Registration required here: https://www.aslany.org/event/ccny-2023-rising-urbanist-conference/
5 LACES CEUs (pending)

The CCNY ASLA Student Chapter invites students and professionals from Landscape Architecture, Architecture, Engineering, Urban Design, related fields, and the community to attend this day-long conference to imagine the potential for food in New York City.

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Schedule

Opening Remarks | 9:45
Zihao Zhang, PhD, Assistant Professor, CCNY

Session 1: Urban Farming | 10:00–11:15
DK Kinard & Chantel Kemp, GrowNYC
Domingo Morales, Compost Power

Session 2: Bronx River Foodways | 11:30–12:45
Nathan Hunter & Journei Bimwala, Bronx River Alliance
Candace Thompson, Solar One

Lunch & Spitzer Meadow Tour | 1:00
Session 3: Breakouts | 2:30–3:45

• Cultivating Community through Fungi Club Membership - Sigrid Jakob, NY Mycological Society
• The Future Is Fungi - Adam DeMartino, Smallhold
• Robots in the Garden: Innovations and Obstacles in Urban Agriculture -Zihao Zhang, Spitzer School of Architecture

Dean’s Remarks | 4:00
Marta Gutman, PhD, AIA, Dean

Keynote | 4:15–5:45
Charles Cross, ASLA, Detroit Collaborative Design & The University of Detroit Mercy School of Architecture

Closing Remarks | 5:45
Catherine Seavitt Nordenson, FASLA, AIA, Professor & Director of Landscape Architecture Program, CCNY

Register here:

CCNY 2023 Rising Urbanist Conference

We look forward to seeing you there!