November 6, 2009 : 9am - 5pm // Interdisciplinary Humanities Center
6020 Humanities Social Science Building // University of California Santa Barbara
This event is free, and open to the public.
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What does the future hold for design after oil? This study day will explore new materials, ideas, policies and design solutions for the post-carbon future

Keynote Speakers

Sheila Kennedy

• Professor of Architecture, MIT
  Kennedy and Violich Architecture
  Director of Design & Applied Research: KVA MATx
  • More about Shelia Kennedy

David Gissen

• Professor of Architecture, California College of Arts
  • More about David Gissen

Panelists

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• Dan Colbert
  Executive Director of Institute for Energy Efficiency : UCSB
• Marc Fisher
  Senior Associate Vice Chancellor, Administrative Services & Campus Architect : UCSB
• Lorelei K. Moosbrugger
  Professor of Political Science & Chair of the Academic Senate's Sustainability Work Group : UCSB
• Ken Radtkey
  Founder of Blackbird Architects : Santa Barbara, CA
• Ted Rose
  Principal of Rose Carbon : Boulder, CO

• Dennis Thompson, AIA, LEED AP
  President of Thompson Naylor Architects : Santa Barbara, CA
• Susan Van Atta
  President of Van Atta Associates : Santa Barbara, CA
• Volker M. Welter
  Professor of the History of Art and Architecture & Director of the Program in Architecture and Environment : UCSB
• Kim Yasuda
  Professor of Studio Art & Co-director of the UC Institute for Research in the Arts : UCSB

Schedule

• 8:30-9:00 Coffee and Registration
• 9:00-9:15 Opening Remarks
• 9:15-10:30 Roundtable: Imagining Design After Oil
  • Ken Radtkey, Blackbird Architects, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA
  • Dennis Thompson, Thompson Naylor Architects, Santa Barbara, CA
  • Susan Van Atta, Van Atta Associates, Santa Barbara, CA
  • Marc Fisher, Campus Architect, UCSB
• 10:30-10:45 Break
• 10:45-12:00 Keynote: David Gissen, California College of Art, San Francisco
• 12:00-1:30 Lunch
• 1:30-2:45 Keynote: Sheila Kennedy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• 2:45-4:00 Roundtable: Post-Carbon Materials and Technologies
  • Dan Colbert, Institute for Energy Efficiency, UCSB
  • Ted Rose, Rose Carbon, Boulder CO
• 4:00-4:15 Break
• 4:15-5:15 Roundtable: Educating for Sustainable Design
  • Kim Yasuda, Studio Art, UCSB
  • Volker Welter, Architecture and Environment Program, UCSB
  • Lorelei K. Moosbrugger, Political Science, Academic Senate, UCSB

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