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Living Future unConference 2016

1:00pm PDT

Legacy Project (Danny Woo Community Garden) Danny Woo Community Garden Net Positive Energy: Power and the Living Building Challenge Workshop ZGF Office

2:00pm PDT

Affordable Housing Summit: Exploring Solutions and Sharing Resources ZGF Office

5:00pm PDT

Registration Booth Open Westin: Mezzanine Level (2nd Fl)

5:30pm PDT

LP50 Summit (Invitation Only) Copperworks Distilling Company

7:00pm PDT

unConference Eve Afterparty: Waterfront Welcome Mithun

7:00am PDT

Registration Booth: Wednesday Westin: Mezzanine Level (2nd Fl)

8:00am PDT

Getting to Net Positive Water Summit: Innovative Strategies and Policy for Cascadia and Beyond Westin: Cascade 2 Project Team Summit (Invitation Only) Westin: Cascade 1 Tangible Change: Materials and the Living Building Challenge Workshop Westin: Pike

8:30am PDT

Tour of Bainbridge Island: Heron Hall and Grow Community Ferry Terminal (to Bainbridge)

9:30am PDT

Tour: Bullitt Center (9:30am) Bullitt Center

10:00am PDT

Tour: Bullitt Center (10:00am) Bullitt Center Ambassador Presenter Training: The JUST Program (Invitation Only) Westin: Vashon

10:30am PDT

Biophilic Design Summit Westin: Puget Sound

1:00pm PDT

Tour: A Willingness to Be Moved - A Gathering and a Shared Meal Upper Bar Ferdinand Collaborative and Congress Leader Summit: Toward a Living Future - Further, Faster, Together Westin: Pine Declare + Living Product Summit: Scaling Up Innovation Westin: Pike The Water Cycle of Buildings: Net Positive Water and the Living Building Challenge Workshop Westin: Cascade 2

2:00pm PDT

Tour: Bullitt Center (2:00pm) Bullitt Center Tour: Urban Healing - See the Olympic Sculpture Park through the Lens of a Salmon Olympic Sculpture Park

2:30pm PDT

Tour: Bullitt Center (2:30pm) Bullitt Center

4:00pm PDT

Book Launch of Emerge: A Strategic Leadership Model for The Sustainable Building Community Westin: Olympic

4:30pm PDT

ILFI Bookstore Open (4:30p - 7p) Westin: San Juan Level (3rd Fl) Opening Wednesday Night Reception + Trade Show Westin: Grand Level (4th Fl)

5:00pm PDT

Book Signing: Kathleen O’Brien, EMERGE (Strategic Leadership for the Sustainable Building Community) Westin: San Juan Level (3rd Fl) Reunión de America Latina y Amigos Westin: Olympic

5:30pm PDT

Book Signing: Brad Liljequist, ILFI (The Power of Zero: Learning from the World's First Net Zero Energy Buildings) Westin: San Juan Level (3rd Fl)

6:00pm PDT

Book Signing: Jason F. McLennan, McLennan Design & Mary Adam Thomas, Author (The Living Building Challenge: Roots and Rise of the World’s Greenest Standard) Westin: San Juan Level (3rd Fl)

7:00pm PDT

Opening Wednesday Night Keynote: Steve Curwood (Living on Earth) Westin: Grand Ballroom

9:00pm PDT

Wednesday Eve Afterparty WeWork (Holyoke Building) Wednesday Film Night: Ever the Land Westin: St. Helen's

7:00am PDT

Registration Booth: Thursday Westin: Mezzanine Level (2nd Fl)

7:30am PDT

Birds of a Feather Breakfast: Thursday Westin: Grand Ballroom

8:15am PDT

Thursday Morning Keynotes: Jason F. McLennan and Amanda Sturgeon (International Living Future Institute) Westin: Grand Ballroom

10:30am PDT

Biomimicry + Living Future: Integrating Innovations Inspired by Nature to Achieve a Living Future Westin: Ballroom 2 Cutting Edge Technologies: Balancing Energy & Comfort Westin: Pike Magnificent Successes and Spectacular Failures in the Pursuit of Living Affordable Housing Westin: Vashon Mapping the Materials Universe: Lessons and Strategies Westin: Cascade 1 Master Speaker (Richard Louv): The Hybrid Mind Westin: Ballroom 3 Net Zero Energy: Current Case Studies and New Frontiers in a Carbon Free Future Westin: Ballroom 1 Stanford: Designing One of the World’s Most Energy Efficient Universities Westin: Cascade 2 The Truth about Glass Transparency Westin: Pine To Transform Inertia, Design Behavior Westin: Puget Sound

12:00pm PDT

Book Signing: Richard Louv, Author (Vitamin N: The Essential Guide to a Nature-Rich Life) Westin: Ballroom 3

12:30pm PDT

Localicious Lunch: Thursday Outside: Fifth Ave & the Westlake Park Pod #GetOutside Walk (Thursday) Westin: Lobby

1:30pm PDT

A Fitbit for Your Building: Using the Internet of Things to Achieve Net Positive Results Westin: Cascade 2 Biophilic Design: Achieving Broad Adoption Westin: Ballroom 2 EWU Sustainability Center: Re-Connecting Rural Communities to Their Habitat, History & Food Web Westin: Ballroom 1 How to Set Up Your General Contractor for Success on an LBC Project Westin: Cascade 1 Hygge: Designing Trust, Wellness and Stewardship Westin: Mercer / Denny Pillars of Sustainable Education: Harnessing the Power of Student-Led Design Westin: Puget Sound Speak Your Truth: Community Design Westin: Elliott Bay The Business Case for Corporate Transparency and JUST Westin: Vashon Truth and Transparency Comes from Within Westin: Pine Visualizing a Net Positive Water Medical Campus Westin: Pike

3:00pm PDT

ILFI Bookstore Open (3p - 7p) Westin: San Juan Level (3rd Fl) Trade Show Floor Open (3p - 7p) Westin: Grand Level (4th Fl)

3:15pm PDT

10 Years of the Living Building Challenge: Certified Project Impacts and Stories Westin: Ballroom 1 Everything is an Offer: Using Effective Engagement to Achieve Truly Beneficial Outcomes Westin: Vashon Evolution of Enclosure: the Anatomy of Building Performance Westin: Cascade 2 Latin-American Diversity: México (Diversidad Latinoamericana: México) Westin: St. Helen's Mindfulness as Survival Equipment in the Quest for a Living Future Westin: Pine Net Zero Energy Healthcare Facilities Westin: Pike Stories Are Power: How to Leverage Your Personal Story in Service of Your Work Westin: Elliott Bay The Heart and Soul of Handprints Westin: Ballroom 2 The Importance of Truth + Transparency for Living Communities Westin: Puget Sound Truth and Transparency in a Transforming Market: Innovating for a More Circular Economy Westin: Cascade 1 Biomimicry: A Walking Discussion Westin: Lobby

5:00pm PDT

Living Future Network Happy Hour Westin: The Loft (2nd Fl) Trade Show Floor Reception Westin: Grand Level (4th Fl)

5:30pm PDT

Book Signing: Denis Hayes, The Bullitt Foundation & Mary Adam Thomas, Author (The Greenest Building: How the Bullitt Center Changes the Urban Landscape) Westin: San Juan Level (3rd Fl)

6:00pm PDT

Book Signing: Jason F. McLennan, McLennan Design (Transformational Thought II: More Radical Ideas to Remake the Built Environment) Westin: San Juan Level (3rd Fl)

7:00pm PDT

Thursday Evening Keynote Juan Martinez (National Geographic) + Big Bang Dinner Westin: Grand Ballroom

9:30pm PDT

Thursday Eve Afterparty Fred Wildlife Refuge Thursday Film Night: Cowspiracy Westin: St. Helen's

7:00am PDT

Registration Booth: Friday Westin: Mezzanine Level (2nd Fl)

7:30am PDT

Birds of a Feather Breakfast: Friday Westin: Grand Ballroom

8:15am PDT

Friday Morning Keynote: Ed Mazria (Architecture 2030) Westin: Grand Ballroom

10:30am PDT

Biomimicry Thinking for Design Workshop Westin: Ballroom 2 Can Manufacturing Save the World?: Lessons Learned from the World’s First Living Products Westin: Cascade 1 Hope by Design: Making Progress on Equity Westin: Vashon How LBC Plays with WELL: Creating Happiness in the Workplace Westin: Pike Master Speaker (Rosa Sheng) - Why Equity in Architecture Matters: A New Value Proposition for Sustainable Design Westin: Ballroom 3 Me, You and the Community We Know: Four Cities Transitioning to a Clean Energy Future Westin: Puget Sound Net Zero Energy: Schools that Make the Grade Westin: Cascade 2 Petals to Pedagogy: Integrating Living Building and Community Concepts into Architectural Education Westin: Pine When Cities Get On Board: Navigating the Seattle Living Building Pilot and Bringing It Home Westin: Ballroom 1

12:30pm PDT

Localicious Lunch: Friday Outside: Fifth Ave & the Westlake Park Pod #GetOutside Walk (Friday) Westin: Lobby ILFI Bookstore Open (12:30p - 3p) Westin: San Juan Level (3rd Fl) Trade Show Floor Open (12:30p - 3p) Westin: Grand Level (4th Fl)

1:30pm PDT

Biomimetic Structures Westin: Ballroom 2 Breaking Through Barriers: The Declare Process, Exposing the Supply Chain, and the End Game Westin: Cascade 1 Brock Year One: Candid Lessons from Operating at Net-Positive Energy and Net-Zero Water Westin: Ballroom 1 Data Transparency: How Custom BIM Visualization Tools are Leveraging Truth in Energy, Water, and Materials Westin: Pine Designing Equity In Our Communities Through Cultural Understanding: Real World Solutions to Entrenched Problems: Part 1 Westin: Vashon Finding Circadian Rhythms in Base Zero Lighting Design Westin: Pike Human Scaled Mobility Westin: Puget Sound Performance Engineering: Using Operations Data to Inform Design Westin: Cascade 2 Speak Your Truth: Shelter for Underserved Communities Westin: Elliott Bay

3:15pm PDT

Designing Equity In Our Communities Through Cultural Understanding: Real World Solutions to Entrenched Problems: Part 2 Westin: Vashon Feeding a Hungry World: The Quest for High‐density, Sustainable Urban Agriculture Westin: Puget Sound Living with Water in Boston Westin: Pike Market Feasible Net Zero Energy for Small Office Buildings? Westin: Cascade 2 REVEAL: Energy Transparency Westin: Pine Speak Your Truth: Innovative Materials and Technologies Westin: Elliott Bay The Ideas Competition for the First Living Building at Georgia Tech: What We Learned Westin: Cascade 1

5:00pm PDT

Closing Circle: Ideas Into Action - Breaking Barriers and Transparency Westin: Grand Ballroom

6:30pm PDT

Friday Eve Afterparty Morrison Hershfield

9:00am PDT

Structural Insulated Rammed Earth Construction Workshop: 2 Day Practicum School of Regenerative Design