The 2018 ASLA Annual Meeting and EXPO begins this Friday in Philadelphia! 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 more than 130 courses, allowing attendees to earn up to 24 professional development hours (PDH), it is an extensive program to explore, and you can do so through the 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 (with the Landscape–Land Use Planning PPN)
Sunday, October 21, 10:00 – 10:45 am
Fairmount Park Stage
Campus Planning & Design—Education Sessions of Interest
FS-007 – Academia in Arcadia: Design, Sustainable Stewardship, and Pedagogy on Swarthmore’s Campus
FS-011 – University of Pennsylvania Campus—A Cultural and Environmental Legacy
SAT-A02 – Beyond Pretty Pictures: How Maintenance Matters More Than Design with Time
SUN-B02 – Public Health, Water, and Environmental Justice: A Case for School Landscapes
MON-B01 – The Space Between: Creating Intersection and Connection
Children’s Outdoor Environments PPN Meeting (with the Parks & Recreation PPN)
Parks, Play, and People: Equity and Community in Recreation – 1.0 PDH LA CES / HSW
Sunday, October 21, 9:15 – 10:15 am
Rittenhouse Square Meeting Room
Children’s Outdoor Environments—Education Sessions of Interest
FRI-A07 – Changing Chinatowns: Placemaking and Placekeeping
FRI-A08 – Play from the Ground Up: Playground Safety Surfacing in an Urban Context
FRI-B05 – Returning to Our Roots: It’s Time for a 21st Century Parks and Recreation Movement
FRI-C06 – Uniting in Place: Designing Public Places that Bridge Divides and Promote Diversity
FRI-D03 – This Is Your Brain on Green: Neuroscience and the Landscape
SAT-B07 – Parks Without Borders: Unifying the Public Realm
SUN-A04 – Playing in Nature! Professional Risks Associated with Design of Nature Play Areas
SUN-B02 – Public Health, Water, and Environmental Justice: A Case for School Landscapes
MON-B04 – Elevating Lifelong Play Value to Create Healthy Communities
Design-Build PPN Meeting (with the Residential Landscape Architecture PPN)
Sunday, October 21, 12:45 – 1:30 pm
PPN Lounge
Design-Build—Education Sessions of Interest
FRI-A05 – Landscape Architecture in Global Health: Case Studies with Informal “Slum” Communities
FRI-D01 – WeFabricate: Stewarding the Design Process with Craftsmen and Materials
FRI-D05 – Preconstruction Management of Valuable Tree and Soil Resources
FRI-D10 – BIM for the Small Landscape Architecture Office
SAT-A09 – Planting Design and Dynamic Stewardship Strategies for Resilient Cities
SAT-B08 – Enduring Landscapes: Stewardship from Concept Design to Maintenance and Management
SUN-A06 – Toward a Cosmopolitan Flora: Creating and Managing Planting Systems for Better Cities
MON-A08 – Conversations and Confrontations: Notes from Hybridizing Design Practices
MON-A09 – Trees, Stormwater, and Suspended Pavements: Research and Reality
SUN-B02 – Public Health, Water, and Environmental Justice: A Case for School Landscapes
SUN-B07 – Myths, Truths, Misconceptions: Knowledge of Trees and Soils for Evidence-based Practice
MON-B06 – Why Are Soils a Problem in Landscape Design and Construction?
MON-C09 – Drones 2.0: Exploring Nascent Design Applications for Unmanned Aerial Systems
MON-D03 – The Case for Great Spaces: Staying Design Savvy with Limiting Project Parameters
Digital Technology PPN Meeting
Sunday, October 21, 12:45 – 1:30 pm
Dilworth Park Meeting Room
Digital Technology—Education Sessions of Interest
WS-004 – Digital Methods: Water + Dynamic Natural Systems of the Delaware Riverfront
FRI-A09 – AI: Augmented Intelligence—Landscape Architects’ Design Sense Capitalizes on Big Data
FRI-D10 – BIM for the Small Landscape Architecture Office
SUN-A09 – Testing Ground: Leveraging Emerging Technologies for Landscape Practice
MON-C09 – Drones 2.0: Exploring Nascent Design Applications for Unmanned Aerial Systems
Ecology & Restoration PPN Meeting
Saturday, October 20, 1:30 – 2:15 pm
Fairmount Park Stage
Ecology & Restoration—Education Sessions of Interest
FS-004: Reinventing the River: Central and North Delaware Waterfronts (SOLD OUT)
FS-005 – Discover Bartram’s Garden and Bartram’s Mile Along the Schuylkill River Trail
FS-011 – University of Pennsylvania Campus—A Cultural and Environmental Legacy
WS-004 – Digital Methods: Water + Dynamic Natural Systems of the Delaware Riverfront
FRI-A02 – Listening to the Land: Reflections on Resilient Design from Ground Zero
FRI-B02 – Water as Leverage: Lessons in Water Management from the City of Rotterdam
FRI-B03 – Where Land Meets Water: Rethinking the Shoreline in Urban Waterfronts
FRI-B07 – Ecocities of the Future…Today: Addressing Economic and Ecological Imperatives
FRI-B10 – RPA 4th Regional Plan: Metro Natural Systems and Landscape Infrastructure Design
FRI-C02 – Urban Park Systems as Ecological Infrastructure: International Case Studies
FRI-C07 – Botanophilia and the Evolution of the Nursery Industry in the United States
FRI-D05 – Preconstruction Management of Valuable Tree and Soil Resources
SAT-A09 – Planting Design and Dynamic Stewardship Strategies for Resilient Cities
SAT-B02 – Fire/Flood/Slide: The Other Impacts of Climate Change
SAT-B03 – Stewardship of Meadows: Case Studies Using Ecological Design to Heal Degraded Landscapes
SUN-A03 – The Lungs of the City: Landscape Design for Air Quality
SUN-A06 – Toward a Cosmopolitan Flora: Creating and Managing Planting Systems for Better Cities
SUN-B02 – Public Health, Water, and Environmental Justice: A Case for School Landscapes
MON-A01 – Edible Skyline: Pushing the Limits of Rooftop Agriculture
MON-A02 – Urban Design for Coastal Flooding: A Landscape-led Design Strategy
MON-A07 – Sensing the City: Resolution, Tech, and Application of Site-specific Data
MON-A09 – Trees, Stormwater, and Suspended Pavements: Research and Reality
MON-B03 – Evidence-based Design: From Strategic Vision to Site Management
MON-B05 – America the Beautiful: Protecting Place Through Policy, Persuasion, and Practice
MON-B06 – Why Are Soils a Problem in Landscape Design and Construction?
MON-B10 – Toward an Ecology of the City
MON-C01 – The Ford Foundation: Restoring Dan Kiley’s Design and the Challenges Met
MON-C03 – Botanical Gardens: Designing Places for Enrichment and Growth in the 21st Century
MON-C08 – Sustainability as Driver of Placemaking: Towne Square at Suitland Federal Center
MON-D05 – Watershed Futures: Intersections of Design and Policy
MON-D06 – The Changing Landscape of Mourning: Evolving Trends in Cemetery Design and Commemoration
Education & Practice PPN Meeting
Saturday, October 20, 9:15 – 10:00 am
PPN Lounge
Education & Practice—Education Sessions of Interest
WS-003 – LAAB Accreditation Workshop
WS-006 – Building the Business Case for Diversity and Inclusion
FRI-B06 – Preserving Diversity: The Politics and Processes of Immigration in Landscape Architecture
FRI-D06 – Protecting the Public: Licensure Is at Risk and How to Respond
FRI-D08 – Turning Research into Practice: Using Research to Support and Inform Design Decisions
FRI-D09 – Water and Social Life in India: Lessons for Practice
SAT-A01 – Inside the LA Studio with DAVID RUBIN Land Collective
SAT-B01 – Inside the LA Studio with Swift Company LLC
SUN-A01 – Inside the LA Studio with Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects
SUN-A07 – Positive Changes in the Landscape: A Discussion on Female Leadership and Courage
SUN-A09 – Testing Ground: Leveraging Emerging Technologies for Landscape Practice
SUN-B01 – Inside the LA Studio with SCAPE
MON-A08 – Conversations and Confrontations: Notes from Hybridizing Design Practices
MON-C02 – African Renaissance: A Continent on the Rise!
Environmental Justice PPN Meeting
Environmental and Climate Justice in Community Design: Case Studies and Tools – 1.0 PDH LA CES / HSW
Sunday, October 21, 12:45 – 1:45 pm
Rittenhouse Square Meeting Room
Environmental Justice—Education Sessions of Interest
FRI-A01 – Resilience Planning for Social Equity
FRI-A05 – Landscape Architecture in Global Health: Case Studies with Informal “Slum” Communities
FRI-A07 – Changing Chinatowns: Placemaking and Placekeeping
FRI-B01 – The Future of Food in Our Landscapes: Growing Community
FRI-B06 – Preserving Diversity: The Politics and Processes of Immigration in Landscape Architecture
FRI-C04 – Design Changes Place—Advocacy Changes People
FRI-C06 – Uniting in Place: Designing Public Places that Bridge Divides and Promote Diversity
FRI-D02 – A Framework for Equity: From Process to Product
FRI-D04 – Who Do We Work For? Improving Our Cities Without Disenfranchising Their Citizens
FRI-D09 – Water and Social Life in India: Lessons for Practice
SAT-A03 – Climate Smart Solutions for Everyday Community
SAT-A07 – Building Community Through Landscape: Lessons from the Field
SAT-A08 – Just Spaces: All In!
SUN-A03 – The Lungs of the City: Landscape Design for Air Quality
SUN-B02 – Public Health, Water, and Environmental Justice: A Case for School Landscapes
SUN-B06 – Improvement Without Gentrification: When Is Just Green Enough, Enough?
MON-D04 – Expanding the Roster: The Design Paradigm that Prioritizes Equity, Community, and Justice
Healthcare & Therapeutic Design PPN Meeting
Saturday, October 20, 9:15 – 10:00 am
Dilworth Park Meeting Room
Healthcare & Therapeutic Design—Education Sessions of Interest
FRI-D03 – This Is Your Brain on Green: Neuroscience and the Landscape
MON-A06 – Healing Time and Space In Between: An Interdisciplinary Look at Nature in Hospitals
MON-B04 – Elevating Lifelong Play Value to Create Healthy Communities
Historic Preservation PPN Meeting
Sunday, October 21, 9:15 – 10:00 am
PPN Lounge
Historic Preservation—Education Sessions of Interest
FS-001 – Historic Gardens of Northern Delaware: Early 20th Century duPont Estates (SOLD OUT)
FS-005 – Discover Bartram’s Garden and Bartram’s Mile Along the Schuylkill River Trail
FS-008 – Morris Arboretum: Blending a Grand Historic Landscape with Sustainable Design Initiatives (SOLD OUT)
FS-010 – Schuylkill River Heritage Area Bicycle Tour: Philadelphia Water Works to Valley Forge (SOLD OUT)
FS-012 – Stewardship Philly Style: Design and Maintenance of William Penn’s City Squares
FS-014 – Like a Local: Life in the Streets and Gardens of Philadelphia
SAT-A04 – 1960s and 1970s Plazas: Restore, Remodel, Redo?
SAT-B06 – Landscapes of Conflict and Memory
MON-B05 – America the Beautiful: Protecting Place Through Policy, Persuasion, and Practice
MON-C01 – The Ford Foundation: Restoring Dan Kiley’s Design and the Challenges Met
MON-D06 – The Changing Landscape of Mourning: Evolving Trends in Cemetery Design and Commemoration
Housing & Community Design PPN Meeting
Saturday, October 20, 9:15 – 10:00 am
PPN Lounge
Housing & Community—Education Sessions of Interest
FRI-A05 – Landscape Architecture in Global Health: Case Studies with Informal “Slum” Communities
FRI-A07 – Changing Chinatowns: Placemaking and Placekeeping
FRI-B01 – The Future of Food in Our Landscapes: Growing Community
FRI-D02 – A Framework for Equity: From Process to Product
FRI-D04 – Who Do We Work For? Improving Our Cities Without Disenfranchising Their Citizens
SAT-A03 – Climate Smart Solutions for Everyday Community
SAT-A07 – Building Community Through Landscape: Lessons from the Field
SAT-B11 – Public Open Space: The Driving Force in Detroit’s Transformation
SUN-B06 – Improvement Without Gentrification: When Is Just Green Enough, Enough?
SUN-B11 – Social Urbanism, Our Climate Culture, and the Politics that Frame Landscape Architecture
MON-B04 – Elevating Lifelong Play Value to Create Healthy Communities
MON-B09 – Rethinking Small Alleys: A Path to Big Hope
MON-C08 – Sustainability as Driver of Placemaking: Towne Square at Suitland Federal Center
MON-D04 – Expanding the Roster: The Design Paradigm that Prioritizes Equity, Community, and Justice
If you can’t make it to Philadelphia 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 Friday, October 19. We look forward to seeing you in Philadelphia!