REMINDER :: AIA|LA DESIGNING HEALTHIER LIFESTYLES :: October 7 (8am - 12noon)

Dear Healthy Design Advocates,

We look forward to seeing you tomorrow morning at the DESIGNING HEALTHIER LIFESTYLES symposium.  Your participation is key to the event's success and we hope you will be able to arrive at 8am for coffee and stay for the duration of the program. 

We are envisioning a series of dynamic conversations and look forward to engaging the audience as much as possible in the dialogue!

 

QUESTIONS/ TALKING POINTS:

For your review in advance, please find ATTACHED a revised set of questions that we will be asking the speakers and participants to discuss during the program.  Additionally, we have attached a set of bios of the speakers, as well.

PARKING:  

Unfortunately, the venue does not have any validated parking available.  We recommend to RIDE METRO, or if you want to park, there is a $6 lot at the corner of 2nd and Los Angeles.

Very truly yours,

Will Wright

AIA Los Angeles

On behalf of AIA|LA, I encourage you to attend the upcoming DESIGNING HEALTHIER LIFESTYLES symposium, which will offer innovative solutions to improve the health impacts of our built environment.

DESIGNING HEALTHIER LIFESTYLES

an AIA|LA design symposium about improving the health impacts of the built environment

Friday, October 7 (8:00 AM - 12:30 PM)
Ronald F. Deaton Civic Auditorium
LAPD Police Administration Building
100 West First Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012

AGENDA

8:00am - 8:30am
Coffee and Registration

8:30am - 8:35am
Welcome & Learning Objectives

• Will Wright
  Director of Government & Public Affairs, AIA Los Angeles

8:35am - 9:00am
HEALTH & DESIGN :: BRINGING THE PROFESSIONS TOGETHER

• Bill Roschen, FAIA
  President, Los Angeles City Planning Commission

• Dr. Paul Simon
  Director, Division of Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LAC DPH); Adjunct Professor, Epidemiology, UCLA School of Public Health

9:00am - 9:15am
THE PLANNING PERSPECTIVE

• Michael LoGrande
  Director, Los Angeles Department of City Planning

9:15am - 9:30am
THE COMPLETE STREETS PERSPECTIVE

• Ryan Snyder
  President, Ryan Snyder Associates, LLC

9:30am - 10:30am
Panel Discussion #1 :: PLANNING HEALTHIER COMMUNITIES: PROBLEMS & SOLUTIONS

Speakers -

• Jean Armbruster, MA
  Director, LA County PLACE Program
• Regina M. Freer, PhD
  Vice President, Los Angeles City Planning Commission; Professor, Occidental College
• Lark Galloway-Gilliam, MPA
  Executive Director, Community Health Councils, Inc.
• Faisal Roble
  Senior City Planner, Los Angeles Department of City Planning
• Stuart Cohen
  Executive Director, TransForm
• Alina Bokde
  Executive Director,