Virginia Design Forum XVI: [Un]Certainty: Reflections on Craft at the Cyberfrontier!

Please join us for the upcoming 2024 Design Forum XVI on Friday, April 5-Saturday, April 6, 2024 in Richmond, VA at Institute for Contemporary Art VCU. The theme of Design Forum XVI will be [Un]Certainty: Reflections on Craft at the Cyber Frontier, and our speakers will challenge assumptions and define new boundaries along the spectrum of craft and design, evolving how humanness and technology continue to intersect in our built environment.

Our speakers include:

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AIA Member/VANOMA Member: $250
Assoc. AIA Member: $175
Non-member: $300
Student: $60

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We are so excited for this event and hope to see you there!

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Schedule

FRIDAY
2:00 p.m.  Meet and Greet, Registration Opens
3:00 p.m. Welcome and Speaker 1
4:00 p.m. Speaker 2
5:30 p.m. Happy Hour Reception
7:00 p.m. First Fridays in Richmond, VA (attendees out on your own)

SATURDAY
8:30 a.m.  Check-in and Breakfast
9:30 a.m. Speaker 3
10:45 a.m. Speaker 4
11:45 a.m. Provided Lunch
1:00 p.m. Moderator Remarks and Speaker Panel
2:00 p.m. Tour of the Institute of Contemporary Art VCU with Quinn Evans (associate architect)
3:00 p.m. Closing Remarks

Explore Your Passions!

Did you know that AIA Virginia depends on 36 advisory council and numerous committee volunteers each year to accomplish our strategic goals? Diverse voices from all over the Commonwealth are needed to move the organization forward in the areas of Education and Member Services. Click on the links below to read more about the duties and experience you can expect on these Councils.

If interested, you can self-nominate yourself. Simply send a brief letter of interest and resume to AIA Virginia Executive Vice President, Paul Battaglia, at pbattaglia@aiava.org. If this service opportunity isn’t right for you at this time, please do share it with others. Fresh voices are welcome and encouraged to serve!

ICC Code Seminars Announced

VSAIA announces the schedule of International Code Council seminars for Winter-Spring 2012.

You can view descriptions and register for any of these events on the Upcoming Continuing Education Events page.

  • January 20 ICC 2009 I-Codes and Green Building, Piedmont Virginia Community College, Charlottesville Click Here to Register
  • February 17 ICC 2009 IBC Solving Means of Egress in Commercial Buildings, Virginia Tech Roanoke Center, Roanoke.  Click here to Register
  • February 23 Wall Bracing Seminar Virginia Center for Architecture, Richmond. (Registration opens soon)
  • February 24 VUSBC Code Update Virginia Center for Architecture, Richmond, (Registration opens soon)
  • April 20 ICC 2009 IBC Solving Means of Egress in Commercial Buildings, Thomas Nelson Community College, Hampton.  Click here to Register
  • June 21 ICC 2009 I-Codes and Green Building, Virginia Center for Architecture, Richmond. Click Here to Register
  • July 20 ICC 2009 IBC Solving Means of Egress in Commercial Buildings, Fairfax, tentative  (Registration opens soon)
  • September 21 ICC 2009 IEBC Fundamentals, Piedmont Virginia Community College, Charlottesville  Click Here to Register