The 2017 ASLA Annual Meeting and EXPO begins tomorrow, October 20! 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 second half of these education highlights (see the sessions picked by ASLA’s 10 other PPNs in our previous post):
- International Practice
- Landscape—Land Use Planning
- Parks & Recreation
- Planting Design
- Residential Landscape Architecture
- Sustainable Design & Development
- Transportation
- Urban Design
- Water Conservation
- Women in Landscape Architecture
See below for the education sessions in each PPN topic area, or click the PPN name above to jump to that section.
International Practice PPN Meeting
Sunday, October 22, 10:00 – 10:45 am
Griffith Park Stage
International Practice—Education Sessions of Interest
FRI-A04 – Designing in Morocco: A Blend of Culture, Environment, and Peoples
SAT-A03 – Finding Design: Case Studies in the Creative Process
SAT-A04 – Aggregating Nature: Expanding Territories of the Public Realm
SUN-B01 – Foregrounding Landscape Architecture: Mitigating the Costs of Global Land Consumption
MON-A02 – Social Urbanism in Latin America and the Rebirth of the City
MON-B06 – Special Needs and Universal Design: How Special Needs Play Designs Need To Be
Landscape—Land Use Planning PPN Meeting
Sunday, October 22, 9:15 – 10:00 am
PPN Lounge
Land Use Planning—Education Sessions of Interest
FRI-A06 – Better Cities: Reclaiming Land for Cars into Space for People!
FRI-C03 – Encompassing the Diverging Views on Design and Justice
FRI-C10 – Rise Up! Taking Action to Prepare for Sea-level Rise
FRI-D07 – Brave New World—How Autonomous Vehicles Will Shape Our Built Environment
SAT-A09 – Complete Streets 2.0: Mobility, Health and Resiliency
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-B08 – A Call to Action for Healthy Communities: Allied Organizations Collaborate
MON-B10 – Deconstructing Gentrification: Understanding and Accommodating Change in Urban Communities
Parks & Recreation PPN Meeting
Saturday, October 21, 12:45 – 1:30 pm
PPN Lounge
Parks & Recreation—Education Sessions of Interest
FS-008 – Vibrant and Emerging Open Spaces in L.A.’s Eastside
FS-013 – Connecting Across the I-10 Divide: Tongva Park and the Colorado Esplanade
FRI-B06 – Aren’t We All Children? Considering Play in the Public Landscape
SAT-A04 – Aggregating Nature: Expanding Territories of the Public Realm
SAT-A08 – All Ages, All Abilities, All the Time: Designing Socially Sustainable Parks
SUN-A06 – Parks in Changing Communities
SUN-A09 – Homelessness and American Parks and Public Spaces
SUN-B08 – Marginalized Spaces: Infusing Meaning Through Art and Design
MON-A07 – Demystifying Technology: How Landscape Architects and Clients Are Making Smarter Parks
MON-C06 – Prototype to Permanent: Designing Short-term Projects for Long-term Change
MON-D07 – Park Wins! Redesigning a Legacy: Centennial Olympic Park v2.0
Planting Design PPN Meeting
Saturday, October 21, 12:45 – 1:30 pm
Grand Park Meeting Room
Planting Design—Education Sessions of Interest
FS-012 – Back to the Future: Seeking Sustainable Ideas at the Huntington Botanical Gardens
FRI-A07 – Water in the West: Embracing the Conservation Landscape
FRI-B01 – Planning to Planting: Agrihoods and Urban Farming at Every Scale
SAT-A05 – High Performing SITES and the Soils Beneath Them
SAT-B08 – You Want WHAT? – How Complex Planting Visions Become Reality
SUN-A02 – Critical Soil Management for Landscape Development
SUN-A04 – Beyond Decoration: The Story of Water in Green Roof and Green Wall Design
SUN-B07 – The Beauty of Drought: Ecology and Aesthetics of Planting in Water-Constrained Landscapes
MON-C05 – Productive Ecology: Hybrid Approaches for Landscape Design and Conservation
Residential Landscape Architecture PPN Meeting
Sunday, October 22, 12:45 – 1:30 pm
PPN Lounge
Residential Landscape Architecture—Education Sessions of Interest
FRI-A03 – Design | Build | Research: New firm models for performative landscapes
FRI-C02 – Bee There or Be Square: Promoting Pollinator Habitats in Landscape Architecture
SUN-A02 – Critical Soil Management for Landscape Development
MON-D09 – Residential Design: Blending Aesthetics, Personality, and Place
Sustainable Design & Development PPN Meeting
Saturday, October 21, 12:45 – 1:30 pm
Echo Park Meeting Room
Sustainable Design & Development—Education Sessions of Interest
WS-003 SITES v2 and the SITES AP: Your Tools for Success (Earn SITES-specific CE Hours)
FS-009 – Urban Green Infrastructure: Collaboration Creates Sustainable Solutions
SAT-A05 – High Performing SITES and the Soils Beneath Them (Earn SITES-specific CE Hours)
SUN-B03 – SITES: Water Cycle Management and Resiliency in the Face of Climate Change (Earn SITES-specific CE Hours)
MON-B01 – SITES: Devise a Truly Sustainable Maintenance Plan That Works for the Long Term (Earn GBCI CE Hours)
Transportation PPN Meeting
Sunday, October 22, 9:15 – 10:00 am
Grand Park Meeting Room
Transportation—Education Sessions of Interest
FS-009 – Urban Green Infrastructure: Collaboration Creates Sustainable Solutions
FRI-A06 – Better Cities: Reclaiming Land for Cars into Space for People!
FRI-C06 – Catch the Orange Line! Portland’s Innovative Approach to Multimodal Transit Design
FRI-D07 – Brave New World—How Autonomous Vehicles Will Shape Our Built Environment
SAT-A09 – Complete Streets 2.0: Mobility, Health and Resiliency
SAT-B09 – The Equity, and Inequity, of Complete Streets
SUN-A07 – Roadway Futures—Three Streets as Public Places for People
SUN-B09 – From Policy to Practice: Strategies for Bringing Health into Design
MON-A05 – Addressing Inland Flooding and Drought Through Urban Design with Traffic Calming Synergies
MON-D03 – Transportation Design-Build: A New Paradigm for Landscape Architecture?
Urban Design PPN Meeting
Sunday, October 22, 1:30 – 2:15 pm
Griffith Park Stage
Urban Design—Education Sessions of Interest
FRI-B02 – Anaheim, the City of Kindness: One Mayor’s Approach to the Public Realm
FRI-C09 – The Power of Place: Landscapes of Protest and Optimism
FRI-D10 – LA LA LAND(scape): Reflections of the Urban Landscape
SUN-B04 – Healing, Reclamation, and Reweaving: The Future of Equitable Development
MON-B10 – Deconstructing Gentrification: Understanding and Accommodating Change in Urban Communities
MON-B09 – The Atlanta BeltLine’s Eastside Trail: A Triple Bottom Line Success
MON-B02 – The Process of Design: Making Meaning and Method. Where Do Ideas Come From?
Water Conservation PPN Meeting
Saturday, October 21, 9:15 – 10:00 am
PPN Lounge
Water Conservation—Education Sessions of Interest
FRI-A07 – Water in the West: Embracing the Conservation Landscape
FRI-B08 – Lessons from the Front Lines of Drought and Climate Change: Radical Water Conservation
FRI-D05 – Investing Water during a Drought: Sustainable Green Infrastructure for Dry Climates
SAT-A07 – Designing with Water for a New Normal in the West & Southwest
MON-A05 – Addressing Inland Flooding and Drought Through Urban Design with Traffic Calming Synergies
Women in Landscape Architecture PPN Meeting
Sunday, October 22, 9:15 – 10:00 am
Echo Park Meeting Room
Women in Landscape Architecture—Education Sessions of Interest
GS-001 A Glimpse into the Future of Design
GS-002 Catching the Sun The Clean Energy Future
FRI-A10 – Unsanctioned Ideals: Future Scenarios from Diverse Experiences
FRI-C03 – Encompassing the Diverging Views on Design and Justice
FRI-D04 – Participating in Politics: Leveraging Landscape Architecture Skills to Influence Policy
SAT-A11 – Landscape Architecture and Working Families: A Plan For Your Work Life
SAT-B07 – Growing the Profession by Diversifying the Student Body
SAT-B09 – The Equity, and Inequity, of Complete Streets
SUN-B04 – Healing, Reclamation, and Reweaving: The Future of Equitable Development
MON-A03 – Masters of Modern Landscape Architecture: Three Case Studies
MON A08 – Radical Landscapes: Fundamental Nature Activated Anew
MON-C07 – Alt-Practice Outside the LA Studio: Exploring the Breadth of the Profession
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.
We look forward to seeing you in Los Angeles!