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THE 2024 BIOPHILIC LEADERSHIP SUMMIT AGENDA

Biophilic Placemaking

Please note that this is a working agenda. As of February 2024, exact times and sessions are subject to shift.

DAY ONE | SUNDAY March 24

4:00 PM | Registration Table Opens

5:00 PM | Opening Remarks from Steve Nygren, Board Chair of The Biophilic Institute

5:05 PM | Keynote: Seven Principles of Biophilic Placemaking in the Architecture of Erik Asmussen

Gary J. Coates, Professor of Architecture, Kansas State University

Introduction by Phill Tabb, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Architecture, Texas A&M University

5:45 PM | Cocktails & Book Signing with Gary J. Coates, presented by American Farmland Trust

6:30 PM | Dinner on the Guest House Lawn

DAY TWO | Monday March 25

7:15 to 8:00 AM | Sunrise Qigong

8:00 AM | Registration Table Opens

9:00 AM | Keynote: Biophilic and Placemaking Qualities of 2023 Kellert Design Winner, Marion Fire Station

Deb Krebill, Fire Chief, Marion County (Retired)

David Sorg, AIA, LEED AP, WELL AP, Fitwel, Principal, OPN Architects

Landon Burg, AIA, Senior Project Architect, OPN Architects

Erin Rovalo Introduction of Kellert Award, Hosted by Bill Browning, Founding Partner, Terrapin Bright Green

9:45 AM | Fireside Chat

Ryan Gravel, Founder of the Atlanta Beltline, Founding Principal, Sixpitch

Michael Phillips, Principal & President, Jamestown

Hosted by Steve Nygren, Biophilic Institute Board Chair, Founder of Serenbe

10:30 AM | Refreshment Break

10:45 AM | Designing for Nature & Urban Density

Robin Grossinger, Principal, Second Nature Ecology & Design

Erica Spotswood, Director of Science, Second Nature Ecology & Design

Moderator: Tillie Walton, Wild Rivers with Tillie

11:30 PM | Biodiversity & Co-Existence Elements of Placemaking

Chris Mowry, PhD, Atlanta Coyote Project

Elizabeth Sudduth, PhD, Associate Professor of Biology, Georgia Gwinnett College

Adam Betuel, Birds GA

Hosted by Tim Beatley, PhD, Teresa Heinz Professor of Sustainable Communities, University of Virginia, Founder & Executive Director, Biophilic Cities

12:30 PM | Lunch in the Farmhouse Dining Room

1:30 PM | Wellness Walk with Jennifer Walsh

2:30 PM | Harmony in the Heartland: Placemaking and Biophilic Design at Green Bay Public Market and Urban Farm

Rachael H. Grochowski, NCARB, RA, Founding Principal, RHG Architecture + Design

Kristan Grygiel Sanchez, AICP | Assoc. AIA, Senior Urban Designer & Planner, GRAEF

Jennifer Walsh, Founder, Lost Art of Being Human (LABH)

3:15 PM | Blacktop to Biodiversity: Strategies and Lessons for Biodiversity-based Tactical Urbanism in K-5 Public Education

Student Presentation: James Barnes, University of Virginia

Hosted by Robert Vick, Georgia Power Professor in Environmental Ethics, University of Georgia

3:30 PM | Refreshment Break

3:45 PM | Serenbe’s Art Farm: A Transdisciplinary Community Collaboration of Biophilic-focused Human-Centered Design

Student Presentation facilitated by Robin Puttock, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, WELL AP, Assistant Professor, Kennesaw State University

Hosted by Robert Vick, Georgia Power Professor in Environmental Ethics, University of Georgia

5:00 PM | Biophilic Ambisonics and Open Source Biofeedback

Student Presentation: Kyle Smith, University of Colorado at Boulder

Hosted by Robert Vick, Georgia Power Professor in Environmental Ethics, University of Georgia

6:00 PM | Cocktails & Book Signing

7:00 PM | Dinner (Full Summit Pass Holders Only) + Short Film Screenings Over Dessert

DAY THREE | Tuesday March 26

7:15 to 8:00 AM | Sunrise Qigong

8:00 AM | Registration Table Opens

9:00 AM | Experiential Design Schemas

Gail Brager, PhD, Director of the Center for Environmental Design Research, Distinguished Professor of Architecture, UC Berkeley

In Conversation with Bill Browning, Terrapin Bright Green & Mary Davidge, Google (Retired)

9:45 AM | Biomimicry in Placemaking

Erin Rovalo, PhD, VP of Community, International Living Futures Institute

Hosted by J.D. Brown, Program Director, Biophilic Cities

10:30 AM | Refreshment Break

10:45 AM | Fireside Chat: Small Scale Urban Greening

Angela Loder, PhD, President, Greening the City

Erin Robertson, Chief Programs Officer, Nature Sacred

Moderator: April Economides, President, Holistic Cities

11:30 AM | Author Talk: Wellness Architecture and Urban Design

Phillip James Tabb, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Architecture, Texas A&M University

Moderator: Tuwanda Green, Ph.D. | AIA | NCARB | PMP | LEED BD+C | WELL AP, Adjunct Instructor, Virginia Tech

12:15 PM | Lunch in the Pavilion

Lunch Workshop: Engaging the Private Sector in Placemaking Projects with Carolina Jansink

1:15 PM | Biophilic Placemaking Tour of Serenbe

Steve Nygren, Board Chair, Biophilic Institute, Founder, Serenbe

3:00 PM | Biophilic Cities Roundup

Tim Beatley, PhD, Teresa Heinz Professor of Sustainable Communities, University of Virginia, Founder & Executive Director, Biophilic Cities

J.D. Brown, Program Director, Biophilic Cities

3:45 PM | Restorative Environments in Higher Learning

Student Presentation: Eva Neri & Anna Ellis, Florida State University

Facilitated by Meghan Mick, Assistant Professor, Department of Interior Architecture & Design, Florida State University

Hosted by Robert Vick, Georgia Power Professor in Environmental Ethics, University of Georgia

4:15 PM | Refreshment Break

4:30 PM | Panel: Restoration of the Serenbe Wildflower Meadow

Thomas Peters, Director of Landscape and Natural Resources, Serenbe; Art Farm Environmental Council

Joe Kirsch, Fish and Wildlife Biologist, Partners Program at the US Fish and Wildlife Service

Patricia Lesko, PhD, Chattahoochee Hills Parks Commission

Zach Wood, Georgia Grasslands Coordinator, Southeastern Grasslands Institute, State Botanical Garden of Georgia at the University of Georgia

5:15 PM | Wildlife in Cities

Dan Slone, Partner & Vision Wallah, Vertical Vision

Eddie Corwin, Project EEAGER

Moderated by J.D. Brown, Program Director, Biophilic Cities

6:00 PM | Cocktails & Book Signing

7:00 PM | Dinner (Full Summit Pass Holders Only)

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