The 2017 ASLA Annual Meeting and EXPO begins this Friday! In addition to the events planned for PPN Live, each Professional Practice Network (PPN) Leadership Team also reviews the Annual Meeting education program to highlight sessions relevant to their practice areas. With over 130 courses, allowing attendees to earn up to 21 Professional Development Hours (PDH), it is an extensive program to explore, and you can do so through the Annual Meeting website and mobile app by title, speaker, topic area, and PDH type (LA CES/HSW, LA CES/non-HSW, AIA, AICP, CMAA, FL, GBCI CE, GBCI SITES, ISA, NY, etc.).
Below, we run through the first half of these education highlights (stay tuned for sessions picked by ASLA’s 10 other PPNs this Thursday):
- Campus Planning & Design
- Children’s Outdoor Environments
- Design-Build
- Digital Technology
- Ecology & Restoration
- Education & Practice
- Environmental Justice
- Healthcare & Therapeutic Design
- Historic Preservation
- Housing & Community Design
See below for the education sessions in each PPN topic area, or click the PPN name above to jump to that section.
Campus Planning & Design PPN Meeting
Saturday, October 21, 10:00 – 10:45 am
Griffith Park Stage
Campus Planning & Design—Education Sessions of Interest
FRI-A01 – Climate Change and the Quad: Resiliency as Catalysts to Building Campus Landscapes
FRI-D08 – From Incremental to Immediate: Three Successful Models of Campus Transformation
MON-D06 – Beyond Management: Stormwater as an Asset on the Urban Campus
Children’s Outdoor Environments PPN Meeting (with the Healthcare & Therapeutic Design PPN)
Saturday, October 21, 1:30 – 2:15 pm
Griffith Park Stage
Children’s Outdoor Environments—Education Sessions of Interest
FRI-B06 – Aren’t We All Children? Considering Play in the Public Landscape
SAT-A08 – All Ages, All Abilities, All the Time: Designing Socially Sustainable Parks
Design-Build PPN Meeting
Sunday, October 22, 12:45 – 1:30 pm
PPN Lounge
Design-Build—Education Sessions of Interest
FRI-A03 – Design | Build | Research: New Firm Models for Performative Landscapes
SUN-A02 – Critical Soil Management for Landscape Development
MON-D03 – Transportation Design-Build: A New Paradigm for Landscape Architecture?
MON-D09 – Residential Design: Blending Aesthetics, Personality, and Place
Digital Technology PPN Meeting
Saturday, October 21, 9:15 – 10:00 am
PPN Lounge
Digital Technology—Education Sessions of Interest
FRI-A09 – BIM Insights: Transitioning to BIM and Improving Design Efficiency
FRI-B07 – Virtual and Augmented Reality: A Glimpse into Tomorrow
SAT-B06 – Life Size: Innovative Prototyping
MON-A07 – Demystifying Technology: How Landscape Architects and Clients Are Making Smarter Parks
Ecology & Restoration PPN Meeting
Saturday, October 21, 9:15 – 10:00 am
Grand Park Meeting Room
Ecology & Restoration—Education Sessions of Interest
FRI-A05 – Designing Innovative Habitats: Urban Infrastructure and Aquatic Habitat
FRI-C02 – Bee There or Be Square: Promoting Pollinator Habitats in Landscape Architecture
SAT-A05 – High Performing SITES and the Soils Beneath Them
SAT-B05 – The Landscape Advocate: Waterfronts of Opportunity, Restoration, and Inspiration
SUN-A02 – Critical Soil Management for Landscape Development
SUN-B07 – The Beauty of Drought: Ecology and Aesthetics of Planting in Water-Constrained Landscapes
MON-A01 – Ecology, Design and Community at California’s Salton Sea
Education & Practice PPN Meeting
Sunday, October 22, 12:45 – 1:30 pm
Grand Park Meeting Room
Education & Practice—Education Sessions of Interest
FRI-A08 – Endless Questions: The Heart of Research
FRI-B04 – Making Research Relevant and Applicable: Three Models for Defining Research in Practice
FRI-B07 – Virtual and Augmented Reality: A Glimpse into Tomorrow
FRI-B10 – In Pursuit of Big Ideas: Time-out for Research, Innovation, and Thought Leadership
FRI-C07 – Four Under 40: Emerging Leaders in Landscape Architecture
FRI-D08 – From Incremental to Immediate: Three Successful Models of Campus Transformation
SAT-B04 – The Academy’s Disciplinary Contribution | Research, Cases, and Connections
SAT-B07 – Growing the Profession by Diversifying the Student Body
SUN-A10 – Office Culture and Transparency Revisited: Growth and Change in Empowered Practices
SUN-B11 – The Secret Sauce: Cultivating Design Identity in Practice
MON-A07 – Demystifying Technology: How Landscape Architects and Clients are Making Smarter Parks
MON-B02 – The Process of Design: Making Meaning and Method. Where Do Ideas Come From?
MON-C03 – Creative Friction: The Multidisciplinary Studio from a Landscape Perspective
MON-C07 – Alt-Practice Outside the LA Studio: Exploring the Breadth of the Profession
MON-D05 – Landscape Architects as Change Makers: Expanding Career Paths in Nonprofit Sector
Environmental Justice PPN Meeting
Saturday, October 21, 9:15 – 10:00 am
Echo Park Meeting Room
Environmental Justice—Education Sessions of Interest
FS-005 – Los Angeles River: Diverse Voices on the Revitalization of an Urban Waterway
FS-008 – Vibrant and Emerging Open Spaces in L.A.’s Eastside
FRI-A02 – Affordable Housing: Strategy, Policy, and Design Advancements
FRI-B01 – Planning to Planting: Agrihoods and Urban Farming at Every Scale
FRI-B02 – Anaheim, the City of Kindness: One Mayor’s Approach to the Public Realm
FRI-B09 – Design Empathy: Reflecting Other Voice in Your Practice
FRI-C03 – Encompassing the Diverging Views on Design and Justice
FRI-C08 – The L.A. River—a Confluence of Equity, Environment, and Infrastructure
FRI-C09 – The Power of Place: Landscapes of Protest and Optimism
FRI-D04 – Participating in Politics: Leveraging Landscape Architecture Skills to Influence Policy
SAT-A08 – All Ages, All Abilities, All the Time: Designing Socially Sustainable Parks
SAT-A10 – Behind the Headlines: A Roundtable About L.A. River Revitalization Efforts
SAT-B09 – The Equity, and Inequity, of Complete Streets
SUN-A06 – Parks in Changing Communities
SUN-B04 – Healing, Reclamation, and Reweaving: The Future of Equitable Development
SUN-B08 – Marginalized Spaces: Infusing Meaning Through Art and Design
MON-A09 – Opening the Edge: Connecting Public Housing to the Community Through Green Space
MON-B10 – Deconstructing Gentrification: Understanding and Accommodating Change in Urban Communities
MON-D01 – Expanding the Field: Designing for Social Change
MON-D02 – Advocacy Through Design
Healthcare & Therapeutic Design PPN Meeting (with the Children’s Outdoor Environments PPN)
Saturday, October 21, 1:30 – 2:15 pm
Griffith Park Stage
Healthcare & Therapeutic Design—Education Sessions of Interest
FRI-D02 – Meeting Patient Needs in the Design of Healing Gardens and Therapeutic Spaces
SAT-A08 – All Ages, All Abilities, All the Time: Designing Socially Sustainable Parks
SUN-B02 – Transformation in the Landscape: A Healing Pathway for People and Places
SUN-B09 – From Policy to Practice: Strategies for Bringing Health into Design
MON-B08 – A Call to Action for Healthy Communities: Allied Organizations Collaborate
Historic Preservation PPN Meeting
Sunday, October 22, 12:45 – 1:30 pm
Echo Park Meeting Room
Historic Preservation—Education Sessions of Interest
FS-008 – Vibrant and Emerging Open Spaces in L.A.’s Eastside
FRI-A04 – Designing in Morocco: A Blend of Culture, Environment, and Peoples
FRI-A08 – Endless Questions: The Heart of Research
FRI-B05 – At the Intersection of Big D Design and Cultural Landscape Stewardship
FRI-C03 – Encompassing the Diverging Views on Design and Justice
FRI-D08 – From Incremental to Immediate: Three Successful Models of Campus Transformation
SAT-A02 – America: Landscape, Art and Identity
SAT-B02 – The Public Landscape: A Vital Constituent in the Human Quality of Life
MON-A02 – Social Urbanism in Latin America and the Rebirth of the City
MON-A03 – Masters of Modern Landscape Architecture: Three Case Studies
MON-B04 – L.A. Landscape Magic: Deceptive Geography, Cinematic Archaeology & Celluloid Tourism
MON-C01 – Sunnylands: Landscape Shaping Legacy, from Preservation to Resource Management
Housing & Community Design PPN Meeting
Sunday, October 22, 9:15 – 10:00 am
PPN Lounge
Housing & Community—Education Sessions of Interest
FS-008 – Vibrant and Emerging Open Spaces in L.A.’s Eastside
FS-011 – Silicon Beach and the Planned Community of Playa Vista
FRI-A02 – Affordable Housing: Strategy, Policy, and Design Advancements
FRI-A06 – Better Cities: Reclaiming Land for Cars into Space for People!
FRI-A10 – Unsanctioned Ideals: Future Scenarios from Diverse Experiences
FRI-C03 – Encompassing the Diverging Views on Design and Justice
SAT-B05 – The Landscape Advocate: Waterfronts of Opportunity, Restoration, and Inspiration
SAT-B09 – The Equity, and Inequity, of Complete Streets
SUN-A06 – Parks in Changing Communities
SUN-B04 – Healing, Reclamation, and Reweaving: The Future of Equitable Development
SUN-B08 – Marginalized Spaces: Infusing Meaning Through Art and Design
SUN-B09 – From Policy to Practice: Strategies for Bringing Health into Design
MON-A02 – Social Urbanism in Latin America and the Rebirth of the City
MON-A09 – Opening the Edge: Connecting Public Housing to the Community Through Green Space
MON-B08 – A Call to Action for Healthy Communities: Allied Organizations Collaborate
MON-B10 – Deconstructing Gentrification: Understanding and Accommodating Change in Urban Communities
MON-C06 – Prototype to Permanent: Designing Short-term Projects for Long-term Change
MON-D02 – Advocacy Through Design
If you can’t make it to Los Angeles this year, several sessions will be recorded and shared as Online Learning webinars so you can still learn about the latest in landscape architecture and earn some professional development hours.
Keep an eye on The Field as we continue to highlight ASLA Annual Meeting and EXPO events through the start of the meeting on October 20. We look forward to seeing you in Los Angeles!
