PlanScape Arch 2024: Full Schedule

8:30am EDT

Check in/Coffee/Bagels

Friday September 20, 2024 8:30am - 9:00am EDT

9:00am EDT

Welcome and CES information

Friday September 20, 2024 9:00am - 9:15am EDT

9:15am EDT

Morning Keynote - Energizing a New Urban Scenography

Friday September 20, 2024 9:15am - 9:45am EDT

Speakers

Iain Macdonald

Director, INSTANCE BV Architecture + Technologies

Iain has over thirty years experience of designing and delivering urban architecture and infrastructureglobally. He directs INSTANCE, focusing on the transformative impact of new technologies on urbanform and citizens. Projects range from masterplanning aerotropolis, smart quarters... Read More →

Friday September 20, 2024 9:15am - 9:45am EDT

9:45am EDT

Session One: Infrastructure of the Future

Friday September 20, 2024 9:45am - 11:00am EDT

This session explores innovative approaches and advancements shaping our future city.

Speakers

Jee Mee Kim-Diaz - Moderator

NYC Region/Vice President, Arcadis

Jee Mee Kim is a City Executive for Arcadis, a global design and engineering firm. As City Executive for the New York metro area, Jee Mee leads the firm’s operations and client relationships in the region, pursues new business development opportunities and partnerships, and shapes... Read More →

Rob Freudenberg

Vice President, Energy & Environmen, Regional Plan Association (RPA)

Robert Freudenberg is vice president of RPA’s energy and environmental programs, leading theorganization’s initiatives across climate mitigation and adaptation, open space conservation andparks, and water management. Rob holds an MPA from SIPA at Columbia University and abachelor’s... Read More →

Tom Rousakis

Senior Managing Director & US Infrastructure Leader, Ernst & Young Infrastructure Advisors

Tom Rousakis is a Senior Managing Director and US Infrastructure Leader with Ernst & Young Infrastructure Advisors, LLC. Tom has led engagement teams from feasibility through contract of major infrastructure projects, developing organizational, procurement and financing strategies... Read More →

Laurian Farrell

Deputy Commissioner, Bureau of Coastal Resilience, New York City, DEP

As Deputy Commissioner for the Bureau of Coastal Resilience, Laurian leads the coastalresilience efforts for New York City’s 520 mile shoreline. She has worked in the private, publicand philanthropic sectors for 24 years, is a water resources engineer, has a master’sdegree in... Read More →

Friday September 20, 2024 9:45am - 11:00am EDT

11:00am EDT

Break

Friday September 20, 2024 11:00am - 11:15am EDT

11:15am EDT

Session Two: Energy and Living Matter

Friday September 20, 2024 11:15am - 12:30pm EDT

This discussion explores the dynamic relationship between energy and living organisms, examining how energy influences biological processes and sustains life.

Speakers

Nette Compton, ASLA - Moderator

President & CEO, Mill River Park Collaborative

Nette has served as Mill River Park Collaborative’s President and CEO since 2022. She is a licensed landscape architect almost 20 years of experience in public space design and construction, green infrastructure, climate resilience, and urban park policy. Her passion for ensuring... Read More →

Akiima Price

Family and Community Engagement Specialist, Friends of Anacostia Park

A creative thinker and doer who links people, places, and programs, Akiima Price is a nationallyrespected thought leader at the intersection of social justice and environmental issues. Her innovativeMeaningful Park Engagement programming strategies feature nature as a powerful medium... Read More →

Adrian Benepe

President & CEO, Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Adrian Benepe, president and CEO of Brooklyn Botanic Garden, is one of the nation’s foremost experts in parks and open green spaces. As senior VP and director of national programs at the Trust for Public Land, Benepe led efforts to ensure that every city resident has a high-quality... Read More →

Jim Childress, FAIA, Principal, Centerbrook Architects and Planners

Principal, Centerbrook Architects and Planners

Jim is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design and Principal at Centerbrook Architects and Planners in Connecticut. He received the AIA Firm Award in 1999, an AIA Fellowship in design in 2001, and chaired the national AIA Committee on Design in 2015. His career has focused... Read More →

Friday September 20, 2024 11:15am - 12:30pm EDT

12:30pm EDT

Lunch and Networking

Friday September 20, 2024 12:30pm - 1:30pm EDT

1:30pm EDT

Session Three: Whole Life Cycle Approaches to Designing the Built Environment

Friday September 20, 2024 1:30pm - 2:45pm EDT

TBA

This session will present a cross-disciplinary collaborative approach – discussing legislation, best practices and design build methods – to advance whole life cycle carbon reduction of the built environment.

Speakers

Kaja Kühl - Moderator

Principal, youarethecity research & urban design

Kaja Kühl is an urban designer and the principal of youarethecity, a research and design practice based in Brooklyn NY. Her work and teaching focuses on civic engagement and design for a regenerative, low-carbon built environment, specifically working with biogenic materials.Her... Read More →

Roberto Friedrich, WEDG

WEDG | Design Manager, Turner Engineering Group

As Design Manager for Turner Construction’s Engineering Group, Roberto Friedrich provides overall design management and project development expertise to several Turner business units. Over the past two decades Roberto has been involved in 40+ alternative delivery project pursuits... Read More →

Crystal Ng

Director of Sustainability, Curtis + Ginsberg

Passionate about the capacity of low-carbon design to help build a more equitable society, Crystal Ng is Director of Sustainability at Curtis+Ginsberg Architects. She leads many of the firm’s Passive House and LEED projects and directs C+GA’s commitment to meeting the AIA 2030... Read More →

Ankita Nalavade

Principle Specialist – Standards of practice (Resilience and Sustainability), The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey

Ankita Nalavade is an urban sustainability and resilience expert with an architectural background. Nalavade’s experience working in two major metropolitan cities such as Mumbai and New York City, with complex systems and infrastructure has helped her develop a distinct understanding... Read More →

Friday September 20, 2024 1:30pm - 2:45pm EDT
TBA

2:45pm EDT

Break

Friday September 20, 2024 2:45pm - 3:00pm EDT

3:00pm EDT

Session Four: Digital Frontier in Design Practices

Friday September 20, 2024 3:00pm - 4:15pm EDT

Explores the possibilities in the digital world to help designers engage in clean energy and sustainability initiatives.

Speakers

Sara Willliams - Moderator

Director, the Civic Data Design Lab and Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Sarah Williams is an Associate Professor of Technology and Urban Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where she is also Director of the Civic Data Design Lab and the Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism. Williams’ combines her training in computation... Read More →

Constantine Kontokosta, PhD

Associate Professor of Urban Science and Planning and Director, Civic Analytics, NYU Marron Institute of Urban Management

Alejandro Fuentes

MSc. Technologist, Cornell, TU Delft, UNStudio

Alejandro is a researcher with a background in architecture, urbanism, and technology. His work aims at high sustainability and circularity goals, with a focus on the impact of urban form on human comfort.Alejandro has worked with leading European Design firms and lectured globally... Read More →

Caitlin T. Mueller

Director, Digital Structures, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Caitlin Mueller is a researcher and educator who works at the creative interface of architecture, structural engineering, and computation. She is currently an Associate Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Department of Architecture and Department of Civil and... Read More →

Friday September 20, 2024 3:00pm - 4:15pm EDT

4:15pm EDT

Break

Friday September 20, 2024 4:15pm - 4:30pm EDT

4:30pm EDT

Closing Keynote - Building Climate Strong Communities in New York City

Friday September 20, 2024 4:30pm - 5:00pm EDT

Speakers

Elijah Hutchinson

Executive Director, Mayor's Office of Climate and Environmental Justice, City of New York

Elijah Hutchinson is the Executive Director of the NYC Mayor’s Office of Climate & Environmental Justice (MOCEJ), helping NYC achieve one of the most ambitious climate agendas in the country. MOCEJ develops policy and manages programs that advance climate mitigation efforts and... Read More →

Friday September 20, 2024 4:30pm - 5:00pm EDT

5:00pm EDT

Closing Remarks

Friday September 20, 2024 5:00pm - 5:15pm EDT

5:15pm EDT

Reception

Friday September 20, 2024 5:15pm - 6:30pm EDT

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