April 27, 2007
  Integrated Practice: Put It All Together with This Pre-Convention Program
Join the AIA National Integrated Practice Discussion Group and a range of industry leaders for ”Integrated Practice: Putting It All Together,” a series of seminars, presentations, panel discussions, and open forums addressing topics relevant to Integrated Practice on Wednesday, May 2, at the Marriott Rivercenter in San Antonio. Held in conjunction with the AIA 2007 National Convention and Design Expo, this session’s content will be divided into five tracks of three 90-minute sessions each and offers up to 7.5 LUs of HSW continuing education system credits. Tracks will be designed to deliver targeted content on specific issues and topics, though attendees may pick and choose sessions among tracks as they wish during registration. Three 60-minute plenary sessions will cover topics crossing all interest groups. For more information or to register, visit the AIA Convention Web site.

GSA Offers Courthouse Design Conference June 1 in D.C.
The U.S. General Services Administration Commissioner of the Public Buildings Service and the Chief Architect invite you to join them on June 1 in Washington, D.C., for a national conversation on federal courthouse design as it has evolved under the GSA’s award-winning Design Excellence Program. The day-long event, free of charge, will include an assessment of the courthouse portfolio by Pulitzer prize-winning architecture critic Robert Campbell, FAIA, and a keynote address by Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. The gathering will conclude with an open discussion on how the design excellence program can best meet the needs of the federal judiciary and the American people to create appropriate and inspiring federal courthouses in the 21st century. The conference offers 8.5 hours of AIA continuing education credits. For more information or to reserve a space, e-mail gsaforum.rsvp@gsa.gov. (Pictured is Pei Cobb Freed’s Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, where the conference will take place.)

 
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