KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
OPENING KEYNOTE: 9:15 AM
Erin Bradner, Ph.D.
Director of Strategic Foresight, Autodesk Inc.
Erin Bradner, Ph.D., is the Director of Strategic Foresight at Autodesk Inc in San Francisco. Her work helps organizations navigate change, seize opportunities, and mitigate risk. Erin helped found the Generative Design initiative at Autodesk and directed the Robotics Lab prior to her current role. She has led strategic research partnerships with the U.S. Livermore National Laboratory and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab. Erin has led hundreds of research projects over the course of her career – a common thread across them being to amplify innovation through intelligent and actionable foresight. Erin has published academic papers with collaborators at Autodesk, the University of California, and IBM Research. She is a co-author on patents in advanced design, has been recognized for lasting impact in the field of Human Computer Interaction, holds a PhD in Information & Computer Science, and is an Adjunct Professor in Strategic Foresight at the California College of the Arts.
CLOSING KEYNOTE: 4:30 PM
T. F. TIERNEY, Ph.D.
T. F. Tierney is a research scholar at University of California Berkeley and the founding director of URL: Urban Research Lab at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign. Tierney’s publications focus on critical urbanism and the impact of policymaking on cities and infrastructure, including smart cities, public space, and inclusive urban development. During 2013, Tierney was a US Delegate to Smart & Digital Cities in France; she was selected for the quality of her research in the application of new technologies to build the next generation of cities.
Tierney was recently awarded a research grant from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Arts, Chicago IL. She also serves on the editorial board of The Bartlett’s ARENA Journal of Architectural Research (University College London). Tierney has been published widely, including Intelligent Infrastructure: Zipcars, Invisible Networks and Urban Transformation (UVa Press 2017); The Public Space of Social Media: Connected Cultures of Network Society (Routledge 2013); and Abstract Space: Beneath the Media Surface, in addition to numerous journal articles. Tierney holds a Ph.D. in Architecture from University of California Berkeley, a BArch from California College of the Arts; she was a pre-doctoral researcher at the MIT media lab under Bill Mitchell in 2006.
SUSTAINABILITY
2030 COMMITMENT: WHERE ARE WE? CHALLENGES & OPPORTUNITIES
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Gwen Fuertes, AIA, LEED AP BD+C,
Senior Associate, Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects
Dalton Ho,
Regional Sustainable Design Leader, Associate, Perkins&Will
Emilie Hagen, LEED FELLOW
Director, Atelier Ten
SESSION DESCRIPTION:
This session will delve into the progress achieved by the 2030 commitment movement thus far, its correlation with building energy efficiency and zero carbon reach codes, and its advocacy for sustainable construction practices aimed at lowering embodied carbon and carbon emissions in the built environment.
By attending this session, attendees can get deeper understanding on how the commitment can affect we way we design better buildings to address energy efficiency, overall sustainability, and minimize use of natural resources.
CARBON + CONCRETE: REDUCTION POTENTIAL
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
Vanna Whitney, AIA, CGBP,
Principal, Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects
Jeffrey Zhang, SE,
Principal, KPFF
Will Nguyen, Ph.D., PE,
Engineering Manager, Brimstone
SESSION DESCRIPTION:
The session will address the technical and professional subject of designing for, specifying, acquiring and implementing the use of structural concrete. This relates to best practice within the arenas of structural and sustainable design. This topic is necessary for the proper evaluation, design, construction, and utilization of designing and building with concrete, and covers design, structural building system of concrete, materials, construction documents, and sustainability.
DECARBONIZATION ON A CAMPUS LEVEL
1:45 PM – 2:45 PM
Asim Tahir,
Director, Energy & Carbon, Google
SESSION DESCRIPTION:
This session will delve into the current decarbonization efforts on a campus level to meet the challenging 2030 carbon zero goal set by Google. The session will discuss in detail architectural design strategies and building systems chosen to implement sustainable sites and high performance buildings to deliver healthy work spaces.
OPTIMIZING FOR EXPERIENCE AND CARBON WITH MASS TIMBER
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Doug Robertson,
President, Daedalus Structural Engineering
Josh Cabot, AIA, LEED AP BD+C
Senior Associate, SERA Architects
Mark Whiley,
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Shweta Mhatre, LEED AP,
Associate, SERA Architects
SESSION DESCRIPTION:
This session will provide a comprehensive overview of designing, specifying and implementing mass timber building systems in projects. The speakers will discuss design, permitting, construction challenges and opportunities on a local level, and how the emerging and increasing use of mass timber as a major building system will contribute to health and safety of occupants such as daylighting, and as a major strategy to reduce building material embodied carbon to meet California zero carbon initiatives.
EQUITY
REIMAGINING THE FUTURE OF HOUSING IN A CHANGING WORLD
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Caroline Souza,
Principal, David Baker Architects
Veronica Hinkley Reck,
Oakland Housing Leader and Studio Director, Gensler
BREAK THE CYCLE: JUSTICE IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
Rubin Quarcoopome,
Co-founder, Designing in Color
DESIGNING FOR EQUITY
1:45 PM – 2:45 PM
Niraj Dangoria,
Vice Chancellor for Operations Management and Capitol Planning, University of California-San Diego
Diane Rogers, AIA,
Project Architect, IA Interior Architects
Lisa Britz,
Founder – Lisa Britz Design Consulting
EQUITY IN AI
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Cesar Escalante, AIA, LEED AP, CM-BIM
Educator, Architecture Evangelist, Technical Marketing Manager Architecture, Autodesk Inc.
Moderator
Al Dram,
Architect, FounderCEO, Blueprints AI
Matt Menendez,
Senior Project Specialist,
Mahshad Kazem Zadeh, Ph.D., Assoc. AIA
Design Technology Lead, Gensler
Sam Omans,
Senior Manager, Architecture Industry and Business Strategy, Autodesk
INSPIRATION
NAVIGATING YOUR CAREER: LESSONS LEARNED FROM A HIMALAYAN JOURNEY
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Lynn N. Simon, FAIA, LEED Fellow,
Principal and West Sustainability Services Lead, Arup
PLAY. NETWORK. BELONG.
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
Kevin Simmons,
Communications and Connections Coach, Founder, Play to Belong
ARCHITECT VALUE IN THE AGE OF AI
1:45 PM – 2:45 PM
Ashley Greenwald,
Senior Associate, Huntsman Architectural Group
Jeffrey McGrew,
Co-Founder, Because We Can Architects
Chris Gardner,
Artist, Designer, AI Capabilities, ISLA Design
Negar Kalantar, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor and Co-Director of Digital Craft Lab at CCA
ARE WE DOING IT WRONG? REIMAGINING PROJECT PROCESS
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Kristoffer Tendall, IIDA, LEED AP
Design Director, IA Interior Architects
Moderator
Hayley Soderlund Macko,
Kendra Burch
Principal / Business Development, FaciliCorp
Michael Perreira,
Workplace Solutions Executive