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Thanking our Sponsors
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Keynote Speakers
Full Biographies  Anthony AbbateAssociate Professor and Director Broward Community Design Collaborative Anthony Abbate is Associate Professor and Director of the Broward Community Design Collaborative at the College of Architecture, Urban and Public Affairs at Florida Atlantic University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The mission of the collaborative is to advance knowledge on issues related to urban form in South Florida and study sustainable design solutions within the urban and suburban sub-tropical setting. A native of Fort Lauderdale, he holds a Bachelor of Science in Architecture degree from the Catholic University of America (Washington, DC) and a Master of Architecture from Washington University (St. Louis, MO). He is registered architect in Florida, Maryland, and New York and a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) accredited professional. Abbate received the Arango Design Award in 2000, Washington University's Distinguished Alumni Award 1995, and the Florida Association of the American Institute of Architects President's Award in 1993. He has received 20 AIA Awards for Design Excellence since he began practice in 1990. His recent work includes the Broward County County-wide Community Design Guidebook, the codification of the Design Guidebook, and various climate responsive residential projects in South Florida. Abbate has lectured in the US, Australia, Mexico, and Colombia primarily on the topics of subtropical architecture and the sustainable growth and transformation of urban areas through redevelopment. He is a member of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA), the American Institute of Architects (AIA), and a founding member of Docomomo-US-Florida. He is also a member of the Florida Cultural Alliance and chair of the Broward Public Art and Design Committee, having served as chair of the Cultural Council of Broward County from 2006-2007. Abbate is an honorary member of the Colombian Society of Architects (SCA) Florida Section.  Herbert Dreiseitl Artist, Landscape Architect Herbert Dreiseitl was born March 16th, 1955 in Ulm, Germany. In the German tradition, Herbert has trained as an artist through apprenticeships, including in England, Norway and Germany, and contact with other artists. As a young man he did his required civil service as an art therapist in the drug rehabilitation center “Sieben Zwerge”. These experiences have lent a special social sensitivity to his work. In 1980, inspired by a vision for water, architecture and art, Herbert founded the Atelier. The practice’s work has synthesized Herbert’s involvement with a large network of artists, professionals and scientists, and evolved to the present day into a dynamic, cutting edge professional company. His unique philosophical and artistic insight has enabled Herbert to unite a multidisciplinary team of professionals and forge new paths in urban design. Herbert’s leadership has guided Atelier Dreiseitl to work nationally and internationally to great acclaim. The practice has a deep applied knowledge of water technologies. In an in-house workshop the practice builds 1 to 1 models to test water behavior. Herbert is intimately involved in these experimentation processes. Long-term computer simulations provide technical back-up. Herbert Dreiseitl acts as the creative and moderating link between all of the Atelier's specialists, encouraging a synergistic interface of art, ecology, engineering and hydrology.  Fred KentPresident, Project for Public Spaces Fred Kent is a leading authority on revitalizing city spaces and one of the foremost thinkers in livability, smart growth and the future of the city. As founder and president of Project for Public Spaces, he is known throughout the world as a dynamic speaker and prolific ideas man. Traveling over 150,000 miles each year,Fred offers technical assistance to communities and has given talks across the U.S. as well as internationally. Each year, he and the PPS staff train 10,000 people in Placemaking techniques. Audiences Fred has addressed include the Smart Growth Network, Federal Highway Administration, U.S. General Services Administration, American Society of Landscape Architects, American Public Transit Association, U.S Forest Service, the World Bank, New Jersey DOT, New York DOT, Ford Foundation, Caltrans, Connecticut Main Street Center, and the Princes Foundation. He has trained over 1,000 transportation professionals from statewide DOTs, in addition to many thousands of community and neighborhood groups across the country. Fred attended Columbia University’s Graduate and Undergraduate Schools, where he studied Urban Geography, Economics, Transportation, Planning, and Anthropology. He studied with Margaret Mead and worked with William H. Whyte on the Street Life Project, assisting in observations and film analysis of corporate plazas, urban streets, parks and other open spaces in New York City. The research resulted in the now classic The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces, published in 1980, which laid out conclusions based on decades of meticulous observation and documentation of human behavior in the urban environment. In 1968, Fred founded the Academy for Black and Latin Education (ABLE), a street academy for high school dropouts. He was Program Director for the Mayor’s Council on the Environment in New York City under Mayor John Lindsay. In 1970, and again in 1990, Fred was the coordinator and chairman of New York City’s Earth Day. He has taken over half a million photographs of public spaces and their users, which have appeared in exhibits, publications and articles. Top of page  Todd Temkin Todd Temkin is a contemporary North American poet who has gained international recognition as one of the leading urban advocates behind the resurgence of Chile’s historic seaport of Valparaíso. Having arrived in Valparaiso as a university professor in 1993, Temkin resigned his academic post five years later to establish the non-profit Valparaiso Foundation, which worked with the Chilean Government and local authorities to have Valparaiso named a UNESCO World Heritage Preservation Site in 2003. Temkin’s foundation has also developed over 35 projects in the city—ranging from restoring historic neighborhoods to improving tourist infrastructure to staging Valparaíso’s film, jazz, and opera festivals. These projects have helped transform the crusade in favor of Valparaiso into a national, and international, campaign. For his efforts, Todd Temkin has twice been nominated “Person of the Year” by El Mercurio, Chile's oldest newspaper. In 2002, the Chilean National Society of Architects named Todd Temkin “Honorary Architect” in honor of his “contributions toward the preservation of Chile’s national heritage,” and, in 2007, Mr. Temkin was the subject of a documentary on Chilean public television, entitled "An Immigrant's Imprint." His most recent book is Crazy Denizens of the Lost World (University of Valparaiso, 2005).
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