Pressures of the marketplace are changing the definition of Class A office space. Learn the new geometries and systems that are emerging as responses to workplace imperatives. Get the scoop from helpful diagrams that show the new geometric patterns of Class A office space. Recognize that new compositional planning and techniques will put you on top of the new way for office space. Find out how to reconcile office development criteria with “next office” planning principles. Get the techniques and ideas that will get you started in the new way of thinking. [Advanced] [OF]

James Prendergast, FAIA, LEED AP, is a partner of Goettsch Partners in Chicago, Illinois.

Furniture selection and placement in healthcare settings has a profound effect on patient stress levels, outcomes, and visitor and staff satisfaction. Get the results of recent evidence-based furniture research, and use what you learn to boost your project value. You’ll gain a set of tools for excellent furniture selection that improves healthcare and senior living environments. Discussion includes ergonomics, infection control, sustainability, durability and maintenance. [Intermediate] [HC] [SH] [HSW]

Janet Kobylka, IIDA, AAHID, EDAC, LEED AP BD+C, is senior associate of HOK in Dallas, Texas. • Gena English, RID, AAHID, EDAC, RAS, is program manager FF&E of the Parkland Hospital Replacement Program in Dallas, Texas.

Ensuring healthy indoor environmental quality requires planning, just like any other goal. Find out what the strategies and tactics are for developing and maintaining an indoor environment program. From preplanning to design, construction and maintenance, learn how to effectively protect the health of occupants and limit environmental pollutants. Cover the basics of minimizing toxins, particulates, mold and pests, and move on to more advanced strategies for healthy and comfortable specification and space planning. [Intermediate] [ENV] [HSW]

Susan Aiello, ASID, USGBC, CID, is the founder and principal of Interior Design Solutions in New York, New York.

Take your firm and prepare it for the next generation! Envision a new paradigm that moves your firm from a first generation entrepreneurial model to a second generation collaborative model that maintains your values and culture. First see how to structure your firm to leverage leadership in design, management and administration. Next, define the steps your firm requires to set up a collaborative design process, and learn how to expand the process. Finally, discover how staff can collaborate with marketing accounting and administration to create an essential collaborative spirit that will prepare your firm for the next generation. [Advanced] [PD]

Yolanda Cole, AIA, IIDA, LEED AP, is senior principal and owner of Hickok Cole Architects in Washington, DC. • Michael Hickok, AIA, is senior principal and owner of Hickok Cole Architects in Washington, DC.

Can a landlord create a sustainable tenant improvement program around LEED CI that is attractive to prospective tenants? A LEED CS Gold certified office tower in Denver created a plan to achieve LEED CI certification for all of the building’s tenant spaces. Hear how GBS implemented this cost-effective approach to LEED CI certification for each tenant’s unique needs. Discover how you can create your own program that tenants will participate in. Identify the key elements–and major impediments–to a successful LEED CI program. Get an incredibly valuable list of lessons learned. [Intermediate] [FM] [ENV] [HSW]

Elaine Aye, AIA, LEED AP, is principal of Green Building Services, Inc. in Portland, Oregon.

In a tough economy like the current one, there is still business out there, but the sales professional’s job is different. Sales people must work smarter and uncover the real needs of their clients. They need to stop selling product, and learn to sell value and expertise. Gain simple, practical techniques you can start to use immediately that will secure business faster in a tough economy. Discover how to break the cycle of business as usual. Learn the four steps to client security, and gain a bigger market share. [Intermediate] [DS]

Deborah Flate is founder and president of Dialogue Consulting in Chicago, Illinois.

Safe egress from buildings is achieved through the understanding and application of building codes in interiors Using the new 2012 Edition of the International Building Code, Means of Egress chapter, discuss the basics and beyond as they apply to interiors planning. First, learn how the intent of safe egress is achieved in building codes. Review which building codes apply to safe egress. And finally, learn how to apply the codes to your own interiors projects correctly. Don’t miss this opportunity to get up to speed on a critical issue. Intermediate] [OF] [FC/R] [HSW]

Kimberly Marks is owner and principal of The Marks Design Group in San Antonio, Texas.

One challenge designers are facing when they undertake healthcare institution projects is one of image. In many cases, the hospital or care center wants to improve its public perception. Use the case study of the Children’s Medical Center Dallas to see how a project team strengthened brand identity while creating a more holistic experience for patients and other occupants. Discover the Center’s unique campus challenges and the strategies employed to handle each one. See how wayfinding and intuitive design played their parts in both rebranding and building the patient experience. Gain the benefit of lessons learned from both designer and owner perspectives. [Intermediate] [HC]

Rachel Windham, IIDA, SEGD, is an interior designer for WHR Architects in Dallas, Texas. • Susannah Hills is senior project design manager for Children’s Medical Center Dallas in Dallas, Texas.

Within the AD&D community, the conversation about sustainability has grown beyond the topic of the environment and into a broader discussion about a social responsibility–of which environmental sustainability is only one part. Learn how this new thinking embraces social, cultural and economic sustainability and how one can weave environmental sustainability throughout. Hear the panel discuss the big picture and why the definition of sustainability should be expanded into this new realm. Refresh your repertoire of design techniques that support diversity and inclusion. Consider new perspectives that will influence your design thinking for a more sustainable future. [Basic] [PD] [ENV] [HSW]

Liz Ogbu is an environments designer for IDEO in Palo Alto, California. • Monica Chadha is co-founder of Converge: Exchange in Chicago, Illinois. • Kate Lydon is an environments designer for IDEO in Palo Alto, California.

Business and governments have spent billions of dollars researching and developing workplace design solutions aimed at improving the performance of workers—unfortunately, not always to maximum effect. Using knowledge gleaned from neuroscience and cognitive ergonomics, discuss how our brains really work and how to use that information to improve workplace, and ultimately learning space design. Discover the parallels between high technology workplaces and modern learning spaces. See what’s driving changes in learning space design. Question what you know, challenge what you think, and expand your expectations during this session. We’ll explore how the environment can become a tool for more effective learning. You’ll leave better prepared to address the challenges and opportunities facing education as it copes with accommodating new pedagogies and technologies. [Intermediate] [INST] [HSW]

Dr. Tim Springer, HFES, is president of Human Environmental Research Organization, HERO, inc. in Geneva, Illinois.

Consider this your guide to navigating the 2012 incandescent lamp phase-out and other technological changes in lighting. Witness demonstrations of various lamp techniques, and learn the truth about what is outlawed and how to select the best lighting source from the remaining options. Find out which lighting options will–surprisingly–remain an option in the future. Compare new and old technologies, and discuss how architectural design might be affected by necessary changes in lighting requirements. Examine halogen, compact fluorescent, ceramic metal halide, LED applications and more. [Intermediate] [LT] [HSW]

Lisa Reed, PE, LEED AP BD+C, IES, is the owner of Envision Lighting Design, LLC., in St. Louis, Missouri.

Learn to make a profit in your own interior design business. When you learn to price your time accurately, creating income is easier than you think. Figure out how much you should charge per hour for your design services and get the basics down so you never have to wonder if you are over- or under-charging. Identify the three spots to look for profit in your interior design business. And consider why you should charge a fee for a complete design job rather than billing per hour for some projects. The discussion includes the advantages of different types of product mark-ups and margins and creating additional incomes streams from merchandise that you cannot mark up. [Intermediate] [RES][PD]

Teresa Taylor, ASID, IIDA, IDS, IFDA, is president and creative director of Taylor Design Group in Tucson, Arizona.

Color seems to be touching everything— even those eternal neutrals like sand, beige, gray, grayed greens and taupe are often shaded and imbued  with beautiful undertones.  At the same time, vibrant color is being artfully coordinated with neutrals. As a result, unifying context is very important.  Join Leatrice Eiseman in this instructive session to find out how and where is the color to be used and, most importantly, what the outstanding color trends and directions are as they impact office and commercial interiors. [Intermediate] [OF] [PD] [HSW]

Leatrice Eiseman, ASID, IDSA, FGI, CMG, is the executive director of the Pantone Color Institute in Bainbridge Island, Washington.

Explore sustainable methods and processes that can help you achieve the maximum value in the redeployment and reuse of your existing furniture assets. Learn about current methodologies and practices that will assist you in attaining LEED credits toward current and future projects. Examine the metrics and programs that will also enhance your sustainable goals related to the triple bottom line without compromise. Find out the best way to redeploy existing office furniture for maximum benefit. See how to attain LEED credits toward current or future office projects, and enhance your corporate sustainability goals at the same time. [Intermediate] [OF][ENV] [HSW]

William Davies, USGBC, OFDA, IFMA, BIFMA, RIC, is president of Davies Office Refurbishing in Albany, New York

Non-profit organizations have unique design and operational characteristics. Design projects for these organizations require a different set of design strategies, processes and implementation tools to help align organizational objectives with effective design outcomes. Learn how to apply different methods and design processes to help properly align timing issues, funding sources and operational requirements for non-profit organizations. Gain the skills to evaluate the typology of non profit organizations to develop effective design solutions. Discuss the common characteristics of non- profit organizations, public-sector organizations and private companies that can be effectively transformed into design solutions. [Intermediate] [PD [INST]

David Loehr, AIA, AICP, LEED AP BD+C, is a principal at HGA Architects and Engineers in Minneapolis, Minnesota. • Rachelle Schoessler Lynn, FASID, CID, LEED AP BD+C, is a senior associate at Meyer Scherer & Rockcastle in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

International work might sound exciting and glamorous, but language, culture, expectations codes and building practices in other countries can present many obstacles. Western firms typically pass their design concept on to local partners for implementation. How can designers communicate their intent effectively and maintain project integrity as it leaves their hands? Understand the variations and challenges in international markets vs. US standard practice. Get the most effective communication and presentation methods to convey design intent. Recognize what you can control and what you can’t, and when both situations can be used to the project’s advantage. Leave the session ready to take on that next project overseas or across the border. [Intermediate] [FC/R] [PD]

Bruce Rhoades LEED AP, is director of interiors for KlingStubbins in Cambridge, Massachusetts. • Sarah Springer, IIDA, LEED AP, is design principal of interiors for KlingStubbins in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Gain knowledge on trading desk/bench design and how it relates to accommodating an extensive list of technology and how to best position the process. Establish how to contain technology within and above the desk while ensuring mechanical infer structure requirements and ergonomic needs. Discover why designing furniture as a central element to the project needs to be injected into the schedule at an early stage and learn how to accomplish it. Realize how to solve issues related to inherent conflicts within the design brief. [Intermediate] [OF] [FT]

Charles Braham, president of Innovant, Inc. in New York, New York. · Charles DuTemple, CCNA, CNE, CAN, is senior associate, technology systems for ESD in Chicago, Illinois. · Joseph DuTemple, IEEE, BICSI, is vice president, electronic trading for ESD in Chicago, Illinois.

Office furniture dealers are going to be affected in their everyday business by Building Information Modeling, Integrated Project Delivery and Life Cycle Analysis. Hear stories and see examples of how dealers may be expected to respond in projects that incorporate these systems, and see what you can do to use these tools to your best advantage. Identify the expanded opportunity for dealers in IPD and BIM. See how you can prepare for architect’s and interior designers’ needs in IPD, BIM, and LCA. And then define a strategy that supports more collaborative relationships that you can use in your next deal. [Intermediate] [DS]

Stephen Witte is project director of Stephen Witte Associates in Evansville, Indiana.

Get an overview of 20th and 21st century wall coverings, illustrating the canon of work, trends and usage. From block printing to hand painting to inlaid materials to natural fibers to fine art and beyond, come explore the world of handcrafted wall coverings and reveal how they have evolved. Discuss practical design applications and examine the various methods of manufacturing. Finish with a live wallpaper making demonstration by artisans. Get an in-depth exposure to these remarkable design ideas, and leave with enhanced product knowledge you can use in future projects. [Intermediate] [HOSP] [RES]

Joyce Romanoff, IIDA, ASID, NEWH, is president of Maya Romanoff in Skokie, Illinois.

The economy appears poised for recovery, but clients still value design in terms of business impact. Design can benefit organizations by improving occupancy quality. However, environmental satisfaction only indirectly influences job satisfaction. Review these statistical links by modeling a longitudinal database surrounding an HQ renovation. See how links between design and business outcomes are indirect, mediated by psychological factors among employees and other corporate constituencies. Learn how the design of a major HQ renovation has led to improved occupancy quality, measured both objectively and subjectively. Gain important insights about both the advantages and disadvantages of open-office planning and how to achieve the former while minimizing the latter. [Advanced] [OF] [HSW]

Dr. Jay Brand, AIA, APA, HFES, APS, SIOP, is a cognitive psychologist at Haworth in Holland, Michigan.

Hear about the creation of state of the art facilities that offer comprehensive education and simulation training solutions. Learn why the spaces represent the future of healthcare building and how their flexible design unites people, place, processes and performance to strengthen healthcare delivery. Learn how to integrate elastic capacity, adaptive capability, and future scalability into healthcare design to prepare for a growing population of users and to accommodate the latest in advanced technology. Discover firsthand from a caregiver on the front lines how healthcare facilities can accommodate training within a smaller, more adjustable footprint. See how a collaborative design approach can help address core needs early on in a project, and how to shift equipment and environment decisions later in the process to avoid design costs or freezing solutions too soon. [Basic] [HC] [HSW]

Deanne Beckwith, IDSA, is an industrial designer and design management consultant with Herman Miller, Inc./Herman Miller Healthcare in Norfolk, Virginia. • Dr. Yuri Milo, AIMS, SSIH, ACS, is director of the simulation and training environment lab for SiTEL in Washington D.C.

Manufacturers should be applauded for recent moves to make products and systems more sustainable and environmentally friendly. Sometimes, however, the environmental claims companies make are questionable at best. Come get practical strategies for spotting and then avoiding greenwashing. Learn to analyze what greenwashing is and why it happens. Develop the skills to distinguish between different types of greenwashing and what they mean. Once you develop criteria for identifying questionable environmental claims, you’ll be much less vulnerable to unethical manufacturers. [Intermediate] [ENV] [HSW]

Allison Beer McKenzie, AIA, LEED AP, is director of sustainability for SHP Leading Design in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Hear from a team presenting many award-winning case studies how to submit, win and increase business through successful marketing campaigns. Come away with new ways to develop consistent and exciting marketing ideas you can build into a cohesive campaign. Gain tools to create a plain and simple message. Leave with scores of ideas to jump start your next marketing campaign. And build your methods to utilize ROI and leverage awards to gain clients’ attention. [Basic] [PD]

Marilynn Mendell is president of WinSpin CIC Inc., in Fredericksburg, Virginia. • Noel Carlson is marketing coordinator of Hickok Cole Architects in Washington, D.C.

It is becoming more and more difficult to ignore acoustics. Beyond the obvious examples of concert halls, home theaters, media production rooms, and so on, virtually every room is a candidate for some acoustic analysis and consideration. Find out when acoustics should be addressed in the design process. Hear from the co-founders of an acoustic design and engineering firm specializing in critical listening environments as they address their process and prioritization for projects including how they address room rations, surface treatments and more. Learn about isolation calculations and how design goals for quietness can be met without losing green and aesthetic ideals. Get in depth information on acoustics and green design, which includes both material issues and noise quality issues. [Intermediate] [FT] [OF] [HSW]

John Storyk is a principal of Walters-Storyk Design Group in Highland, New York. • Beth Walters is a principal of Walters-Storyk Design Group in Highland, New York.

Explore what drives the world of education. Once you learn there are eight fundamental learning styles, you recognize there is a great need for a flexible learning environment. Find out how to support all those learning styles and teaching styles as well. We will examine the social, educational and technological factors that influence education and shape our points of view. Then discuss the implications these drivers and influences have on the classroom. Through examples we’ll show how technology and media influence learning and teaching styles, then discuss how to support the demands of a 21st century classroom while preparing for and embracing change. [Basic] [INST] [HSW]

Gert Van Erum is CEO of the Vanerum Group in Diest, Belgium. • James Stelter is president of Vanerum Stelter in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

When dealer principals talk about their toughest business challenges, pricing pressure and shrinking margins are always near the top of the list. This session is designed to change the way you think about pricing, profits, margins and beating the competition. In this program we will examine the relationship between product and customer and the point at which price becomes the dominant issue. We will discuss strategic defenses and introduce pragmatic tactical selling approaches designed to address the commoditization of the marketplace and the resulting price pressures. Even if you’re an old hand in the marketplace, it is a good time to re-sharpen your skills! [Intermediate] [DS]

Jim Bleech, Solomon Coyle LLC, Alexandria, Virginia • David Solomon, Solomon Coyle LLC, Alexandria, Virginia.

Foresight is an introduction to the four leading design themes for 2014. It represents the overall macro trends that are influencing and defining the thoughts that will shape the season. Interlinked and interwoven, each theme is impacted by the other yet each is also important in its own right. Discover what will define the essential DNA for design this season, including how to translate key elements from four leading themes into innovative design directive; how current and evolving consumer behaviors impact and effect the essential design elements of 2014 and the color palettes, materials, and finishes that will be essential to these trends. [Intermediate] [RES]

Jamie Thomas is a trend director of Stylesight in New York, New York.

Is the workplace still relevant? It’s a question top companies are asking themselves as they struggle to engage an increasingly mobile, multi-generational and culturally diverse workforce Follow the story of one such company who met the challenge head-on. Gain key insights into the strategies driving next generation workplace design. Understand the key drivers of innovation, collaboration and creativity that are most important to today’s top performing companies. Explore design strategy as a tool to link workplace design with worker performance. Discover how alternative project delivery processes can streamline creativity and create true client value. [Advanced] [OF] [HSW]

Chris Coldoff, IIDA, CID, LEED AP, is a senior associate at Gensler in Los Angeles, California. • Barbara Bouza, AIA, LEED AP, is a principal at Gensler in Los Angeles, California. • Greg Nelson, IIDA, is an associate for Gensler in Los Angeles, California.

Design guidelines are often lengthy and complex, and sometimes contradictory. Critical care environments, such as hospitals and clinics, add more layers of requirements. Learn how the military health system's world class guidelines, the U.S. Army Medical Command's sustainability vision, LEED for Healthcare, USGBC Pilot Credits and evidence-based design methodology merged to create a vision for a whole-campus approach to healthcare design. Gain insight into how the research was used to develop solutions for energy, water, waste, and infection control. Hear how EBD groups were formed, and understand how the development of these solutions influenced an organizational culture shift toward long-term optimization of patient care, staff care and sustainable facility management. Understand how research is used to support and inform the project on the use of antimicrobials, their implications for infection control and human environmental health. [Intermediate] [HC] [ENV] [HSW]

Jean Hansen, FIIDA, CID, LEED AP BD+C, AAHID, EDAC, is sustainable interiors manager for HDR Architecture, Inc. in San Francisco, California. • Susan Donkers, LEED AP BD+C, is sustainable design project manager for HDR Architecture, Inc. in Alexandria, Virginia.

Refresh your knowledge of water-efficient plumbing. Learn not only about how to use new fixtures in new ways, but also see how to incorporate water-efficient plumbing into your current designs to improve projects for the designer and the client. And, learn how these types of fixtures can contribute to earning LEED credits. The session covers reasons for water efficiency requirements and incentives, the need for realistic media tests, the Voluntary Toilet Performance Standards in North America, UNAR, the EPA’s WaterSense program and much more. [Basic] [ENV] [HOSP] [HSW]

Gunnar Baldwin, LEED AP, is a water efficiency specialist with TOTO in Morrow, Georgia.

Explore the new trends, technologies, and processes, and processes reshaping the design profession and the needs of their clients. These are trends, shifts, challenges and opportunities arising during a time of continued reform and progress. Improve your strategic thinking and help your firm and clients better understand the forces that are changing the way we work, liven, learn and play. Once you identify key trends that are transforming the design profession its practices, you can gain the management tools necessary for growth and future success. Identify key leadership strategies used by the most successful organizations. See how a dynamic action plan will allow you to adapt to whatever the future brings. [Intermediate] [PD]

Douglas Parker, ASID, IIDA, AIA, is managing director of Greenway Group in Norcross, Georgia • Jonathan Bahe, AIA, is an associate for NBBJ in Seattle, Washington.

Explore current practices of on-site lactation room designs at work and public facilities. Get updated on laws, building codes and certifications, and design principles applicable to lactation rooms. Analyze the costs and benefits of current practices. Get advice on best practices for lactation room designs for various facility applications. Attendees will Learn about current practices and benefits of lactation room accommodations. [Basic] [FC/R] [OF] [INST] [HSW]

Julie Zitter, IIDA , is a senior associate and interior designer for GSC Architects in Austin, Texas · Qena McCarty, MPAff, is founder and CEO of Aqena, Inc., in Leander, Texas.

In our high-speed, constantly moving culture, we all crave comfort zones: places that provide a restorative feeling while offering technology with comfort. Discover the unique nuances and challenges in designing a comforting atmosphere in a commercial facility. Study actual projects including a fire station, dormitory, college library and medical facilities for illustration. Get the basic programming strategies to incorporate this concept. Find out how commercial grade products can create comfort. Discover how to use innovative techniques to incorporate ever-changing technology. [Intermediate] [INST] [HSW]

Michelle Wootten, IIDA, ASID, NCIDQ, is an interior designer for Aviar Commercial Space Planning and Design in Tucson, Arizona. • Jill Sweet, Associate IIDA, Allied ASID, is an interior designer for Aviar Commercial Space Planning and Design in Tucson, Arizona.

In order to create “magic” for interiors, the colors for 2013 will need to coax and cajole, soothe or astonish, renew and replenish. At the same time, there will be the consumer’s expectation of practicality – what colors have staying power and can be relied upon as a steadying influence in unsteady times.  Skillfully balanced color palettes that play to their practical side, while satisfying their aspirations, hopes and needs for something novel will remain key to enticing the would-be consumer or client. [Intermediate] [RES] [PD]

Leatrice Eiseman, ASID, IDSA, FGI, CMG, is the executive director of the Pantone Color Institute in Bainbridge Island, Washington.

Good ideas come from building a collective intelligence and shared purpose. As our culture becomes device-based (phones, tablets, apps, etc.), what happens to the intersection of knowledge, work and space? Discuss the significance of a device-based culture and how it impacts the workplace. Explore how technology fuels social collaboration and its role in organizational and individual performance. Learn the changing ways in which space—responding to constant critique, conversation and debate–can become critical as an incubator for the generation of great ideas and innovation [Intermediate] [OF]

Jim Thompson, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, is director of design for Little in Charlotte, North Carolina. • Carol Rickard-Brideau, AIA, LEED AP BD + C, is office president of Little in Arlington, Virginia.

We can design healthcare facilities that nurture patients from diagnosis to completion of treatment. Using the 70,000 square foot Ohio State University Medical Center Radiation Oncology Department as a case study, learn how to map a cancer patient’s experience throughout the course of treatment. Learn about the unique gowning and waiting solutions, instructive space planning and distinctive lighting through a seamless integration of interior design and planning. See how the results support patient dignity and foster healing. First, identify the stages of patient treatment and the design methods used to evolve the experience. Then understand how a holistic design approach supports and enhances the patient experience. Then, learn how to facilitate dialogues between designers and users to obtain the very best design result for highest quality and safest care. [Intermediate] [HC] [HSW]

Mark Banholzer, AIA, LEED AP, is vice president and design principal for HOK in Chicago, Illinois. • Patricia Canedo, AIA, LEED AP BD + C, is associate/medical planner for HOK in Chicago, Illinois. • Julie Havens is associate/medical planner for HOK in Chicago, Illinois.

Are we simply solving today’s problems, or truly designing for the future? Starting now, we must design for both today’s volatile market and a future that we can only assume will treat energy and waste differently than we do. For sustainability to have real traction in the world of interior furniture, fixtures and finishes, we need to perform exceptionally in today’s competitive market, and avoid obsolescence and landfill in an unknown future. Hear about the debunked “flexibility” myth. Learn how to create core strength for true adaptability and sustainability. Find out how to create and specify more open-ended solutions that address both current program and change with out disposal. And then get the talking points that share the ideas beautifully with your clients. [Intermediate] [Intermediate] [OF] [ENV] [HSW]

Jennifer Busch, Hon. IIDA, is vice president ofA&D market development for InterfaceFLOR in New York, New York. • Louis Schump, LEED AP, is a senior associate at HOK in San Francisco, California. • Scott Francisco is founding director of Pilot Projects in New York, New York.

Discuss the importance of ongoing and consistent business development to a firm’s financial health, growth and reputation. Topics include the skills and attitudes needed to be a “rainmaker” in a firm and how to distinguish viable opportunities from worthless pursuits. Learn to differentiate your firm and activate specific strategies to dramatically improve opportunities. Learn how to focus the firm’s resources and energies through a targeted marketing strategy. Discuss why networking may be preferable to process marketing, and learn to build awareness within your firm of continual business development. [Intermediate] [PD]

Carol Jones, IDC, IIDA, IFMA, is a principal at Kasian Architecture Interior Design & Planning in Vancouver, British Columbia. • Richard Pollack, AIA, IIDA, is the founding principal at Pollack Consulting/POLLACK architecture in San Francisco, California.

We’ve heard a lot about the multigenerational workforce and its impact on the office, but if you really want to plan the office of the future, you have to know what’s coming next. What will the generation after the millennials look like and what is likely to be its impact on the way we work? Discuss how to identify generational traits and characteristics. Understand the impact that generational shifts have on our culture, social, business and work environments. Strategize for the generation of workers coming into the workplace today, tomorrow, and after that. [Intermediate] [OF] [FM]

Kay Sargent, IIDA, CID, LEED AP ID+C, is vice president A+D and workplace strategies for Teknion in Washington, D.C.• Andrea Fitch is the director of marketing for SIGALl Construction, Arlington, Virginia.

Focus in on the next five years for the contract furniture dealer. See how you can successfully adjust to the internal and external pressures that are expected and come out on top. Discuss the role of dealer services and products, relationships with manufacturers, the impacts of integrated project delivery (IPD), changing dealer economics and dealer models. Consider how the contract furniture dealer can respond to social change, populations and economic change, and many other issues that are facing us in the near future. Leave the discussion much better prepared to handle the next few years of business and whatever they may bring, [Intermediate] [DS]

David Solomon, Solomon Coyle. LLC, in Alexandria, Virginia. • Jim Bleech, Solomon Coyle. LLC, in Alexandria, Virginia.

Learn from a residential design expert who will discuss clients in today's marketplace.  Hear the tips and techniques you need to implement for clients who want the look of an award winning home (on a budget!). Find out how to deal with clients who are avid HGTV fans (having taped the shows since they began!). Learn how to build quality design and sustainability into your projects, and review the art of simple seasonal changes that create new color palettes and accents. We’ll cover many essentials including "pet and kid proofing” (while pleasing the in-laws and the world!).  [Intermediate] [RES]

Suzanne Levin-Lapides, ASID, is a design associate for Louis Mazor, Inc. in Baltimore, Maryland.

Hear about the new home of Fossil, a global watch, clothing and fashion accessory company. Discover the many exciting opportunities and daunting challenges this team explored in transforming two late modern structures into a remarkable, creative-collaborative environment. See how a brand image influences that environment. Follow the client/design team relationship through the process and recognize it as the basis for success. Learn how true collaboration, including the role of the manufacturer, Knoll in this instance, is vital to a design’s successful implementation. [Intermediate] [OF] [HSW]

Stephen Park, AIA, IIDA, LEED AP, is design lead of Corgan in Dallas, Texas. • Lindsay Wilson, RID, IIDA, LEED AP, is principal at Corgan Associates in Dallas, Texas. • Jill Elliot-Sones is vice president and creative director for Fossil in Richardson, Texas.

Understand how an age-related change in the crystalline lens of the eye affects the ability of older people to see colors accurately. Get elders’ opinions on which colors and saturation they prefer and which ones provide the best visual contrast. Explore some of the negative consequences of compromised color perception including low morale, diminished sense of well being, accidents, loss of productivity and disorientation. Find out how color and color contrasts perceived incorrectly can affect older adults’ safety, accessibility and orientation. Learn to make superior design decisions for healthcare, nursing homes, and adult daycare and retirement homes. Apply color in interior spaces that enhances mood and morale as well as safety and comfort. Get a thorough brush-up on your color sense so you’re ready to make informed choices for your next interior project for older adults. [Basic] [HC] [SH] [HSW]

Asha Hedge is assistant professor of interior design and lighting at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas.

The United Nations Capital Master Plan presents a collection of preservation problems that constitutes, when taken together, a microcosm of preservation issues related to mid-century modern architecture. The Trusteeship Council Chamber remains one of the iconic spaces at the UN Headquarters despite many changes to the programmatic function and interior. The current preservation project strives to balance past and future. Hear the specifics about the latest advancements in state of the art technology and how they’re being used in this historic space in seamless fashion. See one approach to difficult space planning that upholds accessibility clearances and at the same time increases seat count and preserves sight lines. Get one team’s take on how to strike a balance between the need for modern interventions and the character of an important and sensitive mid-century modern space [Basic] [FC/R] [HSW]

Mary Burke, FAIA, IIDA, is a principal at Burke Design & Architecture PLLC in New York, New York. • Anthony Cohn, AIA, LEED AP, is design principal at EYP Architecture & Engineering in New York, New York. • Kasper Salto is a partner and product designer for Salto and Sigsgaard in Coppenhagen, Denmark.

Finding, keeping and engaging the best people will increasingly require a workplace culture of flexibility. Get the full story on how to involve human resources, information technology and facilities management to ensure the success of flexible work programs. You’ll identify the roles and responsibilities of FM professionals to work together with their HR and IT peers in co-creating “flex-work” programs. Define how you will measure success. Then, learn to build cross-functional support to make it happen with flexible work. See thorough examples how to present business case performance outcomes to executive management. [Intermediate] [FM] [PD]

Gary Miciunas, CoreNet , is principal of NELSON in Chicago, Illinois • Larry Barkley is managing partner of the Barkley Advisory Group, LLC in Winnetka, Illinois. • Kyra Cavanaugh is president of Life Meets Work Inc., in Park Ridge, Illinois.

Through a research partnership with twenty schools, Herman Miller has measured the impact of physical space and its impact on learning. A five year longitudinal study conducted as part of this program provides insight into what contributes to a successful learning space. Get a summary of the outcome and details of the in-depth research process. Learn how to apply the same framework to your institution. Interpret what the study might mean for your campus or project. Create an action plan for follow up at your school or next campus project based on the findings [Basic] [INST] [HSW]

Jeff Vredevoogd is the director for education and pilot research for Herman Miller, Inc. in Zeeland, Michigan. • Dr. Marti Bogart is the associate professor of economics at North Central College in Naperville, Illinois.

Restaurants use a tremendous amount of energy and water. But new design strategies have emerged to improve their energy efficiency and environmental performance. Find out what these strategies are that you can use to get your next project to LEED Platinum. Through a case study of a major renovation job, see what efforts, products, and work got the project certified. Learn the specific design strategies that integrate the guest experience into environmental performance. Gain a better understanding of the LEED Platinum certification process so when the next project comes your way, you’re ready to go. [HOSP] [ENV] [HSW]

David Loehr, AIA, AICP, LEED AP BD+C, is a principal at HGA Architects and Engineers in Minneapolis, Minnesota. • Rachelle Schoessler Lynn, FASID, CID, LEED AP BD+C, is a senior associate at Meyer Scherer & Rockcastle in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

If research shows that 64% of knowledge workers want a private office as opposed to 13% who would prefer an open workstation, why do designers continue to push for open work environments where distractions and disruptions keep users from performing at their highest level? Get the truth about the overemphasized benefits of collaborative workplaces. Find out how to design with a re-focus on individual and group focused work. Learn to create modern, private useful workplaces that actually support the way we work. [Intermediate] [OF] [HSW]

Dean Stromborn, AIA, LEED AP, is a principal at Gensler in Houston, Texas. • Sven Govaars, MCR, SLCR, is regional director of consulting at Gensler in Houston, Texas.

Scrutiny of products’ environmental claims has never been greater. The FTC, GAS and EPA are looking to regulate “green,” while groups like the Green Products Roundtable (GPR) and The Sustainability Consortium (TSC) are working to define it. Get the right information to navigate the increasingly complex and rapidly changing requirements of environmental claims and communication. Find out how the regulations being developed by the EPA and GSA around EO 13514 and the revisions to the FTC Green Guides will alter the green products marketplace in the U.S. Discuss what groups like the GPR and TSC are doing to define a green product and how to get involved. Finally, learn how to appropriately communicate a product’s green claim to maximize its acceptance with government and institutional purchasers as well as consumers. [Intermediate] [ENV]

Mark Rossolo, LEED AP, is director of public affairs for GREENGUARD Environmental Institute in Marietta, Georgia.

The A/E/C industry as we know it today will be shattered over the next decade, giving birth to a bold, new approach to how we shape our built environment. Come and learn the ways we’ll need to change and adapt! Gain insight into today’s world, and learn what you need to do now in order to survive. Learn what sweeping changes face the A/E/C industry in the next ten years, and specifically how you can lead your firm to fight off extinction. Find out what markets to focus on and how key demographics can help you refocus your firm’s direction. Get the real facts and solid advice you can start using right away to position your firm for success. [Intermediate] [PD]

Frank Stasiowski, FAIA, is the CEO and founder of PSMJ Resources Inc. in Newton, Massachusetts.

Fine tune your skills showcasing your product through visual media. From TV commercials to trade shows, showroom displays, still photos and many other types of visually-based advertising, find out how to improve your approach and results. Also, get a feel for how the web is migrating from text to a visual-based medium. See what can be repurposed for a multitude of media. We’ll use lots of visual samples with explanations of purpose and technique Session includes affordability across channels, while providing ideas for execution. [Basic] [DS] [PD]

Luiz Landgraf is a consultant and the president of MACHETE in Chicago, Illinois.

Follow the case study of an extraordinary project, chosen for many design awards including LEED NC Silver. Explore the challenges faced when a team was recreating the 85,000 sf workplace of a legendary company whose products for many decades have been a staple in every kitchen in America. Hear how Campbell and its partners organized support and advocacy by senior management and employees undergoing significant change in how they work, including transparent change management with clear communications throughout. From their holistic workplace evaluation to their early and continual practice of inclusion and re-evaluation, learn the incredible steps taken to ensure success. And you can use the information for your own future overhaul projects. See how to organize teams, plan the communication, conduct surveys to inform your design, and how to create value for owners as you go. [Intermediate] [OF] [ENV] [HSW]

Amy Manley, IIDA, is director of workplace strategies for KlingStubbins in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. • Beth Jolly is director and CEO of communications of Campbell Soup Company in Camden, New Jersey. • Dr. Tracy Brower is director of Herman Miller in Zeeland, Michigan.

With the increasing realization that health and well-being in later life depend largely on the environment in which we live, it is the expectation that supportive communities are designed and built for comfort, security, socializing, utility, sustainability and access to amenities, as well as medical support. Learn to identity and incorporate all the needed environmental supports in to your healthcare and senior living projects. Encourage aging-friendly, green thinking, and use affordable, sustainable design approaches in the projects. It is possible—and preferred! Get acquainted with the new, free and downloadable Senior Living Sustainability Guide, with details for positive culture change to help you get started on your next project. [Intermediate] [HC] [SH] [ENV] [HSW]

Betsy Brawley, AAHID, IIDA, CID, IES, is president of Design Concepts Unlimited in Sausalito, California. • Jane Rohde, AIA, FIIDA, ACHA, AAHID, is president of JSR Associates in Ellicott City, Maryland.

The growing practice of building green and establishing sustainability goals is driving the need to better understand the differences between conventional construction and the use of modular interiors. Learn the advantages and disadvantages of both. Using client case studies and One Haworth Center, global headquarters of Haworth Inc. as examples, examine specific approaches and applications to understand and quantify the benefits of an integrated project delivery. Explore the benefits and advantages of designing and installing modular interiors in the pursuit of building green and sustainable facilities. Use examples of other LEED projects to understand the benefits of designing this way. [Intermediate] [ENV] [HSW]

Steven Kooy is the global sustainability manager for Haworth, Inc. in Holland, Michigan.

In a tougher economy, we must identify the practices that add value for both the interior design firm and the client. Learn how design firms can create additional income streams while meeting client expectations. Find out what you can provide to increase your value and affect your clients’ buying behavior. First, you’ll understand buyer motivations in hiring a designer to help position yourself in the market. Then, gain information about non-traditional revenue strategies and sources for designers. And finally, discover the approaches that really influence the client and determine what truly adds value for them when they receive design services. [Advanced] [PD]

Christine Piotrowski, FASID, IIDA, is the owner of Christine M. Piotrowski in Phoenix, Arizona.

Get the information on flooring, installation, and substrates that will prevent problems from starting. Find out how green building guidelines, particularly for unconditioned space, affects substrate testing and flooring installation. Educate or remind yourself about substrate issues such as moisture, curing agents and fly ash content and how they relate to green initiatives that prevent conventional installation of flooring materials. Learn about the new adhesive-free installation technologies that perform under today’s green building conditions. Then discuss solutions, applications and ideas. [Intermediate] [FC/R] [ENV] [HSW]

Lewis Migliore is president of LGM and Associates in Dalton, Georgia.

The renovation of LMU’s animation department focuses on the power of the space in between classrooms as a meaningful and contributive learning environment. See how the design team applied proven workplace trends to this education project, and leveraged multi-disciplinary design intelligence and long-term campus relationships. Use the LMU project example to analyze ways that workplace trends and research can be applied to educational projects. Learn how a multi-disciplinary design process contributed to project success. And consider how different modes of hands-on learning can be facilitated in both classrooms and social settings. [Intermediate] [INST] [HSW]

Charrisse Johnston, ASID, LEED AP, Assoc. AIA, is an associate at Gensler in Los Angeles, California. • Shawn Gehle, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP, is design director of Gensler in Los Angeles, California.

Dual-source lighting schemes can boost worker comfort and productivity while optimizing energy use for tangible cost savings. Through case studies, review how lighting needs vary from person to person and get guidelines for optimal, energy saving lighting levels that are healthy and comfortable. Get key strategies for improving visual comfort and health. Build your toolkit for reducing energy consumption while increasing work surface illumination. And understand the psychological benefits of providing individual control over personal lighting levels. Leave with much sharper skills you can use in your next office environment project. [Intermediate] [LT] [OF] [HSW]

Jonathan Puelio with Humanscale/UNICOR in Washington, D.C.

Expand your knowledge and appreciation of Lalique’s extensive history within the world of interior design, beginning at the turn of the century with its founder Rene Lalique through the widespread range of projects that Lalique is commissioned for today. Starting with the panels that adorned the first-class cabins of the Orient Express and the lighting for the famed Normandie, Lalique today continues to evolve with projects like Oceania’s luxury cruise liner Marina and through partnerships with Studio Andrée Putman. [Basic] [RES] [PD]

Craig Zehms, brand ambassador, Lalique, New York, New York

Research-based design can create innovative, alternative workplaces that help organizations leverage the complexity of an increasingly mobile, global and 24/7 business climate. Steelcase calls it an "interconnected workplace" and will share this new design concept, which is based on its research and insights and has been tested in the company's global headquarters and European hub in France. These reinvented spaces give people control and choice over where and how they work, help them connect with other people, in person and virtually, and feel part of the organization's purpose. In this presentation you will learn design principles for creating an interconnected workplace that can optimize real estate, enhance collaboration, attract, develop and engage employees, build brand and culture and improve the well-being of the employees. [Intermediate] [OF] [HSW]

Chris Congdon is the director of global public relations and research communications for Steelcase in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

The thoughtful design and incorporation of signage, wayfinding and artwork in a healthcare environment can greatly enhance the patient experience. Evidence suggests that environmental graphics and signage provide a “positive distraction,” calming and nurturing patients and families who are dealing with illness. Learn how environmental graphics contribute to a successful healing environment. Explore the way in which artwork can reinforce design concepts and branding. And see how signage, when executed creatively, can transcend its utilitarian purpose. [Intermediate] [HC] [FM] [HSW]

Paul Lewandowski, AIA, IIDA, NCARB, LEED AP, is a principal at SMRT in Portland, Maine. • Erin Anderson, IIDA, LEED AP, NCIDQ, is director of interior design for SMRT in Portland, Maine.

One of today’s key objectives is to establish clear environmental commitments in construction. And creating urban languages and urban understanding to reduce the negative impact on the environment must be balanced with the aesthetic elements of design, where color and spatial harmony are relevant variables in the equation. Come discuss the importance of environmental sustainability in the construction practices of a responsible country as a whole. Promote the creation of functional and aesthetic spaces that improve people’s quality of life. Discover that environmental social responsibility is more than a fashion: it is a culture. [Intermediate] [FC/R] [ENV] [HSW]

Marta Gallo, USGBC, is general director and partner at Arquitectura e Interiores in Bogota, Colombia. • Juliana Fernandez, USGBC, is general director and partner of Arquitectura e Interiores in Bogota, Colombia.

Thirty years ago, sport and concert patrons were relegated to eating their meals in their laps within concrete vaults. Suite patrons had the worst seats at the upper levels of arenas and stadia. Come see the steady evolution to experiential design in facility hospitality and why patrons now expect this environment to be on par with an upscale hotel or shopping aesthetic. Discover the latest concepts in hospitality suite design. See how international design combines with contextual influences as design drivers. And learn how experiential design inspires dynamic engagement vs. passive experiences. Get up to speed so you’re ready when the next sports hospitality project comes your way. [Basic] [FC/R] [HOSP] [HSW]

Kelly Deines, IIDA, is a principal and the director of interior design for Rossetti in Southfield, Michigan.

The facility condition assessment (FCA) is an important tool to lower your risk in managing and acquiring real estate assets. ASTM E20120-08 is the industry standard approach for FCAs. However, this approach may be too comprehensive and costly in some cases. A new tiered approach can help define the right assessment tool appropriate for a specific project. First, we’ll review two industry standards—the ASTM E2018-08 for FCA and the ASHRAE Level II Energy Audit. Once we understand those, we’ll evaluate alternative methods for facility assessment. We’ll use case studies to practice applying a four-tiered approach to finding the right assessment tool. You'll learn to evaluate risks to mission in facilities purchases, development of maintenance action plans, establishing sustainability initiatives and optimizing space utilization. [Intermediate] [FM] [HSW]

Garry Brinton, IFMA, is a principal at Facilities Planner + Architects, Inc. in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. • Josh Millman, AIA, IFMA, is a principal at Facilities + Architects, Inc. in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Discover the hidden opportunities to incorporate daylighting into your projects, and hear the methods, tips, standards and benefits of day-lit buildings. Get everything you need to know to incorporate low-cost high-value daylighting into your designs. Gain the best strategies for high performance major renovations and the steps that existing schools can take to operate their way to a healthy, high performance indoor environment. This seminar covers CHPS, LEED for schools and other methods of using integrated project delivery. From planning through operation, discover how sustainability decisions affect the design of a school. Uncover some of the hidden opportunities daylighting offers to save energy, cool naturally, promote community, and improve building performance. [Intermediate] [INST] [LT] [ENV] [HSW]

Eric Corey Freed, LEED AP, Hon. FIGP, is founding principal of organicARCHITECT in Indio, California.

Successful furniture installation is a tricky, but attainable, goal. Get a review of best practices that will put you in a position to thrive. Explore the big ideas including conditions to be aware of on site, questions to ask building management, how to coordinate the other trades that are needed and to understand who is ultimately responsible for the success of the job. Discuss what information to provide the furniture installation company prior to the job, what information to provide the end user, and why. Get the tactics to save the salesperson or client money on the installation. And you’ll leave ready to sail through your next furniture installation project. [Basic] [DS] [FM]

Joyce Oviatt is an interior designer and the owner of Innovative Installation Services, LLC in Norfolk, Virginia.

Borrowing from Fran’s Johansson’s “The Medici Effect,” we know that the Intersection is the place where innovation happens. At the Intersection, dissimilar disciplines come together, borrowing ideas from each other to solve problems and create new ideas. Come rethink current education and workplace environments so we can support cross-pollination of ideas that leads to innovation. Learn how research in one discipline has the ability to inform creativity and innovation in another. Explore how the increasingly complex challenges of our global world require multi-disciplinary, cross-generational and collaborative solutions in order to be competitive. We’ll also discuss the role that space plays in both educational and workplace environments in supporting the Intersection. [Intermediate] [OF] [HSW]

Tomas Eliaeson, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, is a director of design of Little in Charlotte, North Carolina. • Jim Thompson, AIA, LEED AP, is a director of design for Little in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Technology is revolutionizing the delivery of the healthcare. Federal government initiatives as well as deployment of new technologies are driving many of the architecture and design decisions in facilities today. Get organized and map out the key considerations for any interdisciplinary design team. Identify specific healthcare technology features that impact the architecture and design of the interior space. Discuss design coordination planning strategy that will create an intentional collaborative interdisciplinary team. Discover future technology trends that are continuing to evolve and change the healthcare landscape of the future. Leave the session with the skills for optimal planning and coordination of architecture, design and technology. [Intermediate] [HC] [FT] [HSW]

Debbie Gregory, IIDA, Allied ASID, is a senior clinical consultant at Smith, Seckman, Reid, Inc. in Nashville, Tennessee. • Linda Sadler is a senior communications planner for Smith, Seckman, Reid, Inc. in Nashville, Tennessee.

Get to know digital marketing, including cloud computing, social bookmarking/sharing, and search engine optimization. Identify tools to help find potential client bases, to develop brands online, to understand the merits of a digital client, and to track the effectiveness of new media strategies. Learn to use social media networks using a list of suggested sites most applicable for the architecture, engineering and construction industries, and customize it to fit their firm’s branding. You can plan a social strategy on how to release content through storytelling, to the selected social media sites, using text, images, and vides, then create avenues so people can easily find them. Learn to measure the return on investment of your efforts in social technology so you can reinvest in or redirect your marketing plan. [Intermediate] [PD]

Lira Luis, AIA, RIBA, NCARB, USGBC, is the principal architect at Atelier Lira Luis, LLC., in Chicago, Illinois • Anne Scarlett, USGBC, is president of Scarlett Consulting in Chicago, Illinois.

Educational environments are working hard to move from passive to active learning, particularly in K-12 and higher education. What does this mean from a pedagogical perspective? How does that change the classroom physically and what are the size implications? Can the various solutions be scaled? Come explore these questions and learn about the challenges of building for student/faculty interactions in a more decentralized setting. Let’s indentify the parameters for generating an active learning environment along with the issues related to scale. Learn to recognize which design solutions are supported by evidence based design research. [Intermediate] [INST] [HSW]

Dr. Lennie Scott-Webber, IIDA, is director of education environments for Steelcase Education Solutions in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Hear from expert architectural lighting designer as she explains the pros and cons of designing with LEDs. This session will help you determine when and how to use LEDs to achieve an energy-efficient and aesthetically pleasing space. You will learn best applications to use LEDs and the applications that do not lend to the use of LEDs. Find out what you need about LEDs before specifying them. [Intermediate] [LT] [HSW]

Anne Kustner Haser, IALD, IES, LEED AP, is the president of Anne Kustner Lighting Design, Ltd., in Evanston, Illinois

The legal community has long resisted corporate America’s interest in Alternative Work strategies (AWS), primarily because of beliefs that these programs inherently don’t support attorney work style. In this economy, everyone is looking to optimize his or her investment in real estate and the legal market has whole-heartedly embraced technology, which is the backbone of effective AWS programs. Hear how the legal workplace is changing, with technology as the catalyst for change. First, understand technology’s ability to reduce the cost of occupancy. Then, we’ll discuss the workplace’s response to the business factors influencing change. And finally, we’ll review technology’s impact on performance and productivity. [Intermediate] [OF] [HSW]

Marty Festenstein, CoreNet, is managing director and legal workplace practice co-chair for NELSON in Chicago, Illinois. • Steve Falkin, RCDD, IFMA, is managing director of HBR Consulting in Chicago, Illinois.

What are the measurable outcomes related to sustainable healthcare design? Come hear the state of research in regard to sustainable healthcare design and the outcomes related to building performance, occupant benefits and cost effectiveness. We’ll review building performance, occupant outcomes, and cost avoidance. Find out what sustainable healthcare design provides in whole building outcome–including building performance, healthcare worker outcomes, patient outcomes and financial outcomes. Gain an understanding of return on investment, utilizing costs, cost avoidance and how to link outcome variables to design interventions. You’ll leave with the evidence that supports design interventions that affect goals for building performance, occupant outcomes and the bottom line. [Intermediate] [HC] [ENV] [HSW]

Dr. Debra Harris, RID, AAHID, USGBC, is CEO of RAD Consultants in Austin, Texas • Laura Bauer, RID, LEED AP, is director of innovation for RAD Consultants in Austin, Texas.

Get a fresh outlook on hospitality and its vital role in redeveloping our urban core. The downtown area of Detroit, for example, has sparked worldwide fascination and interest in urban resurrection and renewal. Rather than predict a doom-and-despair fate for our inner cities, a concept called “hosplaytality” presents a plan for playing, living, eating, lodging, and working in the urban center. Learn how hospitality design and entertainment programming is being used to reclaim vacant buildings and the region. Learn to translate a design language that extends to urban areas. Increase your awareness of historical buildings and interiors within urban areas, and strengthen your design language by economy of gesture and design methodology. [Intermediate] [HOSP] [HSW]

Kelly Deines, AIA, IIDA, is principal of Rossetti Associates in Southfield, Michigan. • Amy Green Deines, AIA, IIDA, is the chairman of the art and design department of the College of Architecture and Design of Lawrence Technological University in Southfield, Michigan.

Instead of relocating, particularly in the current market, many tenants are taking advantage of favorable conditions and upgrading their existing spaces and expanding (or contracting) for future needs. Careful planning and execution of an in-place renovation can maximize the benefit to your company and minimize the headaches all too often associated with doing work in and around occupied space. Learn to evaluate the potential benefits that renovation in place can offer in lieu of relocation and comprehend the primary planning and design decisions required for a successful renovation in place. Understand the construction and execution methods needed to smoothly implement a phased renovation. Find out how to communicate and manage expectations to minimize problems during construction. Leave with solid ideas you can use to get the most out of the space you’ve got with a minimum of trouble. [Intermediate] [OF] [FC/R] [HSW]

Eric Hodgetts, AIA, LEED AP, is director of legal services for IA Interior Architects in New York, New York.

Educational facilities design and development research leaders share extensive research and insight into how space and furniture can accommodate the shift in modern teaching and learning methodologies. They’ll discuss best practices for the design of effective learning environments. You’ll learn how to support changing teaching and learning methodologies with furniture and the built environment and understand best practice design patterns for the 21st century school. This seession covers the research from the four year Task Furniture in Education (TFE) project in Dublin and the practice of the 5D process: discover, define, design, develop and deploy. Become empowered with the keys to revolutionize learning environments and teaching experiences through space, furniture and educational tools for this century. [Basic] [INST] [HSW]

Jennifer Lamar is a senior interior design consultant with Fielding Nair International in Tampa, Florida. • Kelli Ogboke is a senior design researcher for Fielding Nair International in Dublin, Ireland.

Sales leadership impacts everyone in your organization. It is the lynchpin that drives culture, revenue and success and it tends to be a weak link in many firms. In this session, the speaker will share the 10 components necessary to build a high performance organization. Learn what successful sales managers do to build predictable revenue. Get the keys to lead, manage and motivate a sales team. Learn to measure and develop your team. And, very importantly, find out how to hire highly performing salespeople. [Intermediate] [DS] [PD]

Ken Thoreson is president of the Acumen Management Group in Vonore, Tennessee.

Some of the most powerful promotion that design professionals can do costs the least. Find out how to do million dollar marketing on a shoestring budget. Get the right information about free publicity, economical website and other online marketing, social media, public speaking, networking, moneysaving marketing materials and much more. Learn how to make a maximum marketing impact for minimal investment of money and time. Find out how to get quoted and promoted in print media and online. See how to dramatically increase your business through online marketing and social medial. This is the boost you need. Get the most out of no- and low-cost resources for big promotional gain. [Intermediate] [RES]

Fred Berns is president of Business by Design, Incorporated in Louisville, Colorado.

The work environment for the federal government workforce is undergoing radical change. Hear from an expert on these new drivers and policies that will impact the design and construction industry. Discover how to improve space utilization of real estate, reduce energy consumption and carbon footprint, accommodate diversity and increase worker productivity [Intermediate] [OF] [FC/R] [HSW]

Ronnie Bent, project management, workspace delivery program, GSA, Chicago, Illinois.

The Baxter Fitness Center project illustrates the link between the wellness initiative and the impact of the built environment on our health. Further, it demonstrates the link between sustainable design strategies and building performance. Learn about the elements of a corporate wellness program and the relationship of a company’s sustainability program with LEED elements. Find out how to deal with competing design strategies (e.g., enhancing the occupant environment vs. maintaining building performance). Compare the building’s actual performance to what the energy model predicted. See what balance was achieved in the push for occupant/environment/ employee wellness. Intermediate] [ENV] [HSW]

Nicole Keeler, LEED AP BD+C is the sustainability specialist at NELSON in Lake Zurich, Illinois. • Pat Bartholomew, LEED AP is director EHS at Baxter Healthcare Corporation in Round Lake, Illinois. • Tim Mole, LEED AP is an interior architect for NELSON in Chicago, Illinois.

Despite current recessionary conditions, green leases have gained a small foothold in today’s commercial real estate market. Indoor air quality, separate tenant metering and janitorial responsibilities are just some of the features of green leases. In addition, LEED certification for existing buildings has also created a new design dynamic for tenant spaces. Take a look at these emerging trends and clarify the important position that designers have in assisting clients in lease negotiations. Learn how green leases affect design solutions for tenant spaces. Gain an understanding of how green leases play a pivotal role in commercial real estate transactions and how they compare to other lease components, such as BOMA calculations or tenant improvement allowances. Improve your own set of design services to address green lease issues so you have more to offer current and future clients. [Intermediate] [FM] [HSW] [ENV]

David Loehr, AIA, AICP LEED AP BD+C, is a principal at HGA Architects and Engineers in Minneapolis, Minnesota. • Rachelle Schoessler Lynn, FASID, CID, LEED AP BD+C, is a senior associate at Meyer Scherer & Rockcastle in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

The college campus can offer an opportunity to explore identity, place, belonging, and ultimately define a student’s future involvement in civic society. Explore how the built environment can foster a greater sense of community on college campuses. Specifically examine the evolving role of the student union. Discussion includes “thick” space, “sticky” space, and how we create both. Find out about the changing needs of today’s college campus and how we can design to address them [Advanced] [INST] [HSW]

Jan van den Kieboom, AIA, is a principal of Workshop Architects in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. • Peter van den Kieboom is a designer at Workshop Architects in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. • Bonnie Toland, IIDA, is a designer at Workshop Architects in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Lighting the workplace is as important as ever. New publications introduce updated recommendations and guidelines for designers working out the details for the modern office. Hear the new criteria; examine how they can be applied and the related impacts on current technologies and design. Go over all the diverse visual tasks in the modern office. It’s no longer enough to consider a piece of paper and a desk top computer. Laptops, handheld devices and localized video conferencing are changing the office landscape. Learn about the new guidelines in the latest IES publications and how they have changed from previous editions and how to apply the guidelines with current technology and forecast future needs for effective design. Discuss potential traps and pitfalls of bad lighting design choices. Leave with useful, practical information and tips for lighting designs you can use right away. [Intermediate] [LT] [OF] [HSW]

Gary Woodall, IES, IALD, LC, LEED AP BD+C is a senior designer for Gary Steffy Lighting Design Inc. in Ann Arbor, Michigan. • Wilson Dau, LC, LEED AP, is a principal of Dau Design and Consulting Inc. in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Many of the masters of art and architecture, including Michelangelo, da Vinci and Vitruvius, knew that the energy in a space affects every aspect in life, including relationships, finances, and health. For thousands of years, the masters have kept this secret knowledge in certain circles, applying it to art, buildings and other monuments to transform negative energy and generate beneficial energy. You can discover some of this knowledge and learn some of the basic principles of energetic geometry and other powerful techniques to design a room, furniture, art objects, and fabrics that will help create a healing and nurturing environment for you and your clients. Come discuss the top five mistakes that designers, architects and builders make that produce problems in their clients’ health, including insomnia, tension and anxiety. Get the real secret behind the Golden Ratio. The session includes many basic lessons in space planning as well as specific numbers, colors, and energizing techniques you can use to create balanced, nurturing and beneficial environments. [Intermediate] [RES] [HSW]

Cary Weldy is president of Cary Weldy LLC in Chicago, Illinois.