Conference Schedule
Thursday, November 14, 2019
6:00pm
Welcome
6:15pm
Keynote
Winona LaDuke
7:00pm
Reception
Friday, November 15, 2019
9:00am
Welcome
9:15am
Introduction & Climate
Maya Halden, Climate Activist
9:35am
Air and Toxicity
Speakers
Laura Vanderberg, Assistant Professor and Graduate Program Director, University of Massachusetts School of Public Health and Health Sciences Department of Environmental Science
Aaron Dorf, Director and Senior Architect, Snøhetta
Ginger Krieg Dosier, Co-Founder and CEO, BioMASON
Moderator
Jonsara Ruth, Design Director, Healthy Materials Lab
10:50am
Carbon
Speakers
Andrea Lipps, Associate Curator of Contemporary Design, Cooper Hewitt Design Museum
Charlotte McCurdy, Global Security Fellow & Interdisciplinary Designer
Julia Lohmann, Professor of Contemporary Design, Aalto University & Founder, Department of Seaweed e.V.
Moderator
John Bruce, Director MFA Transdisciplinary Design and Assistant Professor Design Strategies, Parsons School of Design
12:00
Lunch Break
1:00pm
Remarks by Rachel Schreiber, Parsons Executive Dean
1:15pm
Equity
Speakers
Maida Galvez, Associate Professor of Environmental Medicine, Public Health and Pediatrics- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Samantha Josaphat, Architect and Founder, Studio 397 Architecture
Ana Baptista, Chair of Environmental Policy and Sustainability Management Program, The New School
Moderator
Alison Mears, Director, Healthy Materials Lab
2:30pm
Waste and Circular Economies
Speakers
Kate Daly, Executive Director Center for the Circular Economy at Closed Loop Partners
Lasse Lind, Architect, Partner, Head of Consulting, GXN
Seetal Solanki, Founder and Director, Ma-tt-er
Moderator
Jen Van Der Meer, Assistant Professor, Strategic Design & Management, Parsons School of Design
3:30pm
Break
4:00pm
Ecosystems: From Fossil Fuels to Renewables, via Transparency
Speakers
Franca Trubiano, Associate Professor in Architecture, University of Pennsylvania
Martha Lewis, Senior Architect & Head of Materials, Henning Larsen Architects A/S
Anthony Neron, Founder of DuChanvre, and Plasterer
Moderator
Amanda Kaminsky, Founder, Building Product Ecosystems LLC
5:15pm
Futuring Materials
Pirjo Kääriäinen, Professor of Practice, Design Driven Fibre Innovation, Aalto University and Co-Founder, CHEMARTS
Tapani Vuorinen, Professor of Forest Products Chemistry, Vice Dean (Education), School of Chemical Engineering, Aalto University and and Co-Founder, CHEMARTS
5:45pm
Closing
Healthy Materials Lab
6:30pm
Reception
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