Wednesday, June 5th


CONFERENCE Day-1 (WEDNESDAY, June 5th) (included in registration)

HOTEL 2:30 - 7:00 pm

2:30 - 6:00 PM:  Registration Opens hotel for all attendees who did not attend Arboretum events - Laurel Registration Lobby
4:00 - 5:00 PM: Opening Session - Equity and Climate Justice: Site Design and Planning Perspectives from Three N.C. Communities - (1 CEU) Expo Hall
5:00 - 6:00 PM: Tradeshow Happy Hour - ** Expo Hall
6:00 - 7:00 PM: Tradeshow Welcome Reception - (lite refreshments and appetizers) Name Badge Required**Expo Hall 

7:00 - : NC State Alumni get together with current students at hospitality suite.

7:00 PM: Dinner on your own
** 6/5 Tradeshow Happy Hour, 6/5 Tradeshow Welcome Reception, & 6/6
Tradeshow Lunch Must all be attended to be eligible for 1 CEU, a
QR Code will need to be scanned for all three events.


Thursday, June 6th

CONFERENCE Day-2 (THURSDAY, June 6th) (included in registration except Awards Gala)

7:00 - 8:00 AM: Breakfast- Expo Hall
7:40-8:00 AM: Overall conference sponsor welcome  - Expo Hall
8:00-9:00 AM: Keynote - (1 CEU) Expo Hall
9:00-9:15 AM: TRANSITION BREAK
9:15-10:15 AM: An architect, an engineer, and a landscape architect walk into a bar…How collaboration how collaboration improved project designs - (1 CEU) Pisgah Room
9:15-10:15 AM: Experiments in Piedmont Prairie Building - (1 CEU) Mt. Pilot Room
9:15-10:15 AM: Why Should Trees Matter? Building a Case for Tree Preservation in Design and Construction - (1 CEU) Mt. Roman Room
9:15-10:15 AM: Designing with color to enhance the landscape. - (1 CEU) Expo Hall
10:15 - 10:30 AM: BREAK 
10:30  - 11:30 AM: Rocky Branch - Reenvisioning the Urban Stream
- (1 CEU) Mt. Pishah Room
10:30  - 11:30 AM: Look up! Vegetated roofs for urban stormwater management - (1 CEU) Mt. Pilot Room
10:30  - 11:30 AM: Think Before You Dig: Ecological Considerations for Outdoor Recreation Planning - (1 CEU)Mt. Ronan Room
10:30  - 11:30 AM: Designing for Active Nature Play - (1 CEU) Expo Hall
11:30 - 11:45 AM: TRANSITION BREAK
11:45- 1:45 PM: TRADESHOW LUNCH - ** Expo Hall
** 6/5 Tradeshow Happy Hour, 6/5 Tradeshow Welcome Reception, & 6/6
Tradeshow Lunch Must all be attended to be eligible for 1 CEU
11:45- 1:45 PM: New Member Meet & Greet during lunch  (look for signs on tables)
11:45- 1:45 PM: Lunch and Learn - Healthy Soils Support Healthy Trees – The Amazing Soils Genomics - (1 CEU) Mt. Pishah Room
1:45 - 2:00 PM: TRANSITION BREAK
2:00 - 3:00 PM: Elevating Memory and Light in the Landscape:  The UNC Charlotte - Constellation Garden Remembrance Memorial - (1 CEU) Mt. Pisgah Room
2:00 - 3:00 PM: Deploying Key Performance Indicators for the Growing and Modern Firm - (1 CEU) Mt. Pilot Room
2:00 - 3:00 PM: Stormwater Design in the Mountains as Envisioned by Landscape Architects: A Holistic Approach - (1 CEU) Mt. Ronan Room
2:00 - 3:00 PM: Rainwater Harvesting Using Permeable Pavers and Underground Storage -(1 CEU) Expo Hall
3:00 - 3:15 PM: TRANSITION BREAK
3:15 - 4:15 PM: Woodfin Greenway & Blueway: Revitalizing a riverfront - (1 CEU) Mt. Pisgah Room
3:15 - 4:15 PM: Created Old Foundations for Contemporary North Carolina Communities: The Lessons from Llewellyn Park and its Park Way - (1 CEU) Mt. Pilot Room
3:15 - 4:15 PM: Connective Tissue: Landscape Architects as Facilitators of Community-Focused Climate Change Response - (1 CEU) Mt. Ronan Room
4:30 - 5:30 PM: Closing session - Client Management Lessons from the Father of Landscape Architecture - (1 CEU) Expo Hall
6:30 - 7:00 PM: Awards Banquet Drinks - Blue Ridge Room - Tickets Required
7:00 - 8:30 PM: Awards Banquet - Mt. Mitchell Room - Tickets Required 


Friday, June 7th

POST-CONFERENCE (Friday, June 7th) Biltmore, Tours and Beers! Ticketed Events.

8:00 - 9:00 AM: Breakfast - Grab and Go for Tour Participants - Hotel Lobby

Transportation to and from the tours is currently up to the attendee.

9:30 - 12:30 PM: Biltmore Gardens Tour (1 CEU)
- Biltmore Gardens Tour Talk (Part 1)
- Biltmore Gardens Self Guided Tour (Part 2)

9:30 - 10:30 AM: South Slope to Southside Walking Tour (1 CEU)

9:45 - 11:15 AM: New Belgium Brewery (1 CEU)

11:00 - 12:00 PM:  River Arts District Transportation Improvement Project (RADTIP) Walking Tour (1 CEU)

1:30 - 2:30 PM: Biltmore Historic Village Tour (1 CEU)