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Keynote Speakers
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 Mark Buchalter
Mark leads the Smart Space practice in IDEO's Chicago office, a group dedicated to the creation of strategic visions around space and the design of all aspects of an environment: from the architectural domain to its related objects, services, interactions and technology. He has worked with healthcare clients and has also worked extensively envisioning new customer experiences since joining IDEO in 1998. With a background in both architecture and industrial design, he has helped develop products in the furniture, consumer housewares, computer, industrial equipment, automotive and retail industries. His longstanding desire is to explore the ways in which people relate to the objects in their lives and how environments inform the use of those objects. Mark was a facilitator for the community team at Archeworks, working on the Chicago 2016 Olympics bid.
 Daniel Palmer
Dan Pamler, Senior Director of Editorial Operations for McGraw-Hill Construction, is a 22 year veteran of McGraw-Hill. He began his career as a reporter and has held various management positions throughout his career. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Dan is currently responsible for the newsgathering operation in the Midwest and Eastern portions of the country as well as the national permit gathering operation, U.S. Census relationship, and the Canadian news operational relationship. Dan has a degree in journalism/communications and a Master's in Organizational Management.
 William Reed, AIA
An internationally recognized proponent and practitioner in sustainability and regeneration, Bill is a principal in both the Integrative Design Collaborative in Massachusetts and Regenesis, Inc. in Santa Fe, New Mexico, consulting organizations working to lift green building and community planning into designs that are fully integrated and evolving with living systems. His work centers on creating the framework for and managing the integrative, whole-systems design process. The objective: to improve the overall quality of the physical, social and spiritual life of our living places and therefore, the planet. He is a founding board member of the U.S. Green Building Council, has served on the national executive committee of the AIA Committee on the Environment, and chairs the ANSI Committee on Whole System Integration (Integrative Design and Construction Process). He has taught and lectured throughout North America.
 Martin Felsen, AIA and Sarah Dunn
UrbanLab was founded in Chicago in 2000 by Martin and Sarah as a collaborative office practicing architecture and urbanism. UrbanLab has been the recipient of numerous honors and has developed a reputation for its innovative solutions to, and long-range strategies for, the problems of both public and private communities. With each project, UrbanLab creates an integrated cross-disciplinary design team, collaborating with designers, engineers, artists, fabricators and builders to maximize design intelligence. Martin is an Associate Studio Professor at IIT, and Sarah is an Assistant Professor at UIC. In addition, they will be the next directors of Archeworks, Chicago's alternative design school where students create design solutions for social, cultural and environmental concerns.
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