AIAS Grassroots Leadership Conference
Amplify [Y]Our Leadership
Amplify [Y]Our Design
Amplify [Y]Our Service
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July 18-21, 2019
Washington, DC
Amplify [verb]
(am·pli·fy)
– expansion of a statement, narrative, etc.
– to make larger, greater, or stronger
– the matter or substance used to expand an idea, statement, or the like
The AIAS Grassroots Leadership Conference is the platform to discuss chapter leadership, business leadership, community involvement and innovation. Learn from local CEOs, founders, government officials and professionals.
Throughout the 2018-2019 year, AIAS members and chapters have been encouraged to recognize and celebrate their individual paths to success. This year of “Success Seeking” and “Success Sharing” has demonstrated that despite the fact that “success” can take on a different meaning for everyone, AIAS is here to supplement your education, showcase what you can achieve with your degree, help you determine your path, support those interests, bridge the gap between education and the profession, and ultimately, aid members into becoming the best versions of themselves.
The stories shared, knowledge gained, and advocacy initiatives that emerged this year have resulted in undeniable momentum for the organization, and now it’s time to AMPLIFY that momentum. Grassroots 2019 is an opportunity for AIAS members to get exposed to the training, resources, skills, network, and passion required to reach their full potential. Join us in Washington, DC this July to truly AMPLIFY [y]our leadership, design, and service.
Build your community
Get inspired
Shape the future
Hotel
Fairmont Washington, DC – Georgetown
2401 M St NW
Washington, DC 20037
Rate: $179 Quad Occupancy
Book Your Hotel Now – the group block has been filled
Schedule
Schedule at a Glance
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| 7:30 a.m. | 5:30 p.m. | FBD Live at University of Maryland's LEAFHouse Calling all public servants! In celebration of the 15th anniversary of AIAS’ community service program, Freedom By Design, the AIAS will be kicking off FBD Live at our annual AIAS Grassroots Leadership Conference in 2019. FBD Live is a collaborative, year-long project aimed at educating students and the community about sustainable design. Partnering with LEAFhouse, University of Maryland students, and AIA Potomac Valley, the goal is to expand their current site to grow into a demonstration facility. The hope is that the LEAFhouse site will turn into a place where the public, designers, and policymakers will be able to come and learn in real time about the design and implementation of systems such as rain barrels, native plantings, vegetative solar shades, and stormwater management. We hope to grow all these individual activities into a broader concept that would create a vibrant, full-time combination of scholarship, research, testing, discussion, and demonstration at the 3 ½-acre site LEAFhouse occupies, with a singular focus on answering the question, “What is ‘sustainability’ and how can we achieve it?” This concept, which we refer to as SPARC – Sustainability Park and Academic Research Center, could be the first facility of its kind. AIAS will be partnering with AIA Potomac Valley, the Potomac Valley Foundation, and numerous student groups on the University of Maryland campus to kick off this project. The project is broken down as follows:
All FBD Live Task Force members would need to arrive in Washington, DC on Tuesday, July 16th to participate in the event on Wednesday, July 17th. Due to our partnerships with NCARB and the Benjamin Moore Foundation, the 10 AIAS members on the AIAS FBD Live Task Force will receive comped registration to the 2019 AIAS Grassroots Leadership Conference, as well as a $700 travel stipend to attend the summer event. Apply now to join the Task Force and be a part of this exciting event! The deadline to apply is May 25th. |
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| 7:30 a.m. | 4:00 p.m. | Student Hill Day AIAS is proud to announce that the 2019 Grassroots Leadership Conference will feature the first-ever Student Capitol Hill Day on July 18th, 2019 – a day dedicated to providing students with tangible platforms to advocate and directly impact our members and our profession. AIAS is working with AIA’s Advocacy Team to organize a day of meetings with Congress members and Congressional staff from all 50 states to amplify our collective voice. Join us and take action! Don’t miss your chance to speak up about architecture student loan debt forgiveness to the people that can help us execute real legislative change. |
| 12:00 p.m. | 3:00 p.m. | Registration Open at the Fairmont |
| 4:00 p.m. | 5:00 p.m. | Badge Pickup Available at the National Building Museum |
| 5:00 p.m. | 8:00 p.m. | AIAS Grassroots 2019 Opening Ceremonies at the National Building Museum Keynote: The LAB at Rockwell Group |
| 8:30 p.m. | 11:00 p.m. | Alumni Celebration Location: City Tap House Penn Quarter |
| 12:00 p.m. | 2:00 a.m. | Student Lounge (Roosevelt) |
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| Start Time | End Time | |
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| 8 a.m. | 4 p.m. | Registration Open |
| 8:00 a.m. | 10:30 a.m. |
General Session: LeadershipRoll Call: MWQ + SQ AIAS Advocates Story Slam: |
| 10:30 a.m. | 11:00 a.m. | Networking Break & Headshots |
| 11:00 a.m. | 1:00 p.m. |
Quad BreakoutsNortheast Quad – Grand Ballroom |
| 1:00 p.m. | 1:45 p.m. | Leadership & Service Sessions – Lunch provided in hotel |
| 1:00 p.m. | 3:00 p.m. | Design Workshops – Travel to Chinatown and lunch stipend prior to afternoon workshops |
| 1:45 p.m. | 5:00 p.m. |
Afternoon Breakouts:Leadership1:45 pm - 3:45 pm: Leading & Funding Session Leaders: Kyra Stark, Erin Conti, & Wyatt Swingle Location: Grand Ballroom Description: Leadership: Finding Your True Color & Funding: More Money, Less Problems 3:45 pm - 4:00 pm: Break 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm: Collateral Collaboration Session Leaders: Noor Ul Ain & Erin Conti Location: Grand Ballroom Description: Learn how YOU and your chapter can better collaborate and engage with your local collateral organizations. Service1:45 pm - 3:45 pm: Leading & Funding Session Leaders: Kyra Stark, Erin Conti, & Wyatt Swingle Location: Grand Ballroom Description: Leadership: Finding Your True Color & Funding: More Money, Less Problems 3:45 pm - 4:00 pm: Break 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm: FBD Best Practices Session Leaders: FBD Advisory Committee Location: Roosevelt Description: Most Freedom by Design Programs run on a tight timeline and work schedule. This session will focus on how to schedule your calendar, for what events and why to take the best practices to map out an efficient timeline to start with. The Freedom by Design Advisory Group will act as liaisons to all programs throughout the year and with help them plan their year and offer general advice. The importance of project binders and their relationship to planning will also be highlighted. |
| 3:00 p.m. | 5:00 p.m. |
Design Workshops:3:00 pm - 5:00 pm: Sketch Tour Speaker: Carrie & Stephen Parker Location: City sketch tour Description: See DC through an artist’s eye and create your personal memories through sketching. You will be led by a local architect in fun, simple, and straightforward techniques for sketching in pen and pencil. No experience necessary and no erasers allowed! 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm: General Assembly's Intro to UX Design Speaker: General Assembly Location: GA’s Chinatown Office Description: Step into the world of user experience design with General Assembly. During our introductory workshop, explore the decision-making process that dictates how users interact with digital products and see why businesses of all stripes have put out the call for UX talent.n 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm: General Assembly's Intro to Digital Marketing Speaker: General Assembly Location: GA’s Chinatown Office Description: Step into the world of digital marketing with General Assembly. During our introductory workshop, explore the components of brand building and see how modern marketers drive successful campaigns using content, email, social media, paid advertising channels, and more. 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm: Apple's Design Lab: Drawing Treehouses Co-created with Foster + Partners Speaker: Apple & Carnegie Library’s Architect of Record Location: Apple’s Carnegie Library Description: Imagine your own treehouse using architectural and design principles from Narinder Sagoo of Foster + Partners. Our Apple Creatives will show you how to draw a treehouse using the Procreate app on iPad Pro while considering the environment, people, and sustainability. Devices will be provided. |
| 6:00 p.m. | 8:00 p.m. | Networking BBQ with AIA + AIAS at the AIA Building and AIAS National Office |
| 7:30 p.m. | 8:00 p.m. | Leadership & Committee Q+A Location: AIA Boardroom |
| 8:00 p.m. | 10 p.m. | Monuments Tour with the Past President |
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| 8 a.m. | 5 p.m. | Registration Open |
| 8 a.m. | 10:30 a.m. |
General Session: DesignRoll Call: NEQ Keynote Sponsored by AIAS Alumni Story Slams: |
| 10:30 a.m. | 10:45 a.m. | Networking Break & Headshots |
| 10:45 a.m. | 12:15 pm. |
Breakouts:
LEADERSHIP: AIAxAIAS Engagement + NCARB Student Licensing Advisors Speakers: Location: Grand Ballroom AIAxAIAS Engagement This panel intends to shed light on the local opportunities for collaboration between AIAS Chapters and AIA Components. By inviting both students and practitioners that have worked to bridge this gap at the local level, the panel will highlight some best practices that AIAS members can use to build mutually beneficial relationships with their local AIA Component. The panel will also touch on ways these collaborative efforts can help overcome key obstacles in your Chapter’s growth. NCARB Student Licensing Advisors This panel intends to shed light on the benefits and opportunities of serving as a student licensing advisor to expand student engagement and re-empower students to advocate for licensure. This panel would ideally feature National NCARB representatives, student licensing advisors, and faculty licensing advisors/staff who can touch on faculty licensing advisors. The questions and discussion throughout the session would be geared towards encouraging students to seek this leadership opportunity in anticipation of the upcoming Licensing Advisors Summit, as well as encourage them to seek leadership roles within NCARB to make an impact on the licensure process. SERVICE: You Have Your Grassroots, Now How Do You Make Your Grass Grow? Session Leaders: Freedom By Design Advisory Committee Location: Roosevelt Description: Stop by this session for an in-depth discussion about taking your passion and turning it into action! We’ll be going over tips and tricks for elevating your Freedom by Design project and making it look as good in real life as it did on paper, no matter the scope. DESIGN 1: What is Design? Demystifying the Range of Architypes Speaker: Douglas Crawford, Paul Bamson, Karma Israelsen, Zain Islam-Hashmi and moderated by Sarah Curry Location: Longworth Description: Coming Soon DESIGN 2: Understanding Unconscious Bias Speaker: Keshika De Saram, Alison Pavilonis, Rob Holzbach, Pascale Saban, moderated by Sarah Wahlgren Wingo Location: Latrobe Description: As the architecture profession strives to become more diverse and inclusive to stay relevant, it’s important that we as individuals understand our own personal biases that may be precluding us from encouraging those efforts. |
| 12:15 p.m. | 1:00 p.m. | Lunch for all in the Grand Ballroom
Sponsored By: |
| 1:00 p.m. | 2:00 pm. |
Breakouts:
LEADERSHIP: Membership: It's Not A Club Session Leaders: Noor Ul Ain & Wyatt Swingle Location: Grand Ballroom Description: Learn how to increase your chapter’s membership by showing students the true value of the AIAS. SERVICE: K-12 Engagement, a How-To Speaker: Peter Exley Location: Roosevelt Description: Coming Soon DESIGN 1: Elevate Your Pitch Speaker: Mike Chiappa, AIAS Northeast Quad Director Location: Longworth Description: Pitching your ideas and presenting yourself effectively can be challenging. Leave this session with tips and tricks for presenting yourself effectively, no matter what the situation is. Sponsored By:  DESIGN 2: I Was Asked To Stand Speaker: Pascale Saban, AIA, NOMA, LEED – Senior Associate at S9 Architecture, NOMA Board of Directors, 2018 AIA Young Architect Award Recipient Location: Latrobe Description: This session educates and empowers the participants to understand the cause and possible solutions to the disparity in the lack of representation, documentation, and acknowledgment of the great works of women and minority architects. This lecture is divided into 5 sections focusing on the history of the problems, how we can proactively change our profession and future aspiration to continue the fight for equality. We address the lack of knowledge amongst the general population of the existence of Minority Architects and the forces or erasure. DESIGN 3: Stand Out Among the Crowd: ARCHICAD Software Tutorial Speaker: Marcus Monroe, BIM Consultant Location: Culpepper Description: Come meet your local GRAPHISOFT team and learn about:
Visit our workshop at the event to get a Google Cardboard VR Viewer! |
| 2:00 p.m. | 2:15 pm. | Break |
| 2:15 p.m. | 3:15 pm. |
Breakouts:
LEADERSHIP: A Citizen Architect(ure) Student Speaker: Carl Elefante Location: Grand Ballroom Description: Coming Soon SERVICE: Resilience: When Urban Democracy Expands, Cities Flourish Speaker: Joel Mills and Lindsay Brugger, AIA’s Center for Communities by Design Location: Longworth Description: For the last 50 years, our Center for Communities by Design has had a profound impact on some of America’s most prominent places, sending national teams to partner with local communities in need. Whether it’s rebuilding after a disaster or helping a community envision its future, we bring the power and resources of a customized team of multi-disciplinary experts to partner with and transform communities. Our work includes:
DESIGN 1: Career Tips from the Pros Speaker: Julianne Kim, FOX Architects; Eric Hoffman, Hammond Wilson; Sally Lee, HDR Location: Latrobe Description: Join us for a conversation about how to kick start your career. We’ll cover:
DESIGN 2: Work Smarter, Not Harder: Creative Modeling Tools for Success Speaker: Luis Ruiz, Senior Architect Product Specialist at Vectorworks, Inc. Location: Culpepper Description: When it’s time to transform an idea into a digital 3D form, it all comes down to understanding the tools you use. There are multiple ways to achieve the same shape, so determining best practices with 3D modeling tools can vary based on your design intent, skill level, and the complexity of your project. Luis M. Ruiz, a senior architect product specialist at Vectorworks, Inc., will explore the various toolsets and features that enable custom modeling for a variety of project types. In this one-hour session, attendees will examine modeling capabilities on a case by case basis and through the lens of an entire project. DESIGN 3: Workshop: Learn to Work with Resin Speaker: Zain Islam-Hashmi, Carnegie Mellon University Location: Roosevelt Description: Coming Soon |
| 3:15 p.m. | 3:30 p.m. | Break |
| 3:30 p.m. | 4:45 p.m. |
General Session: ServiceRoll Call: WQ + INT’L |
| 5:00 p.m. | 5:30 p.m. | Quad Chair Orientation/Debrief – Culpepper |
| 5:00 p.m. | 6:00 p.m. | Council of Presidents (COP) Orientation (Chapter Presidents are required to attend, but others are welcome to watch.) – Roosevelt |
| 6:30 p.m. | 6:35 p.m. | Assemble in lobby and depart for Quad Receptions |
| 7:00 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | Quad Receptions at local D.C. Firms
Northeast Quad – FOX Architects |
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| 8:30 a.m. | 1:00 p.m. | Council of Presidents (COP) Meeting at the AIA Boardroom (Chapter Presidents are required to attend, but others are welcome to watch.) |
There are a variety of other things you could do if you are not part of the COP Meeting. D.C. is known for its Sunday brunches and Smithsonian Museums are free of charge.
Wednesday, July 17 | Thursday, July 18 | Friday, July 19 | Saturday, July 20 | Sunday, July 21
