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THE LANDSCAPE OF COLLABORATION
This year’s symposium highlights the benefits of effective collaboration between landscape architects and other disciplines. Join experts from over 15 different disciplines to discuss topics that affect our Northern California region, including climate policy and design implementation, urban infrastructure and neighborhood transformation, engagement with underrepresented communities, and more, in our chapter’s first symposium!
Registration includes education sessions throughout the day and one complimentary field session at Black Panther Party Museum, The Gardens at Lake Merritt, or Oakland Unified School District The Center. Lunch and snacks will be provided.
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Climate Action & Sustainability Performance
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Urban Resilience & Food Production
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Affordable Housing & Equitable Landscape
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Public Art & Master Planning
![ASLA-NCC Symposium-Slow Street](https://asla-ncc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/ASLA-NCC-Symposium-Slow-Street-300x298.png)
Slow Streets & Community Engagement
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Black History & Cultural Landscape
MAIN EVENT
Saturday, August 24, 2024
9am – 5pm
Venue: Oakstop at 2323 Broadway, Oakland, CA
(8-minute walk from 19th St Oakland BART Station)
Tickets:
ASLA Member $125 / Non-Member $175 / Student $75
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
![Susannah Drake](https://asla-ncc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Susannah-Drake.jpg)
Susannah C. Drake
Landscape Architect and Architect, Principal at Sasaki
Presenting: “Lessons from Three Decades of Collaborative Practice”
Susannah is a Principal at Sasaki and founder of DLANDstudio and is one of only four people in the USA who is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and a Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects. She lectures globally about resilient urban design, taught at top schools across the US including Harvard, IIT, and Syracuse among others. She is currently a professor at Cooper Union.
UPDATES
August 21, 2024 | Session Outlines released
The Session Outlines for Education and Field Sessions have been released. The Chapter will not provide hardcopy of handouts on the day of, thus attendees are encouraged to download session outlines to your smart device from this website. You can find the outline for each session listed under “Schedule of Events”.
August 16, 2024 | Last Chance to Register
The registration for Landscape X Symposium opens until end of day today! Remember to select one complimentary Field Session that you would like to attend when you register. Registrants will receive reminder on direction instructions and what to expect through email next week. Stay tuned.
August 8, 2024 | 8 LA CES approved courses confirmed
If you are a licensed landscape architect in states that requires continuing education, the symposium is now providing 8 LA CES accredited courses throughout the day! You will be able to attend up to three educational sessions and one field session and earn Professional Development Hours in LA CES/HSW. Register today to secure a spot.
July 24, 2024 | Early Bird Registration ends today
It’s only one month away from the symposium – this is your last chance to get your ticket for the event at a discounted rate. Remember to select your choice of one complimentary field session when you register. See you on August 24!
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
8:30am-9:00am | Reception and Refreshments
9:00am-10:15am | Education Session 1
- Integrating Community-centered Affordable Housing and Equitable Landscape (1.25 PDH LA CES/HSW) (Download Session Outline)
- Reimagining Our Streets: Building Community Through Slow Streets in San Francisco (1.25 PDH LA CES/HSW) (Download Session Outline)
- Brainstorm Session: Neurodiversity and Inclusion
10:30am-11:45am | Education Session 2
- Art Masterplanning, Creative Placemaking and Public Art (1.25 PDH, LA CES/HSW) (Download Session Outline)
- Garden Wonderland & Black Sanctuary Gardens (1.25 PDH LA CES/HSW) (Download Session Outline)
- Brainstorm Session: Landscape X Landscape Collaboration
12:00pm-1:00pm | Lunch Break & Keynote Session
- Lessons from Three Decades of Collaborative Practice, by Susannah C. Drake
1:15pm-2:45pm | Field Session
- Black Panther Party Museum – Guided Tour (Download Session Outline)
- The Gardens at Lake Merritt – A Public-Nonprofit-Art-Community Collaboration (1.25 PDH LA CES/HSW) (Download Session Outline)
- OUSD The Center – Seeding Urban Resilience through Collaborative Design (1.25 PDH, LA CES/HSW) (Download Session Outline)
3:00pm-4:15pm | Education Session 3
- A Path to Climate Action: Sustainability Performance + Funding (1.25 PDH LA CES/HSW) (Download Session Outline)
- Unlocking Urban Street Transformation: Overcoming Challenges Associated with Changing Urban Infrastructure (1.25 PDH, LA CES/HSW) (Download Session Outline)
- Brainstorm Session: Mapping Black Cultural Landscapes in Northern California
4:15pm-4:30pm | Closing Remarks
PRESENTERS
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Mariana Ricker, Associate, SWA Group, Session Moderator
Presenting: “A Path to Climate Action: Sustainability Performance + Funding”
![Kristen DiStefano](https://asla-ncc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Kristen-DiStefano-e1721157571303-300x300.jpg)
Kristen DiStefano, Director, Atelier Ten
Presenting: “A Path to Climate Action: Sustainability Performance + Funding”
![Cecilia Latapi](https://asla-ncc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Cecilia-Latapi-300x300.jpg)
Cecilia Latapi, Manager of Government Relations, Momentum
Presenting: “A Path to Climate Action: Sustainability Performance + Funding”
![Sam Moss](https://asla-ncc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Sam-Moss-1-e1721157458569-300x300.jpg)
Sam Moss, Executive Director, Mission Housing Development Corportion
Presenting: “Designing for Affordable Housing and Equitable Landscapes”
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Orrin Goldsby, AIA, LEED AP, BD+C, Associate, David Baker Architects
Presenting: “Designing for Affordable Housing and Equitable Landscapes”
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Wendy Mok, PLA, ASLA, Director, GLS Landscape | Architecture, Session Moderator
Presenting: “Designing for Affordable Housing and Equitable Landscapes”
![Sarah Kuehl](https://asla-ncc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Sarah-Kuehl-300x300.jpg)
Sarah Kuehl, EinwillerKuehl Landscape Architecture, Session Moderator
Presenting: “Garden Wonderland & Black Sanctuary Gardens”
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Leslie Bennett, Pine House Edible Gardens, Session Presenter
Presenting: “Garden Wonderland & Black Sanctuary Gardens”
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David Fletcher, PLA, ASLA, Founding Principal, Fletcher Studio, Session Moderator
Presenting: “Art Masterplanning, Creative Placemaking and Public Art”
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Nataly Gattegno, Artist, Founding & Managing Partner of FUTUREFORMS
Presenting: “Art Masterplanning, Creative Placemaking and Public Art”
![Dorka Keehn](https://asla-ncc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Dorka-Keehn.jpg)
Dorka Keehn, Principal, Keehn On Art
Presenting: “Art Masterplanning, Creative Placemaking and Public Art”
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Chris Kent, ASLA, LEED AP, Principal at PGAdesign, Session Moderator
Presenting: “Unlocking Urban Street Transformation: Overcoming Challenges Associated with Changing Urban Infrastructure”
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Laurence Lewis, Transportation Engineer for Kittleson & Associates
Presenting: “Unlocking Urban Street Transformation: Overcoming Challenges Associated with Changing Urban Infrastructure”
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Daniel Schaefer, Civil Engineer at BKF Engineers
Presenting: “Unlocking Urban Street Transformation: Overcoming Challenges Associated with Changing Urban Infrastructure”
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Thea Yang, ASLA, Assistant Project Manager, San Francisco Parks Alliance, Session Moderator
Presenting: “Reimagining Our Streets: Building Community Through Slow Streets in San Francisco”
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Alec Hawley, Landscape Architect, Founder of Fauvescraper Studio
Presenting: “Reimagining Our Streets: Building Community Through Slow Streets in San Francisco”
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Molly Hayden, Page Slow Street Steward
Presenting: “Reimagining Our Streets: Building Community Through Slow Streets in San Francisco”
![Katy Birnbaum](https://asla-ncc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Katy-Birnbaum-e1723851233891-300x300.jpg)
Katy Birnbaum, Founder/CEO, Into The Streets SF
Presenting: “Reimagining Our Streets: Building Community Through Slow Streets in San Francisco”
![WrenSayler](https://asla-ncc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/WrenSayler-e1722608994822-300x300.png)
Wren Sayler, Commercial Plantscaper, Owner, Sprout and Stem Co.
Presenting: “Reimagining Our Streets: Building Community Through Slow Streets in San Francisco”
![justin](https://asla-ncc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/justin.jpg)
Justin Richardson, PLA, ASLA, LEED GA, GLS Landscape | Architecture
Presenting: “The Gardens at Lake Merritt – A Public-Nonprofit-Art-Community Collaboration”
![John Tsutakawa](https://asla-ncc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/John-Tsutakawa-e1723182283522-300x300.jpg)
John Tsutakawa, Rock Garden planner and organizer
Presenting: “The Gardens at Lake Merritt – A Public-Nonprofit-Art-Community Collaboration”
![Jenifer Azulay](https://asla-ncc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Jenifer-Azulay-e1723182389889-300x300.jpg)
Jenifer Azulay,
Friends of the Gardens at Lake Merritt
Jenifer Azulay,
Friends of the Gardens at Lake MerrittPresenting: “The Gardens at Lake Merritt – A Public-Nonprofit-Art-Community Collaboration”
![jennifer](https://asla-ncc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/jennifer.jpg)
Jennifer Ivanovich, Studio Director, BASE Landscape Architecture, Session Moderator
Presenting: “OUSD The Center: Seeding Urban Resilience through Collaborative Design”
![MaFe](https://asla-ncc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/MaFe-e1723151420915-300x300.jpg)
MaFe Gonzalez, Botanist and Landscape Designer, BASE Landscape Architecture
Presenting: “OUSD The Center: Seeding Urban Resilience through Collaborative Design”
![Lisa Howard](https://asla-ncc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Lisa-Howard-e1721158107629-300x300.jpg)
Lisa Howard, Founding Principal of Bay Tree Design
Presenting: “OUSD The Center: Seeding Urban Resilience through Collaborative Design”
![Sarka](https://asla-ncc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Sarka-e1723151590685-300x300.png)
Šárka Volejníková, Director, Bay Area Parks for People, Trust for Public Land
Presenting: “OUSD The Center: Seeding Urban Resilience through Collaborative Design”
![Kat Romo](https://asla-ncc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Kat-Romo-e1718659295506.jpg)
Kat Romo, M.S., School Gardens and Living Schoolyards Program Manager, The Center Education and Community Programming Team
Presenting: “OUSD The Center: Seeding Urban Resilience through Collaborative Design”
![Dilan](https://asla-ncc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Dilan-e1723151743401-300x300.jpg)
Dilan Roe, PE, Chief, Land and Water Protection Division, Alameda County Environmental Health Department
Presenting: “OUSD The Center: Seeding Urban Resilience through Collaborative Design”
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Black Panther Party Museum
Guided Tour: “Black Panther Party Museum”