NC State University College of Design
Raleigh Department of City Planning/Urban Design Center
NC State Foundation
7th Annual Urban Design Conference
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Raleigh Convention Center
2 East South Street
8 am to 4:30 pm
Conference Schedule
Speaker Biographies
Session Descriptions
REGISTER
Creating Value: Designing for Resilient Cities The 7th Annual Urban Design Conference, Creating Value: Designing for Resilient Cities, will explore the design strategies that cities imagine, develop, and implement as they grow stronger and more vibrant while facing economic, environmental, and social challenges. Presenters and conference attendees will delve into the elements of resiliency that designers, planners, developers and policy-makers use to enhance the value of the cities facing these challenges.
SPEAKERS:
Maurice Cox, Associate Professor of Architecture, University of Virgina,
Immediate Past Director of Design, National Endowment for the Arts
Thomas R. Dunbar, Executive Director, Center for Resilient Cities
Jim Heid, President and Founder, UrbanGreen
McDuffie (Mac) Nichols, Principal, Economics at AECOM
Shelley Poticha, Senior Advisor for Sustainable Housing and Communities, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Moderator: Paul F. Morris, FASLA, Greenleaf Strategies, LLC NOTE: Previously confirmed speaker Joan Busquets is unexpectedly unable to present at the conference. The committee is seeking a new speaker to be announced. (Click on speaker biographies link above for more information.)
SPONSORS TO DATE:
SUPPORTER:
Clark Nexsen
US Green Building Council North Carolina Triangle Chapter
PATRONS:
ColeJenest & Stone
Pearce Brinkley Cease + Lee
CONTRIBUTORS:
Adams Products Company
AIA Triangle
Cherokee Investment Partners, LLC
Clancy & Theys Construction Company
CLH Design, P.A.
Empire Properties
Greenleaf Strategies, LLC
KlingStubbins
North Carolina Solar Center
Rodgers Builders, Inc.
STEWART
ValleyCrest Landscape Companies
INTERESTED IN SPONSORING THE CONFERENCE?
For sponsorship information and to submit your commitment online, click here. For a PDF sponsorship form to fill in and fax, click here.
CONFERENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Douglas Brinkley, AIA, CONFERENCE CO-CHAIR
Partner, Pearce Brinkley Cease + Lee
Michael Cole, ASLA, COMMITTEE CO-CHAIR
Partner, ColeJenest & Stone
Robin Abrams, Ph.D., AIA, ASLA
Head, School of Architecture
NC State University College of Design
Elizabeth Alley, AICP
Planner II, City of Raleigh Urban Design Center Chris E. Brasier, AIA, LEED AP
Vice President & Office Director,
SmithGroup
Gene Bressler, FASLA
Head, Department of Landscape Architecture
NC State University College of Design
Nilda Cosco, Ph.D.
Education Specialist, The Natural Learning Initiative
NC State University College of Design
Sean A. Dolle, PE, LEEDŽAP
Civil Project Manager,
STEWART.
Daniel T. Douglas, AICP
Director of Urban Planning and Design, KlingStubbins
Paul F. Morris, FASLA
Greenleaf Strategies, LLC
Celen Pasalar, Ph.D.
Director, Downtown Studio/Extension Planning Specialist
NC State University
Dona Stankus, AIA
Director, NC Healthy Built Homes Program
NC State University NC Solar Center
Rodney Swink, FASLA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Landscape Architecture
NC State University College of Design
Sean Vance, AIA
Extension Assistant Professor (Architecture)
Director, Center for Universal Design
NC State University College of Design
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