Please plan to join the Association for Community Design, the Housing and Custom Residential (H&CR) Knowledge Community and AIA Arizona for a symposium focusing on innovative and collaborative efforts that are tackling housing affordability and creating thriving residential developments and communities.

We are excited about the presentations and workshops at the symposium which will address topics such as: mixed-income developments; design and advocacy; sustainable and inclusive design for affordable housing; 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.   We hope you are excited as well.

A symposium overview is listed below, we will announce speakers as they are confirmed and any changes to the schedule as we know about them. Participants will be eligible to earn up to 10 AIA Continuing Education System (CES) learning units for attending this symposium.

SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE OVERVIEW

3 October
8:00 a.m. ACD Board meeting, open to the public
10:30 a.m. Participant-led topical forums
3:00 p.m. AIA/ACSA Housing Design Education Awards
4:00 p.m. Preservation and New Models of Design
6:00 p.m. Reception and Keynote speaker: Barbara Faga
8:00 p.m. First Friday Art Walk in Phoenix

4 October 2008
8:30 a.m. Mixed-Income Developments
10:30 a.m. Design and Advocacy
1:30 p.m. Sustainability in Affordable Housing
3:30 p.m. Inclusive Affordable Housing

5 October 2008
9 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.  Tours of four local affordable housing developments

REGISTRATION

We greatly appreciate the AIA Housing and Custom Residential Knowledge Community handling registration for the conference this year.  Their registration page has all details about registration fees and procedures. 

TRAVEL AND ACCOMODATION

You will also find travel and accomodation information on the registration page.  We urge you to make reservations at the hotel listed as soon as possible since rooms go quickly in the fall. 

We are also offering a travel and room share service this year through Space Share.  Sharing rides and rooms is not only a good way to meet other people attending the conference, but also a great way to save money and lessen the environmental impact of our conference.  We hope you'll find this service useful, and if you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact us.