June 24, 2024
by 2019-2020 Equity & Diversity Task Force,
2019-2020 Sustainability & Resiliency Task Force,
2020-2021 Council of Global Representatives,
2020-2021 Learning & Teaching Culture Advisory Group,
2021-2022 Professional Development Advisory Group
- Stop by Howard University campus
- Check out the University of DC campus
- Take a walk in Union Station and see all their tracks
- Walk the Metropolitan Branch Trail
- Visit the O Street Museum that was once residents to Rosa Parks
- Take an electric bike ride down by the Smithsonians
- Stop by one of the DC local farmers markets
- Visit the Library of Congress
- Paddle boat on the Tidal Basin
- Eat at some of the incredible restaurants in DC
- Visit the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial
- Explore the National Zoo and see all of the cute creatures!
- Explore the Arlington Cemetery
- Explore the National Portrait Gallery
- Explore the National Museum of the American Indian
- Explore the The Renwick Gallery
- Explore the Washington Monument
- Explore the National Museum of Natural History
- Explore the Hirshhorn Museum
- Explore the Lincoln Memorial
- Explore the Korean War Veterans Memorial
- Take a picture in front of the white house!
- Bike or scooter (safely) around the city!
- Take the Metro (DC has some of the best public transit in the country)!
- Walk (or scoot) the National Mall
- Enjoy a scenic walk along the C&O Canal in Georgetown
- Visit the steps from the 1973 horror film, The Exorcist
- Explore the gardens of Dumbarton Oaks
- Visit the “Barbie Pond on Avenue Q”
- Take a stroll through the beautiful National Arboretum
- While at the National Arboretum, visit the National Bonsai Museum
- View D.C. from atop the Old Post Office Tower
- Explore Theodore Roosevelt Island
- Visit the United States Botanic Garden
- Check out the Maine Avenue Fish Market at the Wharf
- While your hanging out in the hotel neighborhood, stop by Planet Word
- Hangout at the DC iconic squares and circles
- Attend our National Air and Space Museum Tour with Quinn Evans
- Attend our AIA Headquarters Hardhat Tour with Turner Construction
- Attend our National Geographic HQ Hardhat Tour with Hickok Cole
- Attend our Midtown Center Sketch Tour and Grazie Mille Project Tour with Sarah Wingo of WynDesign Co
- Network with leaders of our allied organizations and your peers at our networking event!
- Attend the AIA Advocacy Workshop
- Attend the NCARB Open House
- Attend the Leadership Q & A
- Attend the NCARB Licensing Session
- Learn about best practices on how to run a chapter at our “Run a Chapter” Session with Vice President, Julia Andor
- Attend the “Storytelling in Architecture” Portfolio Techniques and Presentation Techniques with Adam Fogel
- Prep your Portfolios and bring them to our portfolio review!
- Attend the live Ask An Architect Session
- Inauguration of your incoming AIAS 2024-25 Board of Directors
- Catch up with AIAS Executive Director,Kimberly tuttle, to learn about all of the new and amazing things we have done in the 2023-2024 Board of Directors last year!
- Hang with AIAS Staff and ask us about what we do day to day!
- Catch up with Outgoing President, Colt Brock.
- Catch up with Outgoing Vice President, Julia Andor
- Catch up with Elizabeth Caccavano, our Director of Membership and Marketing, to learn about how to discuss the value of membership to your chapter!
- Say hi to our awesome AIAS sponsors, who make this conference possible!
- Network with other chapters from around the world!
- Roll call! Showoff your chapter’s personality!
- Learn more about bidding to host your quad’s conference.
- Learn strategies to serve in your community in the best way possible, while getting architectural experience (yeah, we’re talking AXP hours) along the way!
- Learn more about how to get involved in AIAS national committees
- Learn more about FBD in our FBD Session!
- Network with your peers – You never know who you might meet!
- Meet other students from all the different 6 quads and regions.
- Get your portfolio reviewed during our portfolio review session
- Meet firms and partners at our Career Expo
- Quad Breakouts. Meet your Quad Director or Regional Director and peers. Learn how you can work together to make the best quad!
- Meet the leaders of and the AIAS liaisons to the Alliance organizations – AIA, ACSA, NAAB, NCARB, NOMA, and the AIAS!
- Meet Alumni of the AIAS at sessions and portfolio reviews
- Network with professionals, from architects, executives, faculty advisors, industry leaders, and much more.
- Pick up AIAS Merch and Grassroots 2023 Merch!
- Establish your Freedom by Design presence.
- Explore the more historical side of Washington D.C. during our Monuments Tour hosted by Past President Colt Brock!
- Join us for our opening keynote address
- Join us for our closing keynote address
- Tour the Air and Space Museum, under construction!
- Go on a construction tour of the AIA Global Campus HQ!
- Join the Student Health and Well Being Task force for their session on ‘Balance and Burnout’
- Meet your outgoing 2023-2024 Board of Directors
- Meet your incoming 2024-2025 Board of Directors
- Meet the incoming Officers Jordan Luther and Gilberto Lozada
- Learn about the FORUM 2025 in Austin!
- Practice your interview at the Career Expo
- Go to your quad reception and mingle with all your local chapters
- Pick up a fresh new, Flourishing Futures AIAS tote!
- Pick up your AIAS badge
- Learn more about the election from your Officers
- Learn all about best practices for your chapter’s bylaws with the Governance Committee
- Learn more about the 2024 Honor Awards
- Stay to see who receives the Presidential Citation from President Brock
- Participate in the quad chants
- Attend the Alumni Reception if your Alumni or recent grads
- Renew your membership at the conference
- Learn to get some rest at the sessions
- Learn more about adjacent architecture fields from leaders
- Learn best practices for unrest
- Learn to work with AIA components
- Possibly see our mascot, Keno, stop by the conference!
- Grab a copy of Architectural Record with your conference bag
