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Event Schedule

    Pre-Conference Events Sunday April 30th
    Registration Sign-in/Continental Breakfast for Fundamentals Course 7:30 AM - 8:00AM
    Plaza AB
    Fundamentals of Planning and Design of University Science and Engineering Facilities
    • Chernoff, Russell | Chernoff Thompson Architects
    • Reynolds, Tim | TreanorHL
    • Gross, Naomi | Chernoff Thompson Architects
    • Cramm, Kelley | Henderson Engineers
    8:00AM - 4:30PM
    Plaza AB
    Speaker Orientation Meeting & Dinner
    • Westfall, Derek | Tradeline, Inc.
    5:45PM - 7:30PM
    Plaza CD
    Hosted Welcome Reception (Guests Welcome) 7:30PM - 8:30PM
    Palm Court Ballroom
    Monday, May 1st
    Registration Sign-in/Continental Breakfast 8:00AM - 8:30AM
    Palm Court Ballroom
    Exhibit Booths Open 8:00AM - 5:45PM
    Palm Court Ballroom
    Plenary Sessions 8:30AM - 9:30AM
    Conference moderator, Tradeline President Derek Westfall, welcomes the audience and provides an overview of the conference topics. 8:30AM - 8:40AM
    Palm Court Ballroom
    “#1 Best Academic Science Lab Facilities” offers new facility solutions for a changing world, industry, and student population
    • Coons, Robert | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
    8:45AM - 9:10AM
    Palm Court Ballroom
    A facility model for the new academic workplace and a shift in STEM priorities
    • Urban, Nathan | Lehigh University
    9:10AM - 9:35AM
    Palm Court Ballroom
    Refreshment Break 9:35AM - 9:55AM
    Plenary Sessions 9:55AM - 10:50AM
    Beyond net-zero: Designing for absolute zero carbon emissions
    • Kirk, David | Stanford University
    9:55AM - 10:20AM
    Palm Court Ballroom
    Creating a next-level maker space for everything from engineering to business schools
    • Parikh, Niti | Cornell Tech
    10:25AM - 10:50AM
    Palm Court Ballroom
    Refreshment Break 10:55AM - 11:10AM
    Concurrent Sessions 11:10AM - 12:05PM
    Forum A: Renovating outdated science and engineering buildings to accommodate modern teaching and research
    • Mahler, Steve | Ellenzweig
    • Roberts, Jeanne | Ellenzweig
    • Nipoti, Michael | Ellenzweig
    Forum B: Correcting years of inadequate and deficient space for multiple, disparate academic programs
    • Reynolds, Tim | TreanorHL
    • Davis, Jeff | TreanorHL
    • Chavela, Ariel | Alamo Architects
    Forum C: Platform- and capability-based research buildings: Delivering next-level productivity, NOT assignable space
    • Srouji, Samir | HGA
    • Puleo, Jeff | HGA
    • Urban, Nathan | Lehigh University
    Hosted Lunch 12:05PM - 1:05PM
    Lunch Sponsored by Siemens
    Palm Court Ballroom
    Concurrent Sessions 1:10PM - 2:05PM
    Forum D: A benchmark research and teaching facility for applied engineering and sciences
    • Patterson, Chris | HOK
    • Byers, Virginia | HOK
    • Calhoun, David | Florida Polytechnic University
    Forum E: Design-assist + prefabrication + technology: A case study of the Ohio State University Interdisciplinary Research Building
    • Flaherty, Brendan | The Ohio State University
    • Shiflett, Loyd | The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company
    • Halverson, Laura | Affiliated Engineers, Inc. (AEI)
    • Masuoka, Mariko | Pelli Clarke & Partners
    Forum F: American ‘Superlabs’: Deployment of an international prototype for STEM educational cohorts of 100+
    • Orlando, Jessica | Perkins&Will
    Refreshment Break 2:05PM - 2:20PM
    Concurrent Sessions 2:20PM - 3:15PM
    Forum G: Next-gen facility requirements: New space typologies, challenges, and solutions for science + engineering facilities
    • Tucker, Brian | Page
    • Burns, Melissa | Page
    Forum H: Humanizing the University Lab Experience and Eliminating Silos
    • Shaffer, David | RATIO Design
    • Funkhouser, Brooke | RATIO Design
    • Coons, Robert | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
    Refreshment Break 3:15PM - 3:45PM
    Plenary Sessions 3:45PM - 4:40PM
    Transforming STEM facilities: Purdue University innovates to deliver excellence at scale
    • Wasson, Jay | Purdue University
    3:45PM - 4:10PM
    Palm Court Ballroom
    Reception 4:45PM - 5:45PM
    Hosted Reception (Guests Welcome) 4:45PM - 5:45PM
    Palm Court Ballroom
    Tuesday, May 2nd
    Exhibit Booths Open 7:15AM - 3:40PM
    Palm Court ballroom
    Hosted Breakfast 7:15AM - 8:00AM
    Palm Court Ballroom
    Concurrent Sessions 8:20AM - 9:15AM
    Forum J: Facilities/program gap analysis for next generation engineering education and research
    • Felix, Elliot | brightspot
    • Smith Hanby, Abigail | brightspot
    • Matthews, Mike | Penn Engineering
    Forum K: Cohesive space master plans and capital streams for converging med ed, research, clinical programs
    • Leung, Wan | FCA
    • Stainbrook, Steven | FCA
    Refreshment Break 9:15AM - 9:30AM
    Plenary Sessions 9:30AM - 10:10AM
    Construction cost forecast and timing decisions for science and advanced technology capital projects
    • Vermeulen, James | Vermeulens
    9:30AM - 10:10AM
    Palm Court Ballroom
    Refreshment Break 10:10AM - 10:35AM
    Concurrent Sessions 10:35AM - 11:30AM
    Forum B: Correcting years of inadequate and deficient space for multiple, disparate academic programs
    • Reynolds, Tim | TreanorHL
    • Davis, Jeff | TreanorHL
    • Chavela, Ariel | Alamo Architects
    Forum C: Platform- and capability-based research buildings: Delivering next-level productivity, NOT assignable space
    • Srouji, Samir | HGA
    • Puleo, Jeff | HGA
    • Urban, Nathan | Lehigh University
    Forum L: STEM facility features, space types, and environments you’ll need to be competitive, 2030 and beyond
    • O'Briant, Alex | Ennead Architects
    • Lisle, Geoff | BSA LifeStructures
    • Wasson, Jay | Purdue University
    Refreshment Break 11:30AM - 11:45AM
    Concurrent Sessions 11:45AM - 12:40PM
    Forum D: A benchmark research and teaching facility for applied engineering and sciences
    • Patterson, Chris | HOK
    • Byers, Virginia | HOK
    • Calhoun, David | Florida Polytechnic University
    Forum E: Design-assist + prefabrication + technology: A case study of the Ohio State University Interdisciplinary Research Building
    • Flaherty, Brendan | The Ohio State University
    • Shiflett, Loyd | The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company
    • Halverson, Laura | Affiliated Engineers, Inc. (AEI)
    • Masuoka, Mariko | Pelli Clarke & Partners
    Forum M: Choosing “value design” over “value engineering” to maximize program without budget overruns
    • Mousazadeh, Somayeh | HDR
    • Perdue , Justin | HDR
    Hosted Lunch 12:40PM - 1:40PM
    Concurrent Sessions 1:45PM - 2:40PM
    Forum A: Renovating outdated science and engineering buildings to accommodate modern teaching and research
    • Mahler, Steve | Ellenzweig
    • Roberts, Jeanne | Ellenzweig
    • Nipoti, Michael | Ellenzweig
    Forum G: Next-gen facility requirements: New space typologies, challenges, and solutions for science + engineering facilities
    • Tucker, Brian | Page
    • Burns, Melissa | Page
    Concluding Session 2:55PM - 3:40PM
    Town Hall Knowledge Roundup
    • Westfall, Derek | Tradeline, Inc.
    2:55PM - 3:40PM
    Palm Court Ballroom
    Post-Conference Events Wednesday, May 3rd
    USF Health Morsani College of Medicine, Taneja College of Pharmacy and Heart Institute 8:30AM - 1:30PM
    Check-in at tour desk in hotel lobby by 8:15 a.m