The 2019 ASLA Conference on Landscape Architecture begins this Friday in San Diego! In addition to the events planned for PPN Live, each Professional Practice Network (PPN) leadership team also reviews the conference education program to highlight sessions relevant to their practice areas. With more than 120 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 conference website and mobile app by keyword, topic area, speaker, who should attend, and PDH type offered (LA CES/HSW, LA CES/non-HSW, FL, NY, GBCI CE, GBCI SITES, ISA, and more).
If you can’t make it to San Diego 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 PDH on demand.
Below, we run through the first half of these education highlights by PPN practice area (stay tuned for sessions picked by ASLA’s 10 other PPNs this Thursday):
- Campus Planning & Design
- Community Design
- Children’s Outdoor Environments
- Design-Build
- Digital Technology
- Ecology & Restoration
- Education & Practice
- Environmental Justice
- Healthcare & Therapeutic Design
- Historic Preservation
See below for the education sessions related to each PPN practice area, or click the PPN name above to jump to that section.
Campus Planning & Design PPN Meeting
Saturday, November 16, 9:45 – 10:45 am
Campus Resilience in San Diego, from Planning to Operations – 1.0 PDH (LA CES/HSW)
PPN Live Stage
Campus Planning & Design—Education Sessions of Interest
FS-004 – Biotech: The Art and Science of Immersive Campus Environments
FS-010 – Inside Out: Creative Office Campus Conversions in North County San Diego (sold out!)
FS-012 – The Campus Defined: Design, Resiliency, and the Art of Landscape Architecture (sold out!)
SAT-B08 – Ecotrace: Layering Ecology Into Practice
SUN-C03 – The Progressive Role of Botanical Gardens: From Cultural Passion to Climate Change
Community Design PPN Meeting
Saturday, November 16, 1:00 – 1:45 pm
PPN Live Meeting Room
Community Design—Education Sessions of Interest
FRI-A01 – The Landscape of Food: The Link Between Climate, Food, and Resilient Communities
SAT-A08 – Climate, Mobility, and Community: Systems Thinking and the Future of Food
SAT-B04 – Cultural Diversity in Design: Uniting Communities Through Cultural Celebration
SAT-C04 – Creating Community: How Providing Missing Middle Housing Can Make Better Neighborhoods
SAT-C07 – Making Space for Homelessness: Innovative Approaches to Housing, Spaces, and Services
SUN-A10 – Identify the Gap: Using Technology and Data for Inclusive Community Involvement

Children’s Outdoor Environments PPN Education Session
The Transformation of Inclusive Design: Evidence-based Research Supporting Holistic Playground Design – 1.0 PDH (LA CES/HSW, AICP, FL, NY/HSW)
Sunday, November 17, 2:00 – 3:00 pm
Room 30ABC
Children’s Outdoor Environments—Education Sessions of Interest
FS-006 – Living Laboratories: Exploring San Diego’s Nature-Based Outdoor Learning Environments (sold out!)
SAT-C08 – Green Schoolyards: Local Urban Transformation to National Prototype
SUN-C06 – Two Parks/Two Boroughs/One River: Hunter’s Point South Park and Domino Park
MON-B07 – Nature, Adventure and Destination: Departures from Status Quo in Public Play Environments

Design-Build / Residential Landscape Architecture PPN Meeting
Sunday, November 17, 12:30 – 1:15 pm
PPN Live Meeting Room
Design-Build—Education Sessions of Interest
FRI-B04 – Drawing Matters: Exploring the Value of Drawing in Landscape Architecture
FRI-B07 – Landscape Resiliency Through Integrated Planting Design and Management
SAT-A04 – Finding Design: Case Studies in the Creative Process
SAT-B02 – Do You Speak Developer? Translating and Communicating the Value of Landscape Architecture
SAT-B06 – Contracts: Relationships, Rights, and Risk Management
SUN-A07 – Beyond Number Crunching: Managing Projects, Processes, and People
SUN-B08 – Situation Normal: All Mocked Up
SUN-B11 – The Role of Stormwater Management in Landscape Architecture
SUN-C05 – The Evolution of the Front Yard: From Display Garden to Multiuse Space
MON-B02 – Design by Hand, Build by Hand

Digital Technology / Education & Practice Joint PPN Meeting
Digital Technology and Impacts to Education: The Emerging Workforce – 1.0 PDH (LA CES/HSW)
Sunday, November 17, 12:45 – 1:45 pm
PPN Live Stage
Digital Technology—Education Sessions of Interest
DD-002 – Drones V3.0: Using UAVs for Photogrammetry and Analysis in the Field
DD-005 – Responsive Hardscape Design: Parametric Systems for Achievable Complexity in Paving
DD-006 – Zero to One: Open Your Practice to the World of BIM
FRI-A09 – Soundscape Ecology: How Listening to the Environment Can Shape Design and Planning
SAT-B10 – New Ways to Dream: Visualizing the Landscape with Immersive Technology
SUN-A10 – Identify the Gap: Using Technology and Data for Inclusive Community Involvement
MON-A02 – Growing Media: Digital Fabrication and Biological Materials
MON-A07 – Integrating Ecology and Technology to Maximize Beneficial Impacts

Ecology & Restoration PPN Meeting
Saturday, November 16, 9:30 – 10:15 am
PPN Live Meeting Room
Ecology & Restoration—Education Sessions of Interest
FRI-A07 – Urban Wild! Making the Case for Our Unclaimed Landscapes
SAT-B08 – Ecotrace: Layering Ecology Into Practice
SAT-C03 – Greenways to Gene-Ways: A Call To Action
SAT-C05 – The Mysterious and Misunderstood Future of Urban Waterways
SUN-C02 – Hot Topic: Integrating Wildfire Resilience into Planning and Design
MON-B04 – Heavy Lifting: How Conservation Lands Can Embed Climate Resiliency at the Regional Scale

Education & Practice / Digital Technology Joint PPN Meeting
Digital Technology and Impacts to Education: The Emerging Workforce – 1.0 PDH (LA CES/HSW)
Sunday, November 17, 12:45 – 1:45 pm
PPN Live Stage
Education & Practice—Education Sessions of Interest
WS-003 – LAAB Accreditation Workshop
DD-001 – Boots on the Ground: Measuring Landscape Performance in the Field
SAT-A08 – Climate, Mobility, and Community: Systems Thinking and the Future of Food
SAT-B10 – New Ways to Dream: Visualizing the Landscape with Immersive Technology
SUN-A08 – Fact Check: Assessing Landscape Performance in Research and Practice
SUN-B05 – Landscapes in Flux: Design Research Lessons from Three Exemplary Waterfronts
MON-A02 – Growing Media: Digital Fabrication and Biological Materials

Environmental Justice PPN Meeting
State of Knowledge of EJ in Practice and Action Plans to Move Forward – 1.0 PDH (LA CES/HSW)
Sunday, November 17, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
PPN Live Stage
Environmental Justice—Education Sessions of Interest
FRI-A01 – The Landscape of Food: The Link Between Climate, Food, and Resilient Communities
SAT-A06 – Parks Equity: Fostering Access to Great Public Parks for All
SUN-A04 – Place Based: How Regional Firms Are Leveraging Local Knowledge for Social Change
SUN-C09 – Defining Equitable and Inclusive Landscape Architecture
GS-002 – No Time to Waste: Landscape Architecture and the Global Challenge of Climate Change

Healthcare & Therapeutic Design PPN Meeting
Sunday, November 17, 10:15 – 11:00 am
PPN Live Meeting Room
Healthcare & Therapeutic Design—Education Sessions of Interest
SAT-A03 – I Can See Clearly Now – Landscape Design for Air Quality
SUN-A05 – ADA to Universal Design: Creating Healthy Communities Through Equitable Design Approaches

Historic Preservation PPN Meeting & Education Session
Leading Change: Emerging Opportunities and Challenges for the Practice of Historic Preservation – 1.5 PDH (LA CES/HSW, AICP, FL, NY/HSW)
Monday, November 18, 8:00 – 10:00 am
Room 31ABC
Historic Preservation—Education Sessions of Interest
FS-001 – Balboa Park: Past, Present, and Future (sold out!)
FS-012 – The Campus Defined: Design, Resiliency, and the Art of Landscape Architecture (sold out!)
DD-003 – Evolving a Modernist Mecca: The Legacy, Life, and Landscape of Columbus, Indiana
FRI-B03 – Extending the Invitation: Revitalizing Public Landscapes for the 21st Century
SAT-A09 – Postwar Plazas: Measuring Success When Managing Change
SAT-B03 – Historic Preservation and Contemporary Use: Challenges in Balboa Park San Diego
SAT-C10 – Honoring Native American Heritage Through Collaborative Design
MON-B05 – Remember + Imagine: Embedding a Community’s Historic and Cultural Legacy Through Design
Keep an eye on The Field as we continue to highlight ASLA Conference on Landscape Architecture events through the start of the meeting on Friday, November 15, 2019. We look forward to seeing you in San Diego!
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