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EDUCATION SESSIONS
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Friday, October 31
1:45pm-3:15pm

B1
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design
Intermediate
Track: House Rules

If certain site conditions create criminal opportunities, then the reverse can be true, that certain site conditions can prevent crimes from occurring. If poor site design can be a crime generator, then it can also be transformed into a powerful crime-prevention tool.

Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) is the design or redesign of an environment to reduce crime opportunity through natural, mechanical, and procedural means. CPTED is a multi-professional approach to reducing crime and the fear of crime while enhancing the aesthetic appearance of an environment as well as contributing to an improvement in the quality of residents’ lives. Activity generators—active, vital urban spaces that attract diverse groups of people—are perceived as safe places as they add “eyes” to the street or open space and make a place more secure by populating it. Presentation and discussion will cover CPTED strategies, objectives, and implementations from the perspectives of the residents, law enforcement, and the landscape architect. For more information regarding this session, please contact elhoppo@aol.com.

Learning Outcomes:
1. Gain an understanding of CPTED principles.
2. Learn strategies to achieve successful CPTED site design implementations.
3. Examine the importance of community building as part of the CPTED process and establish guidelines for     success.
4. Gain insight into the CPTED approach from both a resident and law enforcement perspective.

Leonard J. Hopper, FASLA, is the chief landscape architect and head of the New York City Housing Authority’s Landscape Architecture Division. He is responsible for approximately 2,600 acres of open space at over 350 housing developments throughout the city. Hopper has developed concepts and design guidelines that associate site design with social concerns and resident security. He received his BSLA from the City College of New York in 1974 and his master’s degree in urban design from the City University of New York in 1991. Rick James is a 20-year veteran with the police department in Norfolk, Virginia. Currently he also serves as the community resource officer for Diggs Town, one of Norfolk's seven public housing communities. Officer James has a BA in criminology, specializing in administration, a master’s degree in government, and extensive training in crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED). Bea Byrd is president of the Tenant Association of Red Hook, New Jersey, who oversaw a major site redesign focused on improving the quality of life and reducing crime and violence.

B2
Ecological Infrastructure: A Primer for Integrated Wastewater Management
Intermediate
Track: The Green Machine

Despite numerous calls for ecological alternatives to conventional infrastructure systems, the planning and design professional often lacks the tools with which to understand, advocate, and select integrated ecological alternatives. Using wastewater treatment as the focus, this session will explore problems with the current model for conventional treatment. After an in-depth look at examples from ancient civilizations and case studies from modern Europe, session participants will discuss the feasibility of applying these concepts. For more information regarding this session, please contact adjo@deainc.com.

Learning Outcomes:
1. Determine the problem with conventional infrastructure systems.
2. Gain a basic understanding of three ecologically integrated concepts in wastewater treatment.
3. Learn tools for landscape architects to further explore and advocate ecological infrastructure.

Amy D. Jones, ASLA, is with David Evans & Associates and is a landscape designer with more than seven years’ experience in site planning and design of streetscapes, public open space, educational facilities, and multifamily housing projects in addition to master planning for campuses and communities. As a graduate student at the University of Washington, Jones focused her research on ecological infrastructure. On a research grant, she worked in and toured community-scale ecological wastewater management systems throughout Scandinavia. She continues to stay current with new concepts in ecological infrastructure through her position as coeditor of the International Ecological Engineering Society's newsletter.

B3
Applying Context Sensitive Design at a Site Scale: Beyond Engineering Rhetoric
Intermediate
Track: Getting There

Context Sensitive Design (CSD) is currently a popular trend in the engineering world, but is it simply the same heavy-handed engineering solution in a different package? This presentation focuses on how to work with engineers and transportation departments to go beyond the rhetoric of CSD and implement CSD solutions. The design team for U.S. Highway 93, a project the Federal Highway Administration uses as a model for CSD, will focus on a design process that can guide landscape architects as they take a leadership role in CSD. For more information regarding this session, please contact jsipes@jonesandjones.com.

Learning Outcomes:
1. Develop a better understanding of how landscape architects can work within the goals of CSD.
2. Gain insight into how engineers and state DOTs view CSD.
3. Learn how innovative, site-specific design solutions fit within the CSD design process.

James L. Sipes, ASLA, is a senior associate with Jones & Jones Architects and Landscape Architects, Ltd. His work is broad-based and multifaceted and includes environmental planning and design, environmentally based transportation design, park and recreation design, urban planning, watershed management, and community-based design. Much of his work is community-oriented and involves using computer technology to communicate design concepts, alternatives, and complex environmental issues.

B4
Fuzzy Edges Between Green and Blue: How Designers Are Reshaping Aquatic Shorelines
Intermediate
Track: Ebb & Flow

Within the design professions, perhaps no landscape system has been as extensively devalued and abused as water. Are we ready to examine the ecological and cultural validity of this approach and begin to vivify the fuzzy green and blue edge? This session examines traditional attitudes toward water in the landscape, how these attitudes leave a residue of scarred land at water margins, and alternative strategies that seek to prevent and reclaim degraded waterline landscapes. For more information regarding this session, please contact tprice@cdfinc.com.

Learning Outcomes:
1. Develop awareness of various water-based project approaches based upon a range of project scale and     analysis.
2. Identify opportunities and limitations of shoreline planning and design.
3. Learn alternative shoreline stabilization techniques.

Thomas Price is the principal of water resource engineering at the Conservation Design Forum in Elmhurst, IL. He holds BS and MS degrees in water resource engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Matthew J. Tucker, an associate at Conservation Design Forum, has a sustained interest in the diverse landscape patterns and processes of place, particularly those found in derelict and damaged landscapes. He received an MLA with distinction from Harvard University, a BLA from Iowa State University. Andrea B. Cooper, Associate ASLA, is an environmental designer with the Conservation Design Forum and received her MLA from the University of Michigan.

B5
Planning for Retirement: Reaching Your Goal
Introductory
Track: Your Tool Box

A brief discussion of how much money you will need for retirement, including some factors often overlooked, is followed by an in-depth discussion of several types of tax-qualified retirement plans. A close look will be taken at designing a plan tailored to meet your goals and needs. Attendees will learn which retirement plan tax shelters work best for them and why. Typical costs associated with administration of plans will be reviewed along with alternatives that can help save time and avoid expenses. Finally, consideration will be given to investing for the long term through a retirement plan. For more information regarding this session, please contact ulysses.white@axa-financial.com.

Learning Outcomes:
1. Learn how to choose the best retirement plan to meet your needs and goals.
2. See which retirement plans work the best and why, including what to look for in a plan.
3. Understand what portion of your retirement income comes from your retirement plan and how much you     will need to retire.

Ulysses White is a retirement program specialist with the Members Retirement Program, a business unit of Equitable Life dedicated to serving the retirement planning needs of association members for over 30 years. With his seven years of experience in the tax-qualified plan marketplace, White has successfully helped hundreds of business owners design and establish their profit sharing and 401(k) retirement plans. In addition to holding a life insurance license, he is a registered representative with the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (NASD), and has his BS degree in Economics from Trenton State College.

B6
Making Arbitration Work for You
Intermediate
Track: Practice This!

This session will teach the importance of contract content that limits your liability and enables you to arbitrate instead of litigate in cases of dispute resolutions. Learn how to avoid disputes, transfer risk, retain the option for arbitration without litigation, and keep proper records for establishing a paper trail essential in winning disputes if they arise. Learn why arbitration is perhaps the most important method of saving thousands of dollars in potential legal expenses. For more information regarding this session, please contact dhgadon@aol.com.

Learning Outcomes:
1. Learn how to use the arbitration process.
2. Identify the four areas of dispute resolution: negotiation, mediation, arbitration, and litigation.
3. Learn the essential records needed to win disputes.

Donald H. Godi, FASLA, principal, Donald H. Godi & Associates, Inc., is an experienced project construction manager and designer with extensive experience in arbitration proceedings and expert witness testimony for litigations. He serves as chairman of the Arbitration Committee of the Associated Landscape Contractors of Colorado, a committee providing a unique arbitration process in lieu of litigation for dispute resolution between contractors and clients and offering seminars on how to avoid litigation through contract content and good project management. Troy D. Sibelius, CIC, ASLA, is a licensed property and casualty insurance broker for Keller-Lowry Insurance, Inc. based in Denver, CO. Jim Leatzow, Affiliate ASLA, is president of Leatzow & Associates.

B7
The Plan Before the Plan: LSU Master Plan 2003—Principles for Excellence
Advanced
Track: Meaningful Places

The goal of this education session is to provide participants a unique opportunity to engage in a case study appropriate to practitioners, administrators, and users of environments of higher education. The presentation and subsequent case discussion are designed to be interactive and to clearly define how a historic institution responded to the overall quality, diversity, and livability of its campus by establishing a framework for interaction that addressed the institution’s vision and principles. For more information regarding this session, please contact tony.catchot@smithgroup.com.

Learning Outcomes:
1. Acquire collaboration and consensus-building skills.
2. Learn how to structure the decision-making process.
3. Be able to successfully adapt a master plan with a political context.

Anthony G. Catchot, ASLA, is the director of SmithGroup JJR’s (JJR) Campus Planning and Design Studio. Catchot is a unique resource for knowledge as it relates to planning and designing campus environments in the area of education, health care, research, and technology. His experience base includes numerous projects throughout the United States and Europe. He is a strong advocate of knowledge sharing to advance project goals. As a leader for JJR’s National Learning Group, Catchot interacts with professionals in the field as well as community and university constituents to encourage collaboration to advance the profession of landscape architecture. Panelists include William A. Eskew from Louisiana State University, director of the Office of Facility Development; Van L. Cox, FASLA, professor, Louisana State Univeristy; J. Michael Desmond, professor, Louisiana State University; Chhabi Mishra, ASLA, campus master plan project manager, SmithGroup JJR; and Richard Rigterink, ASLA, campus master plan team leader, SmithGroup JJR.

B8 - WITHDRAWN
Digital Terrain Modeling: Iterative Visualization of Landscape Proposals
Intermediate
Track: LandTech Going Digital

Digital models are increasingly used by designers to test ideas and to convey proposals to clients. The malleability of the medium allows for constant reiteration and adaptation. In cooperation with the University of Torontos Centre for Landscape Research, the city of Toronto’s Urban Design Department is one of the Canada’s first to use digital terrain models (DTMs) in their visual analysis. Using Toronto projects as illustrations, this session will provide an introduction to DTM techniques and their use in a design office. A follow-up session is offered in the LandTech Pavilion on the EXPO floor: Saturday, November 1, at 12:30pm-1:30pm. For more information regarding this session, please contact mark_lindquist@hotmail.com.

Learning Outcomes:
1. Receive an introduction to terrain modeling tools.
2. Understand the methods of digital terrain modeling.
3. Increase your understanding of the potential use of digital modeling in the design process.

Mark Lindquist, Associate ASLA, is a research associate with the University of Toronto's Centre for Landscape Research where he has worked on various digital visualization projects for clients including the city of Toronto, the University of Toronto, and the community group the Friends for Fort York.