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Full Schedule

  • Thursday, November 18, 2021
  • 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM CDT
    National Leaders and Honorary Members Reception
  • Friday, November 19, 2021
  • 7:30 AM – 5:00 PM CDT
    FS-001 - Metro Parks Cultural Landscapes: Past, Present and Future
  • 7:30 AM – 5:00 PM CDT
    FS-002 - Historic Southern Town to Regional Commerce Center: Recipe for Growth and Diversity
  • 7:45 AM – 12:45 PM CDT
    FS-003 - Overview and Landscape Walking Tour of Vanderbilt University
  • 7:45 AM – 3:45 PM CDT
    FS-004 - Reclaiming the Riverfront: Climbing, Concerts, Kayaks, and More
  • 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM CDT
    WS-001 - Workshop: The LARE Experience—What to Expect and How to Prepare
  • 8:00 AM – 1:30 PM CDT
    FS-005 - Envisioning Inclusive Communities for Public Housing: The History, Struggles, and Future
  • 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM CDT
    FS-006 - Southall: A farm, inn and spa rooted in sustainability, abundance and luxury
  • 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM CDT
    FS-008 - Access Auditing: An Immersive and Inclusive Introduction to Testing Site Accessibility
  • 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM CDT
    WS-003 - LAAB Workshop
  • 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM CDT
    FRI-DD1 - Designing the Bigger Time: Tools for Creating a Gender Just Practice
  • 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM CDT
    FS-007 - Seeing in Nashville: Celebrating Riverfront Projects Through A New Lens
  • 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM CDT
    FS-009 - Sketch! Nashville: Freestyle Journaling
  • 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM CDT
    FS-010 - Jefferson Street Corridor: Recognizing the History and Influence of Three Esteemed HBCU’s
  • 12:30 PM – 5:00 PM CDT
    FS-012 - Neuhoff: The Transformation of a Slaughter House to a New Neighborhood
  • 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM CDT
    FS-013 - Cultural Landscape Report Informs Extensive Design Interventions at Cheekwood Estate and Gardens
  • 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM CDT
    FS-014 - oneC1TY: Mindful, Healthy Living
  • 1:30 PM – 2:45 PM CDT
    FRI-A01 - Community Voices, Community Landscapes: Shaping Design Processes Abroad and at Home
  • 1:30 PM – 2:45 PM CDT
    FRI-A02 - Superbloom: Taking Inspiration from the Desert Landscapes of Palm Springs
  • 1:30 PM – 2:45 PM CDT
    FRI-A03 - Home School: Residential Design as Academy and Laboratory in Practice
  • 1:30 PM – 2:45 PM CDT
    FRI-A05 - BOLDNESS: A Cross Section through Reimagining Brooklyn Bridge Competition’s Process and Progress
  • 1:30 PM – 2:45 PM CDT
    FRI-A06 - Green Schoolyards: Nature that Builds Community, Wellness, and Learning
  • 1:30 PM – 4:30 PM CDT
    FRI-DD3 - The Fast and the Furious- Design Build Goes Big
  • 1:30 PM – 4:30 PM CDT
    FRI-DD4 - Old Redford LINK: Exploring Equity, Engagement and Empowerment in Northwest Detroit
  • 1:30 PM – 5:30 PM CDT
    WS-002 - Technical Workshop: Preparing for Landscape Architect Registration Exam Section 4
  • 3:45 PM – 5:00 PM CDT
    FRI-B01 - Conversations with Olmsted: Reimagining Prospect Park
  • 3:45 PM – 5:00 PM CDT
    FRI-B02 - Storytelling Through Design: Honoring Diverse Voices
  • 3:45 PM – 5:00 PM CDT
    FRI-B03 - 175 years: Soil Trends & Maintenance at the Smithsonian Gardens
  • 3:45 PM – 5:00 PM CDT
    FRI-B04 - Streamlined Solutions: For Entrepreneurs, Sole Practitioners, and Small Residential Firms
  • 3:45 PM – 5:00 PM CDT
    FRI-B05 - Equity in nature: transforming neglected urban land in Baltimore into Bliss Meadows
  • 3:45 PM – 5:00 PM CDT
    FRI-B06 - Addressing Resiliency in Denver with Equity and Inclusion at the Forefront
  • 3:45 PM – 5:00 PM CDT
    FRI-B07 - Design with Carbon: Reconsidering landscapes, from planning to soils.
  • 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM CDT
    Emerging Professionals Reception
  • 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM CDT
    LAF 36th Annual Benefit
  • Saturday, November 20, 2021
  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM CDT
    GS-001 - Opening General Session
  • 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM CDT
    ASLA Bookstore Signings
  • 9:30 AM – 6:00 PM CDT
    ASLA Pavilion
  • 9:30 AM – 6:00 PM CDT
    Emerging Professionals Portfolio Review
  • 9:30 AM – 6:00 PM CDT
    JobLink Live
  • 9:30 AM – 6:00 PM CDT
    Portrait Studio
  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM CDT
    LL-001 - Fountains 101
  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM CDT
    CAC-001 - ASLA Climate Action Now!
  • 9:45 AM – 2:30 PM CDT
    Student Awards Theater
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CDT
    First-Time Attendee Lounge with Torey Carter-Conneen, ASLA CEO
  • 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM CDT
    SAT-A01 - Critical Curiosity: Design Processes that Challenge Norms
  • 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM CDT
    SAT-A02 - Mitigating the Carbon Footprint of Concrete
  • 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM CDT
    SAT-A03 - Ensuring Wellness in 21st Century Society: Equity and Inclusion at Eskenazi Health
  • 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM CDT
    SAT-A04 - Using Social Media to Attract Ideal Clients
  • 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM CDT
    SAT-A05 - In the Middle, On the Edge: Collective visions for contested waterfront communities
  • 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM CDT
    SAT-A06 - Prototype to Permanent: Tactical Urbanism’s Growing Influence on Placemaking, Policy, and Infrastructure
  • 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM CDT
    SAT-A07 - Raising the Bar on Creative Placemaking; A Vibrant Transformation in Virginia Beach
  • 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM CDT
    SAT-A09 - Africa 3.0!
  • 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM CDT
    SAT-A10 - Mapping Equity: Illustrations of a Just Future
  • 11:45 AM – 12:30 PM CDT
    Nashville Tooning: Sketch Demo
  • 12:30 PM – 1:00 PM CDT
    CTC-001 - Continue the Conversation: Mapping Equity: Illustrations of a Just Future
  • 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM CDT
    First-Time Attendee Lounge with Wendy Miller, FASLA, Immediate Past President
  • 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM CDT
    LL-002 - PLAYCE: Community Engagement and Empowerment through Social Science and Play!
  • 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM CDT
    ASLA Bookstore Signings
  • 1:00 PM – 1:45 PM CDT
    PPN-001 - Ecology & Restoration PPN Meeting
  • 1:00 PM – 1:45 PM CDT
    PPN-002 - Education & Practice PPN Campfire Session
  • 1:00 PM – 1:45 PM CDT
    PPN-003 - Parks & Recreation PPN Meeting
  • 1:00 PM – 1:45 PM CDT
    PPN-004 - Women in Landscape Architecture PPN Meeting
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CDT
    SAT-B01 - Inside the LA Studio with James Corner Field Operations
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CDT
    SAT-B02 - Small but Mighty: Engaging Small Communities to Realize Big Visions
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CDT
    SAT-B03 - LandFormWork: Materials and fabrication in a conceptual/spatial loop of collaborative design
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CDT
    SAT-B04 - Decolonization Pollinators: Reclaiming and Hybridizing a Latin American Landscape Architecture
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CDT
    SAT-B05 - Collaboration on Nature-Based Solutions is Key to Resilient City Infrastructure
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CDT
    SAT-B06 - Invisible Infrastructures: A park atop a highway at the Presidio Tunnel Tops
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CDT
    SAT-B07 - How Landscape Infrastructure is Re-shaping Manhattan’s Urban Coastline
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CDT
    SAT-B08 - What Makes an Exceptional Urban Multi-use Trail? Stories from the Atlanta Beltline
  • 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM CDT
    What a Time to Be a Black Landscape Architect, a panel presented by BlackLAN
  • 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM CDT
    SAT-DD1 - Transforming Boston Harbor: Resilience and Equity From Vision to Implementation
  • 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM CDT
    SAT-DD3 - How Big Data Benefits You: Using Information for Good in Landscape Architecture
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CDT
    First-Time Attendee Lounge with Eugenia Martin, FASLA, President-Elect
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CDT
    LARE-001 - L.A.R.E. Q&A
  • 3:15 PM – 3:45 PM CDT
    CTC-002 - Continue the Conversation: Collaboration on Nature-based Solutions Is Key to Resilient City Infrastructure
  • 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM CDT
    First-Time Attendee Lounge with Bradley McCauley, VP of Membership
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CDT
    SAT-C01 - The Art of Teaming: Lessons for Assembling a 21st Century Design Team
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CDT
    SAT-C02 - Building Great Ideas - Art, Science and Reality in Design Through Construction
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CDT
    SAT-C03 - It Takes a Village: Reflections on a Community-led Design Process
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CDT
    SAT-C04 - The Lives and Afterlives of Urban Landscapes: Three Personal and Disciplinary Perspectives
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CDT
    SAT-C05 - Every Place Counts Design Challenge Nashville
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CDT
    SAT-C06 - Designing the Green New Deal Initiative: Demystifying Design and Policy
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CDT
    SAT-C07 - The Disappearing Rural Landscape - Mitigating Climate Change and Rapid Urbanization
  • 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM CDT
    Alumni Tailgate
  • 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM CDT
    ASLA Student and Professional Awards Ceremony
  • Sunday, November 21, 2021
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CDT
    SUN-A01 - Dream Big with Design, A Conversation on PreK-12 Design Learning
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CDT
    SUN-A02 - The Cultural Crossing: Exploring the Complexities of a Significant Cultural Landscape
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CDT
    SUN-A03 - SPREADING THE GOSPEL: International Landscape Architects Returning Home to Practice
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CDT
    SUN-A04 - Waterfront and Wetlands in Residential Design; Balancing Ecology and Aesthetics
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CDT
    SUN-A05 - Design with Disabled People Now: Including Disabled People in the Design Process
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CDT
    SUN-A06 - HSW of Landscape Laborers: Ethics, Laws, and Logistics
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CDT
    SUN-A07 - Latinas in Leadership
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CDT
    SUN-A08 - Creating Resilient Communities: Unconventional Approaches to Engagement, Funding, and Project Delivery
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CDT
    SUN-A09 - Promoting Climate Leadership by Exploring Alternative Models of Collaboration
  • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM CDT
    Complimentary Breakfast
  • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM CDT
    First-Time Attendee Lounge with Eugenia Martin, FASLA, President-Elect
  • 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM CDT
    ASLA Pavilion
  • 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM CDT
    Emerging Professionals Portfolio Review
  • 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM CDT
    JobLink Live
  • 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM CDT
    LARE Prep Cafe
  • 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM CDT
    Portrait Studio
  • 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM CDT
    Student Awards Theater
  • 10:15 AM – 10:45 AM CDT
    Partnership in Urban Design — Awards Panel Panel
  • 10:15 AM – 10:45 AM CDT
    CTC-003 - Continue the Conversation: Waterfront and Wetlands in Residential Design; Balancing Ecology and Aesthetics
  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM CDT
    Landscape Architecture Magazine (LAM) Goods Live
  • 10:15 AM – 11:30 AM CDT
    ASLA Bookstore Signings
  • 10:15 AM – 2:00 PM CDT
    Learn more about the Green New Deal Superstudio
  • 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM CDT
    Partnership in Residential Design — Awards Panel
  • 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM CDT
    GC-001 - A Streetscape Adaptation Strategy Using Permeable Pavers
  • 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM CDT
    GC-002 - POE's & Play: Tools for Reflection and Growth
  • 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM CDT
    GC-003 - Reimagine the Storm System
  • 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM CDT
    GC-004 - Reimagining Roadside Landscapes
  • 11:30 AM – 12:15 PM CDT
    PPN-005 - Campus Planning & Design PPN Meeting
  • 11:30 AM – 12:15 PM CDT
    PPN-006 - Children’s Outdoor Environments PPN Meeting
  • 11:30 AM – 12:15 PM CDT
    PPN-007 - Community Design PPN Meeting
  • 11:30 AM – 12:15 PM CDT
    PPN-008 - Water Conservation PPN Meeting
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM CDT
    Meet 2021 First Time Exhibitors
  • 11:45 AM – 12:30 PM CDT
    Nashville Tooning: Sketch Demo
  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CDT
    First-Time Attendee Lounge with Wendy Miller, FASLA, Immediate Past President
  • 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM CDT
    ASLA Bookstore Signings
  • 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM CDT
    First-Time Attendee Lounge with First Time Exhibitors - Door Prizes!
  • 12:15 PM – 12:30 PM CDT
    HALS-001 - Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS) Challenge
  • 12:30 PM – 1:00 PM CDT
    SKETCH Autograph Session
  • 12:30 PM – 1:00 PM CDT
    GC-005 - A Holistic Approach to Marketing and Communications Would Help Demonstrate Our Value
  • 12:30 PM – 1:00 PM CDT
    GC-006 - Artscapes in Marginalia
  • 12:30 PM – 1:00 PM CDT
    GC-007 - Landscape Architecture Education in the Majority World!... Empowering beyond poverty...
  • 12:30 PM – 1:00 PM CDT
    GC-008 - The Give Back
  • 12:45 PM – 1:45 PM CDT
    Lunch and Learn
  • 1:00 PM – 1:45 PM CDT
    PPN-009 - Design-Build / Residential Landscape Architecture PPN Meeting
  • 1:00 PM – 1:45 PM CDT
    PPN-010 - Environmental Justice PPN Meeting
  • 1:00 PM – 1:45 PM CDT
    PPN-011 - Historic Preservation PPN Meeting
  • 1:00 PM – 1:45 PM CDT
    PPN-012 - Transportation / Planting Design PPN Meeting
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CDT
    Meet 2021 First Time Exhibitors
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CDT
    SUN-B01 - Inside the LA Studio with Elizabeth Kennedy Landscape Architect
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CDT
    SUN-B02 - Rooted in Process: Landscape Architecture as a Collective Social Practice
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CDT
    SUN-B03 - Form, Space & Other Preoccupations: A Conversation about Landscape’s Appearance
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CDT
    SUN-B04 - Quality Control Matters Matter: Improving the Accuracy and Efficiency of Construction Documents
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CDT
    SUN-B05 - Shaping a Latin American Landscape Architectural Profession and Education
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CDT
    SUN-B06 - Centering equity through city-wide heat and urban forest management planning
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CDT
    SUN-B07 - Recalibrating the Forgotten Tributaries and Neighborhoods of the Upper Los Angeles River
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CDT
    SUN-B08 - Using Design, Engineering, Education & Science to Support UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM CDT
    SUN-DD1 - Becoming a J.E.D.I. Master: Toward Inclusive River Spaces and Outdoor Recreation
  • 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM CDT
    SUN-DD2 - Democratizing GIS: Open Source Tools for Everyday Mapping and Analysis
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CDT
    SUN-C02 - Business and Culture: Breaking Norms in Diversity Equity and Inclusion
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CDT
    SUN-C03 - Debunking “Green Gentrification”: How Public Space Investment Delivers Environmental Equity and Justice
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CDT
    SUN-C04 - Streetscapes for Wellness: Whose Wellness Are We Talking About?
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CDT
    SUN-C05 - FIELDS OF DREAMS: How the pandemic accelerated inclusive 21st-century sports districts
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CDT
    SUN-C06 - Public Space and Maintenance - On the Vocation of Care
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CDT
    SUN-C07 - The Mississippi as a Living River: Vision, Process, Policy, Projects
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CDT
    SUN-C08 - Storytelling with Video: A Transformation of Ecology and Community
  • 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM CDT
    Council of Fellows Investiture Ceremony
  • 8:00 PM – 11:59 PM CDT
    LAND 8 Happy Hour
  • Monday, November 22, 2021
  • 6:30 AM – 8:30 AM CDT
    WILA Walk
  • 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM CDT
    MON-A01 - Designing the Pulse Memorial and Museum: Mending a Community
  • 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM CDT
    MON-A02 - From Idea to Implementation: How Memphis moved resilience plans to shovel-ready projects
  • 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM CDT
    MON-A03 - Designing Youth-inclusive Public Spaces: Why we should involve youth
  • 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM CDT
    MON-A04 - Embrace the Lake: Partnering for Equity and a Resilient Future in Cleveland
  • 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM CDT
    MON-A05 - Are We Overstating Resiliency as the Most Imminent “National Security Concern ”?
  • 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM CDT
    MON-A06 - Opportunities for Career Paths in the Post-Pandemic Era
  • 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM CDT
    MON-A07 - How Technology is Revolutionizing Food Producing Landscapes
  • 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM CDT
    MON-DD1 - Drawing Matters: Hands – On Exploration into Drawing’s Value in Landscape Architecture
  • 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM CDT
    MON-DD2 - Now What? How Resilience Becomes Reality
  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM CDT
    ASLA Council of Fellows Business Meeting
  • 10:30 AM – 11:45 AM CDT
    MON-B01 - Talk Data to Me: The Intersection of Landscape Architecture + Research
  • 10:30 AM – 11:45 AM CDT
    MON-B03 - Accessible Design Challenges; Common Errors and Solutions from Field Inspectors!
  • 10:30 AM – 11:45 AM CDT
    MON-B04 - Everybody Plays: A Best Practice Guide to Multigenerational Park Design
  • 10:30 AM – 11:45 AM CDT
    MON-B05 - Tennessee RiverLine: Vision and Action Powered by Partnerships
  • 10:30 AM – 11:45 AM CDT
    MON-B06 - Nimble Innovation - Transforming the Public Realm through Possibility Government
  • 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM CDT
    Honors and President’s Medal Presentation