Speaking Engagements

Schools Are Our Foundation: Generating Revenue in a Collaborative Way

November 30th, 2011

HMC/School Advisor’s Alex Parslow will be presenting with Charter Oak USD and Fresno County Office of Education at the CSBA Annual Conference in San Diego, Calif. this week.

Schools Are Our Foundation: Generating Revenue in a Collaborative Way
Thursday, December 1, 2011
San Diego Convention Center
LL Workshop [FF]  Room 1B
10:00 a.m.

Foundations are increasingly becoming a viable alternative for funding, helping to fund vital programs, such as summer enrichment sessions and others that would otherwise be cut from the budget. Learn how one district has created a vibrant foundation. Attendees will learn how to form and sustain financial partnerships with consultants, businesses, colleges, universities and alumni through the use of foundations, and receive the foundation’s toolkit with important collateral such as handouts/brochures, results page, major donor list, current financials aligning with budgets and defined need to support a consistent message.

Presenters: Brian Akers, Board Member, and Mike Hendricks, Superintendent, Charter Oak USD; Michele Cantwell-Copher, Executive Director, The Foundation at Fresno County Office of Education; and Alex Parslow, Chief Executive Officer, Charter Oak Partners in Education Foundation, and Vice President Pre-K—12 Education, HMC Architects

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AIA Academy of Architecture for Justice Conference

November 3rd, 2011

HMC’s Beverly Prior and Julia Hughes are both speaking at this week’s AAJ National Conference, and Suzi Smith was selected 2011 Knowledge Scholar for the AAJ National Conference Detention Track. Be sure to check her blog posts and tweets throughout the week for updates about the conference.


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Planetree Annual Conference

October 25th, 2011


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AIALA: Designing Healthier Lifestyles Symposium

September 27th, 2011

The AIA Los Angeles Chapter, with support from LA County Department of Public Health and the Los Angeles Department of City Planning, will host a half-day symposium on October 7, 2011 to highlight opportunities to design communities that promote greater physical activity and equitable access to healthier lifestyles.

The symposium will bring together architects, policy makers, planners, urban designers, developers and healthcare professionals to discuss innovative strategies to design projects that will help to prevent childhood obesity and chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, certain cancers and asthma.

Friday, October 7 (8:00 AM – 12:30 PM)
Ronald F. Deaton Civic Auditorium
LAPD Police Administration Building
100 West First Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
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Raymond Pan Presenting at Facades Design and Delivery 2011

August 16th, 2011

Facades Design and Delivery 2011
September 709, 2011
Los Angeles Marriott Downtown
Los Angeles, CA

HMC’s Raymond Pan, AIA, LEED AP, will be presenting an International Case Study: Sustainability, Culture, and Creativity – A Case Study From China: Innovation and Tradition Come Together as East meets West at the First People’s Hospital of Shunde.


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Upcoming Speaking: Healthcare Facilities Symposium and Expo

August 16th, 2011

Healthcare Facilities Symposium and Expo
September 20–22, 2011
Chicago, Ill.

Senior Project Manager Ward Thompson, AIA, LEED AP, will be presenting “Planning for Change: Responding to Market and Technology Demands” with Zeke Triana, AIA, Director of Facilities, Design, and Construction, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
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Upcoming Speaking: 2011 Green California Community College Summit

August 15th, 2011

2011 Green California Community College Summit
October 17-18, 2011
Pasadena Convention Center

Planning for the Future: Incorporating Sustainability into a Campus Master Plan
Presented by Sally Foster, Dean, San Elijo Campus at MiraCosta College; Tom Macias, Director of Facilities, MiraCosta Community College District; Sheryl Sterry, AIA, LEED AP, Senior Education Facilities Planner, HMC Architects; Eera Babtiwale, LEED AP, Environmental Analyst, HMC Architects

Attendees of this presentation will gain a better understanding of how sustainability is optimized when implemented at the macro level of the master plan, as evidenced by the best practices learned through MiraCosta’s recent planning exercises.
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AIA San Diego Wine and Learn: Patient-Centered Care Design

August 9th, 2011

 

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Beverly Prior Talks Justice, Evidence-Based Design, and AIA Q&A

July 19th, 2011

Beverly Prior presented “Knowledge Generation for the Small Firm” at KA’s Evidence-Based Design Forum, sponsored by AIA San Francisco. KA put together these videos to capture the ideas from the event, watch and pass them on.

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Pablo La Roche Shares Pamo Valley Project with SBSE

June 20th, 2011

On June 16, Pablo La Roche presented HMC/Cal Poly Pomona’s Pamo Valley Project at the annual retreat of the Society of Building Science Educators (SBSE) in Albuquerque, N.M. Pablo’s presentation described the first two quarters of the Pamo Valley Project, during which students, with support from HMC staff, have developed designs for two low-cost sustainable houses for the city of San Diego. Students have also designed, built, and tested different sustainable systems for these houses, including double roofs with thermosyphon heating, green roofs, and sprinkler roofs. Two students are continuing to test these systems at the Lyle Center for Regenerative studies at Cal Poly Pomona, while they develop construction documents during their internships at HMC.


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