EVENTS
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Over the course of two Fridays for half a day, on March 5th and 12th, The American Institute of Architects Los Angeles’ Committee on the Environment (AIA LA COTE) will be presenting the 4th annual 1.5°C Symposium on Climate Change. Renamed “1.5 Degrees Celsius” from 2 Degrees Celsius, the Symposium underscores the urgency for the design and construction industries to provide carbon-mitigating solutions, which will prevent the global temperatures from rising more than 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels.
As in previous years, AIA LA COTE is providing a conference that reflects the most relevant dialogues in society and has incorporated this thinking into a two-day split virtual symposium around Climate Action and Climate Justice. A diverse set of presenters will focus on a wide range of topics, inclusive of Carbon Neutrality, Healthy Building Environments, Resiliency, and Equity. Such keynote-speakers as Farhana Yamin, an international environmental lawyer and activist, who has co-authored a number of international treaties on climate change, including the Paris Climate Agreement, will lead the days’ sessions. Below is an outline of the two-day conference:
SPEAKERS FROM ACROSS THE GLOBE
1.5 ◦ Celsius features an extraordinary global retinue of speakers from across Europe and the United States. The Headliners are:
+ Farhana Yamin | Lawyer, Author, Activist, Expert Adviser to Climate Vulnerable Forum
+ Edward Mazria, FAIA, HON. FRAIC | Founder & CEO, Architecture 2030
+ Elizabeth Rhoades | Director of the Climate Change and Sustainability Program, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
Amongst the speakers are:
+ Tamara Streefland | Cities Program Lead, Metabolic | The Netherlands
+ Brendan Edgerton | Director of Circular Economy, World Business Council for Sustainable Development | Switzerland
+ Johannes Kreissig | Founder, German Sustainable Building Council | Germany
+ Grant Ervin | Chief Resilience Officer at City of Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania, United States
+ Victor Olgyay, AIA | Principal, Rocky Mountain Institute | Colorado, United States
SYMPOSIUM TOPICS
Day 1, Climate Action – March 5th, will include a series of keynote speakers, 2-panel presentations that will discuss Carbon Neutrality and Resiliency from a city, institute, university, and design professional perspectives. This day will also host the highly acclaimed and widely popular “Lunch Think” breakout sessions, where attendees will have the opportunity to meet with a specialist in their field via an intimate online zoom breakout session.
Day 2, Climate Justice – March 12th, will include policymakers, institutions, activists, and design professionals, who will address Environmental Activism, Environmental Justice, and will host carbon-efficient technology case studies that speak to the topics of a post-pandemic world.
This year’s virtually-held conference will take place on the Whova and ZOOM online app platforms. We capitalize on the opportunity to share the conference with anyone across the nation or internationally, expanding the conversation outside of the sphere of Los Angeles and into the Global community.
WHEN | WHERE | LU's
WHEN:
Friday, March 05, 2021
Friday, March 12, 2021
9:00A – 12:30PST (both days)
WHERE:
A Virtual Conference
Presented on Zoom and Whova
CES Learning Units:
3LU/HSW per day
SCHEDULE
Day 1 – Friday, March 5th
9:00A Welcome Address, Wade Killefer, FAIA
9:05A Program Introduction, Ismar Enriquez, AIA, LEED AP
9:10A Keynote: Farhana Yamin
9:35A Keynote: Ed Mazria, FAIA, Hon. FRAIC
10:00A Panel 1, Carbon Neutrality
10:50A Panel 2, Reimagining the Future of Resiliency
11:30A Lunch Think
12:20P Day Recap
Day 2 – Friday, March 12th
9:00A Welcome Wade Killefer, FAIA
9:05A Keynote: Elizabeth Rhoades, PhD
9:35A Panel 1, Healthy Materials
10:20A Three Mass Timber Case Studies + Panel discussion
11:20A Environmental Activism
12:05P Anthony Brower, 10 Strategies for Action
12:20P Closing Remarks
TICKETS
2 Day Pass
$60 – AIA Member
$90 – Non Member
$20 – Student
1 Day Pass
$40 – AIA Member
$60 – Non Member
$15 – Student
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HEADLINERS
Elizabeth Rhoades
Director of the Climate Change and Sustainability Program, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
SPEAKERS
Lunch Think Leaders
Brendan Edgerton
Director of Circular Economy, World Business Council for Sustainable Development
Kristen Torres Pawling
Sustainability Program Director, Los Angeles County Chief Sustainability Office
Carla Mays
Co-Founder and Head of Global Research, #SmartCohort & ULI Pathways to Inclusion Fellow
Katrina Leni-Konig
Supervisor, Technology Scale-Up and Outreach, Energy Research & Development Division, California Energy Commisson
CHAMPION
STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP
FRIENDS OF 1.5°C
EXHIBITOR
PARTICIPATING
American Institute of Steel Construction
Englekirk Structural Engineers
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