Seminar Series

Centennial Celebration Seminar Series
   


CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION SEMINAR SERIES
COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE • TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY

LOOKING OVER THE HORIZON
Perspectives on Changes and Challenges in the Future of the Built and Virtual Environment Professions and Industries

Friday, April 1, 2005 • Langford Architecture Center • Building B Auditorium

What will the future of the built and virtual environment hold for students studying architecture, construction, land development, landscape architecture, urban planning, or visualization?

What challenges are emerging “just over the horizon” for the professions and industries of the built and virtual environment that will shape our collective futures?

What are the issues that the faculty in the departments of the College of Architecture should consider as they modify disciplinary curricula so that our graduates will be equipped with the attitudes of mind and habits of work to succeed in this new world?

As an initiation of the College of Architecture Centennial Celebration, we are asking leaders of the built and virtual environment professions and industries to share their insights about the challenges and opportunities emerging in our futures at this Symposium event.

Four independent seminar sessions will feature 24 members of the College of Architecture Dean’s Advisory Council, representing all components of the built and virtual environment professions and industries. In each seminar session, one speaker will present a 15- to 20-minute keynote of these changes and challenges, then five responding panel members will share their views of the emerging issues facing the professions and industries that will shape our collective futures. Questions and observations from the students and faculty members in the audience will conclude each forty-five minute session.

The four 45-minute sessions will consider all built and virtual environment disciplines. Each session will be followed by a 15-minute break, allowing students and faculty members who have other commitments to attend as many sessions as possible. All sessions will be held in the new Langford Center Auditorium in Building B. A list of the presenters and respondents in each session is attached, along with a schedule of all four sessions.


SEMINAR AGENDA:
Friday April 1, 2005 • Building B Auditorium • Langford Architecture Center


8:30 - 9:15 a.m. SESSION ONE  
  Keynote Speaker: Chuck Greco
  “Changes And Challenges in the Built and Virtual Environment Professions and Industries”
  Responding Panel: Ron Gafford
    Chuy Hinojosa
    George Jumonville
    Rick Mobley
    Bill Urban
     
9:15 - 9:30 a.m. BREAK  
     
9:30 - 10:15 a.m. SESSION TWO  
  Keynote Speaker: Tim McLaughlin
  “Changes And Challenges in the Built and Virtual Environment Professions and Industries”
  Responding Panel: Preston Bolton
    Bill Peel
    Shannon Rankin
    Al Simmons
    James Wright
     
10:15 -10:30 a.m. BREAK  
     
10:30 - 11:15 a.m. SESSION THREE  
  Keynote Speaker: Ron Skaggs
  “Changes And Challenges in the Built and Virtual Environment Professions and Industries”
  Responding Panel: Paul Bohn
    Daniel Brents
    Brice Hill
    Jack Morris
    Skipper Post
     
11:15 - 11:30 a.m. BREAK  
     
11:30 - 12:15 p.m. SESSION FOUR  
  Keynote Speaker: Harold Adams
  “Changes And Challenges in the Built and Virtual Environment Professions and Industries”
  Responding Panel: Alan Colyer
    Preston Geren
    Brad Simmons
    Jim Thompson
    Jimmy Tittle
     
12:15 p.m. End of Seminar Sessions  



SEMINAR PRESENTERS AND PANEL MEMBERS


Harold Adams ‘61 (Retired) Chief Executive Officer; RTKL Associates Inc.; Baltimore, MD
Paul Bohn ‘84 Vice President & Director of Operations; Smith Group Inc.; San Francisco, CA
Preston Bolton ‘41 Principal, P. M. Bolton Associates; Houston, TX
Dan Brents ‘61 Vice President; Gensler; Houston, TX
Alan Colyer ‘81 Director of Planning, Gensler; Houston, TX
Ron Gafford ‘72 President & CEO; Austin Industries; Dallas, TX
Preston Geren ‘45 Principal; Geren Investments; Fort Worth, TX
Chuck Greco ‘78 President/CEO; Linbeck; Houston, TX
Brice Hill ‘73 President; The HILLassociates; Dallas, TX
Chuy Hinojosa ‘58 Professor Emeritus; College of Architecture, TAMU; College Station, TX
George Jumonville Senior Vice President; Leo A Daly for Houston Architecture; Houston, TX
Tim McLaughlin ‘90 Creature Developer; Industrial Light & Magic; San Rafael, CA
Rick Mobley ‘81 Regional Vice President; Wilbur Smith Asso. Consulting Engineers; Houston, TX
Jack Morris ‘52 (Retired) President/CEO/Chairman; Clark-Morris Co. Inc.; Dallas, TX
Bill Peel ‘74 Entrepreneur, Weimar, TX
Skipper Post ‘61 Principal; Post Architects; Baton Rouge, LA
Shannon Rankin ‘82 Principal; SKB Architects; Seattle, WA
Al Simmons ‘64 President and CEO; Graeber, Simmons & Cowan; Austin, TX
Brad Simmons ‘83 Vice President; Jacobs Facilities; St. Louis, MO
Ron Skaggs ‘65 Chairman; Harwood K. Smith & Partners (HKS); Dallas, TX
Jim Thompson ‘68 President; James R. Thompson Inc.; Dallas, TX
Jimmy Tittle ‘49 Architect; The Tittle/Luther Partnership; Abilene, TX
Bill Urban ‘66 President; General Construction Company; Kingston, WA
Jim Wright ‘54 (Retired) Principal, Page-Southerland-Page, Dallas, TX




— The End —

March 30, 2005

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