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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