2024 COLLOQUIUM

2024 PROGRAM

Reuse and Restore for a More Regenerative Future

APRIL 17 – 19

SAN FRANCISCO • CALIFORNIA

WELCOME RECEPTION AT AUTODESK GALLERY

Wednesday, April 17
4:30 - 6:30 PM

AUTODESK GALLERY

1 MARKET STREET

2nd FlOOR
San Francisco, CA 94105

DAY  1

Thursday, April 18

PRESIDIO OFFICERS CLUB, ORTEGA BALLROOM 2nd FLOOR

8:00 a.m.

Breakfast

8:30 a.m.

Welcome

Land and Labor Acknowledgement

Saskia Dennis-van Dijl

Principal Consultant, Cameron MacAllister Group


Review Schedule and Opening Statements

Mark Cameron

Principal Consultant, Cameron MacAllister Group


Honoring Marsha Maytum, FAIA

Mary Ann Lazarus

Principal Consultant, Cameron MacAllister Group

9:00 a.m.

Quinn Evans

Recipient of AIA National Architecture Firm Award 2024

Introduction

Betsy del Monte

Principal Consultant, Cameron MacAllister Group


Quinn Evans Presentation

Richard Hess and Nakita Reed

Regional Operations Director and Senior Associate, Quinn Evans

9:45 a.m.

Break

10:00 a.m.

How are design firms leveraging technology?

Facilitator:

Mark Cameron

Principal Consultant, Cameron MacAllister Group


Panelists:

Mark Schwettman

Design Principal, SOM

Kat Park

Senior Director of Design Technology, SOM

Blair Payson

Partner, Olson Kundig

Kyle Steinfeld

Professor, UC-Berkeley School of Architecture

Mike Haley

Senior Vice President of Research, Autodesk

11:30 a.m.

Intellectual Property and Liability Implications from AI/Technologies

Laura Howard

Partner, Fox Rothschild


Syvia Magid

Partner, Fox Rothschild


Gunjan Agarwal

Partner, Fox Rothschild


12:15 p.m.

LUNCH

1:15 p.m.

Embodied Carbon Data, Technology, and Design

Facilitator:

Lori Ferriss

Principal Consultant, Cameron MacAllister Group


Panelists:

Scott Shell

Associate Director for Industry, Climate Works Foundation

Joan Gibbons

Sustainability Manager, Lendlease Construction

Brad Benke

Researcher, Climate Leadership Forum

Jenn Chen

Partner, LMN Architects

2:45 p.m.

Break

3:00 p.m.

PechaKucha

Julia Chapman

Senior Associate, ennead


Heather DeGrella

Associate Principal | Sustainable Design Director, Opsis Architecture



3:30 p.m.

Benchmarking Survey Results

Clark Davis

Principal Consultant, Cameron MacAllister Group


Scott Lelieur

Chief of Operations, Lake|Flato

4:30 p.m.

Summary and Discussion

Discussion and Reflection on Day 1

5:30 p.m.

Cocktails and Dinner at Greens

DAY  2

Friday, April 19

PRESIDIO OFFICERS CLUB

8:00 a.m.

Breakfast

8:30 a.m.

Welcome and Land Acknowledgement

8:35 a.m.

Beyond buildings: how do we make our cities more livable?

Facilitator:

Mark Cameron

Principal Consultant, Cameron MacAllister Group


Panelists:

Claude Imbault

Deputy Director, Downtown SF Partnership

Rich Hillis

City of SF Director of Planning

Melissa Higgs

Partner, HCMA and Board Chair, Downtown Van (DVBIA)

10:00 a.m.

Break

10:15 a.m.

Pechakucha

Claire Maxfield

Managing Director, Atelier Ten

Kristen DiStefano

Director, Atelier Ten


10:40 a.m.

Autodesk Presents

Facilitator:

Sabina Poole

Audience Marketing Manager, Architecture | Industry & Portfolio Marketing | Worldwide Marketing-AEC


Panelists:

Jamie Sartory

Associate, Lake|Flato


Lake|Flato will discuss how they used the Forma tool in the renovation of their San Antonio offices.

11:15 a.m.

Facilitated Discussions

Highlights and take-aways from the two days.

12 p.m.

Adjourn


Boxed Lunches will be available

2024 Speakers

GUNJAN AGARWAL

Partner, Fox Rothschild

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    Gunjan Agarwal is based in Fox Rothschild’s Pittsburgh office and serves as the Practice Management Partner of the firm’s 113-attorney Intellectual Property Department. Gunjan combines her love for technology with her experience to help clients develop legal strategies to leverage their intellectual property assets. Her patent and transactional experience spans a range of technologies, including: software, artificial intelligence, robotics, virtual/augmented reality, automotive, consumer electronics, electrical circuits, optics, fluid mechanics, oil and gas, mechanical engineering, life sciences, medical devices and pharmaceutical-related arts.  She often provides her clients practical advice on management and risk assessment relating to intellectual property. Clients rely on Gunjan to advise them on patent strategies, including securing patents for innovative technologies, designing products that avoid infringement of competitors’ patents, and implementing strategic license opportunities. Her skills also extend to trademark portfolio development and management. Gunjan provides strategic support for performing due diligence relating to IP assets, vetting the strengths and weaknesses of a company’s IP portfolio and exposing issues from offensive and defensive angles. Gunjan regularly counsels clients on the preparation, negotiation and enforcement of complex technology transactions, software and platform licensing, technology-focused supply chain agreements, and university technology transfer agreements.

BRAD BENKE, AIA
Researcher, Carbon Leadership Forum

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    Brad Benke, AIA, is a Research Engineer at the Carbon Leadership Forum focused on developing data-driven resources to help practitioners and policymakers adopt and scale decarbonization strategies in the built environment. With a background in deep-green architecture and consulting, Brad works to synthesize and improve life cycle assessment practices and tools within the AEC industry and deliver practical solutions for low-carbon building design and construction. His recent work includes leading the CLF WBLCA Benchmark Study and developing the background data and methodologies for the CLF Embodied Carbon Policy Reduction Calculator. Brad is a former co-chair of AIA Seattle’s Committee on the Environment, and a former Senior Architect at McLennan Design, where he led diverse teams and stakeholders toward achieving decarbonization goals for buildings and organizations across the country.

MARK CAMERON, HON. AIA

Principal Consultant, Cameron MacAllister Group

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    Mark Cameron, Hon. AIA, established Cameron MacAllister Group in 1986 to provide marketing advice and strategies to design firms. Prior, he was director of marketing for NBBJ and The Architects Collaborative.


    Mark’s expertise includes strategic planning, leadership development, training, and ownership transition. He has conducted numerous training workshops throughout the United States and United Kingdom on communicating difficult messages, presenting competitively, listening and communication, client development, and strategic planning.


    Mark has lectured on strategic planning and marketing at the University of California Berkeley School of Architecture, the University of Washington School of Business Administration, the American Institute of Architects national convention and local chapter events, and the Society for Marketing Professional Services national convention and local chapter events. He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of AIA/San Francisco.


    In 2016, the American Institute of Architects conferred Honorary Membership upon Mark in recognition for his contribution to the profession. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Milligan College, a master’s degree from The Divinity School at Harvard University, and he also studied at Boston Architectural College.


JENN CHEN, WELL AP

Partner, LMN Architects

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    Jenn is a passionate interior designer specializing in experiential and sustainable design. With a keen focus on the interplay between spatial qualities and human experiences, she strives to optimize occupant wellbeing, achieve functional goals, and enhance the client’s culture and values, while minimizing negative environmental impacts. She helped develop a metric for evaluating the curricular value of social interaction spaces, and is an industry thought leader on interior designers’ role in decarbonization in the building industry. Jenn is a co-creator of the firm’s Path to Zero Carbon series, which is focused on sharing research, summarizing, and prioritizing actions to reach carbon neutrality. She is a leading member of the firm’s Materials & Health and Circular Lab Applied Research Team, spearheading initiatives such as the launch of a finish material library vetting process and implementing low-waste management strategies. She is committed to advancing design practices for the betterment of communities and the environment.


JULIA CHAPMAN, AIA

Senior Associate, Ennead Architects

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    Julia Chapman she serves as a Senior Designer and Project Architect on cultural, educational and healthcare projects. She combines an interest in climate change and sustainable design with curiosity about form and materials to create buildings that expand the impact of institutions and communities.  


CLARK DAVIS, FAIA, LEED AP

Principal Consultant, Cameron MacAllister Group

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    Clark Davis, FAIA, LEED AP, leads many of Cameron MacAllister Group’s services in practice management, organizational and leadership development, and firm governance.


    Prior to joining Cameron MacAllister Group, Clark was a senior principal at HOK for nearly 25 years. He served for 12 years as vice chairman and a member of the firm’s executive committee, and for 19 years as managing principal of HOK’s headquarters office in St Louis, Missouri. He led the creation of a broader regional practice, with new offices in Chicago and Denver, and organized firm-wide practices in healthcare, science & technology, aviation, corporate accounts, and other key markets. He was responsible for the entire firm’s marketing, communications, business planning, and website development.  


    Clark has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and a Senior Fellow of the Design Futures Council. He was president of AIA St. Louis and AIA Missouri, and he served on the Executive Committee of the AIA Large Firm Roundtable. 


    Since 2012, Clark has led the Managing Uncertainty research initiative for the AIA, the AIA Large Firm Roundtable, AGC, DBIA, LCI, COAA, and other industry bodies. The original research, performed by McGraw Hill Construction under contract with the Large Firm Round Table (LFRT), concluded with the Managing Uncertainty and Expectations in Building Design and Construction report, published in 2014. Clark was the author of the Managing Uncertainty Project Planning Guide for Owners and Project Teams, published by Dodge Data & Analytics in 2018. He has reported on the results from the research at numerous industry conferences. Clark also was the author of the “Architectural Services and Compensation” chapter of The Architect’s Handbook of Professional Practice, 13th and 14th editions, published by the AIA.


    Clark holds degrees in architecture from the University of Kansas and the University of Michigan and he has chaired advisory boards at both institutions.

HEATHER DE GRELLA, AIA, LEED FELLOW,
FITWELL AMBASSADOR

Associate Principal | Sustainable Design Director, Opsis

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    Heather’s tireless passion for green building is evident throughout her career of extensive community and professional service, public speaking and practical application on a diverse number of design and research projects. Taking inspiration from nature, Heather applies her expertise in sustainability and wellness throughout the project life cycle and into operations ensuring that sustainable design goals have been realized. When she is not designing, Heather is guiding our studio and the Green Team focus group on best practices and tools in achieving our goals, fighting for environmental and social justice, and exploring the outdoors.


BETSY DEL MONTE, FAIA, LEED BD+C
Principal Consultant, Cameron MacAllister Group

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    Betsy del Monte, FAIA, LEED BD+C, joined Cameron MacAllister in 2018 as a Principal Consultant. A registered architect, she brings 30 years of architectural practice and sustainability consulting experience to the firm. 


    Her expertise includes high-performance-building design, sustainable-and-resilient-community design, and fully integrated project delivery, which enables her to help clients accelerate their sustainable and resilient design outcomes. She also teaches graduate courses in sustainable design and development at the Lyle School of Engineering at Southern Methodist University in Dallas.


    Betsy currently serves on the national AIA Strategic Council, the AIA Sustainability Leaders Group, and the AIA Equity and Future of Architecture Committee. 


    Formerly, Betsy was a Principal in Architecture and Director of Sustainability for the Beck Group, a national, integrated firm providing architecture and construction services. Her experience also includes work with architecture firms in Atlanta and Houston, as well as nine years with Philip Johnson and John Burgee in New York.


    Betsy received her Bachelor of Science degree in Architecture from the University of Virginia and a Master of Architecture degree from Rice University.

SASKIA DENNIS-VAN DIJL

Principal Consultant, Cameron MacAllister Group

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    Saskia Dennis-van Dijl advises Cameron MacAllister clients in the areas of marketing, practice management, leadership development, and strategic planning.


    Guiding clients through the development and implementation of strategic and tactical marketing plans and budgets, Saskia provides counsel to in-house marketing principals and senior marketing staff on best practices, marketing trends, and prospective clients. She also leads training workshops for architects, engineers, and related professionals throughout the United States on topics including: Presenting for Success, Client Care and Business Development, Effective Communications, and Basics of Marketing.


    In recent years, Saskia has focused extensively on leadership development in the architecture, engineering, and construction industry including a deep commitment to concerns related to diversity equity and inclusion. She was a founding member of the 2014 Equity by Design research project sponsored by AIA San Francisco and now works with companies around the nation on culture and policy development to achieve goals of diversity and inclusion in all aspects.  Saskia has spoken widely on the topic including presenting to the AIA, the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), and several other national and regional groups. 


    In 2018, Saskia was named a Women of Vision award winner by the Portland Daily Journal of Commerce. She was one of 50 women honored for their roles in shaping the industry in Oregon and southwest Washington. Saskia also serves as Executive Director of the Global Design Alliance, an international network of 19 design, planning and construction firms who are committed to fostering dynamic growth and change. 


    Saskia joined Cameron MacAllister Group in 1999 after 11 years as Director of Business Development for Esherick Homsey Dodge and Davis (EHDD), an architectural firm based in San Francisco.


KRISTEN DISTEFANO, LEED AP BD+C

Director, Atelier Ten

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    Kristen is an Associate Director of the San Francisco office. With her macro-to-micro approach, Kristen provides big-picture guidance for large scale masterplans and detailed analysis including daylight optimization, shading control and innovative materials on the building scale.


    Kristen has successfully led some of the firm’s most ambitious and complex projects including the new Nvidia campus in Santa Clara, CA and the San Francisco Giants’ Mission Rock Development. She led the sustainability vision for the 2020 Project, an unprecedented public private partnership (P3) project at the University of California Merced that nearly doubled the size of the campus. She’s currently working with the California College of the Arts in San Francisco to develop a carbon neutral unified campus.


    Beyond projects, Kristen runs Atelier Ten’s Carbon Management practice and is an integral part of the firm’s Masterplanning and Daylight practices. She has taught Architectural Design and Environmental Systems and Controls at the University of Oregon and was a Teaching Associate at Cornell University.

LORI FERRISS, AIA, PE, LEED AP BD+C

Principal Consultant, Cameron MacAllister Group

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    Lori Ferriss, AIA, PE, LEED AP BD+C, brings 15 years of experience as an architect, structural engineer, and conservator to Cameron MacAllister Group. She is a renowned leader, advocate, and educator in sustainable stewardship of the built environment. Her personal mission is to break down silos between disciplines and across the building sector to leverage the built environment toward a more sustainable, resilient, and equitable future.


    Licensed as both an architect and professional engineer, Lori provides Cameron MacAllister Group clients with a broad range of knowledge to help them see the great potential of existing buildings. She brings a balance of technical expertise and strategic thinking skills to her work with clients that lead to implementable outcomes. She works with firms to embed climate action into both organizational structure, staff development, and project delivery processes for measurable and consistent change.


    Lori’s award-winning work leverages connections between the built and natural environments for a more equitable, resilient, and sustainable future. She is a frequent speaker on carbon mitigation and climate justice topics through building reuse at the local, national, and international levels. She is also a co-developer of the CARE Tool, which estimates the carbon benefits of reusing and retrofitting buildings. Lori’s research in establishing carbon accounting methods and standards of practice for existing and historic buildings has been featured in the Journal of Architectural Conservation and Architect Magazine. She has also presented her findings on stage at the UN COP27 climate conference.


    In 2022, Lori received the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Young Architects Award. She also chairs the AIA Committee on the Environment, serves on the steering committee of the Climate Heritage Network, and is a co-founder of the Northeast Hub of the Carbon Leadership Forum and the Zero Net Carbon Collaboration for Existing and Historic Buildings.


JOAN GIBBONS

Sustainability Manager, Lendlease Construction

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    Joan Gibbons is a Sustainability Manager for Lendlease Construction based in San Francisco, where she is currently helping Lendlease meet its ambitious goal of achieving absolute zero carbon across every scope by 2040, while creating $250M of social value by 2025. At Lendlease, Joan is collaborating across the company's national portfolio to procure low-embodied carbon materials, reduce jobsite emissions, and is driving implementation of a variety of other sustainability initiatives to reduce the company’s environmental footprint.  Joan holds a degree in Civil Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, and is a LEED AP BD+C accredited professional.  She is committed to ongoing learning and collaboration to achieve ambitious sustainability goals and is passionate about creating social and environmental value through her work.

     

MIKE HALEY

Senior Vice President of Research, Autodesk

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    Mike Haley serves as Senior Vice President of Research at Autodesk. In this role, he leads the company’s industrial research that uncovers new technologies for customer-centric transformations while addressing challenges like climate change, automation, and industry convergence.


    The Autodesk Research team encompasses scientific research (AI, Human-Computer Interaction, Simulation and Systems, Optimization, Geometry, Visualization, and Robotics), industry research (Design, Manufacturing, Architecture, Infrastructure, Construction, and Media), and strategic foresight. Mike also oversees the Autodesk Technology Centers, working with customers and partners on the future of design and make. This multidisciplinary, integrated approach guides the company’s technology, strategy, and product development. Mike also leads Autodesk's Generative AI efforts.


    Mike’s track record includes establishing the company’s AI Lab, driving machine learning competency, and pioneering cloud technology at Autodesk. He holds an MS in Computer Science from the University of Cape Town, South Africa, and has expertise in computer graphics, machine learning, distributed systems, and mathematical analysis.


RICHARD B. HESS, AIA

Regional Operations Director, Quinn Evans

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    With over 25 years of combined experience in professional practice and teaching, Mr. Hess has been passionately involved in real estate development and the adaptive re-use of existing places. Following Detroit’s historic bankruptcy in 2013, Richard spearheaded a small team of like-minded individuals interested in being a part of the city’s comeback, focusing on the revitalization of Detroit’s neighborhoods and its many culturally-rich, abandoned places. Today, Quinn Evans’ Detroit office is over 30 team-members strong and has repeatedly been listed as one of the city’s Top Workplaces by the Detroit Free Press. 


    Richard is currently leading the architectural and engineering team responsible for the rehabilitation of the iconic Michigan Central Station – once considered the grandest train station in the nation and the gateway to the industrial Motor City. When completed, Michigan Central will serve as the hub for Ford Motor Company’s 30-acre innovation district – focusing on state-of-the-art mobility solutions for a more sustainable and equitable future. The road to revitalizing Michigan Central has been an ongoing commitment for Quinn Evans for over a decade, and for many, is seen as a towering symbol of Detroit’s past, present, and future. Richard is also leading the stabilization of New York’s Buffalo Central Terminal, an equally impressive, early-twentieth century train depot which has been abandoned for nearly 40 years. 


    Mr. Hess holds a Bachelor of Design from the University of Florida with a Masters in Architecture from the University of Michigan. Richard is currently Quinn Evans’ Regional Operations Director, responsible for managing their offices in both Detroit and Ann Arbor, Michigan, and he currently sits on QE’s Board of Directors. 


RICH HILLIS

Planning Director, City and County of San Francisco

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    Rich Hillis is the Planning Director for the City and County of San Francisco. Mr. Hillis is responsible for overseeing long range city planning, development review, and environmental review for most physical development in San Francisco. He served on the San Francisco Planning Commission for eight years before becoming Director of the Planning Department.


    Prior to joining San Francisco Planning , Mr. Hillis served as the Executive Director for the Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture where he led its reinvigoration, investing over $60 million into the historic campus and providing a stable and vibrant home to dozens of arts organizations and events. Before joining the Fort Mason Center, Mr. Hillis served as Deputy Director of San Francisco’s Office of Economic and Workforce Development, where he managed all aspects of the redevelopment of Treasure Island and Yerba Buena Island into a new 8,000-unit, mixed-use neighborhood, led efforts on priority Port development projects, and oversaw efforts to develop and implement a comprehensive strategy for development along Octavia Boulevard. Previously, he was the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department’s Director of Partnerships and Property, managing RPD’s assets and concessions.  


    Mr. Hillis has an Master’s degree in Public Policy from the University of Chicago and a Bachelor’s from the State University of New York at Albany .

MELISSA HIGGS

Chair of Board of Directors, Downtown Van

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    Melissa is passionate about creating innovative public buildings where communities come together, and is a believer in the power of architecture and design as a catalyst for positive change in the world. She enjoys working closely with clients to find creative solutions to their unique design challenges. Her expertise in recreation facilities, arts and culture, and long-range vision plans are demonstrated by the success of the Clayton Community Centre – the first Passive House certified community centre in North America – and the award-winning Grandview Heights Aquatic Centre and West Vancouver Community Centre. Her work on long range strategies includes the West End Community Hub Renewal Plan, Granville Street Design Framework, Granville Island 2040 Land Use Vision Plan, and the Vancouver Aquatic Strategy.


    Melissa plays a key role in managing and developing the cross-disciplinary aspects of hcma, including communication design, sustainability, and community and stakeholder engagement to augment our architecture practice, enhancing our reach and impact. She believes that true collaboration and transdisciplinary design has the power to improve creative outcomes across all project types and scales. 


    Melissa is currently the Chair of the Board of Directors for Downtown Van (the Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association). She is past Chair of UBC’s Advisory Urban Design Panel (AUDP), and a past member of AIBC’s Diverse Membership Group and the City of Surrey’s Advisory Design Panel. Melissa is also an Adjunct at UBC’s School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (SALA) and has taught a course on Social Sustainability and several architectural design studios.

     

LAURA T. HOWARD

Partner, FoxRothschild

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    Laura is a trusted adviser to professional services businesses, including architects and engineers, working with them to resolve legal issues involving employment, contracts, business sales and ownership transition issues.


    She assists clients through the corporate life cycle, from formation through developing an exit strategy. She routinely handles 8-10 ownership transition programs per year. In addition, she has handled M&A transactions ranging in size from $1 million to more than $300 million in enterprise value. 


    Laura did her undergraduate work at Emory University and law school at the University of California at Berkeley.


CLAUDE IMBAULT

Deputy Director, Downtown SF Partnership

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    Born in San Francisco, Claude grew up in a family dedicated to the civic good and the power of public space to transform cities and people. He serves as the Deputy Director for the Downtown SF Partnership (a Business Improvement District) overseeing place making and place management functions for 43-blocks of downtown San Francisco. Claude was introduced to the world of BIDs during an internship for the US State Department in Kingston, Jamaica. His interests include urban design, architecture, organizational psychology, behavioral economics and systems theory. Claude holds a B.S. in City & Regional Planning from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, and an M.A. in Change Leadership from the California School of Professional Psychology. He lives with his partner in an 1870’s Italianate Victorian in San Francisco’s Castro District.

     


SCOTT LELIEUR, AIA

Chief of Operations, Lake | Flato

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    As Lake|Flato’s Chief of Operations. Scott brings strong leadership and oversight to human resources, finance, management and business operations, ensuring that internal processes maximize the firm’s capabilities and growth capacity. He is committed to establishing an outstanding business culture supported by a sound financial and operational model to produce design of the highest quality. Scott’s attentiveness to organizational design and the alignment of process with organizational goals drives Lake|Flato’s success in an increasingly competitive marketplace. A graduate of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo with a Bachelor of Architecture and the University of California, Los Angeles, with an MBA, Scott is as passionate about road biking, mountain biking and track racing as he is about behavior economics.


SYVIA MAGID

Partner, Fox Rothschild

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    Syvia helps her clients with choice of entity decisions and entity formation, counsels businesses regarding general corporate matters and governance and regularly drafts and reviews contracts.


    She works with clients to develop business succession plans to allow for internal ownership transition, and she represents clients in mergers, acquisitions and reorganizations. She also counsels clients regarding wind up and dissolution.


    While Syvia’s clients come from a wide range of business sectors including the market research, public relations and custom furniture industries, a portion of her practice focuses on design professionals, including architects, landscape architects, interior designers, engineers and environmental consultants. She drafts and reviews design services contracts and helps these clients to successfully transition ownership either internally, to a new generations of owners in order to allow for the growth of the design firms over multiple generations of ownership and leadership, or externally to become part of a larger organization through merger and acquisition.



ClAIRE MAXFIELD, LEED FELLOW

Director, Atelier Ten

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    As managing Director of Atelier Ten’s San Francisco office, Claire is a recognized leader in the environmental design and delivery of large, complex, environmentally ambitious masterplans, landscapes and buildings. Her breadth of work spans from the first LEED Platinum building at Ithaca College to designing what will be the largest and most sustainable mass transit development on the west coast.


    Claire’s expertise in green buildings marries technical excellence with a strong design and environmental ethos. She has extensive expertise in climate-responsive architecture, design for thermal and visual comfort, high performance façade optimization, advanced energy and HVAC systems, water reuse systems, and carbon management.


    Claire is a LEED Fellow, holds a BA in Architectural History & Environmental Studies from Cornell University, and an M.Arch from Princeton University’s School of Architecture. She has taught at the Rural Studio at Auburn University, Parsons School of Design and Pratt Institute in New York City.

KAT PARK

Senior Director of Design Technology, SOM


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    Kat Park is the Senior Director of Design Technology at SOM, overseeing technology strategy related to design. A computer scientist and architect specializing in computational design, Kat Park spearheads research initiatives, identifies opportunities and technology trends to innovate the design process related to the built environment. Prior to SOM and architecture, she was an interdisciplinary software developer and interaction designer at Art Technology Group and MIT Media Lab. Kat Park holds a BS in Computer Science & Engineering and a Master of Architecture degree, both from MIT.


Blair PAYSON, AIA, LEED AP

Principal/Owner, Olson Kundig


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    Blair Payson, a principal/owner of Olson Kundig, has worked on both architectural and exhibit design projects, including the Century Project at the Space Needle, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Discovery Center, and Recompose, a Washington state organization advocating for an alternative approach for burying the dead, as well as several homes across the western United States and Mexico. Blair’s current work includes a new museum for an American sculptor, a renovation of a historic Los Angeles theater, and several hospitality and residential projects. Blair regularly lectures and organizes conferences across the U.S. and internationally, including the 2021 Advanced Building Skins Conference in Bern, Switzerland; he also co-chaired the 2020 Architect's Newspaper Conference in Seattle, and delivered the 2019 Association of Licensed Architects keynote address.

     

    A maker at heart, Blair is an architect who revels in the details. From large cultural projects to temporary design interventions, Blair is able to distill large, complex projects into distinct culminating moments. Lately, Blair’s research has taken him on site visits to a subterranean cavern deep underground in one week, to hundreds of feet above an urban landscape the next, demonstrating not only the range of his interests, but also his proclivity towards risk and experimentation. Blair holds a Bachelor of Architecture from Rice University, and he is the recipient of several design awards for his work on the Gates Foundation Visitor Center and the Century Project at the Space Needle, among other projects.


SABINA M. POOLE

Audience Marketing Manager, Architecture

Industry & Portfolio Marketing

Worldwide Marketing-AEC

Autodesk


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    Sabina Poole is the Architecture Audiences Marketing Manager at Autodesk. She has a background in architectural and art history and has worked with architectural firms directing marketing and business development.

NAKITA REED, AIA, CPHC, LEED AP BD+C, NOMA

Senior Associate, Quinn Evans

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    Nakita Reed is a Senior Associate at Quinn Evans and award-winning architect with experience in the rehabilitation and adaptive reuse of historic buildings, with a focus on sustainable strategies in design and construction.  She has a Master of Architecture and a Master of Science in Historic Preservation from the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of Virginia. She is a registered architect, a LEED®-Accredited Professional, and a certified Passive House Consultant.


    She serves on the board of the Baltimore Architecture Foundation and is a co-chair of the Zero Net Carbon Collaboration for Existing and Heritage Buildings (ZNCC). She is also the host of Tangible Remnants, a podcast for lovers of existing buildings that explores the intersection of architecture, preservation, sustainability, race & gender.


JAMIE SARTORY, AIA, LEED AP BD+C

Associate, Lake|Flato

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    Jamie Sartory is an Associate at Lake|Flato Architects and a leader in the firm’s Learning studio. Her work centers on creating projects that immerse occupants in the landscape while paying homage to local context and sense of place. Her love of the construction process and her ability to manage deeply complex projects brings added depth to her design expertise. Jamie has worked on schools across the country including Indian Springs School and the Fort Worth Country Day Lower School. Most recently, Jamie led the transformation of Lake|Flato’s office building in downtown San Antonio, transforming the century-old building into a vibrant and welcoming workspace reflective of the firm’s ethos.


SCOTT SHELL, FAIA

Associate Director, ClimateWorks Foundation

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    Scott Shell is an architect with extensive experience on low-carbon and sustainable architectural design. He collaborated with many talented colleagues to design a number of early zero energy buildings that produced as much energy as they consumed.  He advocated for all-electric building policies in jurisdictions across California and the U.S. as a key step to eliminating operational carbon emissions.  


    In 2022 Scott joined ClimateWorks Foundation to focus full time on reducing the embodied carbon in building materials.  As the Associate Director for the Industry Program, he works to reduce and eliminate the emissions associate with producing the key industrial materials used for buildings and infrastructure.  This work is global in scope and includes legislative and policy interventions, voluntary commitments, demonstration projects, and advancing the data infrastructure for embodied carbon.  Scott works across disciplines and organizations to collaborate with a wide range of individuals deeply committed to addressing the climate crisis at speed and scale through lower carbon construction materials.


MARK SCHWETTMANN

Design Principal, SOM

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    Mark Schwettmann is a Design Principal at SOM with a diverse range of domestic and international experience in major mixed-use, residential, corporate, hospitality, and academic projects. Mark leads a global architecture team with a primary focus on high density urban infill throughout the West Coast. His work spans a wide range of building types from high rise residential to commercial office, commercial life sciences, and civic. He has led the design of multiple LEED Platinum buildings including the expansion of Moscone Convention Center, and 49 South Van Ness, which houses San Francisco’s building, planning, and public works departments and shares its origins with the 1550 Mission residential tower. A lifelong resident of the Bay Area, his passion for the intersection of architecture and technology has also led to innovation and leadership in Design Technology, from the origins of parametric modeling to current research into Generative Artificial Intelligence in Architecture.


KYLE STEINFELD

Associate Professor, University of California, Berkeley

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    Kyle Steinfeld makes, writes, and teaches about computational design as a cultural practice. An Associate Professor of Architecture at UC Berkeley, Kyle aims to reveal the overlooked capacities of architectural computation through related practices of creative work, scholarly writing, and digital tool-making. Across these media, his work undermines the imperative voice so often bestowed upon semi-autonomous processes, and seeks to set in its place a plurality of alternative voices.


    His creative work applies techniques drawn from artificial intelligence to architectural design, and has been exhibited at the Italian Pavilion of the Venice Architecture Biennale, at the NeurIPS workshop on Machine Learning for Creativity and Design, and has been written about broadly.


    In his scholarly writing, he seeks to illuminate the dynamic relationship between the creative practice of design and computational design methods, thereby enabling a more inventive, informed, responsive, and responsible practice of architecture. He authored the first chapter of The Routledge Companion to Artificial Intelligence in Architecture, and is an author of "Geometric Computation: Foundations for Design", a foundational text that demystifies computational geometry for an audience of architecture students and design professionals.


    As an educator, Kyle has instructed core courses in design, architectural representation, and design computation for more than twenty years. His leadership roles in the College of Environmental Design have included serving as the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies, and as the Faculty Director of the Master of Design program.


    As a professional architect, Kyle worked with a number of design firms, including Skidmore Owings and Merrill, Acconci Studio, Kohn Petersen Fox Associates, Howler/Yoon, Diller Scofidio Renfro, and TEN Arquitectos. Kyle holds a Masters of Architecture from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and a Bachelor's Degree in Design from the University of Florida (UF).


    He is a Fellow at Stochastic Labs, an Autodesk IDEAs fellow, and a Hellman Fellow.


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Kimpton - The Alton

2700 Jones St.

San Francisco, CA 94133


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APRIL 17, 2024

4:30-6:30 p.m.


Autodesk Gallery
1 Market Street

2nd Floor

San Francisco, CA 94105

Program Venue

APRIL 18-19, 2024


Presidio Officer's Club

Ortega Ballroom

50 Moraga Ave.

San Francisco, CA 94129

Group Dinner

APRIL 18, 2024

5:30-8:30 p.m.


Greens Restaurant

2 Marina Blvd.

Fort Mason

Building A

San Francisco, CA 94123

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