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AIA Convention Preview
The 2008 AIA Convention kicks off this week at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center (BCEC). As AIANYers migrate northward, here is a preview of events that might be of interest, and seminars in which local chapter members are participating. To download the full convention program, go to the AIA website.

WEDNESDAY 5/14

8:00am-12:00pm:
* WE09 Designing a Regenerative Hospital: An Imperative for the 21st Century (Robin Guenther, FAIA, NCARB, LEED AP; Ray Pradinuk, MRAIC, LEED AP; Scott Slotterback; Jerry Smith, ASLA, LEED AP)
* WE13 Project Finance for Project Managers and Managing Principals (Jim Sawyer, AIA, NCARB)

THURSDAY, 5/15

7:00-9:00am
* TG02 Run for Fun ($20) Westin Hotel next to BCEC to BCEC

8:15-10:00am
*GS01 Keynote Theme: Millard Fuller on Sustainable Design

10:00-10:50am
* Candidate Speeches, Grand Ballroom, BCEC

11:00-12:30pm
* Regional Caucuses, Room 210-A, BCEC

2:00-3:30pm
* TH27 Civic Architecture: Design and Identity in a Changing Society Edward A. Feiner, FAIA; Barbara A. Nadel, FAIA; Les Shepherd, AIA; Richard N. Swett, FAIA)
* TH30 Institute Honor Awards for Architecture (Peter G. Kuttner, FAIA; Marsha Maytum, FAIA; Mark Reddington, FAIA; Michael Ross, FAIA)
* TH31 New York Times Building (Bruce S. Fowle, FAIA, LEED AP; Rocco Giannetti, AIA; Jeremy Moss; David Thurm)
* TH37 International Architecture Practice and Design: Honorary Fellows International Forum (Judith D. Mitchell, AIA)

4:00-5:30pm
* TH54 Whitney M. Young Jr. Award Forum (Norma Sklarek, FAIA; Jack Travis, FAIA)
* TH58 AIA Architecture Firm Award Presentation (Mike Mense, FAIA)
* TH59 BIM: Best Practices, Best Results (Stephen R. Hagan, FAIA, CCM; Kristine K. Fallon, FAIA; Tony Rinella, Assoc. AIA)

4:00-5:00pm
* E15 AIA International Committee and AIA Overseas Members Meeting

4:00-5:30pm
* E16 Honors and Awards Ceremony

6:00-7:00pm
* TH78 The Next Generation of Ideas on Water (Susan Szenasy)
* TH84 The Value of Architecture Centers (Rick Bell, FAIA; Diane Filippi; Lynn J. Osmond, Hon. AIA)

6:00-7:30pm
* International Committee Reception

7:00-9:00pm
* AIANYS Party sponsored by Ibex Construction at Fenway Park, 4 Yawkey Place, Budweiser Right Field Roof, Gate B. Rain or shine. Help us “bury the jersey” and honor our new Fellows and design award winners.

9:00-10:30pm
* E32 AIAS Nightcap ($35)

9:00-midnight
* E33 Movies at EpiCenter ($50)

FRIDAY 5/16

7:30-8:30am
* AIANYS Breakfast Meeting at Marriott Copley Plaza Vineyard Room

8:15-9:45am
* FR21 The United Nations in the 21st Century (Anthony Cohn)
* FR39 2007 Latrobe Prize

10:00-11:30am
* GS02 Keynote Theme: Urban Security in the 21st Century (Ambassador Henry A. Crumpton; The Honorable Douglas P. Woodlock; Thomas Vonier, FAIA, RIBA)

2:00-3:30pm
* FR42 The Need to Negotiate: How to Take Your Career to the Next Level (Roy Abernathy, AIA, IFMA; Giles Jacknain; Bradford Perkins, FAIA, MRAIC, AICP; Ed Tsoi, FAIA)
* FR48 Organizing Professional Response to the Mayor’s PlaNYC 2030 (Rick Bell, FAIA; Ernest W. Hutton, Assoc. AIA, AICP; Jessica P. Strauss, AIA, LEED AP, NCARB)

4:00-5:30pm
* FR61 The New Housing New York Legacy Project (Lance Jay Brown, FAIA; Mark E. Ginsberg, FAIA, APA; Holly Leicht)
* FR71 Showcasing the Melting Pot: The Successful Design of Museums and Cultural Facilities in the United States (Philip Freelon, FAIA; Nicholas P. Koutsomitis, AIA; Andrew Sebor, PE)

4:00-6:00pm
* Investiture of New Fellows at Old South Church, 645 Boylston
Street

6:00-7:00pm
* FR89 LEED Gold Landmark at the University of Illinois (Craig G. Copeland, AIA, LEED AP; Paul E. Parry, PE, LEED AP)
* FR95 Developing Your Own Client Base: What’s the Secret? (Michael Ayles, AIA, NCARB; David Koren, Assoc. AIA, CPSM; Jean R. Valence, Hon. AIA, FSMPS)

7:30-10:30pm
* E47 Host City Celebration ($150)

SATURDAY, 5/17

7:00-8:00am
* SA07 Drivers of Change: Urbanization and Land Use (Francesca Birks; Jessica P. Strauss, AIA, LEED AP, NCARB)

8:15-9:45am
* SA31 Sustainable Health Care Architecture (Robin Guenther, FAIA, LEED AP, NCARB; Gail Vittori, LEED AP)

2:30-4:00pm
* GS03 Forty Years: The Anniversary of Whitney Young’s Presentation to the Institute (Ambassador Andrew Young)