Handouts for the seminars are posted here as they become available. Please note that not all speakers released their visual presentations for preconvention viewing.
General Sessions
GS01 Sustainable Design
GS02 Urban Security in the Twenty-First Century
GS03 Forty Years: The Anniversary of Whitney Young's Presentation to the Institute
AIA Government Advocacy Seminars
EX11 GSA: Greening Federal Facilities HSW
EX12 EPA Energy Star
EX13 Air Force: Opportunities for Design Contracting
EX14 The State Department’s Barrier-Free Accessibility Program
EX22 The Top 10 Keys to Succeeding at Public-Sector Work
EX23 The State Department’s Embassy Program
EX31 MILCON Transformation: Opportunities with the Army Corps
Thursday, May 15
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
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
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 Architectural 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
TH39 Exploring Legal and Insurance Issues in Collaborative Design
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 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 (sample contract)
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 Info Exchange
TH68 Architects Discuss America's Regional Landscape
TH71 Off Grid: Ideas for Building a Carbon-Neutral Future
TH72 Architecture as Performance Art: The Art of Listening
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
Friday, May 16
FR00 The History of Boston and the Architectural Development of the City: HRC Preservation Breakfast
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
FR21 The United Nations in the 21st Century
FR22 Geothermal Systems: An Alternative Strategy for Sustainability
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 Twenty-five 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
FR39 2007 Latrobe Prize
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
FR51 AIA Honor Awards for Regional and Urban Design: Sustainable Communities in Our Nation's Regions
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
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
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? Innovatirve Design Ideas for Seniors
FR76 Let’s End the Confusion: Four Accessibility Laws Explained
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
FR88 Airflow (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?
Saturday, May 17
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
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
SA22 We the Young People
SA23 Kendall Square Development: A Proven Collaboration for Success
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
SA41 Didactic Field Drawing, Part II
SA42 Risky Business: Work/Life Balance
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
SA48 Ideas And Influences Reshaping the Design of Schools: AIA CAE Design Awards Trends Luncheon