Friday, March 11
Conference held at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Brown Auditorium

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8:00-9:00am

Registration

9:00-9:10

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Joe Turner, Director, Houston Parks & Recreation Department

9:10-9:20

Welcome and Perspective

Keiji Asakura, FASLA, CLARB, Principal & Founder, Asakura Robinson
Sheila Condon, PLA, FASLA, Principal/Owner, Clark Condon

9:20-9:50

Setting the Stage

Charles A. Birnbaum, FASLA, FAAR, President & CEO, The Cultural Landscape Foundation

9:50-11:45

Chapter One: The Foundations

Moderator:
Stephen Fox, Lecturer in architecture, Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture, University of Houston, and School of Architecture, Rice University
        
Panelists:
Jane Anderson Curtis, ASLA, Director of Horticulture, Hermann Park Conservancy
Mary Margaret Jones, FASLA, FAAR, Senior Principal & President, Hargreaves Associates
Kinder Baumgardner, ASLA, RLA, Managing Principal, SWA
Scott McCready, RLA, Principal, SWA
Matthew Urbanski, ASLA, Principal, Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Inc.
Jack Ohly, Senior Project Manager, Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Inc.

11:45-1:00pm

Lunch  (On your own)

1:00-2:55

Chapter Two: Looking Forward

Moderator:
Frederick Steiner, FASLA, FAAR, Dean, School of Architecture at The University of Texas at Austin
              
Panelists:
James D. Burnett, FASLA, President, The Office of James Burnett
Chip Trageser, FASLA, Principal, The Office of James Burnett
Douglas Reed, FASLA, RAAR, Partner, Reed Hilderbrand LLC
Steven Spears, FASLA, PLA, AICP, Principal, Partner, Design Workshop
Jamie Maslyn Larson, RLA, ASLA, Partner, West 8 New York
Thomas L. Woltz, FASLA, CLARB, Principal and Owner, Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects

3:00-4:30

Chapter Three: An Appraisal

Moderator:
Christopher L. Knapp, Co-Founder & CEO, Chilton Capital Management 
              
Panelists:
William Fulton, Director, Kinder Institute for Urban Research at Rice University
Molly Glentzer, Arts. Design. Culture. Houston Chronicle Media Group
Guy Hagstette,FAIA, Director of Parks and Civic Projects, Kinder Foundation
Annise Parker, Former Mayor of Houston, Texas
Michael Skelly, President, Clean Line Energy Partners, LLC
Ivy R. Taylor, Mayor, City of San Antonio, Texas

Evening Reception

Cherie Flores Garden Pavilion at the McGovern Centennial Gardens
Separate registration required

Saturday and Sunday, March 12-13

10am-5pm

What’s Out There^® Weekend Houston

FREE Tours. Separate registration required