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Registration Form - Online Registration colsed October 30 at 4pm but you can print out the form and bring it to the conference
“A New Time, A New Place”
AIA Kansas Conference, Topeka, Kansas
Thursday, November 1; Friday, November 2; Saturday, November 3
Schedule, as of 10 September
Thursday, November 1
Noon – 3:00 pm Disaster Assessment Certification/Recertification Training
 Volunteer to become a certified inspector for the Kansas Disaster Assessment Program co-sponsored by AIA Kansas, Heart of America Chapter ICC, and the Kansas Division of Emergency Management. Co-Chair Stan Peterson, FAIA, Regional Director Jim Hendershot, ICC, and the Human Services Officer,
Kansas Division of Emergency Management will conduct the training.
3 CES (Optional Event with Additional Registration Fee) HSW
Noon – 6 pm Exhibit Set up
3:00 – 5:00 pm AIA Board Meting
5:00 – 5:30 pm Kansas Preservation Alliance’s 2008 Most Endangered Historic Properties –
Jen Laverentz, Chair of the KPA’s Most Endangered Historic Properties Program
will announce this year’s list.
5:30 pm – 7:00 pm AIA Topeka Riverfront Project HSW
7:30 – 9:00 pm Past President’s Dinner – Capitol Plaza Hotel, Emerald V
Friday, November 2
7:00 – 8:00 am Registration
7:30 – 9:00 am Opening Session/ Welcome – Continental Breakfast in Sunflower Ballroom
9:15 – 10:45 am 4 Breakouts 1.5 hr each
 1. What You Need to Know About Integrated Practice - Integrated Practice leverages early contribution of knowledge through utilization of new technologies, allowing architects to better realize their highest potentials as designers and collaborators while expanding the value they provide throughout the project lifecycle - Markku Allison, AIA HSW
 2. Emerging Practitioner Lecture - this lecture, entitled School/Work presents the ongoing evolution of an integrated, multidisciplinary approach to teaching, practice and research that combines commissioned and academic design-build projects. This emerging practice model straddles conventional boundaries and provides the basis for a wide range of explorations into tectonic materiality, formal gymnastics, spatial landscapes, and community outreach. Michael Hughes is an Assistant Professor at the University of Arkansas and co-principal in the firm Catovic|Hughes Design. Their work combines formal and tectonic exploration with an ongoing study of vernacular traditions. Hughes is developing a pedagogical agenda that combines community outreach and material exploration in a series of projects that focus on small, unremarkable, and often forgotten places adjacent to the lives of underserved people. Located in the boundary between architecture and landscape these projects seek to create experiential delight out of small-scale design opportunities. Through the adaptive re-use and recycling of leftover urban space the projects augment and enhance existing building infrastructures with new, primarily outdoor, spaces that provide pragmatic functions, promote play, and exhibit a social and environmental conscience.
 3. Becoming Light Hearted: Managing stress & Change through Humor - The world we live and work in, once thought of as habitual and logical, is now erratic and unpredictable. As "thriving on chaos" becomes the norm, people and the organizations they operate in, must find new ways of making sense of their situations. This program examines practical ways and means of maintaining physical and emotional fitness through humor, one of our most under-utilized personal resources. Laughter and happiness are important factors in the attempt to achieve and maintain a healthy personal and professional life. Humor boosts morale, facilitates communication, stimulates creativity and helps manage stress. Participants learn how humor works and how to bring it into their lives on a daily basis. Izzy Gesell, MS Ed, CSP is an “organizational alchemist.” As a keynote speaker, facilitator and presentation coach he transforms something ordinary into something special.
4. Masonry Made Simple – what you need to know to address masonry systems from design through construction. Mark Guetzko, Seedorff Masonry, will help you effectively specify and detail masonry to achieve optimal performance. Seedorf Masonry has offices in Iowa and Nebraska. HSW
10:45 – 11:15 am Break in Sunflower Ballroom
 11:15 am – 12:15 pm From Large to Small: A New Beginning - Audrey Stokes O’Hagan, AIA is an award-winning architect with over 23 years of practice in the United States and Great Britain. She is the founder and principal of Audrey O’Hagan Architects, LLC in Newton, Massachusetts. Prior to launching her own firm in February of this year, she was a principal with KlingStubbins (formally The Stubbins Associates) in Cambridge, Massachusetts where she designed some of the firm’s most notable recent projects, including the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research Global Headquarters, which won a 2006 BusinessWeek/Architectural Record Award for Design Excellence and R&D Magazine’s 2005 Lab of the Year Award. Audrey received her Bachelor of Architecture and Bachelor of Environmental Design degrees from the University of Kansas School of Architecture and Urban Design. Her work has been published in Architectural Record, Interior Design Magazine, BusinessWeek and R&D Magazine. In 2006 Audrey was named one of the top 10 architects in New England by Women’s Business Boston. In addition to running the firm, she serves on the Board of Directors for the Boston Society of Architects and is a member of the Women in Design Committee. HSW
12:15 pm – 2 pm Exhibits and Lunch – Sunflower Ballroom
2:00 – 3:30 pm Breakouts 1.5 hr. each
 5. Generations@Work - Snail Mail, e-mail, IM or texting?! When you were born effects which of these means of communicating you are most comfortable with using. Two major forces effecting design today are culture and technology. In this fun, interactive session, attendees will explore the characteristics of each generation and the effect on both the emotional health of individuals and the organizational welfare of those who share one work environment. Joel Jacobsen will discuss the latest trends as they relate to speed, display and visual characteristics in our environment and how these elements affect the broad range of generations in today’s workforce. Attendees will leave with a better understanding of the convergence phenomenon and how to use this information to leverage the design of space to promote positive relationships among the generations. Joel Jacobsen has worked as a Steelcase Workplace Consultant for the past 8 years with a focus on helping corporate clients and designers in the creation of effective work environments. Prior to joining Steelcase, Mr. Jacobsen worked in the Kansas City area for 11 years as a designer at two Architecture firms, where he was privileged to be a part of design teams for numerous award winning projects in both the private and public sector. He is a 1988 Kansas State University graduate of the school of Interior Architecture. Being born between the Baby Boom and Gen X generations, Mr. Jacobsen became interested in the characteristics and effects that the different generations have on the workplace, and how a better understanding of the 4 different generations working today can help to create more effective work environments. Joel has given this presentation over the past 4 years for corporate clients and firms across the Midwest.
6. Recycling on a Grand Scale: Historic Preservation & ‘Green’ Building - Do you think the latest trend of “sustainable” or “green” building has nothing to do with historic preservation? Think again. Historic preservation and green building share a common history and have more in common than you might realize. See a diverse group of projects that includes properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places to illustrate the synergy of the two movements. The ongoing, multi-phased restoration of the Kansas Statehouse, the LEED certified renovation of the Roosevelt & Lincoln Schools into low-income senior housing in Salina, and the rejuvenation of Monroe School into the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site in Topeka serve as case studies to illustrate how environmentally conscious design and historic preservation can successfully partner to recycle on a grand scale. Julia Mathias Manglitz, AIA, serves as a project manager at Treanor Architects, P.A., for the Kansas Statehouse Preservation and Restoration Project. In addition to her experience with private architectural firms, she has worked on the Historic American Building Survey and has taught architectural design. Julia is currently chairing the Committee on Historic Resources for the American Institute of Architects in Kansas. The Chase County Courthouse in Cottonwood Falls, the Brown vs. Board of Education National Historic Site in Topeka and the Douglas County Courthouse in Lawrence are a few of the other projects in which she has been involved. Kent Salisbury, Associate AIA, has served as a project manager at Treanor Architects, P.A., for the last six years. He directed the LEED-certified Pioneer Presidents’ Place project in Salina. Kent also has been involved with the Kansas Statehouse Preservation and Restoration, the Brown vs. Board of Education Historic Site in Topeka, Eisenhower Ridge Apartments on the VA campus at Leavenworth, Northeast Junior High in Kansas City, Kansas, and the Butler County Courthouse. Kent is a LEEDtm Accredited Professional and recently served on the American Institute of Architects – Topeka Board of Directors. HSW
7. Legal Implications of New Technologies – The Legal Implications of New Technologies is a program that will focus on the ethical and licensing conflicts that can arise from changes made to construction documents, from Plans and Specifications to details and shop drawings. The program will also discuss limitations that AIA form agreements place on rights of use by upstream parties, including rights of the Architect to use and reproduce information provided to the Architect by Consultants, rights of the Owner or Contractor to the use of documentation prepared by the Architect and its Consultants or sub-consultants, and rights of an Owner to use Contract Documents for renovation or other projects. Rudy Beese, Esq. is with Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP in Kansas City and practices in construction law, real estate development and environmental law, with a concentration in the life sciences, renewable energy projects, and economic development. His clients include multi-national corporations, owners, developers, architectural firms, engineering companies, pharmaceutical companies, financial institutions, and contractors.
8. Sustainable Design – Today and Tomorrow – Architects face great challenges in righting the wrongs of decades of waste, over design and inefficient use of energy. Can we now lead the way to reversing these wrongs and making our world a living organism that slowly repairs itself and provides a healthy place for all living creatures? Markku Allison, AIA HSW
3:30 – 3:45 pm Break
3:45 – 5:15 pm - Practiced Spontaneity: Keys to Becoming More Confident, Spontaneous & Effective - We need to be nimble, confident and creative these days in order to personally and professionally thrive. The same is true of Improv Theater performers. In fact, the skills that make improvisers so successful are the same ones that make non-performers successful also. Improvisation theater games are deceptively powerful tools for maintaining mental and emotional equilibrium. They invite participants to enter and embrace the unknown, live each moment without an agenda, reduce the need for judgment of others, relish process, remain unconcerned about outcome and enjoy and value working with others. In this entertaining, interactive, informative and immediately applicable program we’ll go behind the curtain and experience the foundational qualities of presence, acceptance and trust- the very same qualities that help us become more confident, spontaneous and effective. Izzy Gesell, MS Ed, CSP is an “organizational alchemist.” As a keynote speaker, facilitator and presentation coach he transforms something ordinary into something special. As the author of PLAYING ALONG: Learning Activities Borrowed From Improvisation Theater, Izzy was one of the first to bring the concepts of Improv Theater into the business world. His chapter on using improv in facilitation is in IAF Group Facilitator’s Handbook. He has presented at AIA Grassroots and AIA chapters across the country.
6:30 – 7:30 pm Cash Bar / Music
7:30– 10 pm 150 Gala Design Awards & Dinner – MC – John Gaunt FAIA – 1 HSW
Optional Event
10 pm – 1:00 am Film: design / e2 - PBS 3 Part - Video - the economies of being environmentally
conscious - - 3 hours - 1 HSW/hour
Saturday, November 3
 8:30 – 9:30 am Keynote: John Peterson – 1% Solution - John Peterson is the principal of Peterson Architects as well as the founder and chair of Public Architecture, a nonprofit organization addressing the physical, social, and cultural health of the public realm. John writes, teaches, and lectures on design, pro bono practice, and the relevance of the designer’s role in public life. He holds degrees in Fine Arts and Architecture from the Rhode Island School of Design and was a 2005-2006 Loeb Fellow at Harvard University HSW
9:30 – 9:45 Break
9:45 – 11 am Four Breakouts 1.5 hr. each
 9. 2007 AIA Contract Documents . . .What’s New? - The AIA revises A201 General Conditions of the Contract for Construction, and the AIA Owner/Architect and Owner/Contractor agreements on a 10 year cycle. These important documents are now being revised and will be published in late 2007. The AIA is also publishing in 2007 two new documents designed to be used when transferring digital data, including instruments of service. This presentation will provide a quick overview of the AIA Contract Documents program, and the new digital practice documents, and then delve into the revisions to the A201-2007 and the 2007 Owner/Architect agreements. The presenter will explain the AIA’s revision process and identify the pros and cons of each revision with respect to the owner, contractor and architect. – Presenter: Cara Shimkus Hall, AIA, Esq., is managing principal and a member of GH2 Architects in Tulsa. Her responsibilities include architectural design, management of professional services, new business development, contract analysis and negotiation for clients and consultants, firm management and client development. She currently serves on the AIA Documents Committee and has served on the AIA Risk Management Committee, which she also chaired. – HSW
 10. Lighting Design for Historic Preservation and New Construction – Gary Steffy is president of Gary Steffy Lighting Design Inc. which he established in 1982 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He has taught lighting design at Michigan State, Penn State, University of Michigan, and Wayne State. His expertise is typified by lighting design for such national landmarks as the capitols for Kansas, Michigan, Ohio, and Virginia, and the State of Ohio Supreme Court. He has authored three lighting texts, including Architectural Lighting Design 3rd edition to be published in 2008. In 2005, he authored Lighting: Fundamentals, Practice, and Integrated Systems for UNESCO’s Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems available online at http://greenplanet.eolss.net. He serves on the editorial board of LEUKOS, the Journal of the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America. He edited A History of Light and Lighting by David DiLaura. Gary is a Fellow of the International Association of Lighting Designers. In 2004, he was named one of the Penn State Outstanding Engineering Alumni. He received the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America Presidential Award and the Distinguished Service Award in 2006. HSW
 11. Design for Aging – Jeffrey Anderzhon, FAIA, is an architect and consultant specializing in environments for the elderly. He holds a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Illinois Institute of Technology, where he is a member of the Alumni Board of Directors, and is licensed as an Architect in 22 states. He is co-author of the book “Design for Aging Post Occupancy Evaluations: Lessons Learned from Senior Living Environments featured in the AIA’s ‘Design for Aging Review’” and has written several periodical articles. He has made numerous presentations to professional organizations on environments for the aging and their relationship to quality of life for the elderly. He served as the 2006 Chair for the American Institute of Architects Design for Aging Knowledge Community, and is a member of the AIA College of Fellows. He currently serves on the National Advisory Board for a University of Minnesota research project comparing state regulations that affect nursing homes and on the Advisory Board for the Midlands Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association. He has also served on the Architectural Advisory Committee for Iowa State University, on the Program Development Committee for the Assisted Living Federation of America and as President of the Alzheimer's Association, Midlands Chapter as well as President of the Iowa Chapter of the American Institute of Architects and Chairman of the Iowa Architectural Foundation. HSW
12. bridging the gap: student to professional - discussion between architects and emerging professionals. The session consists of questions to the panelists (the questions having been solicited from local emerging professional communities), and creating role playing scenarios appropriate to the questions with a critique of how the audience members performed in the role playing – Panelists: Becky Mullins, Dave Livingood, Nadia Zhiri and Jane Huesemann.
11:00 - Noon Greensburg – Lessons Learned and Insight Gained – the Kansas Design Team Journey - HSW
Noon – 1:30 pm AIA Kansas, Kansas Architectural Foundation Business Meetings and Lunch
1:30 – 4:30 pm Kansas State House Tour, or Washburn University-New Buildings and Campus Improvements Tour HSW or
Film: design / e2 - PBS 3 Part - Video - the economies of being environmentally conscious - - 3 hours - 1 HSW/hour
Hotel Accomodations: Overnight accomodations are available at the Capitol Plaza Hotel, 1717 Topeka Boulevard, Topeka, Kansas, 785-431-7200. A special conference rate of $87 is available until October 11th. Mention AIA Kansas conference for special rate.
Continuing Education: Each session is marked with the maximum number of education credits (CES) an attendee can earn. Sessions marked with HSW receive credit as Health Safety Welfare.
Dress: Business casual as appropriate at all seminars - dress in layers as room temperatures may vary. The Awards Gala dinner is a black tie optional event (tuxedos or dark business suits for men, dressy or cocktail attire for women).
Questions: Contact Carol Maxim, AIA Kansas, 800-444-9853 or by email: maxim@aiaks.org
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