Pre-Summit Program

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Art Center's Hillside Campus

All presentations and activities to be held at Art Center’s Hillside Campus in the Ahmanson Auditorium.


7:30 – 8:30 am      

Registration / Continental Breakfast – Ahmanson Auditorium foyer


8:30 am

Welcome and Overview

Opportunities for Design – Dave Muyres / Nate Young


8:45 am

Sustainability as a Framework for Design

Changes in Scope and Focus – Heidrun Mumper-Drumm


9:00 am

From Movement to Market

How Did We Get Here? Trends, Issues, Opportunities – Joel Makower


9:30 am

Keynote: Living Systems and Ecological Design

What is a System, and How Can Sustainable Systems Be Designed? – Stuart Cowan, Ph.D.


10:15 am

Morning Break


10:30 am

What Makes a System Work?

Energy and Economics – Rob Thompson, Ph.D.


11:00 am

Cities: Can a Sustainable City be Designed?

Existing Cities and Communities – Scott Bernstein
Mini, Micro, Macro: The Intentionality of Sustainable Design – Erin McConahey


12:30 pm – 1:30 pm     

Lunch


1:30 pm

Mobility: Can it be Sustainable? – Heidrun Mumper-Drumm

Biomimicry: Informing and Inspiring Design – David Hammond, Ph.D.
Design Solutions for Mobility – Geoff Wardle
Uncertain Mobilities: Access, Removal and Uneven Development – Claude Willey


2:45 pm

Afternoon Break


3:00 pm

Mobility: Sustainability Challenges – Geoff Wardle

Measurement: Metrics and Marketplace Systems – Jayne Poynter
Accounting: Meeting the New Sustainable Design Requirements – John Paul Kusz
Design: Creating a Sustainable Design Process – Lorrie Vogel


4:15 pm

Panel Presentation: Systems, Cities & Sustainable Mobility

Moderator, Joel Makower

Systems – Stuart Cowan, Ph.D.
Cities – Gordon Feller
Sustainable Mobility – Stewart Reed


4:35 pm

How Good is Good Enough?

Joel Makower


4:45 pm

Concluding Remarks

Heidrun Mumper-Drumm / Karen Hofmann


5:00 pm

Summit Opening Reception

Colors, Materials and Trends Exploration Lab, Hillside Campus


 

Schedule subject to change.