Wednesday, July 9

Thursday, July 10

Friday, July 11

Conference Registration
This year we will be utilizing online registration for the KLA. We encourage all attendees to register online.

Click here to register online

Mail the completed registration form with payment to

The American Institute of Architects
Attn: AIA Meetings Department
1735 New York Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20006

Email the completed registration form with payment information as a pdf attachment to meetings@aia.org.

Fax the completed registration form with payment information to 202-626-2569 by June 6, 2008.

Special Needs
The AIA is committed to making meetings and conferences accessible to all to the degree reasonably possible. Please notify us at the time of registration if you have special accessibility needs or specific dietary requirements. Contact Tanya Barrett, CMP, tbarrett@aia.org, (202) 626-7457.

Optional Tour of Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Nestled in the Rocky Mountain Foothills fifteen miles west of Denver, lies the world-renowned, historic Red Rocks Ampitheatre. Built within a 600-acre park and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Red Rocks is famous for it's spectacular red-colored rocks and near-perfect acoustics. The majestic setting of the Amphitheatre, along with the panoramic view of Denver, makes for a breathtaking scene. Transportation will be provided, and more details will follow. The price of the tour is $30. Please make checks payable to the American Institute of Architects.


Guests
In recognition that many professionals enjoy traveling and sharing experiences with their significant others, the AIA offers a guest rate for its conferences.

• Depending on the event, guests are those attending for personal reasons.
• Guests do not include people attending for professional reasons.
• Guests are not eligible to report continuing education learning units from an event.
• Also subject to space and other limitations, guests may register for optional events that are ticketed separately.

The AIA reserves the right to change the terms governing guest registration at any time.
For registration questions, please contact AIA Information Central, 800-242-3837.

Registration Confirmations

Registration confirmations are emailed weekly. If you do not receive a registration confirmation within 10 business days after you register, please contact AIA Meetings. If you fax the registration form, please keep the fax transmittal confirmation for your records.

Registration Policy
Registrations postmarked after June 6 will not be processed in time to be included on the attendee roster. Registration and nametags will be produced on-site. All registrants will receive a registration confirmation via email within 10 business days of sending your registration.

Accommodations have been reserved at The Brown Palace Hotel and Spa at 321 Seventeenth Street in Denver, CO. The AIA will be making hotel arrangements for you based on the arrival and departure dates you provide here, as well as the type of room desired. Accommodation expenses for two nights will be billed directly to the AIA for room and tax only. Each participant is responsible for his or her own incidental expenses. Additional nights are subject to hotel availability. Please indicate date of arrival, date of departure, and type of room preferred. All guestrooms at The Brown Palace Hotel and Spa are non-smoking. Please do not contact the hotel directly. If you are unable to complete this online, please complete and return the housing/registration form to the Meetings Department by June 6, 2008.

Downtown Denver Dining Options and Map

The AIA has notified Travel Technology Group (TTG), the AIA’s official travel agency, that you are authorized to make travel arrangements for the upcoming Knowledge Leadership Assembly in Denver. Please contact TTG by June 6 to obtain the authorized advance rate for flight reservations.

To make your reservations, log on to http://www.ttgcompass.com/compass/external/events_aia.cfm and click on the Travel Accommodations tab, or contact the AIA Travel Desk at 1-800-388-8814 or 1-312-527-7300 (International). Be sure to inform the representative that you are attending the Knowledge Leadership Assembly in Denver. AIA will direct bill all travel expenses. Please note that the AIA will only pay for the lowest possible 21-day advance airfare.

The AIA is pleased to offer discounted airline and car rentals for this conference. To make your reservations, log on to the AIA website and click on the Travel Accommodations tab, or contact the AIA’s official travel agency, Travel Technology Group, 800-388-8814 (or 312-527-7300 for international callers).

Air
American Airlines offers special rates and numerous discounts on round-trip fares in the United States. Attendees will receive a 5 percent discount off coach and first-class fares by using discount code A1478AJ.

You can book your flight in one of three ways:

• Contact your travel agent and advise them to call the American Airlines Meeting Services Desk toll-free, 800-433-1790, and refer to discount code A1478AJ. The hours of operation are 5 a.m. midnight Central Time every day. Reservations for the hearing and speech impaired are also available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, at 800-543-1586.
• Call American Airlines Meeting Services desk directly toll free, 800-433-1790, and refer to discount code A1478AJ.
• Reservations may also be made directly through TTG or by logging on to the AIA website.

Car Rental
Hertz: Special meeting rates are yours with Hertz. Hertz operates in more than 150 countries with almost 1,800 locations in the United States alone, including more than 1,000 suburban locations. Call 800-654-2200 to make a reservation. To receive the special meeting rates, use code CV#022Q3890.

Hertz Green Collection: Now you can reserve fuel-efficient, environmentally-friendly cars that are easy on the wallet and suitable for families and small groups traveling together. Reservable by specific make and model, with an EPA highway fuel efficiency rating of 28 miles or more per gallon, the Hertz Green Collection includes the following models:

• Toyota Camry
• Ford Fusion
• Buick LaCrosse
• Hyundai Sonata
• Subaru Outback

Please note the Green Collection is available in select cities and based on availability.

Avis: Avis is pleased to offer special discounts to all AIA meeting attendees. Reservations can be made directly with Avis by calling 800-331-1600 (refer to Discount Code A991499, visiting the AIA website and clicking on the Travel Accommodations tab, contacting TTG directly, or visiting the Avis website.


Airport Ground Transportation
Denver International Airport (DEN)

Super Shuttle offers service to and from The Brown Palace Hotel and Spa at a rate of $20 per person, one way. Make your reservation online at www.supershuttle.com.

The Brown Palace Hotel and Spa is in Zone 1.

Greening the Meeting
To help create an environmentally sustainable conference and reduce waste, the AIA is not distributing printed handouts or printed attendee rosters. As an alternative you will receive the advance attendee roster via e-mail a week prior to the meeting if you register by the June 6 deadline.

You are encouraged to do your part as well to assist in greening. For example, offset travel emission by participating in a “carbon balanced traveler” program such as www.my-climate.com or www.greentagusa.org.

Force Majeure
The performance of this agreement by either party may be affected by force majeure (including, but not limited to, acts of God, acts of war or other acts of enemies, government regulation, disaster, strikes, floods, civil disorder, curtailment of transportation facilities, or other emergency or event beyond the control of the parties), thus making it inadvisable, unsafe, illegal, or impossible to provide required accommodations and/or meeting facilities, hold the meeting, or travel to the meeting. In event of force majeure, either party to this agreement may terminate the agreement upon providing written notice to the other party without penalty or obligation. Such right of termination shall not be unreasonably exercised.

In addition, the AIA reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel this meeting. In that event, the AIA shall refund to you all registration fees that it has received from you for this meeting, but shall have no further obligation to you of any type, whether monetary or otherwise. Accordingly, the AIA shall in no event have any liability to you based on claims for indirect, special or consequential damages of any type whatsoever, and shall have no other obligation to you of any type except as expressly stated in the preceding sentence.