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March 31, 2022 Design for Freedom Summit Schedule

9:00 am – Breakfast, Registration + Exhibitions

Common Good through Crisis Exhibition with MASS Design | Alan Ricks, Maggie Stern and Caitlin Taylor, MASS Design
Peace Forest with Pentagram + Palette Architecture

10:00 am – Welcome Address and Opening Discussion

Prince Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, CEO of International Peace Institute and former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Sharon Prince, CEO and Founder, Grace Farms Foundation

10:30 am – Corporate Ethical Responsibility Within the Material Supply Chain

As consumers show increasing interest in how products are sourced, manufactured, and distributed, corporations are taking a closer look at their ethical and sustainability practices.

Dr. Harriet Harriss, Dean, Pratt Institute School of Architecture
Jane Abernethy, Chief Sustainability Officer, Humanscale
Jennifer McCadney, Special Counsel, Kelley Drye & Warren
Vanessa Barboni Hallik, CEO, Another Tomorrow
Nora Rizzo (Moderator), Sustainable Materials Director, Grace Farms Foundation

Mid-Morning Break & Networking

11:45 am – Design for Freedom Pilot Projects & Ethical Procurement

The first DFF Pilot Projects are demanding more material transparency, creating awareness, and innovating the industry through advocacy and collaboration.

Hayes Slade, Principal, Slade Architecture
Lynn Temple, Preconstruction Executive, Turner Construction Company
Annie Bevan, CEO, Mindful Materials
Rick Cook, Founder, COOKFOX Architects
Chelsea Thatcher (Moderator), Creative Director & Chief Advancement Officer, Grace Farms Foundation

12:30 pm – Roundtable Lunch Discussions

Pivoting from Linear to Circular Material Flow (Court)

Florian Idenburg, SO-IL
Claire Weisz, WXY Studio
Nat Oppenheimer, Silman
Nadine Berger, SHoP

AI and Machine Learning and Risk Reduction (Commons, lower level Lecture Hall)

Phil Bernstein, Yale School of Architecture
Brian Ulicny, PhD, Raytheon BBN Technologies

Gaining Visibility into Your Supply Chain (Commons)

Shawn MacDonald, Verité
Debbie Propst, MillerKnoll
Annabel Short, Institute for Human Rights and Business

Timber and other Materials Studies (West Barn Hall)

Patricia Saldaña Natke, UrbanWorks and IIT
Michael Green, Michael Green Architecture

Optimizing Material Transparency (Pavilion)

Jared Gilbert, COOKFOX Architects
Ann Rolland, FX Collaborative
Bill DuBois, Gensler
Jay Gorman, Sciame Construction

Interiors and Design for Freedom (Commons Fireplace)

Hayes Slade, Slade Architecture
Paul Clemence, Architectural Photographer

2:00 pm – How Government Policy and Enforcement Impact Forced Labor in Supply Chains

Government agencies have an increasing responsibility to address the issue of forced labor. Explore how federal policies and regulatory frameworks can work to curb forced labor and improve supply chain traceability.

Angel Dizon, Managing Director of Program, Development, Coordination, and Support, Department of State’s Bureau Of Overseas Buildings Operations (DOS – OBO)
Christine Foushee, OBO Director of External Affairs, US Department of State, Overseas Building Operations (DOS – OBO)
Michael Conlon, Assistant Special Agent in Charge, Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI)
Rod Khattabi (Moderator), Chief Accountability Officer & Justice Initiative Director, Grace Farms Foundation

2:45 pm – Interactive Tech Talk: The Future of the AEC Industry

Christopher Sharples, Principal, SHoP Architects
Anna Dyson, Founding Director, Yale Center for Ecosystems in Architecture (CEA)

3:30 pm

Alyson Shotz’s Temporal Shift sculpture with Design for Freedom Pilot Partner Joseph Mizzi from Sciame Construction
Common Good Through Crisis Exhibit with Alan Ricks, Maggie Stern, and Caitlin Taylor from MASS Design

4:00 pm – Exploration – Attendees can choose from the following engagements:

Nature Walk with Mark Fowler focusing on trees/timber
Tea in the Pavilion with Frank Kwei and Grace Farms Foods
Self-guided hike on the trails
Self-guided exploration of the River Building

4:30 pm – Cocktail Hour & Networking

*Light breakfast, lunch, and cocktail hour are included with registration