Loneliness is now a public health crisis, one that the built environment helped create. And yet, loneliness remains largely ignored in how we explore, design, and evaluate urban public space. This session introduces a research-grounded framework to understand the incongruences between people and place that lead to loneliness.

What does it mean to invest in the public realm in rural places? Learn about collaborative relationships and civic infrastructures that are shaping responses to climate pressures in overlooked peri-urban areas. Explore the role of productive landscapes in improving water quality, flood resilience, food security, and local seed banking.

Small firms can be strategic and prioritize climate & biodiversity action in their work with clients, vendors, and local communities. Learn from small firm leaders across the U.S., who will share how they have developed their own climate & biodiversity plans, tools, resources, and advocacy strategies that move action forward.

Join climate and biodiversity action leaders for a webinar series exploring innovative strategies for decarbonization, biodiversity conservation, and climate resilience.

From rebuilding post-Katrina New Orleans to guiding the largest infrastructure investment in a generation, Mitch Landrieu knows what it takes to lead through crisis and transformation. In this powerful keynote, Landrieu challenges landscape architects to step into a bigger, more public role—at the center of shaping more equitable and climate-ready communities.

Have you ever had an ADA violation at construction even though you know you designed it right? Our presentation goes beyond design to discuss why and how things go awry during construction. The slideshow will provide field examples from ADA consultants with over 1,000 ADA plan reviews and inspections completed.

This session will present findings from ongoing research and testing of AI tools within the field of landscape architecture. It will explore the impact of firm-level AI policies, implementation roadmaps, chatbots, generative tools, and specific applied methods for design, production, construction, management, and operations.