THIS YEAR'S TOPICS AND PRESENTERS:
(last updated 6/20/16)
Conference Schedule
Closing Session (Keynote): 60 Design Ideas in 60 Minutes (1.0 Primary CE)
Presenter: Wayne Visbeen, AIA, IIDA, principal at Visbeen Architects
Wayne Visbeen is a rare combination of outstanding professionalism, creative architectural talent and personal dynamism. He is high energy, has a broad range of product and design knowledge, and is relentless when pursuing the best solutions. Experience Wayne's fast paced and unique perspective on design as he closes the conference by delivering a list of his most recent ideas and discoveries in residential architecture.
150 - Minute Session (2.5 Primary CEs):
BeLoose Mine Workshop: Drawing Quickly, Effectively & Confidently
Presenter: Mike Lin, Director of BeLoose Graphic Workshop
Develop the ability to visualize your design ideas in front of your clients and raise your confidence in drawing quickly and effectively. Learn hand sketching tips and techniques from a gifted and effective graphic educator, Mike Lin, ASLA, ASAI. Mike is a Landscape Architect, educator, author and is recognized by his peers as one of the leaders in his field. He has taught design, graphics and presentation workshops for over 40 years at over 100 universities and many professional firms across North America, Asia, Europe and around the world. This session will change your life to be better with more fun and joy. No one in the design professions should miss this unforgettable experience.
120 - Minute Session (2.0 Primary CEs):
The Business of Design: Contracts & Corporate Structure
Presenter: Robert Newkirk of Newkirk Law Offices
Even with an iron clad contract, things can go unexpectedly. What do you do? What are your rights? How do you collect? North Carolina attorney Robert Newkirk will help you understand contracts and how they protect you or leave you exposed. He will also guide you through the complex maze of corporate structures and how to avoid the pitfalls which crater your corporate protection. Robert's delivery is fast paced and focused in a way you can absorb a career worth of key legal knowledge in just two hours.
90 - Minute Sessions (1.5 Primary CE each):
Show Your Work in a Better Light: New Tips & Techniques for Lighting & Daylighting Homes
Presenter: Doug Walter, Architect, owner Doug Walter Architects
The primary source of illumination in any kitchen and bath should be natural daylight. However, the sun doesn't shine all day and night long, so we need to provide ample electric lighting to keep illumination levels high. Most designers have learned lighting on the job with incandescent but LED's are a game changer. Find out about the latest products that will change the way we illuminate homes in the next decade and what is cost-effective right now. Learn how to compare the performance of competing light sources and make sound budget choices. Understand the relationship of free daylight to electric lighting you pay for. Learn from several actual case studies of before and after relamping with real foot candle measurements.
A Complete Residential Project in SketchUp
Presenter: Michael Brightman, author of The SketchUp Workflow for Architecture, owner of Brightman Designs.
SketchUp can be leveraged during every phase of the architectural design process; site analysis, schematic design, design development, and construction documents. In this session, directly from 3D Base Camp 2016, Mike Brightman will walk you through a real renovation project from beginning to end. The process starts with using Geo-location and Match Photo features to expedite the existing conditions model and drawings. Concept iterations are sketched by hand over existing conditions drawings, then modeled and refined in SketchUp. The final SketchUp model adheres to a system of SketchUp standards, making it ideal for both documentation in LayOut and rendering in photo real visualization programs.
60 - Minute Sessions (1.0 Primary CE each):
2D vs. and 3D: How to Stop Being Opposed
Presenter: Benjamin Tabolt, president of CDG Project Studio
Benjamin will eliminate the frightful myths of using BIM in residential design (BIM-R) by showing you how to create complete 2D drawings with the same software used to create the model. Using Revit as a case study, Benjamin will demonstrate the process it and multiple other BIM programs use to develop a concept BIM model, advance it to design development and then transition to the construction documents all within the BIM program. Finally, you'll discuss the options available to help the client visualize the project and understand the design both through the BIM Software as well as third party visualization software.
Turn Your Passion into Success
Presenter: Angela Visbeen, Director of Sales & Marketing for Visbeen Architects
In this session Angela Visbeen will discuss the impact passion has on a business and help you translate that passion into action to benefit your company, process and customers. From contract to completion a successful customer experience can be a challenge. Angela will share some new sales and marketing strategies Visbeen Architects has found to solve this industry-wide issue. Challenge yourself to leverage your strengths and skills in new ways which increase profitability. Leave prepared to create your own sales and marketing action plan to enhance your client experience.