KA Connect - Building Knowledge

KA CONNECT 2012

REGISTRATION

SPEAKERS

PROGRAM

FAQ

Wednesday, April 11	Kickoff


7:30 AM Doors Open

8 AM Welcome to KA Connect



	Building a Research Function


8:30 - 9:30 AM 18-Minute Talks	“R&D at TEECOM: Past, Present, and Future” Alex Serriere, Director of Research, TEECOM “Innovation at SOM” Nicholas Holt, Technical Director, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill “Give it Away: The Marketing Impact of Research” Jim Wheeler, President, Ayers Saint Gross

9:30 - 10 AM Joint Q + A

10 - 10:30 AM Break



	Converting Knowledge into Products


10:30 - 11:30 AM 18-Minute Talks	“Construction Innovation: Not for the Faint of Heart” David Bleiman, Chief Executive Officer, Rutherford & Chekene “Modular Futures: Moving from Service to Product Theory” Ryan Smith, Associate Professor & Director, ITAC School of Architecture, University of Utah “From Prototype to Product: A Collaborative Journey” Larry Rocha, Chief Information Officer, WATG Bill Kreysler, Chief Executive Officer, Kreysler & Associates

11:30 AM - 12 PM Joint Q + A



	Hangout / Lunch


12 - 1 PM Hangout 1

1 - 2PM Hangout 2



	Skunkworks


2 - 3 PM Lightning Talks	“Giving an Old Technology a New Lease on Life” Andrew Godwin, Business and Information Systems Coordinator, Make “WhiteFeet: Cats and Personal Branding” Mario Guttman, Design Applications Research Leader, Perkins+Will “Mobilizing EYP” Brad Horst, Chief Information Officer, Einhorn Yaffee Prescott “Using a Bad Recession to make Good Changes” Christopher Pinckney, Chief Information Officer, Psomas “How to Scale a Skunkworks Project” Ken Young, Chief Information Officer, HOK “The Story of Project Orange” Bob Rayes, Chief Information Officer, SHW Group

3 - 3:30 PM Break



	The Technology Studio


3:30 - 4:30 PM 18-Minute Talks	“R&D: Reinvention and Design” Sam Miller, LMN Architects, Partner “Engineering Innovation: Challenges and Opportunities” Mark Sinclair, Principal, Degenkolb Engineers “Bricolage and Bootstrapping: Iterative Innovation at Turner” James Barrett, National Director, Integrated Building Solutions, Turner Construction Company

4:30 - 5 PM Joint Q + A



	Hangout / Cocktails


5 - 6 PM Hangout 3

6 - 7 PM Cocktail Reception	SPONSORED BY:



Thursday, April 12	Kickoff


7:30 AM Doors Open

8 - 8:30 AM Founder’s Talk	“Connecting People and Ideas” Christopher Parsons, Founder and CEO, Knowledge Architecture



	Thought Leadership 2.0


8:30 - 9:30 AM 18-Minute Talks	“The Third Teacher: Analog, Digital, Practice” Trung Le, Principal, Cannon Design “The Social Nature of Engineers” James Kent, Chief Marketing & Communications Officer, Thornton Tomasetti “Engineering Content: The Story of Arup Thoughts” Carmen Whitelock, Head of Online Strategy, Arup

9:30 - 10 AM Joint Q + A

10 - 10:30 AM Break



	Service Innovation


10:30 - 11:30 AM 18-Minute Talks	“Design Refined: Operational Modeling and Simulation at RTKL” David Morgareidge, Service Leader, Operational Modeling and Simulation, RTKL “Correlating Design and the Bottom Line” Howard Wolff, Most Senior Person, Full-Height Advice “Competing On More Than Design” Georgia Collins, Managing Director, North America, DEGW

11:30 AM - 12 PM Joint Q + A



	Hangout 3 / Lunch


12 - 1 PM Hangout 4

1 - 2PM Hangout 5



	Social Media


2 - 3 PM Lightning Talks	“Using Social Media to Connect to Partners and Clients” Amy Squitieri, Vice President, Engineering and Historical Services, Mead & Hunt “The Brand Called You” Maribel Castillo, Associate Vice President, Director of Corporate Communications, T.Y. Lin International “People, Projects, Ideas: Building Narratives in Landscape & Architecture” Sarah Peck, Communications Specialist, SWA Group “Brand Strategy in the Social Sphere” Cristina Ferrari, Senior Brand Strategist, FRCH Design Worldwide

3 - 3:30 PM Break



	Culture and Research-Based Practice


3:30 - 4:30 PM 18-Minute Talks	“Marrying Research and Intuition” Frank Grauman, Principal, Bohlin Cywinski Jackson “Research-Based From the Start: Creating a New Healthcare Studio” Lee Brennan, Principal, Cuningham Group “Launching into Research: HKS and CADRE” Tom Harvey, President, Center for Advanced Design Research & Evaluation (CADRE)

4:30 - 5 PM Joint Q + A



	The End


5 PM Closing Thoughts