Thursday, January 22

3:30-7:15pm

Prosecco and a Private Visit to Alcatraz Island and the new Ai Weiwei installation

Tour departs from Alcatraz Landing at Pier 33
Separate registration required

Friday, January 23
Conference at the Presidio Officers' Club

> Download Abstracts (PDF)

8:00-9:00am

Registration

9:00-9:15

Welcome & Opening Remarks

Craig Middleton, Executive Director, The Presidio Trust
Frank Dean, General Superintendent, Golden Gate National Recreation Area

9:15-11:05

Setting the Context

Charles A. Birnbaum, Founder & President, The Cultural Landscape Foundation
Michael Boland, Chief Planning, Projects & Programs Officer, The Presidio Trust
Peter Del Tredici, Associate Professor in Practice, Harvard Graduate School of Design

11:05-11:30

Break

11:30-1:00pm

Panel 1: Preserving Nature in the Urban Environment

Moderator:
Brad McKee, Editor-in-Chief, Landscape Architecture Magazine

Speakers:
Geoff Cape, Founder & CEO, Evergreen Brick Works
Robin Grossinger, Senior Research Scientist, San Francisco Estuary Institute
Jane Wolff, Associate Professor, University of Toronto

1:00-2:30

Lunch

2:30-4:00

Panel 2: Building Awareness and Galvanizing the Public

Moderator:
Chris Spence, Director, Institute at the Golden Gate

Speakers:
Nina Roberts, Professor, San Francisco State University & Director, Pacific Leadership Institute
Sarah Schultz, Director of Education & Curator of Public Practice, Walker Art Center
Jessica Chen, High School Programs Manager, Crissy Field Center
Guilder Ramirez, Urban Ecology Educator, Crissy Field Center

4:00-4:30

Closing Synthesis

Greg Moore, President & CEO, Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy

Post-Conference Reception

at California Historical Society
Separate registration required

Saturday, January 24

9:00am-4:00pm

Tours: Forums on Foot and Explore the Presidio

at the Presidio
Separate registration required