Agenda | 2023 Design for Freedom Summit
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March 30, 2023 Design for Freedom Summit Schedule
9 am – Registration, Breakfast & Exhibits
9:30 am – Music the hummingbirds
- Marcus Miller, Grace Farms, Saxophone
- Florian Idenburg, SO-IL, Drums
- Liany Mateo, Bass
- Nick Roseboro, Architensions, Trumpet
- Peter Nelson, Keyboards
10 am – Welcome Address
- Sharon Prince, Grace Farms
10:15 am – Accelerating the Movement | Pilot Projects
- Sharon Prince, Grace Farms
- Curtis Clay, U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations
- Diana Kellogg, Diana Kellogg Architects
- Jing Liu, SO-IL
- Nina Cooke John, Studio Cooke John
- Pete Hamill, Turner Construction
11 am – The Business Case for Design for Freedom
- Richard Lui, MSNBC/NBC News
- Ana Hinojosa, Former US Customs & Border Protection and Oritain
- Debbie Propst, MillerKnoll
- Maha Khan, Finance Against Slavery and Trafficking, United Nations University Centre for Policy Research
- Raphael Sperry, Arup
11:45 am – Morning Break
- Adam Thatcher, Grace Farms Foods
12:15 pm – Supply Chain Transparency
- Nora Rizzo, Grace Farms
- Cristina Villegas, Pact
- Jim Vallette, Material Research L3C
- Paul J. Bradley, Lendlease Americas
- Dr. Shawn MacDonald, Verité
1 – 2:30 pm – Lunch & Architectural Tours
- Toshihiro Oki, Grace Farms (formerly of SANAA)
2:30 pm – Roundtables
Building Materials and the Climate Report by Yale CEA & UNEP
- Anna Dyson, Yale Center for Ecosystems + Architecture
- Jim Vallette, Material Research L3C
- Dr. Mae-ling Lokko, Willow Technologies and Yale School of Architecture
- Dr. Mohamed Aly Etman, Yale Center for Ecosystems + Architecture
Converting Textile Transparency to Interiors
- Ana Hinojosa, Former US Customs & Border Protection and Oritain
- Buxton Midyette, Supima Cotton
- Gabe Wing, MillerKnoll
- Hayes Slade, Slade Architecture
- Rachel Berkin, Tarkett
- Rebecca Best, Material Bank
Global Policy as a Driver
- Sharon Prince, Grace Farms
- Amy O’Neill Richard, State Department’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
- Angel Dizon, Public Buildings (Great Lakes Region)
- Dr. Lee Schwartz, U.S. Department of State and Office of the Geographer and Global Issues
- Luba Nikulina, IFM Investors and UK Task Force for Social Factors
- Peter Swartz, Altana AI
Material Circularity + Tech Innovation
- Brigid Abraham, Grace Farms
- Chris Sharples, SHoP
- Diana Kellogg, Diana Kellogg Architects
- Felix Heisel, Circular Construction Lab, Cornell University
- Florian Idenburg, SO-IL
Timber Studies
- Rod Khattabi, Grace Farms
- Alina Reynolds, Grace Farms
- Ben Dreith, Dezeen
- Dr. John Hermanson, University of Washington Center for Environmental Forensic Science
- Luciana Varkulja, uma architecture & design
Tools for Material Transparency
- Annie Bevan, Mindful Materials
- Barbra BatShalom, BuildingEase
- Evelyn Ritter, Toxnot
- James Slade, Slade Architecture
- Monica Becker, Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute
- Raphael Sperry, Arup
- Nora Rizzo, Grace Farms
4 pm – Inspiration & Action
- Featuring Platon, Platon Photo, founder of The People’s Portfolio, Peabody Award-winning photographer, storyteller, and human rights activist
- Joanna Hall, SustainChain
- Kai-Uwe Bergmann, BIG
5 pm – Cocktail Hour
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