KA Connect - Building Knowledge

KA CONNECT 2013

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Tuesday, May 7	Kickoff


8:30 - 9:30 AM Breakfast and Networking

9:30 AM Welcome to KA Connect



	Differentiating on Data


10 AM 18-Minute Talks	“The Social Building” David Marks, CEO, TEECOM “Making Big Data Meaningful at Fehr & Peers” Matt Henry, President and CEO, Fehr & Peers “Crowdsourced Urbanism: Engaging Communities and Building Better Cities” Zach Flanders, Urban Planner, BNIM

11 - 11:30 AM Joint Q + A



	Hangouts / Lunch


12 - 1 PM Hangout 1

1 - 2 PM Hangout 2



	Research: In Practice


2 - 3 PM 18-Minute Talks	“Research in Transition: Adapting OLIN’s Research Culture to Change” Christian Hanley, Partner, Director of Technology, OLIN “Can an App Save Your Life, and Your City Too?” Simon McPherson, Director, SJB Urban “R&D at Weidlinger: Past, Present, and Future” Raymond Daddazio, President and CEO, Weidlinger Associates

3 - 3:30 PM Joint Q + A



	The Future of Knowledge Workplaces


4 - 5 PM 18-Minute Talks	“Communications and Knowledge Management: Evolution to Revolution” Susan Stewart, Global Strategic Development and Change Manager, Woods Bagot “Trust: The Key to a Smarter Workplace” Laurie Aznavoorian, Partner, Workplace Sector and Innovation Leader, Geyer “Leading Change: Research as Real Estate, Real Estate as Research” Gervais Tompkin, Principal, Head of Consulting Practice, Gensler

5 - 5:30 PM Joint Q + A



SPONSORED BY:	Cocktails


6 - 7 PM Cocktail Reception



Wednesday, May 8	Kickoff


8:30 - 9:30 AM Breakfast and Networking

9:30 - 10 AM Founder’s Talk	“What Web 2.0 Wants: Secrets of Highly Connected Practices” Christopher Parsons, Founder and CEO, Knowledge Architecture



	Creating a Knowledge Brand


10 - 11 AM 18-Minute Talks	“Building a Knowledge-Based Practice in the Digital Age” Carl Davis, President and CEO, Array Architects “MKThink: Strategy, Architecture, and Innovation” Mark Miller, CEO, Innovation Studio Director, MKThink “The Landscape of Thought Leadership in the Built Environment Professions” Amanda Walter, Owner, Walter Communications

11 - 11:30 AM Joint Q + A



	Hangouts / Lunch


12 - 1 PM Hangout 3

1 - 2 PM Hangout 4



	Systematizing Innovation


2 - 3 PM 18-Minute Talks	“Collaborative Research: Breaking Boundaries by Connecting Practices” Jonatan Schumacher, Director of Advanced Computational Modeling, Thornton Tomasetti Stephen Van Dyck, Principal, LMN Architects “From Idea to Inferno: Lighting the Innovation Fire at Kaiser Permanente” David Grandy, Director of Innovation, HDR “Innovation at Perkins+Will” Murali Selvaraj, Chief Information Officer, Perkins+Will Yash Chitale, Architect, Perkins+Will

3 - 3:30 PM Joint Q + A



	Designing a Learning Organization


4 - 5 PM 18-Minute Talks	“Tales from the Field: Confessions of a Knowledge Manager” Andrew Trickett, Global Rail Knowledge & Information Manager, Arup “DLRUniversity: Design Culture – Culture Connections” Griff Davenport, Managing Principal, DLR Group “EYP’s AE16 Platform: Connecting Generations, Disciplines, & Knowledge” Brad Horst, Chief Information Officer, EYP Architecture & Engineering

5 - 5:30 PM Joint Q + A



	The End


5:30 PM Closing Thoughts