5/5/21
On May 12, Associate Ian Kaminsky-Coughlin will be joining the Society for Marketing Professional Services (SMPS) Chicago's Panel to tell the story behind Chicago's Cook County Hospital and the steps taken to give the landmark new life.
On Wednesday, May 5th, Ellen Lou, Director of Urban Design and Planning will be speaking at the 'Overcoming Inequalities Uncovered During the Pandemic' session for the American Planning Association National Conference 2021.
On May 4, SOM Associate Director Jon Cicconi will join a panel discussion with Hospitality Design magazine that will illustrate how the design of hospitality projects can adapt and succeed during the pandemic. Cicconi's presentation will focus on Moynihan Train Hall.
On April 29th, Director of Urban Design and Planning, Peter Kindel, and Urban Design Associate, Joo Cho, will be joining San Francisco's City Center: A Forum on the Future to discuss the social, physical, and economic future of the important regional hub.
4/26/21
Senior Marketing Specialist Ines Llopart will speak at Goettsch Partners' panel entitled "Confidence & Self-Promotion" on April 27, as a part of the GP Women's Group Panel Discussion Series.
Design Associate Jarrad Morgan will be speaking at the Australian Smart Skyscrapers Virtual Summit on April 28, 2021. Morgan will be speaking on SOM's design partnership with Fender Katsalidis on the new tech and business hub, Central Place Sydney.
On April 29, SOM Managing Partner Laura Ettelman will join a panel conversation about Moynihan Train Hall as part of Commercial Observer’s annual Transportation & Infrastructure Construction Forum.
4/6/21
How do we create a sense of place and a sense of permanence during times of uncertainty? SOM Design Partner Scott Duncan along with artists from across the world, join a virtual panel discussion on the future of placemaking, mixed-use design and the role of public art.
SOM Director Marla Gayle has been named to City & State NY’s 2021 Above and Beyond list. On Wednesday, March 31st, Gayle and the other honorees will be celebrated with a webinar hosted by City & State NY.
On April 13, 2021, Senior Urban Designer Tiara Hughes will moderate a Chicago Women in Architecture panel. The discussion will highlight the organizing efforts of Chicago women leading up to the founding of CWA in the 1970s.
On March 23rd, Alessandro Beghini, Associate Director of Structural Engineering, will give a lecture at Gonzaga University titled "The Engineering of Art and Architecture" as part of Renouard Lecture Series to discuss engineering, advanced technologies, and research that inspire new ideas.
Design Partner Colin Koop and Director Meredith Bostwick-Lorenzo Eiroa will present Thursday, March 18th at SCUP’s North Atlantic Regional Conference. They will moderate a panel discussion entitled “The Future Campus: A Dialogue with Three Institutions and a Learning Technologist.”
Sustainability Lead Mina Hasman joins the 2021 Middle East and Africa Green Building Congress on March 22nd to discuss the value of embodied carbon and explore scalable strategies leading to decarbonizing the built environment in the MEA region.
On March 17th, Peter Jackson, Director at SOM London, joins the London Build Expo on a virtual panel to discuss the added value of true construction partnerships.
Mina Hasman will moderate a panel discussion on March 10th on a new publication by Derek Clements-Croome, "Designing Buildings For People." The book focuses on the built environment affects human health and well-being, and considers how positive outcomes can be achieved in practice.
