General Sessions
GS001 Mega-regions: The World of the Future
GS002 Welcome to the Urban Revolution: How Cities Are Changing the World
GS003 Transitioning Iconic Urban Centers through Political, Community, and Design Leadership
Federal Agency Connection
FA100 GSA's Vision
FA101 Are We There Yet? The Road to Performance with ENERGY STAR
FA102 The Worldwide NAVFAC Approach
FA103 Small Business Administration: Helping Small Firms Find Work
FA104 Air Force: Opportunities for Design Contracting
FA105 10 Keys to Succeeding at Public Sector Work
FA106 Sustainability and the State Department's Overseas Buildings Operations: Greening Our Embassies
FA107 Designing for the VA
FA109 The State Department's Barrier-Free Accessibility Program
FA110 Transforming Washington, D.C.'s Southwest Federal Center
Thursday, May 12
TH200 Building Airtightness: Building Enclosure Council Breakfast
TH201 Placemaking on Capitol Hill
TH202 The Lean Design Practice and Construction Firm
TH203 The Supervisor Revolution
TH204 Reinvesting and Designing in Schools that Learn
TH205 The Federal Presence: 2010 GSA Design Awards
TH220 The Construction Outlook: Implications for Architecture Firms
TH221 True Sustainability: Cutting Edge Regional Design and Placemaking
TH222 Global Practice Session: International Committee Annual Update
TH223 Outcome-Based Commercial Building Energy Standards: Facilitating Broad Acceptance of Regional Design?
TH224 Award Winning BIM: Seven Years of AIA TAP BIM Awards
TH225 Using Public-Private Partnerships to Encourage Urban Infill Development
TH226 Innovation and Evidence: Incompatible in Regional Solutions?
TH227 California's Smart Growth Bill in Action: San Francisco Bay Area's Regional Response to SB375
TH228 Ethics of Sustainability
TH229 Interior Excellence: Learning from the 2011 AIA Interior Architecture Honor Awards
TH230 Design Salon: Next Generation Green—Sustainable Communities and Infrastructure
TH231 Achieving Design Excellence in Affordable Housing: Regional Community Development Patterns
TH232 Architects and Beyond: Diverse Career Opportunities
TH233 What is the International Green Construction Code?
TH234 Design Salon: The Federal Partnership for Sustainable Communities—How Investments in Regional Development Affect Architects
TH235 Regional Identity: Historic Community African-American Churches
TH236 Growing Energy/Water: Using the Grid to Get Off the Grid—2009 Latrobe Prize Presentation
TH237 Designing for All: Social Sustainability and Universal Design
TH240 Architects Discuss Region-Based Urban Design
TH242 From New Orleans to Detroit: Reinventing in the Wake of Disaster
TH243 Designing for Regional Growth: The First Office of the Future
TH244 Coastal Resilience: Design Considerations at All Scales
TH245 Applying the SITES Rating System: Lessons From the First Pilot Projects
TH246 Elevating the Architectural Practice to Meet the Opportunities of Technology and Sustainability
TH247 The AIA 2030 Commitment: Measuring Industry Progress Towards 2030
TH249 Winning the Project: Public Architects Discuss How to Get That Elusive First Public Contract
TH250 Doctors, Lawyers, and Architects—Who Are Most Ethical?
TH251 How To Use the Owner-Architect Agreement as a Roadmap for Project Success
TH252 The Master Plan for New Orleans: Livability, Opportunity, and Sustainability in the 21st Century
TH253 Rebirth of Tremé Lafitte Neighborhood Housing in New Orleans
TH254 Truths and Truisms for the Next Twenty Years
TH255 Sustainability and Livability on a Regional Scale
TH256 Universal Design/Diversity Intersect: Marketplace, Community, Client
TH257 Architects: A Resource Before and After a Disaster
TH260 Through the Lens of the Press: Open Journalism vs. Fashion Focus
TH261 Daylighting: It's the Law
TH262 The Virtual Big Room: Be Here Now with Immersive Reality
TH263 Cities of the Dead: New Orleans’ Cemeteries, Their History, Their Conservation, and the Technology That Sustains Them
Friday, May 13
FR300 Operating an Architect-Led Residential Design-Build Practice
FR301 Integrated Modeling: Evolving a Single Model from Design to Operations
FR302 Beyond Disaster Mitigation: An AIA Architect in Haiti
FR303 The Architect's Leadership Challenge
FR304 The ADA and Urban Regeneration
FR320 Wellness Centers: Placemaking in Senior Living Communities
FR321 AIA Twenty-five Year Award
FR322 Sustainable Justice: An Evolving System
FR323 Design Salon: Leading a Green Schools Movement—From Design to Policy
FR324 Designing Sustainable Communities
FR325 The CAE Design Awards
FR326 Integrated Design to Fabrication for Urban Housing Solutions
FR327 Design Salon: Making It Right—Architects in Community
FR328 Regenerative Healthcare Design
FR329 2011 COTE Top 10 Eco-Buildings and Community Developments
FR330 Managing the Contractual Risks and Challenges Inherent in Sustainable Design and Construction
FR331 The Challenge Is Now a Commitment: AIA Chicago Tracks for 2030
FR332 Green Building Codes, Standards and Rating Systems--A Comparison
FR333 Are Museums Still Sustainable and Relevant In the iPod® Era?
FR334 IDP Outstanding Firm Awards
FR335 SMART Ideas Community Charrette and Urban Design Competition
FR336 Trust but Verify: Your Design Looks Great, but Does it Perform? Using Facility Performance Evaluation to Ensure Your Project Delivers on its Promises
FR337 Building Enclosures of the Future: Meeting Energy Conservation Requirements
FR340 Restoring Urban Infrastructure: Project Legacy in New Orleans
FR341 AIA Institute Honor Awards
FR342 Rebuilding the Gulf Coast Vernacular for High Winds, Water, and Hurricanes
FR343 Regional Modernism: Beauty and Performance Inherent in Louisiana's Vernacular and Contemporary Architecture of the South
FR344 Quantifying the Value of Building Reuse
FR345 Sustainable Real Estate Development
FR346 School and Place: Sustainability and Regional Diversity
FR347 Architects' Role in Preparing Climate Action Plans for Communities and Regions
FR348 Community-Based Urbanism: Designing 21st Century Suburbia
FR349 AIA Young Architects/Committee on Design Ideas Competition
FR350 AIA Whitney M. Young Jr. Award Forum
FR351 Bringing Health and Design Together: Active and Sustainable Urban Living
FR352 Ownership Transition: Do or Die—The Importance of Planning Transitions for Minority Architects
FR353 AIA Associates Awards 2011
FR354 Community Beyond Housing: A Focus on the Urban Landscape During the Recovery and Rebuilding of the Lower Ninth Ward
FR355 The Spirit of Africa: Ecological and Sustainable Integrated Project Delivery
FR356 The New Face of Internship: Beyond What You Think You Know
FR357 LEED Multi-family Options
FR361 Learning from Drawing to Enhance Your Design: Didactic Field Drawing, Part I
FR362 Designing for Changing Environmental and Economic Climates
FR363 AIA Pecha Kucha Night Event
FR364 How To Leverage Social Technologies for a Sustainable Practice
FR365 UC-Merced’s Long Range Development Plan: A Regional Model for Going Green from the Ground Up
Saturday, May 14
SA400 Interns Are Our Future...But Only If They're Present: Mentoring and Training Interns for the Future of Your Firm (and Our Profession)
SA401 Making the Grade: LEED for Schools 2009
SA402 BIM for Residential Architecture? A Small Firm Primer
SA403 Small Project Practices and the AIA 2030 Commitment
SA404 Sustainable Architectural Precast Elements for the 22nd Century
SA405 AIA Housing and AIA/HUD Secretary's Awards
SA406 Amping Up Army Energy Efficiency: Implementation of Energy and Sustainability Policies
SA420 Focus Your Network of Mentors
SA421 Determining Your Footprint on the Profession
SA422 Beyond the Building: Successes, Failures, and Possibilities of Low Carbon Communities
SA423 Going It Alone: Practice as a Solo Practitioner
SA424 2011 Honorary Fellows: Global Perspectives on Regionalism
SA425 Institute Honors for Collaborative Achievement
SA426 Off the Grid: Small Project Awards and Discussion of Local Context in Sustainable Projects
SA427 Metrics of Design Excellence: Creating a New Practice in Design Management
SA428 Utilizing Contract Documents to Better Manage Your Regional and Urban Planning and Related Design Services
SA429 GSA’s Art in Architecture Program: Case Studies and Lessons Learned in Architect and Artist Collaborations
SA430 During Their First Decade of Success: Young Architects—Making a Difference in Our Firms
SA431 Performance Counts: Commissioning and the IGCC
SA432 Design Forum II: 2+2
SA433 Should Green Building Be Mandatory or Voluntary?
SA435 Didactic Field Drawing - Part II
SA440 21st Century Embassies: Secure, Sustainable Civic Architecture
SA441 AIA Architecture Firm Award: Communities and Places Improved Through Design
SA442 Small Project Practitioners: Top 10 Questions and Solutions
SA443 Affordably Green
SA444 School Design: Region, Community, and Neighborhood
SA445 Organic Settlements: Housing Typologies for a Billion People
CES Theatre
EX100 Mastering Google SketchUp
EX101 Elevator Technology: Where It’s Been; Where It’s Going
EX102 Sustainable Solutions for Large Openings
EX103 Light Control and LEED
EX104 Sustainable Design Using Epoxies in the Repair of Wood
EX105 Window Replacement Solutions for Commercial Buildings
EX106 The Safe, Clean, Green Way to Add a Fireplace to Any Space
EX107 Some Don't Like It Hot: Commercial Roofing Technologies (RFGTEC)
EX108 Trends in Constructability and Waste Reduction: The Architect and General Contractor Partnership
EX109 LEED 2009 Programs Overview
EX110 Architectural Mesh Systems: Design Freedom and Functionality
EX111 Incorporating Sustainable Forest Products into Your Design
EX112 Sustainability CEU: An Everyday Practice, Not Just an Idea
EX113 Commercial Building Design – Comfortable Environments through Sustainable Design
Expo Education
EE100 Abatron: Advanced Adhesive Systems in Building Restoration
EE110 CPI Daylighting: Advanced Technology for Translucent Daylighting
EE111 CPI Daylighting: Dynamic Daylighting and Sun Control Systems
EE120 Ecoglo Life Safety Products: Improving Visibility With Photoluminescent Products
EE130 Fabral, Inc.: Phase Change Materials: the Revolutionary Way to Save Energy
EE160 Guardian Industries: LEED and High Performance Glass
EE170 Hunter Douglas: Solar Control Fenestration
EE171 Hunter Douglas: Understanding construction and performance of Sun Screen Fabric
EE172 Hunter Douglas: Ceilings and Sustainability
EE180 International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) : Quality Lighting in a Sustainable World: Design Issues
EE181 International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) : Quality Lighting in a Sustainable World: LEED & Lighting Quality
EE182 International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) : Quality Lighting in a Sustainable World: LEDs; Pros and Cons
EE190 Kawneer Company: Opportuities for Shading in Division 8: Glass & Glazing
EE191 Kawneer Company: Steel Framing Systems for Design and Safety
EE192 Kawneer Company: Commercial Window Options and Performance
EE200 Madico, Inc.: Cost Effective Energy Upgrades with Window Film
EE201 Madico, Inc.: Increase Safety and Security with Window Film
EE202 Madico, Inc.: Decorative Window Film Applications - Design and View Control
EE210 MAPEI Corporation: ISO 13007 Standards
EE220 Nemetschek Vectorworks: openBIM - Real Interoperability, Practical Collaboration
EE221 Nemetschek Vectorworks: Using an openBIM Workflow
EE230 Otis Elevator Company: Elevator 101
EE231 Otis Elevator Company: Escalator 101
EE232 Otis Elevator Company: Machine Roomless Elevator Technology
EE240 Panelfold Inc.: Making Sound Decisions
EE250 Pella Corporation: Windows & Sustainability
EE251 Pella Corporation: Hurricane Protection for Windows
EE252 Pella Corporation: Windows & BIM
EE260 Pro-Bel: Pro-Bel Expo Education
EE270 Record USA: ADA - Are we meeting the Expectations of the Disabled?
EE280 Shakertown: Fire Resistive Construction
EE290 Solutia's Performance Films Division: Windows Films Can Assist With LEED Certification
EE291 Solutia's Performance Films Division: Dream In Color With Designer Films
EE292 Solutia's Performance Films Division: Measure New Low-E Technology With New Quick Energy Audit (QEA)
EE300 Swirnow Building Systems: Rainscreen Principle Using Terra-cotta Panels
EE310 The American Institute of Architects: Write a Solid Scope of Services for Regional or Urban Planning
EE311 The American Institute of Architects: Maximize Success and Minimize Risk on Residential Projects
EE312 The American Institute of Architects: Navigate Sustainable Design & Construction w/ the New AIA Guide
EE320 Tile of Spain: Classification, Features & Benefits of Stone from Spain
EE321 Tile of Spain: Basic Specifications for Ceramic Tile
EE322 Tile of Spain: Environmental Ceramic Tile - Gray area or Green?
EE330 Trespa North America, Ltd.: Laminate Panels
EE340 Veronafiere: Natural Stone: Responsible Quarrying, Reclamation and Reuse
EE341 Veronafiere: Natural Stone: A Natural Choice for Sustainable Design
EE342 Veronafiere: Natural Stones from Trentino
EE350 TOTO: Experiencing the Universally Designed Bathroom
EE360 Tennant Co.: Integrated Flooring Solutions
EE370 LaFarge: Gypsum & Sustainability
EE371 LaFarge: Concrete's Contribution to Green Building Certifications
EE372 LaFarge: UHPC (Ultra High Performance Concrete) A New Era in Design
EE380 Secure USA: Overview to Anti-Vehicular Perimeter Security/Understanding Active Barrier Design and Uses
EE381 Secure USA: Overview of Force Protection Standards – Anti-vehicular Crash Ratings and Changes in Industry Regulation
Self-Guided Tours
