AIA|LA presents…
Designing the Future: A Seven-Part Series

A series of virtual panel discussions
In light of lessons learned from our ongoing pandemic crisis, this series of panel discussions will explore how architects & designers can quickly adapt to the market demands and societal shifts that will occur as we adjust to living, working, and staying healthy in our built environment. The objective of this series will be to learn new ideas, innovations, and best-practices that will serve as a value-add to the architecture profession to help make our built and natural environments healthier, more equitable, and resilient.

Part I: The Workplace – Thurs 6/11 (8am PST)
Part II: Schools and Educational Facilities – Thurs 6/25 (8am PST)
Part III: Healthcare Facilities – Thurs 7/2 (8am PST)
Part IV: Transit & Mobility – Thurs 7/16 (8am PST)
Part V: Parks & Open Space – Thurs 7/30 (8am PST)
Part VI: Multi-family Residential – Thurs 8/13 (8am PST)
Part VII: Hospitality – Thurs 8/27 (8am PST)

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE

Part I: The Workplace – Thurs 6/11 (8am PST)

Kelly Bacon, MBA – Principal | National Workplace Leader, AECOM
Carl Muhlstein – International Director, JLL
Sara Neff, LEED AP BD+C – Senior Vice President, Sustainability at Kilroy Realty Corporation

Moderated by Greg Verabian, AIA – President, AIA Los Angeles & Principal, HKS

This forum will serve as an opportunity to discuss how the workplace will evolve in response to Covid-19, and the tension between wanting to come together but needing to stay apart. We’ll also discuss the tensions landlords are facing between energy, transit and waste reduction goals and pandemic response measures, as well as, what we are seeing in terms of tenant behavior.

We will learn how firms like AECOM are deploying a transdisciplinary approach to the post pandemic planning and future of our spaces. By combining subject matter experts (SME) in design strategies, building engineering, and health, safety, and environment (HSE), we will see how firms ensure the health and safety of workers, while developing short- and long-term design strategies to get us back to work – safely and effectively.

How do you ensure your space is safe for re-entry? How do you differentiate between the short term reactionary efforts and the long-term design implications? With the world embarking on the world’s largest teleworking pilot – how do we implement these learnings and create an effective and sustainable distributed workforce?

Join us on June 11th as we discuss the most critical questions regarding the future of work.

Part II: Schools and Educational Facilities – Thurs 6/25 (8am PST)

Peter Barsuk, AIA, LEED® AP, DBIA – Government & Defense Leader, Principal, Gensler
Jay Deshmukh, M.ARCH, OAA, MRAIC – Associate, Architecture, Global Learning+ Studio – IBI GROUP
Peter Hendrickson, AIA – Associate Vice Chancellor, Design and Construction, UCLA Capital Programs
Helena Jubany, FAIA – Principal, NAC Architecture
Scott P. Kelsey, FAIA – Managing Principal, CO Architects

Part III: Healthcare Facilities – Thurs 7/2 (8am PST)

Bonnie Khang-Keating – Vice President, Los Angeles/ San Diego Office Director, SmithGroup
Jason Schroer, AIA, ACHA, LEED AP – Director of Health, Principal, HKS
Bryan Langlands, AIA, FACHA, EDAC, LEED GA – Principal, NBBJ

Part IV: Transit & Mobility – Thurs 7/16 (8am PST)

Tamika L. Butler, Esq. – Director of Planning for California & Director of Equity and Inclusion, Toole Design
Neil Brooker – Chief Operations Officer, BMW Group Designworks
KeAndra D. Cylear Dodds – Executive Officer, Equity and Race, Office of the Chief Executive Officer, LA Metro
Jordan Goldstein, FAIA, FIIDA, LEED AP – Global Director of Design, Gensler
Moshik Mah, AIA, LEED AP – Design Principal, Architect, HDR
Nicholas de Monchaux – Professor and incoming Head of Architecture (June 1-), MIT

Part V: Parks & Open Space – Thurs 7/30 (8am PST)

Matthew Clarke – Executive Director, Design Trust for Public Space
Nate Cormier, ASLA, LEED AP – Landscape Architect, Managing Studio Director, RCH STUDIOS
Mia Lehrer, FASLA – President, STUDIO-MLA
Sara Jensen Carr, PhD – Assistant Professor of Architecture, Urbanism, and Landscape & Program Director, Master of Design in Sustainable Urban Environments, School of Architecture, Northeastern University

Part VI: Multi-family Residential – Thurs 8/13 (8am PST)

David Baker, FAIA, LEED AP – Principal, David Baker Architects
Julie Eizenberg, FAIA – Founding Principal, KoningEizenberg
Karin Liljegren, FAIA – Principal + Founder, Omgivning

Part VII: Hospitality – Thurs 8/27 (8am PST)

Tarrah Beebe, AIA – Senior Associate, KFA
Lauren Rottet, FAIA, FIIDA, NCARB – Founding Principal & President, Rottet Studio

More Speakers TBD

EACH SESSION WILL EARN 1.5 CEU’s FOR THOSE. THAT REGISTER TO ATTEND.

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