speaker: Michael Grove, FASLA – SASAKI
Speaker: Lucinda R. Sanders, FASLA – OLIN
Speaker: Dillon Diers, ASLA – OJB
Sunday, Oct 29th
3:45pm – 4:45pm CT
SUN-C06: Healing Landscapes: Toolkit for Truth-Driven Planning Decisions
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 200DE
Lead Speaker: McKenzie Wilhelm, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Coen+Partners
Speaker: Camille V. Maddox (she/her/hers) – MAYA Consulting
Speaker: Alejandra Peña-Gutiérrez (she/her/hers) – Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota
Sunday, Oct 29th
3:45pm – 4:45pm CT
SUN-C07: The Improbable Reinvention of a Marginalized Landscape: Shirley Chisholm State Park
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 211AB
Lead Speaker: Elizabeth R. Silver, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Inc.
Speaker: Leslie Wright – New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation ("NYS Parks")
Speaker: Rose Harvey (she/her/hers) – New City Parks
Sunday, Oct 29th
3:45pm – 4:45pm CT
SUN-C08: Small(er) Firm Diversity, Evolution, Growth, and Longevity in a Megafirm Market
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 101HIJ
Lead Speaker: Gretchen Wilson, ASLA, PLA, LEED AP – Dig Studio
Speaker: Moyara H. Pharis, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Pharis Design
Speaker: Shannon Blakeman, ASLA – CARBO Landscape Architecture
Sunday, Oct 29th
3:45pm – 4:45pm CT
SUN-C09: Repositioning Campus Landscapes: Can Engaging Native Nations Promote Social and Environmental Resilience?
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 101FG
Lead Speaker: Manisha Kaul, FASLA, PLA, AICP, LEED AP (she/her/hers) – Design Workshop, Inc.
Speaker: Jenny L. Davis (she/her/hers) – University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Speaker: Lauren A. Leighty, ASLA, LEED AP (she/her/hers) – SmithGroup
Sunday, Oct 29th
3:45pm – 4:45pm CT
SUN-C10: Healthy Schools, Healthy Communities: How Green Schools Promote Wellness and Equity
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 211CD
Lead Speaker: Andrew W. Wickham, ASLA, PLA, LEED AP (he/him/his) – LPA Design Studios
Speaker: Danielle A. Cleveland, ASLA, LEED AP – LPA Inc.
Speaker: Julia E. Hawkinson, AIA, ALEP, LEED AP BD+C, O+M, WELL AP (she/her/hers) – Los Angeles Unified School District
Monday, Oct 30th
7:15am – 12:30pm CT
MON-FS-01: Rooting in Place: Jackson Meadow’s Ecological, Cultural and Design Legacy
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area 1, Level 1
Field Session Leader: Wanjing Ji, ASLA – Coen+Partners
Field Session Leader: Shane Coen, FASLA – Coen+Partners
Field Session Presenter: David Salmela, FAIA – Salmela Architect
Field Session Presenter: Harold Teasdale – Jackson Meadow Company
Field Session Presenter: Jason J. Husveth – Critical Connections Ecological Services
Monday, Oct 30th
7:30am – 12:30pm CT
MON-FS-02: Transforming a Brownfield Site: From Model T's to Model Community
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area 2, Level 1
Field Session Leader: Terry Minarik, ASLA – Confluence
Field Session Leader: Ellen C. Stewart, ASLA – City of St. Paul Parks and Recreation
Field Session Presenter: Nathan Campeau, PE – Barr Engineering Co.
Field Session Presenter: Maureen Michalski (she/her/hers) – Ryan Companies US Inc.
Monday, Oct 30th
8:00am – 12:00pm CT
MON-FS-04: Artscape! The Minneapolis Sculpture Garden & Wurtele Upper Gardens at the Walker Art Center
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area 1, Level 1
Field Session Leader: Tadd Kreun, FASLA – O2 Design
Field Session Leader: Theodore E. Lee, ASLA, LEED AP, SITES AP – HGA
Field Session Presenter: Bradley Agee – University of Minnesota
Field Session Presenter: Thomas R. Oslund, FASLA, FAAR – O2 Design
Field Session Presenter: Olga Viso – Arizona State University Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts
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Monday, Oct 30th
8:00am – 1:00pm CT
MON-FS-03: The Falls Initiative: Connecting Process and Place
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area 3, Level 1
Field Session Leader: Kjersti Duval (she/her/hers) – Studio Civic | Duval
Field Session Leader: Shelley Buck (she/her/hers) – Friends of the Falls
Field Session Presenter: John A. Koepke, ASLA – University of Minnesota/Urban Ecosystems Inc.
Field Session Presenter: Mona Smith (she/her/hers) – Allies LLC
Field Session Presenter: David Malda, ASLA, LEED AP – GGN
Monday, Oct 30th
8:15am – 12:30pm CT
MON-FS-05: Liminal Landscapes: Celebrating Life, Death and the Everyday at Historic Lakewood Cemetery
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area 2, Level 1
Field Session Leader: Bryan Jereb, ASLA – Halvorson Tighe & Bond Studio
Field Session Leader: Egle Vanagaite – TEN x TEN Landscape Architecture
Field Session Presenter: Karen A. Lu, AIA (she/her/hers) – Snow Kreilich Architects
Field Session Presenter: Chris Makowske (he/him/his) – Lakewood Cemetery Association
Field Session Presenter: Lance M. Neckar, ASLA – Pitzer College
Monday, Oct 30th
8:30am – 12:30pm CT
MON-FS-06: Layering Mobility, Resilience, Community, and Cultural Resources at the University of Minnesota
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area 3, Level 1
Field Session Leader: Thomas Ritzer, ASLA – University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Field Session Leader: Andrew Caddock, ASLA, LEED AP – University of Minnesota - Planning, Space and Real Estate
Field Session Presenter: Jean M. Garbarini, ASLA – Damon Farber Landscape Architects
Field Session Presenter: Brad Aldrich, ASLA, LEED AP – Confluence
Field Session Presenter: Kristine F. Miller, ASLA, AICP – Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Minnesota
Field Session Presenter: Joseph R. Favour, ASLA (he/him/his) – University of Minnesota
Monday, Oct 30th
8:30am – 1:00pm CT
MON-FS-07: Mississippi River and Minnesota River Greenways and Trailheads from Floodplain to Blufftop
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area 1, Level 1
Field Session Leader: Michael Jischke, ASLA (he/him/his) – SRF Consulting Group
Field Session Leader: Stewart Crosby, ASLA – SRF Consulting Group
Field Session Presenter: Charlene Roise – Charlene Roise Historian LLC
Field Session Presenter: Lillian C. Leatham, ASLA – Dakota County
Field Session Presenter: John Mertens – Dakota County
Field Session Presenter: Christian Klatt (he/him/his) – Dakota County
Monday, Oct 30th
9:00am – 10:30am CT
MON-A01: Time for Action: Advancing Biodiversity through Policy and Practice
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 101HIJ
Lead Speaker: Danielle Pieranunzi, SITES AP, LEED AP – Green Business Certification Inc.
Speaker: Keith Bowers, FASLA – Biohabitats, Inc.
Speaker: Brandon Hartz, ASLA, PLA, LEED AP, SITES AP – General Services Administration (GSA)
Monday, Oct 30th
9:00am – 10:30am CT
MON-A02: When Communities are Patrons of Design
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 101ABC
Lead Speaker: Deb Guenther, FASLA – Mithun
Speaker: Alexa Bush, ASLA (she/her/hers) – The Kresge Foundation
Speaker: Tim Duggan, ASLA – Phronesis
Monday, Oct 30th
9:00am – 10:30am CT
MON-A03: Soft Retreat: Balancing Risk, Recreation, and Resilience on the Island of Nantucket
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 101FG
Lead Speaker: Gena Morgis, ASLA – SCAPE Landscape Architecture
Speaker: Jesse A. Bell – Nantucket Islands Land Bank
Speaker: Kirk Bosma, PE – Woods Hole Group
Monday, Oct 30th
9:00am – 10:30am CT
MON-A04: Media for Growing Trees Under Pavement: Research and Practice
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 200DE
Lead Speaker: Paul B. Josey, ASLA, PLA – Wolf Josey Landscape Architects
Speaker: E. Thomas Smiley (he/him/his) – Bartlett Tree Expert Company
Speaker: Timothy Craul, CPSSc – Craul Land Scientists
Monday, Oct 30th
9:00am – 10:30am CT
MON-A05: Developing Leadership, Advocacy, and Resiliency Among Emerging Professionals
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 101DE
Lead Speaker: Anthony Castagnoli, ASLA (he/him/his) – Jacobs/Ryan Associates
Speaker: Leah Ann Heinzelmann, ASLA – Cotleur-Hearing
Speaker: Moises Andrani de la Rosa, ASLA (he/him/his) – Tenpenny Group LLC
Monday, Oct 30th
9:00am – 10:30am CT
MON-A06: Longwood Outside—Urban Activation and Placemaking at a Medical District
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 211CD
Lead Speaker: Xi Yang, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Agency Landscape and Planning
Speaker: Rachel Dowley Alexander (she/her/hers) – Longwood Collective
Speaker: Brie Hensold, Hon. ASLA – Agency Landscape + Planning
Monday, Oct 30th
9:00am – 11:30am CT
MON-DD-01: Try it Out: Empowering Communities through Social Science and Play
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 208CD
Lead Speaker: Joy Kuebler, ASLA – Joy Kuebler Landscape Architect, PC and PLAYCE Studio
Speaker: Kona A. Gray, FASLA – EDSA, Inc.
Speaker: Anita Bueno, ASLA – Bueno Movement & Design
Speaker: Joshua Kuhowski, Student ASLA – Michigan State University
Speaker: Cheryl Salazar – PLAYCE Studio, Ltd.
Monday, Oct 30th
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
MON-B01: Unraveling Rural Myths: Strategies for Building Community and Investment in Rural Landscapes
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 211CD
Lead Speaker: Ashley Ludwig, ASLA (she/her/hers) – ABLE
Speaker: Amanda Craig (she/her/hers) – Trust for Public Land
Speaker: Lynny Brown, MPH – Willamette Partnership
Monday, Oct 30th
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
MON-B02: Test, Tweak, Repeat: Lessons on Prototyping, Mockups, and Fabrication
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 101FG
Lead Speaker: Jason Shinoda, ASLA (he/him/his) – RIOS
Speaker: Paul Westwood – UK Architect - ARB - RIBA Member
Speaker: Kate Larsen, ASLA, AIA (she/her/hers) – Snøhetta
Monday, Oct 30th
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
MON-B03: Floating Landscapes: Demystifying On-Structure Construction
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 101HIJ
Lead Speaker: Jeremy Klemic, ASLA – SWA Group
Speaker: Chad A. Benton, ASLA – BrightView Landscape Development
Speaker: Jeff Counterman – Shaw & Sons, Inc.
Monday, Oct 30th
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
MON-B04: Hudson River Rising: Case Studies of Climate-Adaptive Design through Public-Private Collaboration
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 101ABC
Lead Speaker: Taewook Cha, FASLA, PLA, LEED AP (he/him/his) – Supermass Studio
Speaker: Wendy Andringa, ASLA, PLA, LEED AP – Assemblage Landscape Architecture
Speaker: Josh F. Cerra, ASLA (he/him/his) – Cornell University Landscape Architecture
Monday, Oct 30th
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
MON-B05: The Future of Downtown Indianapolis: Designing for Inclusive Economic Growth After COVID-19
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 101DE
Lead Speaker: Nina Chase, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Merritt Chase
Speaker: Scarlett A. Andrews – City of Indianapolis
Speaker: Lydia Gaby (she/her/hers) – HR&A Advisors