The 2006 ASLA Annual Meeting & EXPO and 43rd IFLA World Congress Provides Global Perspectives
General Sessions and Education Sessions will cover a variety of global issues.

The 2006 ASLA Annual Meeting & EXPO and 43rd IFLA World Congress, to be held October 6–10 in Minneapolis, will have a global focus, with a number of leading international practitioners on hand to lead education programs and answer questions.

General Sessions
Three of this year’s General Sessions feature international speakers. The Opening General Session speaker will be Jean-Michel Cousteau, architect, educator, environmentalist, and film producer. Also on Saturday, the IFLA Plenary Session will feature Kongjian Yu, International ASLA, Dean and Professor of the Graduate School of Landscape Architecture at Peking University and founder of the award-winning firm Turenscape. On Sunday, Catherine Mosbach, International ASLA, a prominent landscape architect from Paris, will discuss her work, which is noted for fostering a connection between person and location.

Education Sessions Go Global
Global business practices, trends in Europe and Latin America, sustainability, and Japanese gardens are just a few of the topics with an international spin that will be included among this year’s education sessions:

Millennium Report

CEO Roundtable: Global Business Update

IFLA Global Partners for Green Solutions

Sustainable Community Planning in China

The Law as a Tool for Landscape Architecture: Experience from New Zealand

Right Tree/Right Place: Selecting Trees for Tropical Urban Environments

Japanese Gardens: Cultural Scope of Their Global Influence

 Inside the LA Studio: Residential Garden Splendor with Peter Wirtz

Hong Kong Wetland Park—A Multidisciplinary Exercise in Sustainability

Vancouver’s Influence on Urban Design Decisions

Defining Ecological Restoration Success: Principles, Case Studies, and Global Implications

Europe and Latin America—Trends in Landscape Architecture

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The following speakers will bring an international perspective to the 2006 ASLA Annual Meeting & EXPO and 43rd IFLA World Congress

Jean-Michel Cousteau		Kongjian Yu, International ASLA		Catherine Mosbach, International ASLA
F. Christopher Dimond, FASLA		Chip Crawford, ASLA		Joseph Lalli, FASLA
Martha Fajardo, IFLA		Diane M. Dale, ASLA		Julie Moir Messervy, Affiliate ASLA
Peter Wirtz, International ASLA, and father Jacques Wirtz