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Living Future 2015

The time for “Do less harm” has passed. It’s time for the beginning of being; the beginning of a Living Future. Join us next April for Living Future 2015. We’ll explore a genuine sense of place and community as the bellwether of truly restorative design.

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1:00pm

Legacy Project: Pollinator Pathway OFFSITE

5:00pm

Registration + Information Booth Opens GRAND BALLROOM FOYER

6:00pm

unConference Eve Party: Waterfront Welcome Mithun

7:00am

Registration + Information Booth GRAND BALLROOM FOYER

7:30am

Tour Info Desk Tour Check-In Desk

8:15am

Tour: Bainbridge Island - Grow Community + Islandwood Tour Check-In Desk

8:30am

LP 50 Working Breakfast (Invite Only) OFFSITE

8:45am

Tour: 21 Acres + The Herbfarm Tour Check-In Desk

9:15am

Tour: zHome + Eastside Fire and Rescue Station 72 Tour Check-In Desk Tour: Living Ship - Adventuress Sailboat Tour Check-In Desk

10:00am

Ambassador Presenter Training (Invite Only) Madrona Room Project Team Summit (Invite Only) Cedar Room ULBC Workshop (Separate registration required) Ballard Room ULCC Workshop (Separate registration required) Aspen Room

10:30am

Tour: Bullitt Center (Morning) Bullitt Center

11:00am

Declare Summit (Separate registration required) Willow Room

12:00pm

Collaborative Summit (Invite Only) OFFSITE Living Future Congress Summit (Invite Only) Redwood Room

12:30pm

Tour: Bullitt Center (Afternoon) Bullitt Center

3:00pm

Tour: Living Education - Bertschi School Tour Check-In Desk

4:30pm

Affordable Housing Innovator's Network Summit (Invite Only) Redwood Room

5:00pm

Trade Show Opens / Opening Reception METROPOLITAN BALLROOM

7:00pm

Opening Keynote: Janine Benyus GRAND BALLROOM

9:00pm

After Party: Evergreen Fado Irish Pub

7:00am

Registration + Information Booth GRAND BALLROOM FOYER

7:30am

Birds of a Feather Breakfast GRAND BALLROOM

8:30am

Morning Plenary: Jason F. McLennan GRAND BALLROOM

10:00am

Transition TRANSITION

10:30am

Achieving Net Positive Sustainability by Creating Handprints Bigger than Your Footprints Grand Ballroom D Beyond the Water and Energy Nexus - Co-optimization of Multiple Systems Madrona Room Buildings of the Future: Seeing Beyond This Century Aspen Room Design for Net Positive Outcomes on Health and Experience Cedar Room Do Your Part: Moving Towards a Toxin Free World Will Need All of Us! Willow Room Getting to Net Zero in Cambridge, MA: driving community-level emission reduction strategies Issaquah Room How Would Nature Design Adaptive Human Communities? Lessons From The Super-Organism Ravenna Room Just Right: Social Equity as Standard Practice Ballard Room LBC for Tenant Improvement Projects - U.S. and China Case Studies Redwood Room The Living Community Challenge: Hitting the Ground Running in Year One Juniper Room The Regenerates: Documentary and Stories from the Field Cirrus Room We Can Heal the World in 18 Months (No Snake Oil Necessary) Grand Ballroom A

12:30pm

Localicious Lunch (Offsite) OFFSITE

1:30pm

Biomimicry: A Walking Exploration Greenwood Room Carrots & Karats: Economic Models for Urban Agriculture Juniper Room Cities that Function Like Forests: An Innovative Approach to Urban Resiliency Issaquah Room Coming Home To Where We Are: The Practice of Place in An Age of Consequences Grand Ballroom A Community, Culture, and Place: Empathy + Mindful Design in Practice Ravenna Room Crowdsourcing Design at a District Scale with the 2030 District Water Goal Calculator Madrona Room Declare: A Tool for Market Transformation Willow Room Healthy habitats from the Googleplex to Silicon Valley: Designing for Ecological Resilience Across Scales Grand Ballroom D Impacts of Gender: Using Personal Perspective and Statistics Towards Achieving Carbon-Neutrality and Positive Change Ballard Room Pro-equity Living Community Development (Part 1) Cirrus Room Results from a Living Building: The Bullitt Center Turns Two Redwood Room Waste = Food: Furthering the Next Imperative Cedar Room “Conservation First!” The common cry of Passive House, Zero Energy, and Living Building Aspen Room (Extended Workshop) Buildings of the Future: Seeing Beyond this Century Medina Room

3:00pm

Transition TRANSITION Trade Show Open METROPOLITAN BALLROOM

3:15pm

A Tale of Two Cities: Changing Markets, Metrics, Methods (and Mindsets) in Memphis and Detroit Issaquah Room Biophilia and Biomimicry as Pathways to Net Positive Grand Ballroom D Creating the Exquisite through Natural Inspiration 2.0 – Place Based Workshop Ravenna Room Design-Worthy: Articulating the Links between Cost, Quality and Social Responsibility Ballard Room Exploring Architecture’s New Edges Grand Ballroom A Grow Community: A Built Environment Sets the Stage for Creation of Community Aspen Room Living at All Scales: People, Project, Practice, Place Juniper Room Pro-equity Living Community Development (Part 2) Cirrus Room Progress in Harmonizing Material Health Data Willow Room The 6 Source Secret for Influencing Sustainable Behavior to Promote Health & Vitality of Buildings Cedar Room Tips for Success: Living Building Project Teams Share Lessons Learned on Energy, Water and Materials Redwood Room Toward Net Zero Water: Impacting Efforts from System Design to Policy Change and Behavior Transformation Madrona Room

4:45pm

Transition TRANSITION

5:00pm

Living Future Network Meet-Up Cirrus Room Reception METROPOLITAN BALLROOM

5:30pm

Just Declare Stage (on Trade Show floor) METROPOLITAN BALLROOM

6:45pm

Transition TRANSITION

7:00pm

15 Minutes of Brilliance: Daniel Wiens GRAND BALLROOM Big Bang Dinner GRAND BALLROOM

9:00pm

After Party: Metamorphosis Fred Wildlife Refuge

7:00am

Registration + Information Booth GRAND BALLROOM FOYER

7:30am

Breakfast GRAND BALLROOM

8:30am

15 Minutes of Brilliance: Jacqueline Cramer GRAND BALLROOM Morning Plenary: Ibrahim Abdul-Matin GRAND BALLROOM

10:00am

Transition TRANSITION

10:30am

Advanced Urban Farming: Closing the Water Cycle while Growing Food and Community Juniper Room Barriers and Catalysts to Achieving the Water Petal – A 7 year Story from the Phipps Center for Sustainable Landscapes Project Redwood Room Creating a Living Future with Permaculture Design: Learning from the World’s Most Innovative Farmers Madrona Room Designing Energy Use for Building, Community and Regional Health Willow Room Ecology for Design and Business Issaquah Room Equitable and JUST Living Buildings Cirrus Room Film: "Ever the Land" Grand Ballroom B Net Positive Biodiversity Grand Ballroom D Strategic Planning for Community Net Zero Energy: From the local scale to Vermont’s statewide initiative Ballard Room The Latest Net Zero Energy Building Certified Projects: The Highs and the Lows Cedar Room The Living Building Challenge Framework for Affordable Housing Aspen Room This One Goes to 11: What's Really Needed to Create a Revolution Grand Ballroom A Transforming [the] Material: Global Challenges, Local Opportunities Ravenna Room

12:00pm

Localicious Lunch (Offsite) OFFSITE Trade Show Open METROPOLITAN BALLROOM

1:30pm

Just Declare Stage (on Trade Show floor) METROPOLITAN BALLROOM

2:30pm

Are We Ready for the Boomers? Folding Senior Care into the Fabric of Healthy Communities Willow Room Can a Free Market Multistory Spec Office Building Be Energy Positive? Cedar Room Change the Story, Change the Future: A Living Economy for a Living Future Grand Ballroom D Children as an Indicator Species - How can cities promote affordable housing for our families? Aspen Room Designing a Carbon Neutral Regenerative Research Campus as a Catalyst to Neighborhood Revitalization Madrona Room Double Feature Films: "The Challenge: The Future" and "Earth Portal" Grand Ballroom B Living Education: “Being” the Challenge Redwood Room Market Building: Seeing the Forest for the (FSC) Trees Ballard Room Reuse Matters: Doubling Down on Carbon Savings Ravenna Room The Missing Link: How human survival requires the design community to regenerate Issaquah Room The Profound Resonance of Water and Structure in Community Juniper Room Understanding the Living Product Challenge: Part 1 Grand Ballroom A

3:30pm

Transition TRANSITION Transition TRANSITION

3:45pm

Biobased Materials: Natural Benefits Issaquah Room Creating Your First Net Zero Energy Building: Best Practices and Lessons Learned at Ohlone College Redwood Room Exploring the Living Building Challenge without the Building Madrona Room Finding the Best Sustainability Rating Tool for Your Community Ballard Room Honesty Rules in the New Materials Economy: Transparency, Accessibility, and Transformational Change Ravenna Room Love and Forgiveness in Action: Healing Neighborhoods through Design for the Common Good Aspen Room Motivating Action: from Individuals to Corporations Cedar Room Project Finance & Appraisal: Translating the Value of Regenerative Design into Real Estate Speak Grand Ballroom D Quantifying User Experience, Health and Sustainability using LEED, Living Building Challenge and WELL Building Standard Willow Room Understanding the Living Product Challenge: As a Unified Tool (Part 2) Grand Ballroom A Urban Agriculture: Fertile Resources for the Pacific Northwest’s Growing Soil and Water Based Urban Farms Juniper Room

4:50pm

Closing Circle: Ideas into Action GRAND BALLROOM

7:00pm

After Party: Back to the Land Bullitt Center