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Living Future unConference 2017

Join us in Seattle on May 16 - 19, 2017 for the 11th annual Living Future unConference! Learn more and register here: http://www.livingfutureunconference.org/.

1:00pm PDT

EMERGE Workshop: Leadership for a Living Future (OFFSITE) Mithun Net Positive Energy: Power and the Living Building Challenge Workshop (OFFSITE) Cornish College of the Arts (NOTION BUILDING, 1st Fl Auditorium)

2:00pm PDT

Affordable Housing Summit: Exploring Solutions and Sharing Resources (OFFSITE) Cornish College of the Arts: MAIN CAMPUS CENTER (7th Fl Board Room)

5:00pm PDT

Registration Desk: Tuesday (5p - 7p) Westin: Mezzanine Level (2nd Fl)

5:30pm PDT

Living Community LC50 Launch Reception (Invitation Only) TBA LP50 Meeting (Invitation Only) (OFFSITE) MG2

6:00pm PDT

unConference Eve Party at Mithun (OFFSITE) Mithun

7:00am PDT

Registration Desk: Wednesday (7a - 7p) Westin: Mezzanine Level (2nd Fl)

7:55am PDT

Tour: Heron Hall on Bainbridge Island (7:55am) (OFFSITE) Downtown Seattle Ferry Terminal to Bainbridge Island

8:00am PDT

Getting to Net Positive Water Summit: Innovative Strategies and Policy for Cascadia and Beyond Westin: Elliott Bay (Lobby Level) Project Team Summit (Invitation Only) Westin: Pine (Westlake Level) Tour: Edible Landscapes - Urban Agriculture in the Emerald City (OFFSITE) Antioch University Tangible Change: Materials and the Living Building Challenge Workshop Westin: Pike (Westlake Level)

8:30am PDT

Tour: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Campus (OFFSITE) Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

9:30am PDT

Tour: Bullitt Center (9:30am) (OFFSITE) Bullitt Center

9:35am PDT

Tour: Heron Hall on Bainbridge Island (9:35am) (OFFSITE) Downtown Seattle Ferry Terminal to Bainbridge Island

10:00am PDT

Tour: Bullitt Center (10:00am) (OFFSITE) Bullitt Center

10:30am PDT

Biophilic Design Summit Westin: Puget Sound (Lobby Level)

11:25am PDT

Tour: Heron Hall on Bainbridge Island (11:25am) (OFFSITE) Downtown Seattle Ferry Terminal to Bainbridge Island

12:20pm PDT

Tour: Heron Hall on Bainbridge Island (12:20pm) (OFFSITE) Downtown Seattle Ferry Terminal to Bainbridge Island

1:00pm PDT

Congress Leader Summit (Invitation Only) Westin: Elliott Bay (Lobby Level) Declare + Living Product Summit: Mainstreaming Material Health Westin: Pike (Westlake Level) Living Building Challenge Contractor Training Westin: Pine (Westlake Level) The Water Cycle of Buildings: Net Positive Water and the Living Building Challenge Workshop Westin: Vashon (San Juan Level)

2:00pm PDT

Tour: Bullitt Center (2:00pm) (OFFSITE) Bullitt Center Collaborative Leader Summit (Invitation Only) Westin: Cascade 1 (Mezzanine Level)

2:30pm PDT

Tour: Bullitt Center (2:30pm) (OFFSITE) Bullitt Center

4:30pm PDT

ILFI Bookstore Open (4:30p - 7p) Westin: San Juan Level (3rd Fl) Opening Night Reception on Trade Show Floor Westin: Grand Level (4th Fl) Trade Show Floor Open: 4:30p - 7:00p Westin: Grand Level (4th Fl)

7:00pm PDT

Wednesday Opening Night Keynote: Van Jones Westin: Ballroom 1 (Grand Level)

9:30pm PDT

Wednesday Eve Afterparty at 400Fairview (OFFSITE) 400 Fairview

7:00am PDT

Registration Desk: Thursday (7a - 5p) Westin: Mezzanine Level (2nd Fl)

7:30am PDT

ILFI Bookstore Open (7:30a - 8:15a) Westin: San Juan Level (3rd Fl) Thursday Breakfast (7:30a - 8:15a) Westin: Ballroom 1 (Grand Level)

8:15am PDT

Morning Taichi w/ Master Yijiao Hong Westin: Ballroom 1 (Grand Level)

8:30am PDT

Thursday Morning Keynote: Kirsti Luke Westin: Ballroom 1 (Grand Level)

10:00am PDT

ILFI Bookstore Open (10a - 7p) Westin: San Juan Level (3rd Fl)

10:30am PDT

A Materials Trifecta: Trials and Tribulations of Pursuing WELL, LEED and LBC for Delos HQ Westin: Pike (Westlake Level) Accelerating Our Journey Towards a Living Future: Living Buildings as High-impact Educational Tools Westin: Elliott Bay (Lobby Level) Between the First & Last Mile: Challenges & Opportunities Facing Oregon’s Regional Food System Westin: Vashon (San Juan Level) Creating Information and Action for Building Data Westin: Pine (Westlake Level) Culture is Power: Reshaping the Narrative Through Art-Based Interventions Westin: Ballroom 3 (Grand Level) Genius Loci: School Environments Integrating Nature & Food, Mind & Body Westin: Cascade 1 (Mezzanine Level) Living Buildings for All: Genius, Courage, and Tools for Creating Living Affordable Housing Westin: Cascade 2 (Mezzanine Level) Power & Passion: Leveraging Potential for Net Positive Design Westin: Puget Sound (Lobby Level) Who's Afraid of the Big, Bad Jevons Paradox? Westin: Ballroom 1 (Grand Level) Material Health Hyggelig: Designing for Comfort, Delight, Nourishment Westin: St. Helen's (Mezzanine Level)

12:00pm PDT

Localicious Lunch: Thursday Outside the Westin: along Fifth Ave Electric Avenue: Car Rides and Drives Westin Seattle Portico Trade Show Floor Open: 12:00p - 2:30p Westin: Grand Level (4th Fl) One Watershed Tour: Experience the Sound with StokeShare’s Youth Adventure Program West Seattle Waterfront

12:30pm PDT

Book Signing: "Teeming: How Superorganisms Work to Build Infinite Wealth in a Finite World" Westin: San Juan Level (3rd Fl) Pop-Up Healing Art Clinic w/ Favianna Rodriguez Westin: Grand Crescent (Grand Level)

1:00pm PDT

Living Future Network: Europe Meet-Up Westin: Mercer (Westlake Level)

1:30pm PDT

Book Launch and Signing: "Brock Environmental Center for a Living Chesapeake" Westin: San Juan Level (3rd Fl)

2:00pm PDT

Living Future Network: Latin America Summit Westin: Mercer (Westlake Level)

2:30pm PDT

Building the World’s First Living Factories Westin: Pike (Westlake Level) Designing for ZNE and Passive Survivability Westin: Pine (Westlake Level) Full Transparency: Analyzing the LBC Documentation for the Potomac Watershed Study Complex Westin: Cascade 2 (Mezzanine Level) Genius & Courage in the Workplace: Women in Leadership Westin: Elliott Bay (Lobby Level) Genius of Place: California Coast (Biologist at the Design Table Workshop) - Pt 1 Westin: Cascade 1 (Mezzanine Level) Living Communities: Reimagining our Rights to the Rights-of-Way Westin: Puget Sound (Lobby Level) Redundancy, Diversity, Connectivity: Optimizing Your Projects, Business, and Work Westin: Ballroom 1 (Grand Level) The Business Imperative For Improving Diversity and Inclusion: Part 1 Westin: Ballroom 3 (Grand Level) Youth Perspective and Solutions on Water Quality and Community Engagement Westin: Vashon (San Juan Level)

3:45pm PDT

Deep Genius: How to Address Mindset and Create Conditions for Change through Conversation Westin: Puget Sound (Lobby Level) Engaging Young People in Living Systems at Their Living Building Westin: Elliott Bay (Lobby Level) Genius of Place: California Coast (Biologist at the Design Table Workshop) - Pt 2 Westin: Cascade 1 (Mezzanine Level) Healthy, Affordable Building Materials Westin: Pike (Westlake Level) Rocky Mountain Institute’s New Headquarters: Courage, Mistakes, and the Search for Genius Westin: Cascade 2 (Mezzanine Level) The Business Imperative For Improving Diversity and Inclusion: Part 2 Westin: Ballroom 3 (Grand Level) The Genius and Courage of a Dream Westin: Ballroom 1 (Grand Level) The ILFI Net Zero Energy Program Reboot: Streamlined, Aligned, and Ready to Rock Westin: Pine (Westlake Level) What is That Green Stuff?: Lessons from Operating a Rain Water Collection and Treatment System Westin: Vashon (San Juan Level)

5:00pm PDT

Living Future Network Happy Hour Westin: Grand Level (4th Fl) Thursday Night Reception on Trade Show Floor Westin: Grand Level (4th Fl) Trade Show Floor Open: 5:00p - 7:00p Westin: Grand Level (4th Fl)

7:00pm PDT

Big Bang Dinner Westin: Ballroom 1 (Grand Level)

9:30pm PDT

Thursday Eve Afterparty at Fred Wildlife (OFFSITE) Fred Wildlife Refuge

7:00am PDT

Registration Desk: Friday (7a - 5p) Westin: Mezzanine Level (2nd Fl)

7:30am PDT

ILFI Bookstore Open (7:30a - 8:15a) Westin: San Juan Level (3rd Fl) Friday Breakfast (7:30a - 8:15a) Westin: Ballroom 1 (Grand Level)

8:15am PDT

Morning Taichi w/ Master Yijiao Hong Westin: Ballroom 1 (Grand Level)

8:30am PDT

Friday Morning Keynote: Naomi Klein Westin: Ballroom 1 (Grand Level)

10:00am PDT

Trade Show Floor Open: 10:00a - 1:30p Westin: Grand Level (4th Fl) ILFI Bookstore Open (10a - 3p) Westin: San Juan Level (3rd Fl)

10:30am PDT

Fighting Gentrification: Designing for Social Equity and Cultural Richness Westin: Elliott Bay (Lobby Level) Finding the Right (Retro)Fit: Co-developing Programs to Transform Building Energy Use and Eliminate Emissions Westin: Puget Sound (Lobby Level) Living Building Design Inspired by Nature: Biomimicry Genius of Place Workshop Westin: Cascade 1 (Mezzanine Level) Means and Methods to an End: Three Materials Petal Case Studies Westin: Pike (Westlake Level) Passive House 101: What Is It, and What Does It Achieve? Westin: Pine (Westlake Level) Policy Hackathon: New Tools for Socially Just Urban Regeneration Westin: Vashon (San Juan Level) So You Want to Do a Living Building?: An Owner's Guide to the LBC from the Founder Westin: Ballroom 3 (Grand Level) The (In)Convenience of Genius and Courage Westin: Cascade 2 (Mezzanine Level) Using Research to Accelerate Biophilic Design Westin: Ballroom 1 (Grand Level)

11:00am PDT

Pop-Up Healing Art Clinic w/ Favianna Rodriguez Westin: Grand Crescent (Grand Level)

12:00pm PDT

Living Future Network: Asia Meet-Up Westin: Mercer (Westlake Level)

12:30pm PDT

Localicious Lunch: Friday Outside the Westin: along Fifth Ave

1:00pm PDT

Living Future Network: Middle East + North Africa Meet-Up Westin: Mercer (Westlake Level)

1:30pm PDT

Biomimicry, Stormwater, & Place: Designing to Emulate Your Local Ecosystem Westin: Vashon (San Juan Level) Getting Over Ourselves: Aligning and Pushing Forward Westin: Pike (Westlake Level) Healing People, Healing Places, Healing Ecosystems (Part One): The Idea Westin: Cascade 1 (Mezzanine Level) Leadership at the End of the World: Finding Inspiration and Community Through Grief and Compassion Westin: St. Helen's (Mezzanine Level) Mapping the Flow of Water through Nature, Buildings, and Regulatory Agencies Westin: Ballroom 1 (Grand Level) Moving Forward: Achieving Net Zero Energy on Affordable Workforce Housing Westin: Pine (Westlake Level) Small Things Matter: Inspiring the Next Generation’s Inner-Conservationist Westin: Elliott Bay (Lobby Level) Solar in the City: Achieving Aggressive Green House Gas Emissions Reduction in Urban Centers Westin: Puget Sound (Lobby Level) The Living Building at Georgia Tech: Making Collaborative Decisions to Meet the Challenge Westin: Cascade 2 (Mezzanine Level)

2:00pm PDT

Living Future Network: Oceana Summit Westin: Mercer (Westlake Level)

3:15pm PDT

Durable and Democratic: The Story Behind the City of Pittsburgh's Frick Environmental Center Westin: Cascade 2 (Mezzanine Level) Experts in Indoor Air Quality: Addressing IAQ Impacts to Improve Human Health Westin: Pike (Westlake Level) Getting to Yes: Winning and Making your Next Project Net-Zero, LBC, Or? Westin: Pine (Westlake Level) Healing People, Healing Places, Healing Ecosystems (Part Two): The Workshop Westin: Cascade 1 (Mezzanine Level) Integrative Design Process: Getting Real and ReDesigning Project Delivery In Your Firm Westin: Ballroom 1 (Grand Level) JUST Program: The Courage To Invest In Social Equity Policies and Practices Westin: Elliott Bay (Lobby Level)

5:00pm PDT

Closing Circle Westin: Ballroom 3 (Grand Level)

6:30pm PDT

Friday Eve Afterparty at Optimism Brewing (OFFSITE) Optimism Brewing