Lectures

All lectures will have AIA CEU or LU credits.


Keynote Lecture:

Aaron Betsky
Director, NAi -Nederlands Architectuurinstituut | Netherlands Architecture Institute

Lectures:

Mark Goulthorpe
MIT and dECOi

Thom Faulders
Beigedesign

Lisa Iwamoto
Iwamoto Scott Architecture

Christopher Jaynes
Mersive Technologies and Metaverse Lab


Plenary Sessions:

Richard Levine, University of Kentucky, College of Design, Digital World | Sustainability World-BIM and Sustainability, An Immanent Convergence"
Wallis Miller, University of Kentucky, College of Design, "Putting Buildings Inside: Exhibiting Architecture"
Mahesh Senagala, University of Texas at San Antonio and Anijo Mathew, Mississippi State University, "Smart Futures"
Bruce Walcott and Christopher Jaynes, University of Kentucky, Center for Visualization and Virtual Environments


Idea Festival Intersections (www.ideafestival.com):

Please note that registration fees for the following events are NOT part of the ACADIA 2006 Conference Registration Package. Please refer to the Idea Festival website, www.ideafestival.com for registration information. Please use the UK Sponsor code for event discount rates.

Idea Festival Suggested Intersections:

Paul D. Miller: Multimedia Hip-Hop Artist-DJ Spooky, Cost $20, 'Re-Birth' of a Nation, In partnership with The Kentucky Center for The Performing Arts, Friday, October 13 2006, 8:00 PM -9:30 PM, Brown Theater, Ticket Required
John Gaeta: Academy Award Winning Visual Effects Artist for, The Matrix, Cost $20 1:30 PM - 2:45 PM, The Kentucky Center Bomhard Theater, Ticket Required
Burt Rutan: Inventor, Innovator, Entrepreneur, Space Inc., Saturday, October 14, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM, The Galt House East-2nd Floor Ballroom A-BCost $20, Ticket Required
Sebastien Foucan: Co-founder/Parkour Ambassador, Free-Running, Cost $0, Various Locations and Dates (Please refer the Idea Festival website for times and locations)

ACADIA particpants will also be able to attend an Idea Festival keynote presentation given by Adriaan Geuze, a partner and senior designer at West 8 Urban Design and Landscape Architecture, a team of architects, urban and industrial designers known for groundbreaking urban parks and public spaces from Rotterdam.