Design Like You Give a Damn: LIVE!

Description

Don't miss Architecture for Humanity’s fall humanitarian design conference Design Like You Give a Damn: LIVE! - the preeminent practitioners' forum on humanitarian design and community development on November 12-13, 2012 in San Francisco.

The two-day event includes innovative panel discussions, small-group workshops and a 'Design Open Mic'. Design experts and enthusiasts, industry leaders across disciplines and more gather to address the collective challenges and lessons learned in community design and development. AIA members can quality for eight learning unit hours.

REGISTER FOR THE TWO-DAY EVENT (designlikeyougiveadamnlive.org)
$95 General Admission
$30 Student Registration
$50 Architecture for Humanity Chapter Member

DESIGN OPEN MIC
Theme: Innovative, community-centered design that is both inspiring and buildable.
Judge: Peter Exley - Founder, ArchitectureIsFun

When:
Monday, November 12, 2012
Opening Event and Cocktail Reception
5-8pm
Keynote Speakers: Brent Bucknum, João Miguel Pereira Segurado and Mick Scott - Winners, Open Architecture Challenge 2011

Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Workshop and Forum
11-5pm
Closing Keynote, Design Open Mic Awards Ceremony and Cocktail
5-8pm
Keynote Speaker: Omar Vulpinari - Director of Expanded Media and Head of Visual Communication, Fabrica; the Benetton Group Communications Research Centre

Where:
Autodesk Gallery, 1 Market Street #200, San Francisco, CA 94105

Panel Topics:

12-1pm Key Practices for Success in Disaster Reconstruction
How to identify key players in disaster reconstruction, collaborate across sectors and execute strategies for success. Panelists will share insight into best practices so that others won't have to "wish they would've known" when disaster strikes.
**AIA Members Earn 2 HSW Credits**
Art Agnos - Former Mayor, San Francisco, California
Alex Amparo - Deputy Assistant Administrator, Recovery Directorate – Office of Response and Recovery, FEMA/Department of Homeland Security
Diego Collazos - Design Fellow, Architecture for Humanity Peru
Daniel Wallach - Executive Director and Founder, Greensburg GreenTown
Moderator: Clark Manus - CEO, Heller Manus Architects; 87th President, The American Institute of Architects (AIA)
1-1:45pm Workshop Session with Panelists

2-3pm Eco Development in Low-Income Communities
How to bring green development to low-income communities through the creation of affordable and environmentally sustainable housing and infrastructure. Panelists will discuss the role of innovative models in sustainability and how they lead to environmental stewardship and long-term well being in communities.
**AIA Members Earn 2 SD Credits**
David Baker - Founder, David Baker + Partners
Peter Cohen - Executive Director, Council of Community Housing Organizations
Theresa Hwang - Enterprise Rose Fellow, Skid Row Housing Trust
Imrul Kayes - Head of Dhaka Chapter; Designer, Life in 1.5’ x 30’
Moderator: Lisa Hodges - Senior Advisor, Oystertree Consulting
3-3:45pm Workshop Session with Panelists

3-4pm Investing in Place: From Micro-Finance to Community Reinvestment FundsHow sustainable community development projects are financed through various investment models. Panelists will discuss some of the legal and financial frameworks that are available to help architects and their clients access financing.
**AIA Members Earn 2 LU Credits**
Patrick Kelley - Director of International Housing Finance, Habitat for Humanity International
Henry Loh II - Associate, Carle, Mackie, Power & Ross LLP
Mitch Medigovich - President, Cattlemen’s Mortgage and Investment Corporation; CEO, Investors Trustee Services Inc.
Dan Miller - Co-Founder, Fundrise
Maria Sotomayor - Senior Economist, World Bank
Moderator: Kate Stohr - Managing Director, Architecture for Humanity
4-4:45pm Workshop Session with Panelists

4-5pm Neighborhood Security & Violence Prevention in the Built Environment
How to use urban planning and architecture to prevent violence. Panelists will share lessons learned from their efforts to lower crime and increase security in at-risk neighborhoods around the world.
**AIA Members Earn 2 HSW Credits**
Terrence Curry - Associate Professor at Tsinghua University
Alejandro Echeverri - Former Director, Urban Projects, Medellín, Colombia; Director, Urbam
Adam Mansky - Director of Operations, Center for Court Innovation
Beverly Prior - Principal, Civic and Justice Practice Leader, HMC Architects
Moderator: Nancy Mullane - Independent Reporter / Producer
5-5:45pm Workshop Session with Panelists

More Info

Link

http://designlikeyougiveadamnlive.org

Call

415-963-3511 (Box Office)

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