Annual Meeting Education Session Highlights, Part 2

Spruce Harbor Park at night, Penns Landing, Philadelphia / image: Jon Lovette / Alamy Stock Photo

The 2018 ASLA Annual Meeting and EXPO begins tomorrow, October 19! In addition to the events planned for PPN Live, each Professional Practice Network (PPN) leadership team 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 second half of these education highlights (see the sessions picked by ASLA’s 10 other PPNs in our previous post):

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
Rethinking Landscape Interventions During Urban Renewal of Chinese Cities – 1.0 PDH LA CES / HSW
Saturday, October 20, 9:15 – 10:15 am
Fairmount Park Stage

International Practice—Education Sessions of Interest

FRI-A04 – Designing in Renewable Energy

FRI-A05 – Landscape Architecture in Global Health: Case Studies with Informal “Slum” Communities

FRI-B02 – Water as Leverage: Lessons in Water Management from the City of Rotterdam

FRI-C02 – Urban Park Systems as Ecological Infrastructure: International Case Studies

FRI-D09 – Water and Social Life in India: Lessons for Practice

SAT-A05 – How Minecraft Is Helping the United Nations Improve the World

SUN-A02 – Finding Design: Case Studies in the Creative Process

SUN-B04 – New Landscapes of Pluralism: Contemporary Influence of Islamic Gardens and Culture

MON-C02 – African Renaissance: A Continent on the Rise!


Landscape—Land Use Planning PPN Meeting (with the Campus Planning & Design PPN)
Sunday, October 21, 10:00 – 10:45 am
Fairmount Park Stage

Land Use Planning—Education Sessions of Interest

FRI-A01 – Resilience Planning for Social Equity

FRI-A02 – Listening to the Land: Reflections on Resilient Design from Ground Zero

FRI-A03 – This Land Is Our Land: Stewardship of our Public Landscapes

FRI-A04 – Designing in Renewable Energy

FRI-B10 – RPA 4th Regional Plan: Metro Natural Systems and Landscape Infrastructure Design

FRI-C02 – Urban Park Systems as Ecological Infrastructure: International Case Studies

SAT-A03 – Climate Smart Solutions for Everyday Community

SAT-B02 – Fire/Flood/Slide: The Other Impacts of Climate Change

MON-A03 – Clarifying Uncertainty: Field Notes from Tackling Climate Change Across the United States

MON-B05 – America the Beautiful: Protecting Place Through Policy, Persuasion, and Practice

MON-D05 – Watershed Futures: Intersections of Design and Policy

ASLA 2018 Professional General Design Honor Award. Re-Envisioning Pulaski Park, Northampton, MA. STIMSON / image: Ngoc Doan


Parks & Recreation PPN Meeting (with the Children’s Outdoor Environments 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

Parks & Recreation—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-C02 – Urban Park Systems as Ecological Infrastructure: International Case Studies

FRI-C03 – Thinking Inclusive: Strategies and Perspectives on Accessibility from Central Park’s Experience

FRI-C06 – Uniting in Place: Designing Public Places that Bridge Divides and Promote Diversity

FRI-D07 – The Disturbing Pleasures of Maintenance: Audacious Strategies for Public Parks

SAT-A08 – Just Spaces: All In!

SAT-B07 – Parks Without Borders: Unifying the Public Realm

SUN-A03 – The Lungs of the City: Landscape Design for Air Quality

SUN-A04 – Playing in Nature! Professional Risks Associated with Design of Nature Play Areas

SUN-A11 – Deck Parks—the Future of Open Space in our Cities?

SUN-B02 – Public Health, Water, and Environmental Justice: A Case for School Landscapes

MON-B04 – Elevating Lifelong Play Value to Create Healthy Communities

MON-D02 – Reasonable Uncertainty: A city, a Park, and a Garden Confront Climate Change

MON-D03 – The Case for Great Spaces: Staying Design Savvy with Limiting Project Parameters

ASLA 2018 Professional Residential Design Honor Award. Yard, Portland, OR. 2.ink Studio / image: Stephen Miller

Planting Design PPN Meeting
Sunday, October 21, 9:15 – 10:00 am
Dilworth Park Meeting Room

Planting Design—Education Sessions of Interest

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-015 – Chanticleer: Public Garden and Proving Ground for Extraordinary Garden Design

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-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

SUN-B07 – Myths, Truths, Misconceptions: Knowledge of Trees and Soils for Evidence-based Practice

MON-A01 – Edible Skyline: Pushing the Limits of Rooftop Agriculture

MON-A09 – Trees, Stormwater, and Suspended Pavements: Research and Reality

MON-B06 – Why Are Soils a Problem in Landscape Design and Construction?

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-C07 – You Want What!? Managing Client Expectations and Nature in Residential Landscape Architecture

ASLA 2018 Professional Residential Design Award of Excellence. Balcones Residence, Austin, TX. Word + Carr Design Group / image: Caitlin Atkinson


Residential Landscape Architecture PPN Meeting (with the Design-Build PPN)
Sunday, October 21, 12:45 – 1:30 pm
PPN Lounge

Residential Landscape Architecture—Education Sessions of Interest

FRI-A06 – Design with Nurture

FRI-B04 – Bring the Inside Out: Blurring the Interior, Architecture, and Outdoor Interface

FRI-D01 – WeFabricate: Stewarding the Design Process with Craftsmen and Materials

SAT-A09 – Planting Design and Dynamic Stewardship Strategies for Resilient Cities

SAT-A11 – SITES® Materials Credits for Project Life Cycle: Deconstruction, Reuse, Specification, and Maintenance

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

SUN-B07 – Myths, Truths, Misconceptions: Knowledge of Trees and Soils for Evidence-based Practice

MON-A01 – Edible Skyline: Pushing the Limits of Rooftop Agriculture

MON-B02 – Collaborative Restoration: Integrating Landscape Architecture and Ecology for Resilient Landscape Design

MON-B06 – Why Are Soils a Problem in Landscape Design and Construction?

MON-B09 – Rethinking Small Alleys: A Path to Big Hope

MON-C04 – Congratulations on Starting Your New Landscape Architectural Firm! Now What???

MON-C07 – You Want What!? Managing Client Expectations and Nature in Residential Landscape Architecture

ASLA 2014 Professional General Design Honor Award. Shoemaker Green, Philadelphia, PA. Andropogon Associates Ltd. / image: Barrett Doherty and Andropogon
ASLA 2014 Professional General Design Honor Award. Shoemaker Green, Philadelphia, PA. Andropogon Associates Ltd. / image: Barrett Doherty and Andropogon

Sustainable Design & Development PPN Meeting
A Discussion of Sustainability at Different Scales – 1.0 PDH LA CES / HSW

Saturday, October 20, 12:45 – 1:45 pm
Rittenhouse Square Meeting Room

Sustainable Design & Development—Education Sessions of Interest

WS-005 – Navigating SITES v2 Certification and Preparing for the SITES AP Exam

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

FS-012 – Stewardship Philly Style: Design and Maintenance of William Penn’s City Squares

FRI-A01 – Resilience Planning for Social Equity

FRI-A02 – Listening to the Land: Reflections on Resilient Design from Ground Zero

FRI-A04 – Designing in Renewable Energy

FRI-A10 – Resilient Water Strategies: The Future of On-site Wastewater Treatment and Reuse

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-D05 – Preconstruction Management of Valuable Tree and Soil Resources1.5 SITES-specific CEUs

FRI-D07 – The Disturbing Pleasures of Maintenance: Audacious Strategies for Public Parks

SAT-A03 – Climate Smart Solutions for Everyday Community

SAT-A09 – Planting Design and Dynamic Stewardship Strategies for Resilient Cities

SAT-A10 – Design Like It Matters: Do Rating Systems Work?

SAT-A11 – SITES® Materials Credits for Project Life Cycle: Deconstruction, Reuse, Specification, and Maintenance1.5 SITES-specific CEUs

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

SAT-B08 – Enduring Landscapes: Stewardship from Concept Design to Maintenance and Management

SAT-B09 – Transdisciplinary Influence in the Anthropocene: A Leadership Framework for Landscape Architects

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-A08 – Climate Action—Now!

MON-A02 – Urban Design for Coastal Flooding: A Landscape-led Design Strategy

MON-A03 – Clarifying Uncertainty: Field Notes from Tackling Climate Change Across the United States

MON-A05 – Ecosystem Services and Green Infrastructure: Understanding Valuation, Benefits, and SITES v2 Applications1.5 SITES-specific CEUs

MON-A09 – Trees, Stormwater, and Suspended Pavements: Research and Reality

MON-B02 – Collaborative Restoration: Integrating Landscape Architecture and Ecology for Resilient Landscape Design

MON-B07 – Informing Metropolitan Landscapes: Performance Lessons from Case Studies

MON-B10 – Toward an Ecology of the City

MON-C08 – Sustainability as Driver of Placemaking: Towne Square at Suitland Federal Center

MON-D01 – The Next Wave: Collaborative Solutions for Climate Adaptation

MON-D05 – Watershed Futures: Intersections of Design and Policy

MON-D07 – Evaluating Pittsburgh’s Green First Project Portfolio at Regional and Neighborhood Scales

Philadelphia’s landmark City Hall building at twilight / image: f11photo


Transportation PPN Meeting
Saturday, October 20, 12:45 – 1:30 pm
Dilworth Park Meeting Room

Transportation—Education Sessions of Interest

FS-014 – Like a Local: Life in the Streets and Gardens of Philadelphia

FRI-B08 – Placemaking Through Traffic Engineering: Creative Solutions in Streetscape Design

FRI-C08 – Beyond the Bollard: Creating Safer Environments Through Integrated Design

FRI-C09 – Accelerating Multimodal Projects Through Collaborative Design: Insights into Working with Transportation Agencies

FRI-C10 – Driverless Landscapes: Designing for People in Autonomous Futures

SAT-A08 – Just Spaces: All In!

SAT-B10 – Designing for Autonomous Vehicles

SUN-A10 – Are You Ready for the Mobility Revolution?

Urban Design PPN Meeting
Sunday, October 21, 1:30 – 2:15 pm
Fairmount Park Stage

Urban Design—Education Sessions of Interest

FS-002: Bethlehem SteelStacks: Reforging the Cultural Legacy of the Lehigh Valley

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

FRI-A01 – Resilience Planning for Social Equity

FRI-A07 – Changing Chinatowns: Placemaking and Placekeeping

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-B08 – Placemaking Through Traffic Engineering: Creative Solutions in Streetscape Design

FRI-B09 – Art in Landscape Infrastructure

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-C06 – Uniting in Place: Designing Public Places that Bridge Divides and Promote Diversity

FRI-C08 – Beyond the Bollard: Creating Safer Environments Through Integrated Design

FRI-C10 – Driverless Landscapes: Designing for People in Autonomous Futures

SAT-A04 – 1960s and 1970s Plazas: Restore, Remodel, Redo?

SAT-B07 – Parks Without Borders: Unifying the Public Realm

SAT-B10 – Designing for Autonomous Vehicles

SAT-B11 – Public Open Space: The Driving Force in Detroit’s Transformation

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-A11 – Deck Parks—the Future of Open Space in our Cities?

SUN-B11 – Social Urbanism, Our Climate Culture, and the Politics that Frame Landscape Architecture

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-B07 – Informing Metropolitan Landscapes: Performance Lessons from Case Studies

MON-B09 – Rethinking Small Alleys: A Path to Big Hope

MON-B10 – Toward an Ecology of the City

MON-D07 – Evaluating Pittsburgh’s Green First Project Portfolio at Regional and Neighborhood Scales

ASLA 2014 Professional General Design Honor Award. Urban Outfitters Headquarters at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA. D.I.R.T. Studio / image: JJ Tiziou


Water Conservation PPN Meeting
Saturday, October 20, 12:45 – 1:30 pm
PPN Lounge

Water Conservation—Education Sessions of Interest

FRI-A02 – Listening to the Land: Reflections on Resilient Design from Ground Zero

FRI-A10 – Resilient Water Strategies: The Future of On-site Wastewater Treatment and Reuse

FRI-B02 – Water as Leverage: Lessons in Water Management from the City of Rotterdam

FRI-D09 – Water and Social Life in India: Lessons for Practice

MON-A05 – Ecosystem Services and Green Infrastructure: Understanding Valuation, Benefits, and SITES v2 Applications

MON-A09 – Trees, Stormwater, and Suspended Pavements: Research and Reality

MON-D07 – Evaluating Pittsburgh’s Green First Project Portfolio at Regional and Neighborhood Scales

Women in Landscape Architecture PPN Meeting
Saturday, October 20, 10:00 – 10:45 am
Fairmount Park Stage

Women in Landscape Architecture—Education Sessions of Interest

WS-006: Building the Business Case for Diversity and Inclusion

FRI-A06 – Design with Nurture

SAT-A06 – Time’s Up: Challenges and Rewards for Women Entrepreneurs in Landscape Architecture

SAT-B01 – Inside the LA Studio with Swift Company LLC

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

SUN-B03 – Amplifying the Landscape Architect’s Voice Within a Multidisciplinary Engineering Practice

MON-C04 – Congratulations on Starting Your New Landscape Architectural Firm! Now What???

MON-C05 – Ownership Transition: Build Teams, Not Walls

The 2017 WILA Walk in Los Angeles / image: EPNAC
The 2017 WILA Walk in Los Angeles / image: EPNAC

And, don’t miss the Women in Landscape Architecture Walk on Monday, October 22, organized and led by the ASLA Pennsylvania/Delaware Host Chapter! Check out the WILA Walk map, designed by Ground Reconsidered, for more information on the route and stops on the walk along Philadelphia’s iconic Benjamin Franklin Parkway.

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.

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