The ASLA Annual Meeting and EXPO web site is now open for business and I’d like to invite you to join us in Philadelphia, October 3-7.  In the next few days, you will be receiving the print registration brochure in the mail as well.  These contain all the info you need to register for the meeting, plan your travel, and book your hotel room.

The theme of our meeting will be Green Infrastructure: Linking Landscapes + Communities.  Now more than ever, the landscape architecture profession is leading the process that connects environmental, social, and economic health: green infrastructure.  Our annual meeting will celebrate the contributions of landscape architects in the design, planning, management, and research of the life support system for the planet.

This year’s event offers the unprecedented opportunity to earn 31.5 professional development hours through more than 120 exceptional general sessions, education sessions, field sessions, and tours.  We have recruited the very best experts from the U.S. and abroad to serve as our faculty.  The ASLA EXPO—the largest product display in the industry—will feature nearly 450 exhibitors, many of whom will be new to our show this year.  We’ll recognize current and future leaders of the profession with honors and awards.  We’ll connect with our colleagues from across the country and around the world at special events throughout the weekend.  And as our legacy to Philadelphia, we’ll introduce area ACE Mentor Program high school students to careers in landscape architecture in continuation of our “Each One, Reach One” campaign. 

Special thanks to our good friend Edward T. McMahon, Hon. ASLA, and to Island Press for allowing ASLA to use the book title, Green Infrastructure: Linking Landscapes and Communities as the theme for our meeting.  It’s inspiring reading and you may purchase a signed copy through the registration form for pickup at the annual meeting in the ASLA/ULI Bookstore.  Sales of the book support The Conservation Fund’s Green Infrastructure Program.

SOURCE: American Society of Landscape Architects.

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