AIA Conference on Architecture 2023 | The American Institute of Architects (AIA) | 7 June 2023 | TBA, San Francisco, CA

This conference is where the AEC industry gathers to define it, design it, and connect across industries to build it. Join us in San Francisco—one of the West Coast’s premier destinations—to explore what it means to design a better world now, together.

The expo is a top-three reason people attend conference, and with good reason. It’s the networking hub for the AEC industry, and it’s packed with 500+ brands, thousands of experts, the newest products and materials, and pioneering project solutions you won’t find anywhere else.

2023 Speakers

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

Barbara Bouza
President, Walt Disney Imagineering

Matthew Aalfs, AIA
Partner, BuildingWork

Mohammad Abassi, Assoc. AIA
Senior Consultant, WSP USA

Katie Ackerly, AIA
Principal / Sustainability Director, David Baker Architects

Paul Adamson FAIA
2022 Board President AIASF Chapter; Director William Worthen Foundation

Luis Aguirre-Torres
Sustainability Consultant, Former director of sustainability for the City of Ithaca, NY

Rachelle Ain, AIA
Associate, Utile, Inc.

Patricia Alarcon, AIA
Principal, Ratcliff

Venesa Alicea-Chuqui, AIA
Founding Principal | Equity in Action Presidential Fellow, NYVARCH Architecture | Kean University Michael Graves College School of Public Architecture

Christopher Allen
Director of Foreseeable, Net-Zero + Nature Positiv, Jacobs

Joseph Allen, D.Sc., M.P.H., C.I.H.
Associate Professor of Exposure Assessment Science | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Laura Allen
Founding Member, Ecology Center - Greywater Action

Ibrahim Almufti
Associate Principal | Risk & Resilience Discipline Team Leader, ARUP

Jacob Alter
Vice President of Engineering, Mechanical Division, Bernhard MCC

Michael Amaral
Manager of Architectural Sales, PABCO Gypsum

Guneet Anand
Senior Associate, SITELAB Urban Studio

Allison Anderson, FAIA
Principal, unabridged Architecture PLLC, Allison and John Anderson Architects

Emily Anderson, AIA
Outreach Manager, Experience + Education, NCARB

Craig Aquart, AIA, NOMA, CSI
Principal, MCHarry Associates

David Arkin, AIA
Principal, Arkin Tilt Architects

Peter Armstrong
Vice President, Wakeland Housing and Development Corporation

Ben Arnold
Product Manager, Aquacell by PHOENIX

Elaine Asal
Southeast Consulting Practice Area Leader / Senior Associate, Gensler

Sam Ashour, AIA
Enterprise Solutions Manager, Mag Tech Industries

Sara Beardsley, FAIA
Associate Principal, Solomon Cordwell Buenz

Tedd Benson
CEO/President, Bensonwood

Thomas Beresford, AIA
Senior Associate, Payette

Gabriella Bermea, AIA, NOMA, NCARB
Associate | Design Architect, VLK Architects

Dakotah Bertsch
Landscape Architect / Owner, DBLA

Glenn Birx, FAIA
Vice President, Ayers Saint Gross

Marlon Blackwell, FAIA
Principal, Marlon Blackwell Architects

Angela Brooks, FAIA
Principal, Brooks + Scarpa Architects, Inc.

Yin Xia
Architectural Designer, Payette Associates Inc.

Deborah Wylie, AIA
Master Planning Director, Cordoba Corporation at BuildLACCD

Heather Burpee, Assoc. AIA
Associate Professor of Research / Director, Education & Outreach, Integrated Design Lab/ Department of Architecture / College of Built Environments / University of Washington

Victoria Cabanos, Assoc. AIA
Founding & Managing Principal, Stuart-Lynn Company, Inc.

Patricia Centeno, AIA
Principal, BAR Architects & Interiors

Francesca Cesa Bianchi
Partner and Director, Stefano Boeri Architetti

Angela Wu, AIA
Director, Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF)

Kelsey Wotila, AIA
Architect / Senior Sustainability Project Manager, Foresight Management

Matthew Woodruff
Principal, Local Practice Architecture + Design Ltd.

Juliane Wolf, AIA
Design Principal and Partner, Studio Gang

Stephen Wilson, AIA
Quality Control Architect, The Collaborative

Erin Wilson
Manager Influencer Education, dormakaba

Apellonia Williams
Intern, AECOM

Genevieve Will
Strategic Director, Gensler

Naomi Whitesel
Vice President, Integrated Design, McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.

Scott Wayne
Consultant, Envoy

Tim Talun, AIA
Senior Associate, Elkus Manfredi Architects

Keiko Sutton
CEO, Kotobuki Seating

James Sutton
Head of Retractable Seating Systems Business Development - North America, Kotobuki Seating International

Jonah Susskind
Senior Research Associate, SWA Group

Wes Sullens, LEED Fellow
Director, LEED, U.S. Green Building Council

Mark Steppan, AIA, CSI, NCARB
Director of Architecture & QA/QC, Studio T-Square

Robert Solomon, P.E.
Principal Fire Protection Engineer/Chief Development Officer, SLS Consulting, LLC

Z Smith, FAIA
Principal | Director of Sustainability and Building Performance., EskewDumezRipple

Peter Sokoloff
Partner, Foster + Partners’ San Francisco office

Takashi Yanai, AIA
Partner, Ehrlich Architects

Kulapat Yantrasast, PhD
Founder / Creative Director, WHY

Kim Yao, AIA
Principal, Architecture Research Office

MD ISHTIAQUE ZAHIR, Hon. FAIA
Architect director, Vitti Sthapati Brindo Ltd.

John Zalepka
Senior Manager, Engagement & Programs, Specified Technologies, Inc.

Willy Zambrano, FAIA
Architect / Design Principal, Zambrano Architectural Design LLC

Alejandra Zeledon
National Training Director, Feeney, Inc.

Jen Zepeda
Business Development Manager, Sherwin-Williams

Rahel Zewdu
Project Manager, Berliner Architects

Joshua Zinder, AIA
Managing Partner, JZA+D

Doug Zucker
Project Director/ Principal, Gensler

Lauren Zullo
Managing Director, Impact, Jonathan Rose Companies

Renée Cheng, FAIA
John and Rosalind Jacobi Family Endowed Dean, College of Built Environments, University of Washington

Francisco Colom Jover, Int. AIA
Senior Architect, MASS Design Group

Micaela Connery
Co-Founder and CEO, The Kelsey

Darin Cook, AIA
Partner, Pelli Clarke & Partners

Lynn Craig,, FAIA
Professor Emeritus, Architecture, Clemson University

Laura Crescimano, Assoc. AIA
Principal, SITELAB urban studio

Mark Donahue
Design Director, Lowney Architecture

Chelsea Drenick
Regional Director, WoodWorks - Wood Products Council

Jean-Francois Gagnon
Architect, MRAIC, OAQ, Senior Partner, Design Principal, Lemay