Healthcare Specialist: Interior Designers Certification And Product Discussions [AF1]

Date/Time: Monday, June 9 • 10:30–11:30 a.m.
Highlights: AAHID will highlight the accomplishments of the past year and is bringing back the successful round-table discussions to follow. One round table will include a discussion of the certification benefits and examination preparation and the second will discuss specialty floooring areas in healthcare environments from design, maintenance and industry points of view. Having a variety of experienced designers discussing what works, what could be improved and specification/maintenance advice will be an informative session for this year's forum.
Speakers: Barbara Huelat, AAHID, president, • Jocelyn Stroupe, AAHID Board of Regents • Janet Kobylka, AAHID, credentials director
Credits: None Fee: $20

Consumer Watch: Macro Trends Influence Design Innovation [AF3]

Date/Time: Monday, June 9 • 3–5 p.m.
Highlights: Design innovation goes beyond the norm in an increasingly mobile society driven by new expectations for space and dynamic inflouence from generational, environmental and technological innovations. Learn about consumer and societal trends dictating a new world of individuality within increasingly interchangeable environments.
Speaker: Susan Yashinsky, vice president, Sphere Trending
Credits: 0.2 CEU Fee: $39 ASID Members, $59 Non ASID Members

Toyota, The Practice Of Kaizen And ANEW [AF4]

Date/Time: Tuesday, June 10 • 9:30–10:30 a.m.
Highlights: Continual improvement from process to products is a way of life at Toyota Motor Sales. Come listen to leaders from Toyota Real Estate and Facilities discuss their approach taken on a highly visible project to steward surplus furniture and materials for more than 900 employees without the use of landfill. Toyota partnered with ANEW to engage social sustainability to further the practice of Kaizen (continual improvement) in the workplace.
Speakers: Myra Chung, national manager, Real Estate & Facilities, Toyota • Kristen James, project development manager, Toyota • Rose Tourje, founder, ANEW • Lila Tsuda Grant, vice president strategic management, ANEW.
Credits: 0.1 CEU Fee: $15

'Generative Space': A Reliable Means To Improve Health And Healthcare With Design Of The Environment [AF5]

Date/Time: Tuesday, June 10 • 2:30–3:30 p.m.
Highlights: 'Generative Space' is a new and different approach to using design of the environment to systemically and sustainably improve health and healthcare. For the past 10 years, Dr. Wayne Ruga has been pioneering the development and application of 'generative space' with organizations around the world. He will discuss the background and practical application of 'generative space', a life-enhancing approach to environmental design. The presentation will showcase how to implement 'generative space' both in your own organization, and within the work that Aesthetics does with its clients.
Speakers: Wayne Ruga, AIA, Ph.D., Hon. FIIDA, FASID, founder and president, The CARITAS Project • Annette Ridehour, founder and president of Aesthetics, Inc.
Credits: 0.1 CEU Fee: $30

The Nuts And Bolts Of An Evidence-Based Design Process [AF6]

Date/Time: Monday, June 9 • 1:30–3 p.m.
Highlights: The Center for Health Design will walk you through the evidence-based design process including: where to start, how to look for credible evidence, how to incorporate your findings into your project and how to properly reference your sources. Attendees are encouraged to come with questions.
Speaker: Amy Keller, research associate, The Center for Health Design
Credits: 0.1 CEU Fee: $30 Members, $40 Non-Members

Tour Of Color Around The World [AF7]

Date/Time: Tuesday, June 10 • 12:30 –1:30 p.m.
Highlights: Come along for a 60-minute tour of color around the world. You will learn what design and economic influences are affecting color choices in today's marketplace. While viewing example pictures and illustrations you will see just what color influences are present and developing in our world, the world that is becoming smaller everyday.
Speaker: Suzanne Rudnitzki, co-founder and co-owner, onemarket
Credits: None Fee: $40

Science, Design And Feng Shui: Human Response To Space Known As Pyramid Feng Shui [AF8]

Date/Time: Tuesday, June 10 • 3–5 p.m.
Highlights: In this workshop, you will learn about the Pyramid philosophy of Feng Shui, a scientific approach that uses "nature clues" to uncover innate response systems. By combining contemporary social and physical sciences with the discipline of Feng Shui, you will grasp evidence of how the physical environment interacts upon human experience. In addition, a workshop exercise will be conducted using a diagnostic tool that helps uncover a client's subconscious positive or negative responses to space.
Speaker: Mo Linquist, FSII, ASID, environmental language interpreter, Mo Linquist Solutions
Credits: 0.2 CEU Fee: $40

Retail Design: Branding In A State Of Hypermedia:
Brands Aren't Just For Stores Anymore [AF9]

Date/Time: Tuesday, June 10 • 9:30–11:30 a.m.
Highlights: Everyone is jumping on the branding bandwagon these days and apparently for good reason.  It's safe to say that branding is no longer the sole purview of the ubiquitous coffee vendor or cool white-on-white techno-providers.  Everyone from Downtown Associations to boutique retailers to hotel developers seems to understand the importance of a strong brand.  And why is that?  Because companies are embracing the power of branded environments as tools for communicating what in the world they stand for.    Join FocusOnDESIGN in a panel discussion with Lori Mukoyama, her associate and guest speakers. Lori is a nationally known expert in retail branding who offers an exciting and fresh approach to interior design as it becomes more of a tool about defining image and promoting brand.
Speakers: Katie Sprague, VP, RTKL Architects • Ellen Farrar, VP, Marketing and Communications, The Greater North Michigan Avenue Association • Alex Mandarino, Co-owner, Tangerine •  Marty Collins, President/CEO,
Gatehouse Capital 
Moderator: Lori Mukoyama, principal, RTKL Architects
Credits: 0.2 CEU, 2LU Fee: $35

The Bottom Line On Protecting Product Design: Don't Let Profits Get Knocked Out By Knock-Offs [AF10]

Date/Time: Monday, June 9 • 10 a.m.–noon
Highlights Design protection is critical to the success of designers, manufacturers and marketers of furniture and other product made for interior design projects. Find out how to protect original design from one of America's foremost experts on intellectual property law. Learn the fundamentals of copyrights, trade dress and design patents as they apply to furniture, textiles, and lighting
Speakers: Susan E. Farley, attorney, Heslin, Rothenberg' Farley & Mesiti • Henry M. Gowin, secretary, Foundation For Design Integrity
Credits: None Fee: $20

Sustainable Lighting Design For This Green Old House [AF11]

Date/Time: Tuesday, June 10 • 1–2 p.m.
Highlights Visual quality, energy efficiency and green materials are sustainable. Lighting principles applicable to all interior design, as featured in a 2007 "This Old House" project will be discussed.
Speaker: Mark Loeffloer, IALD, lighting design director, Atelier Ten
Credits: 0.1 CEU Fee: $35

Time Management– How Not To Write [AF12]

Date/Time: Monday, June 9 • 9–10 a.m.
Highlights When IFMA Chicago took a presentation survey, the members voted Time Management as the number one choice! Come hear about a unique way to cut the time that you spend writing at work. This session covers a new approach to business communication, including practical shortcuts that will save you (and your readers) tons of time. It's all gain and less pain.
Speaker: Robert S. Best, senior vice president, Jones Lang LaSalle
Credits: 0.1 CEU Fee: $20

IIDA Forum Advisor Roundtable [AF13]

Date/Time: Monday, June 9 • 1-3 p.m. • Suite 567
Highlights Join IIDA's Forum Advisors in IIDA's new Suite 567 for a round-table discussion on current design innovations and issues from across the globe. Industry leaders from corporate, education and research, facility planning, government, healthcare, hospitality, residential, retail and sustainability will be represented.
Speakers: James Walker, IIDA, Gensler • Giselle Newman Young, IIDA, Environments in Life, Inc. • Elise Shapiro, IIDA, Booz Allen & Hamilton • Deborah Loveridge, IIDA, U.S. Navy • Linda Gabel, IIDA, AAHID, NBBJ–Studio 10 • Belinda Bennett, IIDA, The Bennett Design Group • Louise Farrer Wegener, IIDA, Z – 3 Design Studio Inc. • Holley Hernderson, IIDA, LEED; AP, H2Ecodesign, LLC
Credits: 0.2 CEU Fee: $30 Members, $50 Non Members

Cultivating Professionalism Through Mentoring And Coaching [AF14]

Date/Time: Monday, June 9 • 11 a.m.–noon
Highlights Energize your career and contribute to your profession's future through mentoring and career coaching. Share your experience by providing guidance to an emerging interior designer. Discover how mentoring and coaching can contribute to your professional development.
Speaker: Robert Rosenfeld, Associate AIA, International Coaching Federation, president, R. Rosenfeld Consulting Services
Credits: 0.1 CEU Fee: $25

The Why, What & How Much Of Green Building [AF15]

Date/Time: Monday June 9 • 1–2 p.m.
Highlights Five percent of all new construction today is green. If you are an interior designer or product manufacturer with only a vague idea about sustainable design, this presentation is for you. Gain a sense for the why, what and how much of green building and how it can and will impact you.
Speakers: Lois Vitt Sale, director of sustainability, U.S. Green Building Council (Chicago Chapter)
Credits: 0.1 CEU Fee: $45