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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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