AIA Chicago Professional Development Conference 

Conference Schedule-at-a-Glance

 7:15 - 8:00 am                   Registration & Continental Breakfast

8:00 - 9:15 am                    Opening Session

9:30 - 11:00 am                  Educational Sessions

11:20 am - 12:50 pm        Educational Sessions

1:00 - 2:30 pm                    Luncheon Plenary Session

2:45 - 4:15 pm                    Educational Sessions

4:35 - 6:05 pm                    Educational Sessions

5:45 - 6:30 pm                    Networking Reception

6:30 - 7:30 pm                    Evening Plenary Session

Participants may earn up to 9 CES Learning Units (some qualify for HSW and SD credit).

Educational Sessions

Practice Track

• Trends in Practice Management and Delivery
• Retrofitting, A Growing Market for Architects
• The Nimble Path of Negotiation: Communicating Your Value
• Marketing Architecture: Using Words and Images to Your Best Advantage

 The Green of Green Track

• Energy @ Home I: Options, Upgrades, and Incentives
• How to Select and Design Alternative Energy Systems
• Energy @ Home II: Modeling Energy Usage for Small Residential Projects
• Specifying Green Products in the Real World

 Architects Taking the Lead Track

• Successes and Lessons From the Diaries of International Architects
• Valuing Life Cycle Cost Analysis for Clients and Architects
• Reducing Energy Use: Meeting the 2030 Challenge and Other Initiatives
• The Case and Place for Pro Bono and Reduced Fee Projects in Your Practice

Breakfast Plenary

“Moving Forward: Design Entrepreneurship”

James Cramer, Hon. AIA, Hon. IIDA, The Greenway Group, DesignIntelligence

Lunch Plenary

"Charting the Recovery in the Design Professions"

Kermit Baker, Ph.D., Hon. AIA, AIA Chief Economist

Evening Plenary

"The Nature of Circumstance"

Peter Bohlin, FAIA, Bohlin Cywinski Jackson; AIA Gold Medalist 2010