The AIA 2008 National Convention and Design Exposition Schedule-at-a-glance
Posted
04/1/2008
This year, the American Institute of Architects, Washington, D.C., heads to Boston for its annual convention and expo. Information about the event can be found at www.aiaconvention.com. Also visit the site to register and for travel information.
The conferences and expo will be held at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, which opened in June 2004.
Registration opens on Tuesday, May 13, so arrive early at the exhibition center to pick up your badge holder and registration packet and avoid the lines. Professional registration fees cover most continuing education programs, expo education, theme presentations and AIA Expo2008. Preconvention workshops, tours and events are priced separately.
Listed in this schedule are conferences taking place during trade-show days. Additional conferences are being offered on Tuesday and Wednesday, May 13 and 14. Visit the Web site for a list of those courses.
AIA EXPO 2008
Thursday, May 15: 9:30 a.m.–5 p.m.
Friday, May 16: 9:30 a.m.–5 p.m.
Saturday, May 17: 9:30 a.m.–2 p.m.
Thursday, May 15
6:30 a.m.–6 p.m.
AIA convention registration
7–8 a.m.
TH01 Distributed Workforce: Ensuring Quality in the Virtual Office
TH02 Legally Green: Legal and Practice Issues of LEED
TH03 Blackstone Station: Harvard’s First LEED Platinum Project
TH04 Daylighting Obstacles and Opportunities
TH05 Open Source Architecture
TH06 Environmental Delight: Pleasure, Beauty and Equity for All
TH07 Cracked! Problems and Solutions with Concrete and Masonry
TH09 The Invisible City: Enhancing the Land Through Underground Interventions
TH10 Negotiating a Green Mindset
TH11 How to Lead Your Church Clients Through the Design Process
TH12 Standard 189: High-Performance Green Buildings
TH13 Collaboration of Architects within the Preservation of America
TH14 Civic Duty and the Architect: Helping to Change Communities Through the Design Process
E11 Building Enclosure Council Breakfast and Lecture
E12 AIA Prayer Breakfast
7–9 a.m.
TG02 Run for Fun with Payette
7:30–11:30 a.m.
AR01 How to Pass the ARE 3.1: General Structures
7:30 a.m.–6 p.m.
AR21 How to Pass the ARE 4.0: Structural Systems
8:15–10 a.m.
GS01 Sustainable Design
9 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
TP15a Acoustics in Architecture Along Mass. Ave.
9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
TP18c A Taste of Modernism: The Gropius House Tour NWA
9:45 a.m.–12:15 p.m.
TP22e Boston City Hall: A Look at What the Future Might Hold for This Icon of Modernism
TP49 The Surprises of Dorchester’s Lower Mills: A Tour of Old Dorchester
TP13e Boston’s Future: The Seaport District
TP36b Touring the Back Bay: Exploring Boston from the Public Garden to the Christian ScienceCenter
9:45 a.m.–1:15 p.m.
TP25c Architecture Along the Charles River: A Boat Tour
TP26c From the Infinite Corridor into the Future: MIT’s Evolving Campus
TP27c Design on the Inner Harbor
TP35b Boston Children’s Museum Professional Tour
TP50 On the Leading Edge of Medical Research
10 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
TP20c Beacon Hill Highlights: A Walking Tour of Historic Sites
TP48b Orders from Headquarters: From Jails to Hotel and Housing
TP51 Energy Generator to Energy Saver: Harvard’s First Platinum Building
TP52a The Contemporary City: A View of Boston from Her Skyscrapers
TG03 Boston Children’s Museum is for Kids ... and Other People, Too!
10 a.m.–1 p.m.
TP01e From Harvard Square to the Business School: A Walk Through Harvard University
TP14b Going Up? Traveling to the Top of the Hub
10:15 a.m.–12:15 p.m.
TP19e A Walk Along Boston’s Newest Park System: The Rose Kennedy Greenway
10:15 a.m.–12:45 p.m.
TP21d Bold, Brave and Bracing: Boston’s Institute of Contemporary Art
TP23c From the EpiCenter to the Macallen: As Green As It Gets
TP24e MIT’s Stata Center for Computer Information and Intelligence Science
TP53 For the Ages: Mount Auburn Cemetery
TP54a Villa Victoria
10:30–11:30 a.m.
EX11 GSA: Greening Federal Facilities
10:30 a.m.–2 p.m.
Expo Education
Noon–1 p.m.
EX12 EPA Energy Star
Noon–2 p.m.
E13 Associates Luncheon
12:30–4:30 p.m.
AR02 How to Pass the ARE 3.1: Lateral Forces
1:45–5:45 p.m.
TP08c Beyond the Waterfront: The Harbor Islands
TP41b Learning in the Longwood Medical Area: Three Case Studies in Design for Higher Education NWA
TP42b The Big Dig
TP44b The MFA, Isabella and the Fens
TP55 A Walk Along Boston’s Oldest Boulevard: Washington Street in the South End
TP56a Across the Harbor: East Boston, a Neighborhood in Renewal
TP57a Beacon Hill’s Newest Edge: Charles Street Station Meets the Liberty Hotel and MGH’s Healing Garden
TP58 Boston University: Growing Boston’s Largest University over Three Decades
TP59a Patient Care: The True Heart of the Longwood Medical Area
1:45–6 p.m.
TP60a No More Elevated Highway! Boston’s Bulfinch Triangle and Its North End in 2008
2–3:30 p.m.
TH21 To Boldly Go Where Everybody Else Has Gone: Access in New Houses
TH22 Multigenerational Leadership Roles for Architects
TH23 Institute Honor Awards for Interior Architecture
TH24 Inventing with a Reluctant Community
TH25 Architecture Education Around the World
TH26 Transferring Ownership and Leadership Effectively
TH27 Civic Architecture: Design and Identity in a Changing Society
TH28 Architecture and Human Rights: Shelter, Justice and Ethics
TH29 Not Your Grandfather’s Drafting Class: Transforming High School Architecture Education
TH30 Institute Honor Awards for Architecture
TH31 The New York Times Building: Vision, Collaboration and Innovation
TH32 Winning the Talent War: Seven Ingredients for Building a Design-First Culture and Practice
TH33 Driving Process Change in the Institutional Sector
TH34 The Changing Face of the Architecture Profession
TH35 You Make the Call: Preposterous Practices by Peers
TH36 Power Words and Strategies: New Communication Tools for Architects
TH37 International Architecture Practice and Design: Honorary Fellows International Forum
TH38 2007 Latrobe Prize
TH39 Exploring Legal and Insurance Issues in Collaborative Design
2–4 p.m.
TP61a The Greenway Tour with a Special Look at the Zakim Bridge
2–5:30 p.m.
TP35c Boston Children’s Museum Professional Tour
TP37b A Tour of Genzyme Center, Schlumberger-Doll and Kendall Square
TP45b Boston’s Chinatown in the 21st Century
TP63a Artist Spaces Across the City
TP65 From Aalto to Holl with Saarinen in Between: MIT’s West Campus
TP66 Leers Weinzapfel: A Look at Boston’s Most Recent Firm of the Year
TP67a Preservation Is Economic Development … or How the Preservationists Saved Downtown Boston
TP68a Taking the T: A Tour of Boston’s Subway
TP69a The Stull and Lee Corridor: Planning and Design in Roxbury and the South End
2:15–5:15 p.m.
TP01f From Harvard Square to the Business School: A Walk Through Harvard University
TP13f Boston’s Future: The Seaport District
TP36c Touring the Back Bay: Exploring Boston from the Public Garden to the Christian Science Center
2:15–5:45 p.m.
TP26d From the Infinite Corridor into the Future: MIT’s Evolving Campus
TP27d Design on the Inner Harbor
TP28b Northpoint: Cambridge’s Newest Neighborhood
2:30–4:30 p.m.
TP19f A Walk Along Boston’s Newest Park System: The Rose Kennedy Greenway
2:30–5 p.m.
TP20d Beacon Hill Highlights: A Walking Tour of Historic Sites
TP21e Bold, Brave and Bracing: Boston’s Institute of Contemporary Art
TP22f Boston City Hall: A Look at What the Future Might Hold for This Icon of Modernism
TP23d From the EpiCenter to the Macallen: As Green As It Gets
TP24f MIT’s Stata Center for Computer Information and Intelligence Science
TP70 Boston’s Urban Campuses: Case Study of Northeastern University
3–4 p.m.
EX13 Air Force: Opportunities for Design Contracting
TP01g From Harvard Square to the Business School: A Walk Through Harvard University
3:15–6:15 p.m.
LC00 AIA Leadership Conference: Leadership Skills Development
3:30–5 p.m.
E14 Opening Night Party
3:30–6 p.m.
TP22g Boston City Hall: A Look at What the Future Might Hold for This Icon of Modernism
TP24g MIT’s Stata Center for Computer Information and Intelligence Science
4–5 p.m.
E15 AIA International Committee and AIA Overseas Members Meeting
4–5:30 p.m.
TH51 The 2006 IBC: A Step-by-Step Process with Case Studies
TH52 Architect-Led Design-Build
TH53 The AIA Practice Academy: Collaboration and Innovation in Education and Practice
TH54 AIA Whitney M. Young Jr. Award Forum
TH55 The Value Proposition: Moving the Profession from Best Value to Added Value
TH56 Choosing the Appropriate Owner/Architect Agreement: One Size Does Not Fit All
TH57 It’s Certified Green But What Does That Mean?
TH58 AIA Architecture Firm Award Presentation
TH59 BIM: Best Practices, Best Results
TH60 From Candy to Chromosomes: Creating a World-Class Biotech Lab
TH61 Green Boston: A Comprehensive Urban Strategy
TH62 Hairy Problems and the Chamber of Risk Management Secrets
TH63 Leadership Through Pro Bono Community Service: Architects in Service to Society
TH64 Making Density Work: Dollars, Design and Sustainability
TH65 Research in Architecture: The Challenge to Foster a Culture of Creating and Sharing Knowledge
TH66 Have You Been to an Architecture School Lately?
TH67 AIA Committee on the Environment: Workshop and In formation Exchange
TH68 Architects Discuss America’s Regional Landscape
E16 Honors and Awards Ceremony
4–6 p.m.
TP19g A Walk Along Boston’s Newest Park System: The Rose Kennedy Greenway
5–6 p.m.
AR03 How to Pass the ARE 3.1: Building Technology A
5:30–6:30 p.m.
E17 AIA Educator/Practitioner Network Reception
6–7 p.m.
TH71 Off Grid: Ideas for Building a Carbon-Neutral Future
TH72 Architecture as Performance Art: The Art of Listening
TH73 Educating Our Architects: How Local Components Can Build an Education and Training Program for Emerging Professionals
TH74 Operation Mindshift: A Cross-Industry Catalyst for Change
TH75 End-of-Service Life Recycling of Thermoplastic Roof Assemblies
TH76 The Construction Outlook: Implications for Architecture Firms
TH77 BIM: We Did It, So Can You
TH78 The Next Generation of Ideas on Water
TH79 Five Keys to Leadership Succession Success
TH80 Building Blocks for Healthy Indoor Air: Improving Indoor Air Quality in Our Schools
TH81 Housing Trends of the 21st-Century Campus: Addressing Today’s Student Expectations
TH82 Skyscrapers Defining Cities: New Trends in Supertall Buildings and Urban Design
TH83 A Conversation with Sarah Susanka, FAIA
TH84 The Value of Architecture Centers
6–7:30 p.m.
E18 International Committee Reception
6:30–8:30 p.m.
E19 AIA Committee on the Environment Celebration and Top Ten Toast
6:30–9 p.m.
E20 AIA Committee of Corporate Architects and Facility Management and Public Architects Committee Networking Reception
E21 Dining at the Firms: Tsoi/Kobus and Associates
E22 Dining at the Firms: Elkus Manfredi Architects
E23 Dining at the Firms: Cubellis
E24 Dining at the Firms: Shepley Bulfinch Richardson & Abbott
E25 Dining at the Firms: ARC/Architectural Resources Cambridge
E26 Dining at the Firms: S/L/A/M Collaborative
E27 Dining at the Firms: Wilson Architects
7–8 p.m.
E28 Young Architects Forum Reception
7–8:30 p.m.
E29 Party with the Fellows
7–9:30 p.m.
E30 Women in Architecture Dinner
TP71a Boston by Night: An Illuminating Evening with Common Boston
8–9 p.m.
E31 National Associates Committee Reception
9–10:30 p.m.
E32 AIAS Annual Nightcap Reception
9 p.m.–midnight
E33 Late Night Movies at the EpiCenter
Friday, May 16
6:30 a.m.–6 p.m.
AIA convention registration
6:30–8 a.m.
FR00 The History of Boston and the Architectural Development of the City: HRC Preservation Breakfast
7–8 a.m.
FR01 The Fine Art of Delegation
FR02 Architectural Concrete: The Sustainable High Performance Material
FR03 Providing for Play for All Ages
FR05 Field of Dreams: Emerging Housing Choices for an Aging Society
FR06 Architecture of the Absurd
FR07 Owner as Architect: Design Integrated into the Corporate Environment at Target
FR08 The Business Case for Better Design: How to Impact a Change in Behaviors and Roles
FR09 Designing for Diversity, Creating Community
FR10 Technology Transfers and Recent Developments in Tall Buildings
FR11 Modeling Tools for Integrated Design
E41 CLE Breakfast Roundtable: Committee on Leadership Education Annual Gathering
7:30–10 a.m.
AR04 How to Pass the ARE 3.1: Building Design/Materials and Methods
7:30–noon
AR22 How to Pass the ARE 4.0: Building Design and Construction Systems
8–10 a.m.
TP19h A Walk Along Boston’s Newest Park System: The Rose Kennedy Greenway
8–10:30 a.m.
TP22h Boston City Hall: A Look at What the Future Might Hold for This Icon of Modernism
TP47b A Tour of Beacon Hill’s Historic Meeting Places NWA
8–11 a.m.
TP01h From Harvard Square to the Business School: A Walk Through Harvard University
TP13g Boston’s Future: The Seaport District
TP14c Going Up? Traveling to the Top of the Hub
8–11:30 p.m.
TP25d Architecture Along the Charles River: A Boat Tour
TP26e From the Infi nite Corridor into the Future: MIT’s Evolving Campus
TP27e Design on the Inner Harbor
8:15–9:45 a.m.
FR21 The United Nations in the 21st Century
FR22 Geothermal Systems: An Alternative Strategy for Sustainability
FR23 Gold Medalist Forum
FR24 Tectonics in High Performance Façades: Architectural Expression Based on Climate, Function and Materiality
FR25 Preparing for the 2030 Challenge
FR26 Design as a Business Strategy
FR27 Innovations in Professional Practice Knowledge
FR28 Leading from the Margins: The Transformative Role of Architects of Color
FR29 Integrated Project Delivery Realized: Where BIM Really Shines
FR30 The Sustainable Workplace as a Social Contract
FR31 Cultural Intersections: Designing the New Aga Khan University Campus in Karachi, Pakistan
FR32 AIA 25 Year Award
FR33 Words from Drawings: Using Your Visual Skills to Craft Compelling Project Narratives
FR34 Best Practices in Small-Project Design
FR35 Riding the Vortex: African-American Women Architects in Practice
FR36 Walter Wagner Forum 2008: The Role of Architecture Schools in Service to Society
FR37 The Paradox of Green Engineering
FR38 Inside Outsourcing: How Overseas Service Providers are Changing the Profession
9–10 a.m.
E42 Shadow an Architect Meet and Greet
9 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
TP15b Acoustics in Architecture Along Mass. Ave.
9:30 a.m.–4 p.m.
Delegate Accreditation and Voting
10–11:30 a.m.
GS02 Urban Security in the 21st Century
10 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
TP20e Beacon Hill Highlights: A Walking Tour of Historic Sites
TP21f Bold, Brave and Bracing: Boston’s Institute of Contemporary Art
TP24h MIT’s Stata Center for Computer Information and Intelligence Science
TP52b The Contemporary City: A View of Boston from Her Skyscrapers
TP72 Tent City: Citizen-Led Initiatives That Shaped This City
10 a.m.–1:30 p.m.
TP35d Boston Children’s Museum Professional Tour
10:15 a.m.–noon
AR05a How to Pass the ARE 3.1: Building Technology B
10:30–11:30 a.m.
EX21 Designing for the Navy
10:30 a.m.–noon
E43 Small Project Practitioners’ National Issues
Convocation
10:30 a.m.–1 p.m.
Former Chancellor’s Council Meeting and Spouse Luncheon
10:30 a.m.–2 p.m.
Expo Education
Noon–1 p.m.
EX22 The Top 10 Keys to Succeeding at Public-Sector Work
1–2 p.m.
E44 AIAS Legacy Convocation
1–3:30 p.m.
AR06 How to Pass the ARE 3.1: Mechanical and Electrical Systems
1–4:30 p.m.
AR23 How to Pass the ARE 4.0: Building Systems
1:45–4:15 p.m.
TP24i MIT’s Stata Center for Computer Information and Intelligence Science
1:45–5:45 p.m.
TP08d Beyond the Waterfront: The Harbor Islands
TP27f Design on the Inner Harbor
TP41c Learning in the Longwood Medical Area: Three Case Studies in Design for Higher Education NWA
TP42c The Big Dig
TP44c The MFA, Isabella and the Fens
TP56b Across the Harbor: East Boston, a Neighborhood in Renewal
TP57b Beacon Hill’s Newest Edge: Charles Street Station Meets the Liberty Hotel and MGH’s Healing Garden
TP59b Patient Care: The True Heart of the Longwood Medical Area
TP73 A Place of Beauty by Design: Wellesley College
1:45–6 p.m.
TP60b No More Elevated Highway! Boston’s Bulfi nch Triangle and Its North End in 2008
2–3:30 p.m.
FR41 Mentoring to Enhance Culture and Inspire Leadership: A Facilitated Approach for Firms
FR42 The Need to Negotiate: How to Take Your Career to the Next Level
FR43 The Architecture of Sustainability: The 2008 AIA/COTE Top Ten Green Projects Awards
FR44 What the Code Official Doesn’t Know Can Hurt You
FR45 We the Leaders, We the Owners: Leadership and Ownership Transition for Design Professionals
FR46 Our Elderly are People Too! Creating Meaningful Environments for the Elderly
FR47 We, All the People: Implications for Women and the Profession
FR48 Organizing Professional Response to the Mayor’s Plan NYC 2030
FR49 Preparing the Next Generation of Architects
FR50 Preventing Workplace Strategy Failure: The Critical Influence Approach to Effective Work Environments
FR51 AIA Honor Awards for Regional and Urban Design: Sustainable Communities in Our Nation’s Regions
FR52 Empowering Your Most Important Asset: People
FR53 GSA’s Workplace Program
FR54 Choosing the Appropriate Owner/Contactor Agreement: One Size Does Not Fit All
FR55 Natural Ventilation in Buildings: Optimizing the Success
FR56 Z Squared: The New Green Office
FR57 Closing the Crack: Recruiting, Retaining and Registering Women and Minority Architecture Candidates
FR58 Offshore Outsourcing Best Practices
FR59 Mentoring: Three Modern Approaches
2–5:30 p.m.
TP16c Justice for All: Courthouses for the 21st Century
TP35e Boston Children’s Museum Professional Tour
TP37c A Tour of Genzyme Center, Schlumberger-Doll and Kendall Square
TP39b The Heart of Copley Square: Trinity Church and the Boston Public Library
TP62b A Closer Look at the Seaport District: Hancock Headquarters and Massport’s Real Estate
TP63b Artist Spaces Across the City
TP64 Downtown Crossing: A Walking Tour of Boston’s Oldest Retail District
TP67b Preservation Is Economic Development … or How the Preservationists Saved Downtown Boston
TP68b Taking the T: A Tour of Boston’s Subway
TP69b The Stull and Lee Corridor: Planning and Design in Roxbury and the South End
TP74 Where We Live: Examples of Inclusive Design at Home
2:15–4:45 p.m.
TP54b Villa Victoria
2:15–5:15 p.m.
TP01i From Harvard Square to the Business School: A Walk Through Harvard University
TP13h Boston’s Future: The Seaport District
TP36d Touring the Back Bay: Exploring Boston from the Public Garden to the Christian Science Center
TP26f From the Infinite Corridor into the Future: MIT’s Evolving Campus
TP28c Northpoint: Cambridge’s Newest Neighborhood
2:30–4:30 p.m.
TP19i A Walk Along Boston’s Newest Park System: The Rose Kennedy Greenway
TP61b The Greenway Tour with a Special Look at the Zakim Bridge
2:30–5 p.m.
TP20f Beacon Hill Highlights: A Walking Tour of Historic Sites
TP21g Bold, Brave and Bracing: Boston’s Institute of Contemporary Art
TP22i Boston City Hall: A Look at What the Future Might Hold for This Icon of Modernism
TP23e From the EpiCenter to the Macallen: As Green As It Gets
3–4 p.m.
EX23 The State Department’s Embassy Program
3–5:30 p.m.
TP75a A Close Look at Historic Harvard Yard
3–6 p.m.
TP01j From Harvard Square to the Business School: A Walk Through Harvard University
3:15–6:15 p.m.
LC00 AIA Leadership Conference: Leadership Skills Development
3:30–6 p.m.
TP21h Bold, Brave and Bracing: Boston’s Institute of Contemporary Art
3:45–4:30 p.m.
AR05b How to Pass the ARE 3.1: Building Technology B
4–5:30 p.m.
FR61 The New Housing New York Legacy Project
FR62 A Workforce of Tethered Millenials: Hiring the Next Generation
FR63 Transportation Design and Community Enhancement
FR64 NAAB Visiting Team Member Training
FR65 The Leap to Zero Carbon
FR66 Adaptive Use: Preserving the Past While Embracing the Future
FR67 AIA Young Architect Award: Making a Difference in Our Firms, Our Communities and Our Profession
FR68 Occupant Dissatisfaction with LEED: What About Acoustics?
FR69 AIA/HUD Secretary’s Awards
FR70 The Politics in Creating Public Open Space
FR71 Showcasing the Melting Pot: The Successful Design of Museums and Cultural Facilities in the United States
FR72 Strategies for Integrated Project Delivery
FR73 Speed Mentoring: Developing You, an Emerging Professional
FR74 Who Is Leading in BIM? An Owner’s Journey with AE+CM+Contractor
FR75 Can 60 be Nifty? Innovative Design Ideas for Seniors
FR76 Let’s End the Confusion: Four Accessibility Laws Explained
FR77 Collaborating with Consultants for LEED Points: Tips for Achieving Resource Conservation with Consulting Engineers
4–6 p.m.
TP19j A Walk Along Boston’s Newest Park System: The Rose Kennedy Greenway
TP20f The Greenway Tour with a Special Look at the Zakim Bridge
4–6 p.m.
Investiture Ceremony
5:30–8 p.m.
AR07 How to Pass the ARE 3.1: Construction Documents and Services
5:30–9 p.m.
AR24 How to Pass the ARE 4.0: Construction Documents and Services
6–7 p.m.
FR81 Making Condos Work: Balancing the Risk/Reward Equation in Condominium Design
FR82 Mediation for Architects: Resolve Your Disputes Without Litigation
FR83 Myth Busting What You Know About Concrete: Optimizing Concrete Solutions in Your Next Project
FR84 Understanding Design Controls in Local Land Development Codes
FR85 Up the Creek: How We Got Hooked on Sewage and How We Can Break the Habit
FR86 Advanced Curves and Surfaces
FR87 The Bench Press: Developing and Using Regional Benchmarking Systems in a Sustainable Design Consultancy
FR88 Airfl ow (Computational Fluid Dynamic) Modeling
FR89 LEED Gold Landmark at the University of Illinois
FR90 The Green Library with the Golden Glow: Des Moines Central Library
FR91 Going Green: What Should You Do?
FR92 Relational Design and Construction: Shifting the Culture of Our Work
FR93 The Design of Urban Social Housing in San Francisco
FR94 Didactic Field Drawing, Part I
FR95 Developing Your Own Client Base: What’s the Secret?
6–7:30 p.m.
E45 AIA Housing and Custom Residential Awards Reception
E46 Gay and Lesbian Reception
6–7:30 p.m.
Richard Upjohn Reception
7:30–9:30 p.m.
TP71b Boston by Night: An Illuminating Evening with Common Boston
7:30–10:30 p.m.
E47 Host City Celebration at the Boston Public Library in Copley Square
8:15–9 p.m.
AR05c How to Pass the ARE 3.1: Building Technology B
Saturday, May 17
6:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m.
AIA convention registration
7–8 a.m.
SA01 Design Review and the Law: Navigating the Process
SA02 Energy Codes and Fenestration
SA03 Technological Career Links: Alternative Opportunities for Architects
SA04 Building Commissioning: A Primer for Architects
SA05 Light Redirecting Glazings in the Workplace
SA06 Planning Now for the Next Downturn: Why Eternal Optimism Always Precedes Catastrophic Failure
SA07 Drivers of Change: Urbanization and Land Use
SA08 Indoor Environmental Quality: Designing Healthier Interiors
SA09 A Fresh Approach to Educational Planning and Design
SA10 Female Retail: She Means Business
SA11 Water: The Design of the Water Facility as Civic Space
SA12 Learning from the 2007 IDP Outstanding Firm Award Recipients
7–8 a.m.
College of Fellows Regional Representatives Breakfast
7–9 a.m.
TG04a Breakfast in the Ballpark: An AIA Exclusive Tour of Fenway Park
7–9:45 a.m.
AR08 How to Pass the ARE 3.1: Building Planning
AR25 How to Pass the ARE 4.0: Schematic Design
7:30–10 a.m.
TG05 Run for Humanity: Charles River 5K Run/Walk
8–10 a.m.
TP19k A Walk Along Boston’s Newest Park System: The Rose Kennedy Greenway
TG04b Breakfast in the Ballpark: An AIA Exclusive Tour of Fenway Park
8–10:30 a.m.
TP47c A Tour of Beacon Hill’s Historic Meeting Places NWA
TP48c Orders from Headquarters: From Jails to Hotel and Housing
8–11 a.m.
TP01k From Harvard Square to the Business School:
A Walk Through Harvard University
TP13i Boston’s Future: The Seaport District
8–11:30 a.m.
TP27g Design on the Inner Harbor
8 a.m.–noon
TG06 Kayaks on the Charles River
TG07 Biking Olmsted’s Emerald Necklace
8:15–9:45 a.m.
SA21 Media Relations for the Small-Project Practitioner: Spreading the News Like a Light in the Old North Church
SA22 We the Young People
SA23 Kendall Square Development: A Proven Collaboration for Success
SA24 BIM Collaboration for Architects and MEP Engineers
SA25 Integrating the Permit Process: Auto Code Checking
SA26 AIA Housing Awards: Excellence and Sustainability in Housing Design
SA27 Ethical Leadership, Culture and Performance
SA28 ARE 4.0: Making a Smooth Transition
SA29 Young Architects in Transition: Ethical Behavior When Founding a New Practice
SA30 Rethinking Development-Oriented Transit
SA31 Sustainable Health Care Architecture
SA32 Move to Integrated Project Delivery with AIA Contract Documents
SA33 Solar- and Wind-Powered Buildings: Toward Carbon-Neutral Green Design with Renewable Energy
SA34 Design for Aging Review 9th Edition: Overview and Current Trends
SA35 Do You Have the Owner’s Manual for Your Firm? Making the Transition to Running Your Own Practice
SA36 Analysis of Recent Urban Developments in Asia
8:15–10 a.m.
AIA Annual Business Meeting
8:15 a.m.–12:15 p.m.
SA41 Didactic Field Drawing, Part II
SA42 Risky Business: Work/Life Balance
9–11 a.m.
TG04c Breakfast in the Ballpark: An AIA Exclusive Tour of Fenway Park
10–11:30 a.m.
TG04d Breakfast in the Ballpark: An AIA Exclusive Tour of Fenway Park
9:30–11:30 a.m.
E51 MASTERSPEC Academy for Small Projects
9:30 a.m.–2 p.m.
AIA Election Runoff (if needed)
10 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
TP20g Beacon Hill Highlights: A Walking Tour of Historic Sites
TP21i Bold, Brave, and Bracing: Boston’s Institute of Contemporary Art
TP24j MIT’s Stata Center for Computer Information and Intelligence Science
TP75b A Close Look at Historic Harvard Yard
TP76a Tory Row: A Walk Down Cambridge’s Most Historic Street
10 a.m.–1:30 p.m.
TP35f Boston Children’s Museum Professional Tour
10 a.m.–2:45 p.m.
AR26 How to Pass the ARE 4.0: Site Planning and Design
10 a.m.–4 p.m.
AR09 How to Pass the ARE 3.1: Site Planning
10:30–11:30 a.m.
EX31 MILCON Transformation: Opportunities with the Army Corps
10:30 a.m.–2 p.m.
Expo Education
11:30 a.m.–1 p.m.
SA45 Density, Housing and Eminent Domain: Updates for the Urban Design Professional and Luncheon
SA46 Leveraging Your Resources, Doing More with Less: AIA Practice Management Luncheon and Seminar
SA47 AIA Small Project Practitioners 2008 Shareholders Forum
11:30 a.m.–2 p.m.
SA48 Ideas And Influences Reshaping the Design of Schools: AIA CAE Design Awards Trends Luncheon
11:45 a.m.–2 p.m.
E52 College of Fellows Annual Business Luncheon
12:30 a.m.–2 p.m.
Richard Upjohn Spouses Luncheon
2–4 p.m.
TP19l A Walk Along Boston’s Newest Park System: The Rose Kennedy Greenway
2–4:30 p.m.
TP20h Beacon Hill Highlights: A Walking Tour of Historic Sites
TP21j Bold, Brave and Bracing: Boston’s Institute of Contemporary Art
TP24k MIT’s Stata Center for Computer Information and Intelligence Science
TP76b Tory Row: A Walk Down Cambridge’s Most Historic Street
2–5 p.m.
TP01l From Harvard Square to the Business School: A Walk Through Harvard University
TP13j Boston’s Future: The Seaport District
2–6 p.m.
TP08e Beyond the Waterfront: The Harbor Islands
TP42d The Big Dig
2:30–4 p.m.
GS03 Forty Years: The Anniversary of Whitney Young’s Presentation to the Institute
3–5:30 p.m.
AR27 How to Pass the ARE 4.0: Programming, Planning and Practice
TP75c A Close Look at Historic Harvard Yard
TG01b MYTOWN: A Youth-Led Tour of Boston’s South End
3–6 p.m.
TP01m From Harvard Square to the Business School: A Walk Through Harvard University
3:30–6 p.m.
TP21k Bold, Brave and Bracing: Boston’s Institute of Contemporary Art
4–5:30 p.m.
AR10 How to Pass the ARE 3.1: Predesign
4–6 p.m.
TP19m A Walk Along Boston’s Newest Park System: The Rose Kennedy Greenway
6–7:30 p.m.
E53 Minority Fellows Reception
6:30–9 p.m.
E54 Dining at the Firms: TRO Jung|Brannen
E55 Dining at the Firms: Kennedy & Violich Architecture/KVA MATx
E56 Dining at the Firms: The Architectural Team
7–11 p.m.
Convocation Dinner
7:30–8:30 p.m.
E57 ARE Candidates Closing Toast
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