Speaker(s): Ms. Allyson Mendenhall, FASLA | Alexis C. Landes, ASLA | Mark Dawson, FASLA | Mrs. Aida M. Curtis, ASLA

Delivering innovative design solutions on time and on budget, with happy teams and clients, healthy profit margins, and high quality is essential for business. Using real project scenarios, these firm leaders will share methods and insights on the challenges, dynamic nature, and artful approach of project management in design practices.

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Speaker(s): Timothy P. Devlin, ASLA | Alexander L. Devlin | Mr. TJ Wood

The goal of this session is twofold: to better understand how drawings are prepared so they clearly communicate the design by the time they reach the contractor, and to get the most out of visits to job sites. Strategies to provide clarity from design to construction will be explored.

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Speaker(s): Thomas R. Ryan, FASLA | Tim Peterson, FASLA | John Payne, ASLA

The way we organize contract documents has not changed substantially in a century, while the means to create these documents has changed radically. Landscapes are becoming increasingly complex, and the process of documenting and building landscapes is undergoing a radical shift to fully embrace the digital media we all employ.

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Speaker(s): Mr. Michael Radner, ASLA | Ms. Tanya N. Mandel, ASLA | Mrs. Jaime Sims, ASLA

What’s it really like to run your own shop? Join three landscape architects who have taken the plunge as sole practitioners. In this session, you’ll hear an honest conversation about the risks and rewards of sole practice as they discuss work/life balance, business practices, social bias, and much more.

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Speaker(s): Mr. Rene Bihan, FASLA | Molly Bourne, ASLA | Mr. Chris Hardy, ASLA, LEED AP | Mr. Michael Grove, FASLA

This session was proposed within the longest period of economic expansion in U.S. history, and focused on lessons learned for firms and young professionals before the next downturn. Nine months later, we are facing a pandemic-driven recession. This session will to share how our firms have been adapting to the economic challenges of the year, plans moving forward, and comparing, contrasting and learning from the experiences of the Great Recession.

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Speaker(s): Mike Albert, ASLA, AICP, LEED AP | Robb Berg, ASLA | Stephanie Grigsby, ASLA, AICP, LEED Green Associate | Ms. Allyson Mendenhall, FASLA | Frederick R. Steiner, FASLA, SITES AP

Celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2019, Design Workshop is looking forward and positioning itself for the next 50 years. Learn the factors that have contributed to the firm’s longevity, what drives its passion for research, and explore the firm’s design thinking about the next generation.

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Speaker(s): Mark Hough, FASLA | Gary R. Hilderbrand, FASLA | Eric Kramer, ASLA

Maintaining long-term owner/designer relationships is good for both business and design. In candid conversation, panelists will dissect their successful 12-year relationship while sharing lessons learned and practical advice on marketing; client interface; working across time, project type, and scales; and efficiently and effectively managing staff from novice designer to principal.

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Speaker(s): Jingpeng Gu, ASLA, LEEP AP | Scott Rykiel, FASLA | Isaac Raymond Hametz, ASLA | Barbara Deutsch, FASLA

Founded in 1983, Mahan Rykiel Associates (MRA) is a Baltimore-based firm that works across scales to imagine and realize projects that enrich the human condition and support vibrant natural systems. Through its collaborative design research methodology, MRA frames questions of landscape through the lenses of economic development, ecological stewardship, and community identity.

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Speaker(s): Patricia Algara, ASLA | Andreas Stavropoulos, ASLA | Sutter Wehmeier, ASLA, LEED AP | Natalie Martell, ASLA | Maria Landoni, ASLA

BASE, a small landscape architecture firm with offices in San Francisco and Portland, Oregon, is unique in several ways: our commitment to mentorship; the proportion of our clients who are community-based, civic, or nonprofit organizations; and the values-driven connection to our projects.

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Speaker(s): Elena Brescia, FASLA | Gregg Garmisa | Michael J. Vardaro, LEED AP | Stephen Whitehorn

As the work of Landscape Architects has become more complex and intertwined with other disciplines, our success hinges on more than design talents. Learn from principals at leading architecture and landscape architecture practices as well as legal and insurance experts about how to meet the practical challenges all design professionals confront when negotiating contracts.

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