Conference Schedule

Thursday, October 15, 2020
8:00 AM – 5:30 PM
Virtual conference
3 LU HSW + 4 LU
Registration
Registration includes access to all conference content through December 31, 2020.
Keynote | $25, BSA members + nonmembers
Morning | $75, BSA members; $100, nonmembers
Afternoon | $75, BSA members; $100, nonmembers
Morning + keynote | $100, BSA members; $125, nonmembers
Afternoon + keynote | $100, BSA members; $125, nonmembers
Full day | $150, BSA members; $200, nonmembers
5-ticket package | $500, BSA members; $650, nonmembers
8:00 am–8:30 am
Welcome + setting the stage
Natasha Espada AIA
2020 BSA President
founding principal, Studio ENÉE
Michele Russo
managing director, Research and Practice, The American Institute of Architects
8:30 am–10:00 am
Lightning Presentations: The spectrum of research
1.5 LU HSW
Research in Healthcare Design: Linking our Curiosity to the Impact We Make
Candice Barter AIA
principal, HGA
Captured Insulated Panel Facade
Gerard Gutierrez AIA and Doug Nye
senior associate, Sasaki; regional sales manager, Kingspan
Purpose Built
Patricia Gruits
principal and managing director, MASS Design Group
Digital Delivery
John Cerone
director of Virtual Design & Construction, SHoP Architects
Generative Research for Generative Design
Brian Ho
senior design lead, Sidewalk Labs
What does IP have to do with design practice?
Elizabeth Christoforetti
founding principal, Supernormal
10:00 am–10:15 am
Break
10:15 am–11:45 am
Panel Discussion: Ownership + Risk
1.5 LU
Facilitator:
Michele Russo
managing director, Research and Practice, The American Institute of Architects
Panelists:
Frederick Butters FAIA, Esq.
president, Frederick F. Butters LLC, Attorney at Law
John Cerone
director of Virtual Design & Construction, SHoP Architects
Andrea Love AIA
director of Building Science, Payette
11:45 am–12:45 pm
Lunch break
12:45 pm–2:00 pm
Keynote: UNStudio + UNSense
1 LU
Facilitator:
Bradford Prestbo FAIA
director of Technical Resources, Sasaki
Speakers:
Frans van Vuure
director and senior architect, UNStudio
Ren Yee
head of Innovation, UNStudio + UNSense
2:15 pm–3:45 pm
Lightning Presentations: The spectrum of research
1.5 LU HSW
Critical Stewardship
Sam Batchelor AIA and Kelly Haigh AIA
partners, designLAB architects
Putting the R&D in "Real Estate Development"
Jillian Wiedenmayer
project architect, DREAM Collaborative
Scripting Action
Christopher Connock
design computation director, KieranTimberlake
Fabrication
Arthur Chang AIA
principal, NADAAA
Books + Monographs
Chris Grimley
principal, OverUnder
Architectural Robotics
Hakim Hasan
researcher, Perkins and Will
3:45 pm–4:00 pm
Break
4:00 pm–5:30 pm
Panel Discussion: Finance + Operations
1.5 LU
Facilitator:
Michele Russo
managing director, Research and Practice, The American Institute of Architects
Panelists:
Colin Booth
director of Strategy, Placetailor
Billie Faircloth AIA
partner, KieranTimberlake
Kimberly Seigel
research knowledge manager, Perkins and Will