EVENTS
ENCOMPASS | DIVERSITY 2018
Focused on actualizing diversity and inclusiveness in order to advance the profession, generate opportunity, and better serve the demographics of the region, this annual AIA|LA conference:
+ Provides valuable tools for Firms and Individual Practitioners+ Highlights best practices
+ Examines case studies of design procedures that lead to inclusiveness within the field
+ Demonstrates diversity’s benefits to clients and users
+ Initiates dialogues that underscore solutions to counter the prevalence of the inherent biases that too often continues to divide A/E/C professionals.
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WHEN | WHERE 2018
Thursday, April 12, 2018 from 8:00AM – 3:30PM
CA African American Museum | 600 State Dr. | Los Angeles, CA 90037
FULL SCHEDULE 2018
Discover the 2018 schedule here.
TICKETS 2018
$75 for AIA members | $35 for students
$95 for the public 6 CES Learning Units!
DETAILS 2018
Access Valuable Information for Your Firm (and Individual Practitioners)
Hear from representatives from a number of city agencies, including Los Angeles World Airports, on achieving inclusion in government contracting.
Learn How to Launch a Firm from a Diverse Group of Designers.
Hear the story of an acclaimed designer.
Keynote Kulapat Yantrasast, who as the Founding Partner and Creative Director, wHY Architecture, has design numerous celebrated museums and gallery spaces, in Los Angeles and abroad.
Updates on Rejuvenation in Inglewood
Attend the session featuring James T. Butts. Mayor, City of Inglewood. Amongst his topics: how to ensure current residents benefit from change.
Influence Policy that Could Impact Your Firm
Participate in an open session that invites all attendees to offer comments and suggestions for the AIA|LA EDI Best Practices handbook. Upon finalization this document, the first the AIA|LA has issued, will be distributed to firms, members, AIACC, National and other chapters.
2018 SPEAKERS INCLUDED:
HEADLINER
Kulpat Yantrasast
Founding Partner & Creative Director, wHY
HEADLINER
James T. Butts
Mayor, City of Inglewood
PANELIST
Gabrielle Bullock, FAIA, NOMA, LEED AP BD+C
Principal, Director of Global Diversity, Perkins+Will
PANELIST
Drake Dillard, AIA, NOMAC
Senior Project Manager, Perkins+Will & President, SoCal NOMA
MODERATOR
Victor Jones
Principal, Fievre Jones & Assistant Professor, USC Architecture
MODERATOR
Jose Antonio Gonzalez, AIA
Principal, Jagar Architecture
CREDITS
PHOTO: Banner: MLK Transit Center. BASE Architecture
2018 SPONSORS
