PROGRAM DAY 1 November 13th, 2015 07:30‐8:30 Registration & Breakfast Rosewood Hotel, Abu Dhabi Global Market Square, Al Maryah Island
08:30‐8:40 Welcoming & Opening Welcome: Tannar Whitney, AIA, LEED AP, NCARB | President AIA ME Opening by Chairman: James Wright, AIA, NCARB | Senior Principal, Page Southerland Page 2016 President-Elect, AIA International
08:40-9:40 Opportunities & Challenges at the Kuwait University Sabah Al-Salem University City Project James Wright, AIA, NCARB | Senior Principal, Page Southerland Page 2016 President-Elect, AIA International
09:40-9:50 Sponsor - Autodesk
09:50-10:50 Innovation Economies and Masdar City Kishore Varanasi, AICP | Principal & Director of Urban Design, CBT Architects
10:50-11:10 Coffee Break
11:10‐12:10 What is Sustainable Landscape Design in the Gulf? Dr. Rob Cooke, CEng MEI PQP | Associate Director, BuroHappold Engineering | Sustainability Steven Velegrinis | Director of Urban Design, Perkins+Will
12:10-12:20 Sponsor Kvadrat Softcell
12:20‐13:20 How Innovative Design Supports World-class Healthcare at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi Ahmad Soueid, AIA, LEED AP BD+C | Principal, Senior Vice President, HDR Architecture, Inc. Mohammed Ayoub, AIA, ARB, RIBA | Lead Design Principal, HDR Architecture, Inc.
13:20‐14:20 Lunch Break
14:20-14:50 Louvre Abu Dhabi Museum Part 1: From Thoughts to Reality Kris Geldof | Architect-Engineer, Atelier Jean Nouvel
14:50-15:25 Louvre Abu Dhabi Museum Part 2: BIM + LAD Winn Gomez | BIM Manager, Oger International
15:25-15:40 AIA National & International Update Steven Miller, FAIA | 2016-17 International Director on the Strategic Council of the AIA
15:40-16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 17:00 The Science behind Making Employees Happy in the Workplace Oliver Baxter | Herman Miller Insight Group EMEA
17:00-18.00 Panel Discussion: large urban development projects Moderator: Raya Ani, AIA | Director, AIA Middle East Panelists: Rafael E. Pizarro, PhD | Associate Professor of Urban Planning, AUS Kishore Varanasi, AICP | Principal & Director of Urban Design, CBT Architects Lukas Sokol | Urban Design Manager, Abu Dhabi Urban Planning Council Kathy Cusack | Head of City Design, Sustainable Planning and Approvals, Masdar City
18:00-19:00 Keynote: Al Maryah Central : Evolution of a Vision Howard Elkus, FAIA, RIBA, LEED AP | Founding Principal, Elkus Manfredi Architects
AWARDS ANNOUNCEMENTS & GALA DINNER November 13th, 2015 19:45-20:15 s Saaidiyat Manarat Experience | Saadiyat Manarat
20:15-21:00 Announcement of Award Winners Steven Miller, FAIA | 2016-17 Intn l Director on the Strategic Council of the AIA
21:00-23:00 Gala Dinner | Al Fanr Restaurant, Saadiyat Manarat
PROGRAM DAY 2 BUILDING TOURS November 14th, 2015 08.30 09.00 Bus gathering point Rosewood Hotel, Global Market Square, Al Maryah Island
9:00-11:00 Louvre Abu Dhabi Tour Guide: Kris Geldof | Architect-Engineer, Atelier Jean Nouvel Stephen Hafer | Senior Dev. Mgr Museums Development, TDIC
11:20-13:00 Al Bahr Towers & ADIC Offices Tour Guide: Tannar Whitney, AIA | Associate, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Richard Wagner, AIA Int. Assoc. | Founder, Guiding Architects
13:00-13:40 Lunch Break Al Bahr Towers
14:00-16:00 Masdar City Tour Guide: Richard Wagner, AIA Int. Assoc. | Founder, Guiding Architects Kishore Varanasi, AICP | Principal, CBT Architects
16:20-18:20 Grand Mosque Tour Guide: Mosque Representative
19:00-20:30 Closing Dinner Almaz by Momo, Galeria Mall, Al Maryah Island, Abu Dhabi
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