July 25, 2008
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2008 AIA Practice Management Fall Conference Takes Place in Chicago
The focus of the 2008 AIA Practice Management conference, October 15–17 in Chicago, will be “Leveraging Your Resources: Doing More with Less.” The conference, sponsored by the AIA Practice Management Committee, will be held in conjunction with AIA Chicago, AIA Northeast Illinois, Society for Design Administration, and American Society for Quality. The conference will provide tangible resources and take-home tools, using actual spreadsheets, databases, and management skills created through hands-on sessions and workshops. These tools will be geared toward small and midsize firms, but will be scaleable for the larger firm platform. The AIA Practice Management Knowledge Community is offering two scholarships for young professionals to attend the conference. For more about the scholarship and an application form, visit the Practice Management Web site. Stay tuned for additional conference details.

Housing Symposium to Tackle Innovations for Affordability
Join the Housing and Custom Residential (H&CR) Knowledge Community, the Association for Community Design, and AIA Arizona on October 3–5 in Phoenix for “Innovations and Collaborations in Housing Affordability,” a symposium focusing on innovative and collaborative efforts that are tackling housing affordability and creating thriving residential developments and communities. Presentations and workshops at the symposium will address topics such as mixed-income developments, design and advocacy, sustainable and inclusive design for affordable housing, and housing design education in the schools, among others. A half day of tours to residential sites that illustrate the ideas and issues covered in the symposium will take place on the final day. Participants will be eligible to earn up to 10 AIA Continuing Education System (CES) learning units. For more information or to register, visit the H&CR Web site.

 

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