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T H E S T A T E O F T H E G A R D E N DESIGN NURTURE GROW PROGRAM ITINERARY & COURSE DESCRIPTION 2016 NJASLA ANNUAL MEETING FEBRUARY 21–23, 2016 EARLY REGISTRATION ENDS FEBRUARY 2, 2016 REGISTER TODAY! WWW.NJASLA.ORG HARRAH’S WATERFRONT CONFERENCE CENTER ATLANTIC CITY, NJ

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ONLINE REGISTRATION ONLYHOTEL REGISTRATION INFORMATION

HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS: Sunday 2/21/16 through Wednesday 2/24/16: Harrah’s Resort Atlantic City is pleased to offer a special rate of $65.00, per room, single or double occupancy, plus taxes, tourism fees and $10.00 per night, per room Resort Fee which includes complimentary in-room internet access for 2 devices per room, per night and $5 voucher towards self parking in the garage. There is a $20.00 per person, per night charge for the 3rd and 4th occupant in a room.A 48-hour advance notice is required in order to cancel without a penalty.

REGISTRATION OPTIONSOptions do not include hotel accommodations.

Please refer to the information above for hotel registration details.

FULL PACkAGEIncludes all educational sessions, exhibit hall, Mix & Mingle Cocktail Reception, Exposition Cocktail Reception, all meals,

and refreshment breaks. Registrants who select this option are eligible to receive 13 Continuing Education Credits.

SUNDAY PACkAGEIncludes Sunday educational sessions, exhibit hall, lite lunch, refreshment break and Mix & Mingle Cocktail Reception.

Registrants who select this option are eligible to receive up to 3 Continuing Education Credits.

MONDAY PACkAGEIncludes Monday educational sessions, exhibit hall, Exposition Cocktail Reception, continental breakfast, Exposition Lunch,

and refreshment breaks. Registrants who select this option are eligible to receive 6 Continuing Education Credits.

TUESDAY PACkAGEIncludes Tuesday educational sessions, exhibit hall, buffet breakfast, Exposition Lunch, and refreshment breaks. Regis-

trants who select this option are eligible to receive up to 4 Continuing Education Credits.

STUDENT PACkAGEAvailable to full time college students enrolled in a Landscape Architecture curriculum. All student packages include the activities outlined in the registration packages above. Proof of legal age is required for entry to the Cocktail Receptions.

GUEST PACkAGEIncludes meal functions and exhibits throughout the annual meeting.

Seminars are NOT included with this package and Continuing Education will not be reported for Guest registrants.

EMERITUS PACkAGEAvailable to full members who have been approved by ASLA for Emeritus status and meet all of the following criteria.

(1) 25 or more years of continuous membership in New Jersey ASLA from the effective date of membership,including time on limited status; (2) are of age to collect full Social Security retirement benefits;

(3) are retired from active practice. This is a Full Package registration, as outlined above.

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HARRAH’S ROOM RESERVATIONSBook reservations by calling 888-516-2215 or

REGISTER HEREThe Group Code is SH02LA6 and the show name is NJ-ASLA.

Cutoff date is: 1/25/16 while rooms last! Book NOW. Don’t be closed out!

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REGISTRATION FEES

PACkAGES Member Non-Member StudentFull Package $490 $550 $120Sunday Package $150 $200 $30Monday Package $310 $360 $70Tuesday Package $235 $280 $60

Guest Registration: $350Awards Presentation Guests: $50Emeritus: $180

*The above registration rates, reflect the EARLY discount rate. Registrations receivedafter February 2, 2016, will be subject to a $50 late registration fee.

PROFESSIONAL MEET AND GREET

An opportunity, during the Monday exposition lunch, for professional landscape architects to meet briefly with student attendees for an informal, one on one conversation about the

profession. Please consider being a part of this event; you must elect to participate during the registration process. Additional details will be provided to those who register.

SPONSOR-A-STUDENT

Please consider making a contribution. Your donation will help us to sponsor landscape architecture students who would like to attend the event. You can donate any amount that you

wish during the registration process and all contributions help. Your consideration of this request is greatly appreciated.

PROFESSIONAL AwARDS PRESENTATION GUESTS

Guests of award winners may purchase a ticket to attend the Professional Awards Presentation Reception on Monday evening. The fee is $50 per guest.

CONTRIBUTE TO THE NJASLA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION

Please consider a donation to the NJASLA Education Foundation. This is part of an on going effort to raise $50,000 to support student scholarships and non-profit efforts related to

landscape architecture in NJ.

MEETING SCHEDULE AND CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS

ANNUAL MEETING . TOTAL CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS: 13.0 13.0 6.0

TUESDAY . TOTAL CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS: 4.0 4.0 0.0

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TIME12:00 • 1:30 PM1:30 • 2:05 PM2:05 • 3:05 PM3:15 • 5:30 PM

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11:20 • 1:20 PM1:20 • 2:20 PM2:20 • 2:40 PM2:40 • 3:40 PM

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The State of the Garden: Yesterday, Today and TomorrowPortfolio Development WorkshopSelecting & Specifying Native Plants for Difficult SitesNJDEP/LSRP: Evaluating the Brownfield Remediation ProcessUrban Renewal Redux: Planning - Interstitial Spaces

How Pratt Got It’s Green RoofUrban Agriculture: Opportunities for LA’sCreative Placemaking

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Blue & Green Cities: Parks - 21st Century PlanningMaximizing Landscape Architecture Opportunities - BIDsUrban WildsSea Level Rise - New Jersey Shore: Ecological Approaches

Temporary Parks Enliven Underserved CommunitiesResults of EPA Research on Permeable PavementBiophilic Landscapes: Nurturing Health and WellbeingCapital City Farm

Planting Design WorkshopThe Cost of Everything and the Value of NothingPlant Selection - Climate Change - Urban Tree ManagementGovernor’s Island: Island Landscape - Four CenturiesFinding Your “Waterfalls”

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Garden Storyteller: Collection Gardens - Nelson Byrd Woltz LA’sPier 53Creating Eden: Guidelines of Islamic GardensThe Changing Landscape - Regs & Policies - NJ and Beyond

Beyond the Mural: Engage the Community with Arts Site Plan Update and Final RemarksThe New Landscape of Climate Change

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Opening RemarksSession 1 KeynoteSession 2 WorkshopSession 3Session 4Session 5

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Afternoon Opening RemarksSession 13 KeynoteSession 14Session 15Session 16

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MONDAY . TOTAL CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS: 6.0 6.0 4. 0

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETINGMIX & MINGLE COCkTAIL RECEPTION

REGISTRATION & LUNCH

REFRESHMENT BREAk

REGISTRATION & BREAkFAST

EXPOSITION BRUNCH

EXPOSITION COCkTAIL RECEPTION

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REGISTRATION & BREAkFAST — Registration desk open 7:30 AM • 1:30 PM

EXPOSITION LUNCH

**The courses and credit approval shown here are updated through the distribution date of these materials. NJ ASLA will make every effort to update and distribute changes through email to all registered participants.

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12:00 PM REGISTRATION, LIGHT LUNCH, EXHIBITS OPEN

1:30 - 1:40 PM OPENING REMARkS: Peter Adewusi, NJASLA President

1:40 - 1:45 PM RUTGERS LA STUDENT VIDEO

1:45 - 2:00 PM STUDENT DESIGN AwARDS VIDEO

2:00 - 3:00 PM SESSION 1: Keynote • The State of the Garden: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow The term garden holds different meanings for different people and particularly for landscape architects. We call ourselves landscape architects not garden designers and we have the credentials to prove it. So why is the word “garden” so loaded? For many of us who studied landscape history, gardens have been tainted as elitist, places for and by the rich who can afford their creation and maintenance. Garden is rarely the descriptor for urban public places, ecological restorations or the paradigm of a sustainable future. This lecture describes the past, present and future of what gardens are as idea, place, and action. The participants will be challenged to consider the question of what landscapes are appropriate for today with an understanding of the past and intriguing notions of the future.

Speaker: Signe NielsenSigne Nielsen, Principal, Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects, P.C. is a fellow of the ASLA. Signe Nielsen has been practicing as a landscape architect and urban designer since 1978. Her body of work has renewed the environmental integrity and transformed the quality of spaces in the urban realm. She has led more than 400 projects that have won almost every possible design award. But her sense of design’s public mission extends beyond these interventions. Signe has taught at Pratt Institute for over 30 years and as president of the Public Design Commission of the City of New York, she is an effective advocate for an inspiring and diverse urban fabric.

3:15 - 5:30 PM SESSION 2 : WorKshop • Portfolio Development

This workshop combines an introduction to the elements and power of graphic design with the opportunity to acquire skills in the use of Adobe’s desktop publishing software (InDesign). It specifically addresses the needs of landscape architects. The workshop will explore important graphic tools. Participants will understand the value of layering information and hierarchy. The workshop demonstrates what graphic design can and cannot do through the use of important tools such as effects, character, object styles, master pages, and smart text frames. Printing, PDFs and packaging reduced file sizes (Adobe Acrobat Pro) will be covered, as well as creating files for web and mobile apps (Adobe Photoshop). Participants will understand basic graphic design tools and how they can be used to produce portfolio samples for marketing their landscape design work.

Speaker: Geza Schenk

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2016

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Géza Günther Schenk is a part time lecturer/graphic designer at Rutgers University and Principal at GGS Communication in Highland Park, NJ. Géza started his career at GREY in Düsseldorf/Germany and looks back on more than 24 years in advertising and marketing communications. He worked for numerous international clients like Moët Hennessy, the MAN Diesel Group, Mars, and the Goethe-Institute – delivering concepts and graphic art for all kinds of print, online advertising, videos and trade show stands. Since 2011 he has been teaching Visual Communication at Rutgers University Department of Landscape Architecture. Géza looks at graphic design as a language having structure, vocabulary, rules, and syntax. In this session he will introduce attendees to the essentials of graphic design theory and Adobe Creative Suite programs.

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3:15 - 4:15 PM CONCURRENT SESSIONS

SESSION 3: Selecting & Specifying Native Plants for Stabilization and Restoration of Difficult Sites

In his presentation, soil scientist and plant material specialist Christopher Miller will present examples of recent native plant evaluation work performed by the USDA-Natural Resource Conservation Service. He will explain how the information obtained from the evaluation work can be applied by landscape architects when selecting and specifying native plants for coastal dune and shoreline stabilization, as well as for riparian buffers, stream banks, stormwater basins, and native meadows. He will also discuss what his research has found regarding the impact of climate change on native plants, their ability to adapt, and how this will impact the plant palette of landscape architects in the future. The process of plant testing, selection, and production will be explained to help landscape architects better understand plant availability issues and requirements when specifying native plants. In conclusion, Mr. Miller will discuss proper seeding and planting techniques based on the latest research, present examples of actual case studies, and demonstrate how this information can result in a better outcome for native plant restoration projects.

Speaker: Chris MillerChristopher Miller is the Manager and Plant Materials Specialist at the USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service in Cape May Court House, NJ. He has a B.S. in Agronomy (soils emphasis) from the Pennsylvania State University and a M.S. Plant Science (soils) South Dakota State University. He worked at USDA-NRCS since 1989 as a Conservation Agronomist in Maryland moving to NJ in 1992 as Plant Materials Specialist. He has served as a plant science consultant to NRCS state and field offices in eight Northeastern states. Chris makes recommendations for stabilizing disturbed and eroding areas, including dunes, tidal shorelines, streambanks, and mined lands. He also provides vegetative recommendations for conservation practices using native plants and innovative planting techniques. Chris has developed several training courses including those on landscape restoration, streambanks/shoreline stabilization, native grass use and establishment, and identification of grasses, sedges, and rushes for wetlands delineation.

SESSION 4: Landscape Architecture as Catalyst for Transformation: NJDEP to LSRP, Evaluating the NJ Brownfield Remediation ProcessCommencing in 2009 and fully functionally by May 2012, the Site Remediation Reform Act (SRRA) has redefined the manner in which brownfields are remediated in New Jersey, changing completely the professional landscape for remediation professionals. The goal of the reform was to increase the pace of remediation, in an effort to decrease the environmental impact caused by contaminant exposure and transform underutilized properties into productive reuse. However, by requiring remediation projects to proceed under the supervision of a Licensed Site Remediation Professional, this regulation also privatizes a process that had been previously been under the purview of federal and state agencies, that include the DEP, NJDEP and USEPA.

Has SRRA accomplished its goals? To answer this question we have surveyed landscape architects, engineers, environmental consultants, and professional planners to understand how their practices have evolved in response to SRRA. This presentation highlights the results of our survey and will critically discuss the current role of landscape architecture in site remediation and adaptive reuse of brownfields.

Speaker: wolfram Hoefer, Ph.D.Wolfram Hoefer, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor at the Department of Landscape Architecture at Rutgers,the State University of New Jersey and serves as Graduate Program Director for the department. Dr. Hoeferserves as Co-Director of the Rutgers Center for Urban Environmental Sustainability. In 1992 he earned aDiploma in Landscape Architecture from the Technische Universität Berlin and received a doctoral degreefrom Technische Universtät München in 2000. Dr. Hoefer is a licensed landscape architect in the stateof North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany. His research and teaching focus is the cultural interpretationof brownfields as potential elements of the public realm.

Speaker: kimberly A. TrybaKimberly Tryba is a second-year graduate student in the Department of Landscape Architecture at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, where she currently serves as research assistant to Dr. Wolfram Hoefer, Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director. Kimberly also participates as class representative for the department’s Graduate Committee, and is a student member of ASLA. In 2013, she earned a certificate in landscape design from the New York Botanical Garden. Previously, Kimberly was a senior integrated marketing professional in the media and luxury brand industries, with more than 20 years of experience in market analysis and sales and communication strategy.

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SESSION 5: Urban Renewal Redux: Planning for the Interstitial Spaces

Jersey City is New Jersey’s first city: welcoming commerce and industry, and evolving into a significant player in the New York economy. As the railhead of the nation, its destiny was cast in iron; maritime industry dominated the waterfront - until it didn’t.

The collapse of rail shipping and relocation of the ports was the end of an era – and the beginning of a new one. The ashes were stirred and the “Gold Coast” emerged. Change came upon Jersey City in 1952, with the nation’s first Urban Renewal Plan – Gregory Park. The redevelopment of this project and similar inaccessible sites is part of our story.

Today, urban planners are faced with the need to re-integrate awkward interstitial sites. Abandoned waterfronts, former industrial zones, isolated communities: these leftover spaces must inspire planners. We can dig deep into sites’ history, context, infrastructure, and public spaces to create transformative visions. This session illustrates ground-breaking techniques, innovative re-zonings, and public-private partnerships to create radical and successful solutions for the lost edges and in-between places that will re-invent our cities.

Speaker: Robert CotterRobert Cotter has been Planning Director in Jersey City for over 25 years, starting as a planner in 1980. He has written and directed over 80 redevelopment plans, covering almost half the city’s area. Jersey City is the fastest growing city, per capita, in the NY Metro Region and we have an amazing story to tell. He is the recipient of two National Planning awards, and numerous NJAPA awards. He was elected to the College of Fellows of the AICP in 2012 and is the former President of the Hudson River Waterfront Conservancy and a graduate of Leadership NJ.

Speaker: Jay ValgoraJay’s Manhattan based practice, STUDIO V Architecture, is dedicated to the reinvention of the contemporary city. The Studio addresses the groundbreaking event that more people live in cities than rural areas since 2010 through creating a new architecture of sustainable communities, transformative waterfront designs, public spaces networks, transportation infrastructure infill, contemporary structures, and progressive adaptive reuse. STUDIO V has designed an extraordinary range of projects advancing these issues. The Studio’s work encompasses reimagining New York City’s waterfront in all five boroughs and Jersey City, including major designs for Astoria, Inwood, Flushing, Gravesend, Sunset Park, and the Bronx. Innovative designs for Brooklyn’s Empire Stores and the Bronx Post Office combine historic and contemporary architecture; high profile transit oriented projects include the Stamford, CT and Grove Street Jersey City rail stations with innovative combinations of new public parks, streets, architecture, and infrastructure. Alongside these projects, Studio V is working on designs for green, resilient waterfronts such as West Haven Connecticut, and Staten Island’s South Shore.

4:30 - 4:50 PM REFRESHMENT BREAk

4:50 - 5:50 PM CONCURRENT SESSIONS

SESSION 6: How Pratt Got its Green Roof

As foundations of higher learning on the cutting edge of best professional practices and technology, academic institutions today are tasked with training future environmental stewards and showcasing their campuses as models for sustainable development. Pratt Institute’s recent efforts in this field have been recognized by an award from the New York City Department of Environmental Protection’s Green Infrastructure Grant Program, an ambitious watershed based plan targeted at the reduction of combined sewer outfalls through the implementation of green infrastructure (GI) projects on both public and private property. The grant was awarded to Pratt for its collaborative proposal from the Institute’s facilities team and the Graduate School of Architecture’s Programs for Sustainable Planning & Development, for the design and construction of two GI projects on the Institute’s Brooklyn campus.

Ms. Stein’s presentation will cover the details of Pratt Institute’s on-campus suite of GI projects; how they mitigate combined sewer outfalls, their community involvement components and the city grant application process.

Speaker: Jaime SteinJaime Stein is an academic, sustainability consultant, and urban researcher with more than 15 yearsexperience advocating for sustainable communities through community engagement, sustainabilityplanning, and policy analysis. Currently, Ms. Stein directs the Sustainable Environmental Systems

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program at Pratt Institute, a master of science in sustainability studies with a curriculum at the nexus of environmental design, science, and policy. Her academic research focuses on systems thinking integrated with community self-determination, green infrastructure, and community based resilience. She is Co-Director of Pratt Institute’s Recovery, Adaptation Mitigation & Planning (RAMP) initiative, is a founding member of the Stormwater Infrastructure Matters (S.W.I.M.) Coalition as well as the Collective for Community, Culture & the Environment. In addition to her role at Pratt, Jaime serves on the NYC Department of Environmental Protection’s Water Infrastructure Steering Committee and is the Mayoral Appointee for the Atlantic Yards Community Development Corporation.

SESSION 7: Urban Agriculture: Opportunities for Landscape Architects

As we are more aware of what we eat and where it came from, community gardens, urban farms, and farmers markets become part of our urban fabric. This session addresses the landscape architect’s role in leveraging this trend for a stronger sense of community. Understand the profession’s role in urban agriculture through recent case studies and professional experience. Learn key aspects of the design and programming of community and school gardens -- what succeeds and what fails. Learn how to leverage the local food movement to improve a sense of community and facilitate real change in your city. Case studies range from small personal vegetable gardens to a protected farm of 94 acres.

Speaker: william EubanksWilliam Eubanks is Creative Director of the Urban Edge Studio in Mt. Pleasant, SC, and has extensive experience in Sustainable and Urban Agriculture. As chair of the ASLA Policy Committee Eubanks was principal author of new ASLA polices on Urban and Sustainable Agriculture. Eubanks has lectured on Urban and Sustainable Agriculture at ASLA National and Chapter Meetings and several universities. As a Board member of the East Cooper Land Trust he was also instrumental in the land trust acquiring a 94-acre organic farm in 2014. Eubanks is credited with the creation of the Urban Farm at the Medical University of South Carolina.

SESSION 8: Creative Placemaking

Creative placemaking is a new way of engaging arts and culture to enhance and revitalize communities. It is a model that promotes distinct processes for developing arts and cultural activities and projects in ways that better connect to the issues that concern residents. For those who take a ‘projects-first’ approach to community revitalization, creative placemaking can be challenging. This session will include case studies from communities in New Jersey and Louisiana and will explore the roles that landscape architects can play in the creative placemaking process.

In particular, the presentation will highlight the community coaching process as a way to develop teams of leaders and build capacity among residents to engage in more informed decision-making around the use of space and public areas in communities. Several communities that have participated in community coaching will be highlighted, including Perth Amboy and Atlantic Highlands. The presenter will talk about how landscape architects can be both technical advisors and coaches to client communities, thereby developing the kind of relationships that many seek in their practices.

Speaker: Leonardo VazquezLeonardo Vazquez is a national award-winning urban planner who specializes in community development, creative placemaking, culturally competent placemaking, leadership development, and local economic development. He is the Executive Director of The National Consortium for Creative Placemaking and a Senior Associate with the Nishuane Group, both of Montclair, NJ; as well as an Instructor in the City and Regional Planning section of The Ohio State University Austin Knowlton School of Architecture. He is the co-editor of Dialogos: Placemaking for Latino Communities and author of Leading from the Middle: Strategic Thinking for Urban Planning and Community Development Professionals. He is a founder of the Latinos and Planning division and the 2012 recipient of the American Planning Association National Planning Leadership Award for Advancing Diversity & Social Change in Honor of Paul Davidoff.

6:00 – 7:00 PM EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING

7:00 – 8:30 PM MIX & MINGLE COCkTAIL RECEPTION

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2016

7:30 – 5:30 PM REGISTRATION

7:30 – 8:30 AM BREAkFAST & EXHIBITS

8:30 - 8:50 AM OPENING REMARkS: CHAD DANOS, ASLA PRESIDENT

8:55 - 9:00 AM CHAPTER DESIGN AwARD VIDEO

9:00-10:00 AM SESSION 9: Keynote • Blue and Green Cities: weaving Parks into 21st Century City Planning and Design As this century unfolds, cities face the challenge of population increase, and having to provide adequate public open space to help these cities stay livable. Increasing the complexity for solutions are the threats to city infrastructure presented by climate change. However, innovative policy and land use can lead to solutions that address all of these vital functions for cities to perform: creatively identifying available land to be dedicated as park space, and then creating parks that play multiple roles.

Design plays a crucial role in maximizing the ability of park space to provide communities with recreational, health, and social services. This approach to design must also consider regional and global performance needs by providing environmental benefits.

In addition to the design challenges in creating these dynamic spaces, in many cases the approach towards partners and funding must be equally innovative. A prime mover in ability to create these 21st century parks is the relationship between public agencies, private philanthropy, and non-profit organizations. These relationships catalyze opportunities for existing parks to be repaired, rebuilt, and refurbished, and new parks to be designed and created.

Speaker: Adrian BenepeAdrian Benepe is a Senior Vice President and Director of City Park Development for The Trust for Public Land. He is one of the nation’s experts on the nexus of the public, private and non-profit sectors in public space development and management. Benepe served as Commissioner of the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation for eleven years. During that time he oversaw a major expansion of the city’s parks system, including restoring historic parks such as Central Park and Battery Park; adding 730 acres of new parkland including Hudson River Park, Brooklyn Bridge Park, and the High Line; and laying the groundwork for an additional 2,000 acres of parkland within New York City.

10:15-11:15 AM CONCURRENT SESSIONS

SESSION 10: Maximizing Landscape Architecture Opportunities to Strengthen BIDs

Landscape Architects and Professional Planners are helping reposition King of Prussia for the 21st Centurywith impressive results. Come learn how the King of Prussia District works with these professionals on arange of projects from zoning revisions to physical improvements to plans for a $1B train extension. Tremendous highway access allowed King of Prussia to flourish through the 1980’s. Major populationflight from the City of Philadelphia in the 1970’s brought jobs, residents, and retail to King of Prussia. However, in the 1990’s other major suburban corporate centers emerged. These new centers had newhighway connections, some had rail access, and all became serious competition. In 2010, businessleaders and the Township created the King of Prussia District, a private, not-for-profit, businessimprovement organization to help reverse the tide. The District launched five programs in its effortto increase property values, spur economic development, and grow jobs. Marketing & Communications,Physical Improvements, Land Use & Zoning, Tax Policy and Transportation projects have helped turnKing of Prussia’s fortunes around in less than five years.

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Speaker: Eric GoldsteinEric Goldstein is a graduate of Rutgers University (BS, Environmental Science) and Kansas State University (MLA). He is a Licensed Landscape Architect and Professional Planner in NJ, a Registered Landscape Architect in PA. Eric’s twenty-four year career has combined his education in Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning with his passion for community and economic development. Eric is an expert in the business improvement district (BID) industry, having served as Executive Director for two highly successful BID’s during his career. Eric’s work carefully integrates Landscape Architecture into the world of BID’s through transportation, physical improvement and land use & zoning efforts. Eric has won numerous local and national awards for his work and is a frequent presenter at APA, ASLA, International Downtown Association, BOMA, ICSC, and many other professional conferences and seminars.

SESSION 11: Urban wilds

As we enter the “Urban Millennium”, we’re realizing that over the next century existing and developing urban environments will mushroom to population levels incomprehensible just a few decades ago. While cities are generally considered home to some of the most creative and artistic talent and the pioneers of ground-breaking public policy and innovative economic drivers, they are often simultaneously the sites of abject poverty and extreme environmental degradation. If sustainability is to be a realistic goal for people living in cities, then a functional land ethic must be developed that makes use of the vacant, post-industrial land that is so abundant in many of our so-called “shrinking cities.” This presentation will examine how vacant open space (often referred to as “Urban Wilds“) can facilitate such an ethos.

Many cities present opportunities to convert vacant, post-industrial lands into future open green space. Through the presentation of two case studies, Liberty State Park and Bussey Brook Meadow, both the eco- and ego-systems associated with the “Urban Wilds” will be examined.

Speaker: Peter Del TrediciPeter Del Tredici retired from the Arnold Arboretum in 2014. He is now an Associate Professor in Practice at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, where he has been teaching in the Landscape Architecture Department since 1992. He is the winner of the Arthur Hoyt Scott Medal for 1999 presented by the Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College and in 2013 he was awarded the Veitch Gold Medal by The Royal Horticultural Society (England). His interests include such subjects as the root systems of woody plants, the botany and horticulture of Stewartias and Hemlocks, and the natural and cultural history of the Ginkgo tree. He lectures in North America and Europe and is the author of more than 130 scientific and popular articles. His recent work is focused on urban ecology, resulting in the publication of the widely acclaimed Wild Urban Plants of the Northeast: A Field Guide (Cornell University Press, 2010).

Speaker: Frank GallagherFrank Gallagher has explored the connection between people and landscape through both management and academic research for over thirty-five years. He has served as the Administrator and Assistant Director of the New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry. He joined the faculty at Rutgers The State University as a lecturer in 1994, and full time in 2012. He is currently the Director of the Environmental Planning and Design program. Frank’s current research interest in urban ecological restoration focuses on the adaptive reuse of contaminated sites. Frank has published extensively in both scientific journals and venues of general interest.

SESSION 12: Sea Level Rise and Change on the New Jersey Shore: Ecological Approaches of Landscape Design

The local ocean will rise over five feet this century and storm surges are expected to be more frequent. Together these forces will threaten many communities. Many coastal communities and natural resources will be damaged or destroyed by this expected physical change. In addition to loss of lives and economic value, many coastal natural habitats (critical for ecological services and marine resources) may be lost. A team of ecologists and landscape architects have developed new concepts to protect both human and natural communities of plants and animals. Case studies and solutions were developed for Manhattan, Jamaica Bay, NY, and three areas on the New Jersey coast (Raritan Bay, Asbury Park, and Toms River). With sea level rise, infrastructure and coastal wetland and upland habitats will be flooded. Mitigation of the impact on natural resources can be performed by projecting futurecoastal profiles and accommodating needs of the ecological, social, and economic aspects of coastallife as critically connected aspects of shore living. Attention to ecological as well as infrastructureneeds during planning and landscape design must occur to make our seaboard resilient torapidly approaching physical changes.

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Speaker: Steven Handel, Ph.D.

Steven Handel, Distinguished Professor of Ecology at Rutgers University, studies the restoration ecology of urban and degraded habitats and how to mesh this with landscape design. His research is on plant population dynamics and sustainable urban landscapes. He is Editor of the journal Ecological Restoration and is an Aldo Leopold Leadership Fellow of the Ecological Society of America. He received the Theodore Sperry Award from the Society for Ecological Restoration, their highest research honor, for work on urban habitat restoration, and is an Honorary Member of ASLA. He has taught at Yale, Harvard, and Stockholm Universities, in addition to Rutgers.

11:15 - 1:15 PM EXPOSITION LUNCH

12:00 - 1:00 PM PROFESSIONAL MEET AND GREET — Pre-registration required.

12:00 - 1:00 PM EDUCATION FOUNDATION UPDATE

1:15 - 1:30 PM DESIGN AwARDS VIDEO

1:30 - 2:30 PM SESSION 13: keynote: Temporary Parks Enliven Underserved Communities

This presentation will illustrate how temporary improvements tested in the Roosevelt Plaza Park Pop-Up (RPP) in Camden and the knowledge transferred to the Francisville public pool in Philadelphia were designed and used to evaluate user experience and to advocate for future improvements at these essential yet neglected public spaces. Improvements to the park after demolition of a parking garage in 2012 left the park with only basic infrastructure, resulting in a blank canvas that lacked a sense of scale. The pop-up was meant to enliven the existing park and encourage residents, employees, students, and visitors to spend time outside in the city.

Using interviews, surveys and time lapse photography, the design team recorded how users interacted with the spaces. Data collection findings were used to obtain future funding and guide future park improvements.

Speaker: Joseph SikoraJoe is President of Sikora Wells Appel and brings over 30 years of experience in planning, landscape architecture and urban design to his firm. His design approach is informed by a site’s context and ecology, a community’s history and culture, and the regional connections and impacts associated with each project. He has been involved in an array of projects including university campuses, hospitals, public parks and gardens, urban plazas, and memorials. His work strives for innovative and timeless solutions with a focus on creating socially and ecologically sustainable places. Roosevelt Plaza Park received the prestigious 2014 Great Places Award from EDRA and Project for Public Spaces.

2:45 - 3:45 PM CONCURRENT SESSIONS

SESSION 14: Results of EPA Research on Permeeable Pavement

The session will describe some results on EPA research on the application of permeable pavement as a stormwater control measure. The discussion will emphasize the work on the Edison Environmental Center in Edison, NJ and in Louisville, KY that is part of a larger collection of long-term research examining multiple stormwater management practices. The research project overall objective is to document the performance and capabilities of three porous pavement systems simultaneously at the same site with replicates that allow for statistical analyses. The monitored pavements include interlocking concrete pavers, porous concrete, porous asphalt and conventional asphalt. They have been monitored for hydrologic performance, water quality performance, and maintenance needs.

Speaker: Michael BorstMichael Borst is a research engineer with the National Risk Management Research Laboratory. He is currently serving as a principal investigator in multiple field-scale green infrastructure projects in various parts of the country. His research efforts concentrate on the performance and effectiveness of stormwater control measures.

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SESSION 15: Biophilic Landscapes: Nurturing Health and wellbeing through Design

The role of modern cities – bedeviled by growing populations, pollution, and fiscal insolvency – in addressing the acute and chronic health problems of urban residents is under increasing scrutiny. Mounting evidence suggests that natural environments and natural design cues in both indoor and outdoor settings support physiological and psychological health, reinforcing the critical social, economic, and ecological contribution that good design can make to improve health outcomes. Catie Ryan of Terrapin Bright Green will speak to this design process from an evidence-based perspective to provide guidance to designers, planners, and clinicians on harnessing the benefits of biophilic landscape architecture.

Speaker: Catie RyanCatie Ryan is a senior project manager at Terrapin Bright Green specializing in biophilic design—using research in neuroscience, environmental psychology, and endocrinology to identify nature-based design strategies for improving the human health in the built environment. Catie coauthored 14 Patterns of Biophilic Design and The Economics of Biophilia, and received the 2014 Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA) Achievement Award for excellence in environmental design research. She has also published in Landscape Architecture Frontiers magazine on biophilia and the role of landscape architecture in public health. Catie is collaborating on biophilia landscape projects with Clif Bar, Interface, Google, University of Virginia, and the US EPA.

SESSION 16: Capital City Farm

Project leaders will discuss the stages of development of Capital City Farm, Trenton’s first urban farm. This presentation will include an examination of the project vision, the role of the land trust in acquiring the site, the remediation process, the community planning process, the opportunities and challenges of working with social service organizations in project development, and what real (vs imagined) benefits an urban farm can offer to residents. The session will include Q&A and an opportunity for joint brainstorming.

Speaker: Linda MeadLinda Mead has led D&R Greenway Land Trust through phenomenal growth since 1997, establishing the Johnson Education Center in Princeton in 2006. Her 30 years of experience melds planning for people with land preservation and stewardship of the environment. She has saved 20,000 acres in NJ and PA, and she co-founded the Bucks County (PA) Open Space Program. She specializes in designing transactions that create a win-win for landowners and conservation. A guest speaker at universities and national conferences, awards include: The Conservation Fund’s national award, 2002; the NJ Environmental Excellence Award, 2004; and PlanSmart NJ’s Environmental Leadership Award, 2013.

Speaker: Allegra LovejoyAllegra Lovejoy is a fellow with D&R Greenway working on the Capital City Farm project. Previously, she worked at The Food Project in Boston, a leading organization in the areas of youth development and food systems change. Allegra graduated from Princeton University in 2014, where she studied sustainable development and conflict issues in South Asia as a Woodrow Wilson School major.

Speaker: Jay watsonJohn Watson “Jay” has worked in the land preservation and public open space development field for over 30 years, most of which was with the State NJDEP Green Acres Program where he evolved as the agency’s leading expert on urban open space issues. Jay retired from the Department as Deputy Commission and has had a wide range of experience working with natural resource and agricultural land protection projects; and developed expertise and passion for urban land reuse for public benefit and enjoyment. 3:45 - 4:05 PM REFRESHMENT BREAk

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4:05 - 6:05 PM SESSION 17: Workshop • planting Design Join us as we dig deeper into the art and science of successful planting design. During this interactive workshop Claudia West will introduce participants to an alternative method of planting design and will take the mystery out of good plant combinations. You will learn how to create beautiful and lasting plant communities for modern landscape needs. Several hands-on design exercises will give you the opportunity to refine newly acquired planting design and management skills so you can successfully apply them to upcoming projects.

Speaker: Claudia westClaudia West works closely with ecological design and restoration professionals, offering consultation services from initial project planning stages to adaptive management strategies after project completion. Her work is centered on the development of stable, layered planting designs and the desire to bring American native plants back into our landscape by making them widely acceptable. Claudia is a sought after speaker on topics such as plant community based design and the application of natural color theories to planting design. Together with co-author Thomas Rainer, Claudia has published a new book entitled Planting in a Post-Wild World: Designing Plant Communities for Resilient Landscapes (Timber Press, 2015) where she discusses her approach to ecological planting design.

4:05 - 5:05 PM CONCURRENT SESSIONS

SESSION 18: The Cost of Everything and the Value of Nothing

Creating a lifestyle brand and working with a variety of clients is what makes landscape architecture so rewarding; it’s about crafting a compelling narrative that grips your audience and engages them on a personal level. We are storytellers, editors, curators, and critical professionals—our work begins with understanding our clients’ desires, visions, and goals. What can we do to transform their surroundings and stimulate their individual lifestyle? Each project opens with a discussion about collaboration and how we visualize the design direction. Some clients want us to run the project, while others want to be heavily involved and educated along the way; it is about finding a balance where we can all collaborate. Throughout the process, it is essential to manage their outlook, and to recognize the value of embracing empathy vs. sympathy when approaching new relationships and building trust. The art of residential landscape is limitless—from a bespoke detail executed by a time-honored craftsman to the use of innovative products and construction methods, our mission is to convey the homeowners’ story in a distinctive and exceptional manner.

Speaker: Gregory LombardiGreg Lombardi has practiced landscape architecture since 1988, and has been principal and owner of Gregory Lombardi Design since 1992. Eschewing any single style, Greg’s design philosophy calls for fresh interpretations of classic, timeless principles of order and proportion to create meaningful outdoor spaces for highly discerning clients. Greg holds a Bachelor of Arts from Hamilton College and a Master of Landscape Architecture from Harvard University Graduate School of Design. He is a member of the American Society of Landscape Architects, business member of Historic New England, founder of Parterre Garden Services, and co-founder of the charitable organization, Toys for Joys.

SESSION 19: Plant Selection Methods in the Face of Climate Change within the Context of Urban Tree Management

This is a discussion on how changing environmental patterns impact niche or plant fitness. Site assessment has always been the framework from which rational plant selections and plant community trajectory in design develop, since the connection of plants as the living component of the design needs to be appropriate for the site environment if there is to be long-term success of the planting design. Given that trees can take decades to grow into their designed size, and decades longer as components of the long-term design, climate change poses a challenge to many traditional and popular selection approaches. Thus, plant selections need to consider the future site for best success rather than current or past plant communities or site conditions. We will think about climate change in the past and how it can provide clues to our future, and consider energy, water, temperature and other basic aspects of current site analysis, how they are expected change, and how this can yield ideas and strategies on plant selection for the future. As we talk about these things, some text and electronic tools for “visioning” the future climate and thus palette will be suggested.

Speaker: Jason GraboskyJason Grabosky is a professor at Rutgers University. He has given over 150 presentations on topics ranging from: urban design; tree biology & management; bidding, estimating, and managing landscape jobs; to fractals in biomechanical modelling for storm readiness.

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SESSION 20: Governors Island • An Island Landscape Four Centuries in the Making

Located just 800 yards from Lower Manhattan, the innovative 21st century design for Governors Island in New York Harbor anticipates sea level rise, re-uses 20th century building materials, and recalls the forest species of the 17th century island landscape. This presentation will look at the island’s place in history and how the planting designs developed from an international design competition to a final award-winning plan, integrating maintenance and operations along the way.

Speaker: kim MathewsKim Mathews, LLA, RLA, ASLA Kim Mathews is a founding principal of Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architecture, a 30-person design studio in New York City. The firm’s award-winning portfolio reflects her ability to achieve consensus on the most complex design issues and guide others to outcomes that are sustainable, practical and inspiring. She is the recipient of over twenty design awards and lectures frequently on environmental design. Her keen interest in cultural and historic landscapes combined with her commitment to sustainable design is embodied in her work at Governors Island, at Erie Canal Harbor and West Point Foundry Preserve. She received an MLA from the University of Pennsylvania.

Speaker: Molly BourneMolly Bourne, RLA, ASLA As a Principal at Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects, Molly Bourne has over twenty years of design experience, leveraging an accomplished combination of award-winning design talent and creative collaboration to navigate multiple projects from concept through construction. With her focus on design direction, consultant coordination, project management and client liaison services, Bourne leads multidisciplinary teams on high-profile initiatives for waterfront parks, cultural institutions, and urban revitalization. A graduate of the University of Florida with Bachelor of Arts in Landscape Architecture, Bourne actively fosters the future of design through her work with ACE Mentor Program for NYC area high school students.

5:20 - 6:20 PM SESSION 21: Keynote • Finding your “Waterfalls”

A three-step process is explored for achieving the successful urban area: Mixed Use, Great Public Spaces, and “Personality,” through the example of Greenville, South Carolina. Mixed use is a well-known device for building a successful city; however, it is seldom given more than lip service. Office development builds daytime activity, but residential is crucial for filling the streets after hours and on weekends and for attracting retail back to Main Street. Carefully constructed public spaces provide a “humanizing” factor to an urban area, promoting a walkable environment. Thoughtful design assures that a public space actually attracts people. Finally, a city must find and enhance its unique characteristics or “personality.” Greenville does this through attention to historic and architecturally significant buildings, public art, and other devices that contribute to a walkable and always-interesting landscape. Greenville rediscovered its greatest natural asset: a river and falls in the heart of downtown. The story of the falls and its 40 years of obscurity under a highway bridge will be told. The removal of the highway bridge and the creation of a beautiful park and public garden around the falls made the once-abandoned area the centerpiece of downtown Greenville.

Speaker: knox white Knox White has served as Mayor of Greenville, South Carolina, since December 1995. As Mayor, he has made it his goal to make the city of Greenville “the most beautiful and livable city in America.” He has emphasized neighborhood revitalization, economic development, and transformative projects for downtown. Key strategic projects include: removal of the Camperdown Bridge and the creation of Falls Park; the restoration of the Poinsett Hotel and Court Street; new retail (Mast General Store); a downtown baseball stadium (Fluor Field); riverfront development; initiation of a bike and walking trail system (Swamp Rabbit Trail) throughout the city; public art initiatives along Main Street; record annexations and a model infrastructure for Clemson ICAR. Neighborhood initiatives include enhanced beautification efforts, traffic calming, sidewalk construction, support for neighborhood associations, reinvestment in neighborhood parks, master plans for commercial corridors and attractive new housing in the city’s special emphasis neighborhoods.

7:00 - 9:00 PM EXPOSITION COCkTAIL RECEPTION & DESIGN AwARDS PRESENTATION

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2016

7:30 AM – 1:30 PM REGISTRATION

7:30 – 8:30 AM BREAkFAST & EXHIBITS

8:30 - 8:40 AM PRESENTATION OF EDUCATION FOUNDATION AwARD: Peter Adewusi, NJASLA President

8:40 - 9:00 AM DESIGN AwARDS VIDEO

9:00 - 10:00 AM SESSION 22: Keynote • the Garden as storyteller – Collection Gardens in the Work of Nelson Byrd woltz Landscape Architects

Nelson Byrd Woltz (NBW) recognizes the value of the garden as the seminal typology for civilization’s connection to plants and nature and for navigating the relationship between the home and the greater world, between the organized collection and the seeming randomness of the natural world. The work of NBW honors this relationship through education, the forging of connections between people and landscapes, and by creating gardens that function as a place of meditation, learning, and respite, set apart yet connected to the world. Through thoughtfully considered horticulture, these gardens subtly encourage the discovery of deeper layers of meaning ingrained in a place even as they offer a direct, sensual, and visceral experience.

This session will provide an assessment of selected NBW projects that address unique stories discovered and revealed through design. In each case the analysis of the site, origin of the design ideas and the use of flora will be discussed in detail, focusing on how research influences the final design and the actualization of a garden. The session will also address cultural landscapes and the unique set of design challenges they present.

Speaker: Thomas woltz Thomas Woltz is the owner of Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects (NBW). He was named the Design Innovator of the Year by The Wall Street Journal Magazine in 2013. Woltz and his firm have achieved a body of work that integrates the beauty and function of the built form with an understanding of complex biological systems revealing narratives of the land where people live, work, and play. Current projects include Houston’s Memorial Park, Centennial Park in Nashville, and Hudson Yards in New York City.

10:20 - 11:20 AM CONCURRENT SESSIONS

SESSION 23: Pier 53

This program will explore the history and recent restoration of Pier 53 at the foot of Washington Avenue for public open space on Philadelphia’s Delaware River waterfront. The program will cover ecological considerations, adaptive engineering and construction in a tidal zone, permitting, landscape design, funding, public involvement, and regulatory challenges.

The panel will first give a brief presentation on the historical use and construction of the Washington Avenue Pier; the condition of the pier before restoration in 2012-13; and the innovative construction techniques used in the restoration. The panel will then discuss the challenges of retrofitting and stabilizing a derelict industrial-era pier for use as public open space. Panelist: Jayne SpectorJayne Spector is a practicing landscape architect and urban designer specializing in the redevelopment and sustainable reuse of urban, historic and brownfield sites. Jayne holds a Master’s Degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a BLA from Rutgers University. She has published articles on sustainable stormwater management and cultural landscapes. Her recently published book, Dockyard to Esplanade, explores six industrial waterfronts to reveal best practices for leveraging industrial heritage in waterfront redevelopment. She has served as adjunct faculty for Historic Preservation and Landscape Architecture studios at the University of Pennsylvania and Rutgers University.

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Panelist: Joseph CanusoJoseph Canuso started his construction career in the field as a teenager working for his father’s firm, Neshaminy Constructors, Inc.; he was named CEO of Neshaminy in 2003. As Neshaminy’s CEO, Joe oversees all aspects of the firm’s management and operations. Joe has in-depth knowledge of project finance, project development, project management, estimating, scheduling, collaboration with owners, designers and other project constituents. He is also experienced in contract/subcontract negotiations.

Panelist: Tracey CohenTracey Cohen, RLA, ASLA, is Senior Project Director for landscape architecture and ecological design at Allee King Rosen & Fleming (AKRF). She has over 15 years of experience in ecological planning, design, and restoration, and served as the lead designer for Washington Avenue Pier. Tracey holds degrees in biology (BS, Rutgers University), science journalism (MA, New York University), and landscape architecture (MLA, University of Pennsylvania). She is also an Adjunct Instructor in the Landscape Architecture and Horticulture Department, School of Environmental Design, at Temple University in Ambler, PA.

Panelist: Chris HagerChris Hager currently heads Langan Engineering’s Philadelphia office and the site/civil engineering department in Philadelphia. He has served private and public-sector clients throughout Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and abroad. Mr. Hager is an active member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) locally and nationally. He is currently Governance Chair of the ULI Philadelphia District Council and serves on ULI’s national Urban Development & Mixed-Use Council. Mr. Hager has led efforts on numerous high-profile projects in the Philadelphia Region, including the Penn Medicine New Patient Pavilion, Pier 53 - Washington Avenue Green, Race Street Pier and Connector, and MD Anderson Cancer Center for Cooper University Hospital.

Panelist: Gerald ThroneGerald Throne has worked in the construction industry for more than 40 years and has an in-depth knowledge of all areas related to project development, project management, estimating, scheduling, collaboration with owners, designers, subcontractors, material suppliers and other project constituents. Gerald is currently the Chief Estimator and Project Manager for Neshaminy Constructors, Inc. where he oversees all aspects of project estimating and management of field operations.

Panelist: Elizabeth woodsElizabeth “Lizzie” Woods is a Planner and Project Manager with the Delaware River Waterfront Corporation. As part of the implementation of the Master Plan for the Central Delaware, she oversees the development of new parks, trails, and street improvements along the riverfront, including Washington Avenue Pier and Pier 68. Prior to joining DRWC she worked for the German Marshall Fund of the United States, a public policy institute in Washington, DC, where she managed projects for the Urban and Regional Policy Program. She graduated from Smith College and received a Master in City Planning degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

SESSION 24: Creating Eden: Guidelines of Islamic Gardens The surge of projects in the Middle and Near East has created an increased interest in the cultures of these regions, with an array of high profile landscape firms building projects in those areas. The presentation’s aim is to discuss the essence of the cultural landscapes of these regions, evaluating the concepts of historic landscape gardens, stemming from traditional descriptions of Eden. Those concepts will be compared to contemporary practices by several firms including OLIN on recent projects of or on Islamic gardens, as well as the influences that these gardens have on today’s landscape design and sustainable practices. The attendees will be exposed to several historic, current and restoration projects as case studies.

Speaker: Abdallah Tabet Abdallah Tabet is an architect and landscape architect from Lebanon, with degrees from the University of Pennsylvania (MLA), the American University of Beirut (BArch), and Lebanese University (DESS-MHP). He has lived in and loved Philadelphia since 2005. Mr. Tabet is currently working at OLIN on a winter garden in Chantilly, a river restoration project in Normandy, France; and on several other cultural, residential and planning projects in Europe. He has conducted thorough research on Islamic gardens that contributed to design guidelines for a large mixed use project in line with his continuous interest in bridging contemporary design with historic and cultural values on projects in the middle east. He previously worked at WRT with Penn Praxis on the Civic Vision for the Central Delaware and theTrinity River Project in Dallas. He has also developed design and environmental guidelinesfor river restoration projects in Lebanon and Spain.

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SESSION 25: The Changing Landscape of Regulations and Policies Shaping the New world of Development in NJ and Beyond

Hurricane Sandy; power outages; changing weather patterns; LEED; microgrids; sustainability; resiliency - these terms, and many others, are examples of how the world of development, master planning and design are being shaped by reaction to a changing physical and policy environment. This presentation will focus on the changing landscape of those policies and the resulting impacts on how we develop and redevelop, especially in our most vulnerable communities. The funding of a microgrid in one community has led to a host of other opportunities to shape the future of the city including new storm water ordinances, green roofs for first hour control, waterproof power conduits, landscape architecture requirements for large run off sources and many other new policies and funding sources. This session will look at how the regulatory, funding, and resiliency worlds are coming together to create the perfect storm in terms of opportunities for landscape architects and planners.

Speaker: Adam Zellner As president of Greener by Design (GbD), Adam Zellner has been involved with projects dealing with high profile environmental and sustainability issues around the state, region and beyond. Some of GbD’s NJ projects include: the Hoboken Microgrid, the new Kean University Campus and the EBDI/John Hopkins expansion. Prior to GbD, Adam was the Director of Policy for the State of NJ; Deputy Commissioner of NJ DEP; Director of NJ Highlands Council; NJ Office of Smart Growth and Chief of Staff for US Congressman working on environmental and energy policies.

11:20 - 1:20 PM EXPOSITION LUNCH

1:20 - 2:20 PM SESSION 26: Keynote • Beyond the Mural: How to Engage the Community with Arts and Culture through Creative Placemaking

Great parks don’t just happen – they are planned and nurtured to reflect the communities they serve. A holistic approach to creating and rejuvenating open spaces that infuses arts and culture in the process and the end result is a strategy known as Creative Placemaking. In many cases, landscape architects play a crucial role in pulling together these teams and ensuring a collaborative process, and can deploy creative placemaking process to improve outcomes in public design. At the Trust for Public Land, five components of Creative Placemaking are practiced to great success. These include Equity, Participatory Design, Arts and Culture, Partnerships, and Stewardship, all of which will be illustrated in a presentation and discussion, through case studies and lessons learned in the field.

Speaker: Nette ComptonNette Compton, RLA is the Senior Director of ParkCentral and City Park Development for the Trust for Public Land where she oversees national urban park programs and initiatives including creative placemaking, design quality, sustainability, green infrastructure, and climate change. She previously served at the NYC Parks Department as the Director of Green Infrastructure and project manager for the High Performance Landscape Guidelines. She holds bachelor’s degrees in Landscape Architecture and Plant Sciences, and a M.S. in Urban Ecology, all from Cornell University.

2:20 - 2:30 PM SITE PLAN UPDATE: Nick Tufaro, NJASLA Trustee

2:30 - 2:40 PM CLOSING REMARkS: Joanne Diez, NJASLA President-Elect

2:40 - 3:40 PM SESSION 27: Keynote • the new Landscape of Climate Change

Mr. Campbell will consider the evolving technical, policy and legal interface between design professionals and environmental advocates, with particular focus on the urgency of incorporating resilience and adaptation to climate change into both design practice and the regulatory constraints under which design professionals, including landscape architects, must work. Mr. Campbell will highlight the particular importance of climate change issues for coastal communities, which suffer the “triple whammy” of sea level rise, increased storm events, and ocean acidification as the climate changes. He also will discuss challenges for non-coastal communities, where flooding and polluted runoff from under-designed infrastructure are plaguing cash-strapped municipalities.

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Mr. Campbell will discuss a range of potential solutions to these challenges, with a focus on opportunities to unite design professionals with their environmental counterparts; elevate the importance of thoughtful design; and offer communities low-cost, “green infrastructure” alternatives to traditional “gray infrastructure.”

Speaker: Bradley CampbellBradley Campbell is President of the Conservation Law Foundation, an organization recognized for bringing innovative, pragmatic solutions to New England’s toughest environmental challenges. As Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (2002-2006), Campbell successfully led major initiatives to protect water resources, reshape development, restore natural resources, and address global climate change. He enforced federal environmental laws as regional administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Mid-Atlantic region (1999-2001), served in the Clinton administration as associate director of the White House Council on Environmental Quality (1995-1999), and litigated natural resource cases for the U.S. Department of Justice (1990-1995). His many honors and awards include the prestigious John Marshall Award, the highest level of recognition from the Department of Justice.

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