Contract Magazine - May 2018 - S7

Unanticipated Opportunities-A Conversation Between
Art Gensler and Cheryl Durst

She Said, She Said: Extraordinary Women
in Design

Art Gensler
Founder, Gensler

PANEL
Robin Klehr Avia
Managing Principal, Gensler
Anda Andrei
President, Anda Andrei Design
Gisue Hariri
Principal, Hariri & Hariri
Architecture

DATE
Monday, June 11
TIME
8 a.m.
LOCATION
NeoCon Theater, 19th floor,
theMART

Art Gensler-founder of global architecture, design, planning, and strategic
consulting firm Gensler-will sit down with with Cheryl Durst, IIDA executive
vice president and CEO, and share some of the unanticipated opportunities
that have helped shape his career.
An architect by profession, Gensler is a graduate of Cornell University,
which named him "Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year" in 1995. He currently serves
on the Advisory Council of Cornell's College of Architecture, Art, and Planning;
is a founding member of the National AIA Committee on Interior Architecture;
and is a fellow of the International Interior Design Association (IIDA).
Since its founding in 1965, his eponymous firm has grown from a
three-person, San Francisco-based team into one of the world's leading
architecture and design groups, with 5,000 people in 46 global locations.

DATE
Monday, June 11
TIME
2 p.m.
LOCATION
NeoCon Theater, 19th floor,
theMART

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In honor of Neocon's 50th edition, three women who dared enter the boys' club
of architecture and design will share their journeys-from struggles to victories.
Now, as they lead some of the world's most respected firms, we hear their
vision for a more inclusive future. Interior Design Editor in Chief Cindy Allen
will moderate.

The Wired Future

Future Cities-Creating Livable Environments
Carol Ross Barney
Founder and Design Principal,
Ross Barney Architects

Nick Thompson
Editor in Chief, Wired
DATE
Tuesday, June 12

DATE
Wednesday, June 13

TIME
8 a.m.

TIME
9:30 a.m.

LOCATION
NeoCon Theater, 19th floor,
theMART

A veteran editor, Nicholas Thompson revolutionized The New Yorker's online
platform and transformed the magazine. Now, as the new editor in chief of
Wired, he's on the front lines of digital innovation and offers an optimistic
vision for covering the evolving world of digital culture.
Thompson served previously as a senior editor at Wired from 2005-
2010. In that role, he edited both National Magazine Award-nominated writing
and "The Great Escape," the story that became the feature film "Argo." During
Thompson's time with The New Yorker-first as senior editor, then as editor of
the magazine's digital platform-he helped redesign the website and launch
The New Yorker app.
Sponsored by

LOCATION
NeoCon Theater, 19th floor,
theMART

The recipient of more than 100 design awards, Carol Ross Barney has been on
the forefront of civic space design since founding Ross Barney Architects in
1981. Her projects span different types and scales but maintain a deep
commitment to the role architecture plays in life quality.
For nearly two decades, Barney's studio has been working along
Chicago's rivers. These efforts include the design of the Chicago Riverwalk and
studies on all 150 miles of riverfront across the city. Other notable projects
include CTA Cermak-McCormick Place and Morgan Street stations, Jewish
Reconstructionist Congregation, James/Swenson Civil Engineering Building,
Oklahoma City Federal Building, Bloomingdale/606 Trail Design Framework
Plan, and design schools for Chicago and communities across the country.
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