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Friday, February 8th

8:30 - 10:00 AM
   
How Much Water Landscapes Really Need

By: Dennis Pittenger, UC Riverside, (CEUs: LA CES 1.5, LEED 1.5, APLD 1.5)

   
The Design Professional's Lien

By: Michael Martin, Myers, Widders, Gibson, Jones and Schneider, L.L.P.,
(CEUs: LA CES 1.5)

   
Green Roof Design

By: Michael Rieger, UCLA Extension, (CEUs: LA CES 1.5, LEED 1.5, APLD 1.5)

   
Permeable Pavers as a Stormwater LID BMP

By: Timothy Mallis, ORCO Block Company, (CEUs: LA CES 1.5, LEED 1.5, APLD 1.5)

   
Landscape Architecture and Public Welfare

By: Veronica Meadows, CLARB, (CEUs: LA CES 1.5)


10:30 - 12:00
   
The Science of Selling

By: Judith Guido, Guido & Associates, (CEUs: LA CES 1.5)

      
Landscape As Art, Land Art and Public Art

By: Ketti Kupper, Ketti Kupper Art + Design Inc., Yoshikawa, Yoshi Stone
(CEUs: LA CES 1.5, APLD 1.5)

   
Green Infrastructure with Permeable Interlocking Concrete Pavements

By: David Smith, Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute (ICPI),
(CEUs: LA CES 1.5, LEED 1.5, APLD 1.5)

   
Prefurbia (Urban Planning)

By: Rick Harrison, Neighborhood Innovations, (CEUs: LA CES 1.5, APLD 1.5)

   
The Landscape Performance Series

By: Barbara Deutsch, FASLA, LAF, (CEUs: LA CES 1.5)


1:30 - 3:00
      
Green Stormwater Management: Space Efficient Controls for Constrained Sites

By: Vaikko Allen & Greg Kowalsky, CONTECH,
(CEUs: LA CES 1.5, LEED 1.5, APLD 1.5)

      
Positioning Your Firm for Growth

By: Lynn Capouya, Lynn Capouya Inc. & Karen Compton, A3K Consulting,
(CEUs: LA CES 1.5)

   
Complete Streets: Can They Be More?

By: Stephanie Landregan, FASLA, UCLA Extension, (CEUs: LA CES 1.5, APLD 1.5)

   
Natural Play Environments

By: John McConkey, Landscape Structures, (CEUs: LA CES 1.5, APLD 1.5)

   
Stewardship in Practice: Tools, Strategies & Metrics

By: Marian Marum, Marum Partnership Landscape Architecture, (CEUs: LA CES 1.5)


3:30 - 5:00
   
Building a Successful, GREEN and Sustainable Landscape Architecture Company

By: Judith Guido, Guido & Associates, (CEUs: LA CES 1.5)

   
Sustainable Eco-Learning Labs on School Campuses

By: Alrie Middlebrook, Middlebrook Gardens, (CEUs: LA CES 1.5, LEED 1.5)

   
Successful Downtown Development w/Multi-Agency Coordination & Community Process
By: Leslie Golden, Golden Associates, (CEUs: LA CES 1.5, APLD 1.5)

   
Enhancing Aquatic Design Through Discovery Play

By: Ryan McDowell, Waterplay Solutions, (CEUs: LA CES 1.5, APLD 1.5)

   
Green & LEED Design Materials: Solutions for the West Coast Professional

By: Theodora Michailides, Living Green Design Solutions, (CEUs: LA CES 1.5, APLD 1.5)


Saturday, February 9th

8:30 - 10:00
   
Water Management Through Connectivity

By: Jon Cicchetti, JDC Landscape Architecture, (CEUs: LA CES 1.5, LEED 1.5, APLD 1.5)

Maximizing CAD to Work Smarter
By: David Farmer, Land F/X, (CEUs: LA CES 1.5, APLD Business 1.5)

      
California's Most Colorful Plants: Designing for Color Throughout the Year

By: Mike Evans, Tree of Life Nursery & Orchid Black, Native Sanctuary Garden,
(CEUs: LA CES 1.5, LEED 1.5, APLD 1.5)

   
Vintage Tree Preservation

By: Susan Sims, Sims Tree Health Specialists, (CEUs: LA CES 1.5, LEED 1.5, APLD 1.5)

   
An Inside Look at the New L.A.R.E.

By: Veronica Meadows, CLARB, (CEUs: LA CES 1.5)



10:30 - 12:30
   
Photoshop Digital Simulation

By: Ashley Calabria, University of Georgia, (CEUs: LA CES 2, APLD Business 2)


10:30 - 12:00
   
Designing Outdoor Rooms

By: Yvonne English, Legends Design Studio, Inc., (CEUs: LA CES 1.5, APLD 1.5)

   
Sustainable Trends in Exterior Lighting

By: Teal Brogden, HLB Lighting Design, (CEUs: LA CES 1.5, LEED 1.5, APLD 1.5)

      
Success with Native Plant Design Using a Plant Community Approach

By: Mike Evans, Tree of Life Nursery & Orchid Black, Native Sanctuary Garden,
(CEUs: LA CES 1.5, LEED 1.5, APLD 1.5)

         
Managing Soil Structure to Satisfy Water Conservation Requirements (AB 1881)

By: Jerry Clark, Clark and Company, Dariush Bakhtar, Ph.D., EcoConsulting and
James Dean, James Dean Design, (CEUs: LA CES 1.5, LEED 1.5)



Bus Tours
Huntington Botanical Gardens Tour
Saturday, February 9th, 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Visit the Huntington Library Botanical Gardens, the Wilmington Waterfront Park by Sasaki Associates, and an Old Town Pasadena Streetscape by Meléndrez.

The Three Site Guided Tour is only $75.00.
Getty Villa Tour
Saturday, February 9th, 12:30 pm - 5:30 pm

Visit the newly renovated Getty Villa, Annenberg Community Center by Mia Lehrer + Associates and the Wilmington Waterfront Park by Sasaki Associates.

The Three Site Guided Tour is only $75.00.

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