Los Angeles Green Roof Market Development Symposium

Los Angeles, CA
June 7, 2006
Metropolitan Water District Headquarters
700 N. Alameda Street
Los Angeles, California, 90012-2944

www.greenroofs.org

Time: 8:30 am - 4:30 pm, followed by a networking reception for all participants.

Tuition Cost for this one-day workshop and reception is $195 US.  Attendees also receive a complimentary one-year individual membership to Green Roofs for Healthy Cities.  This membership includes two publications, a monthly e-newsletter, a listing in our Green Roof Professional Directory and more.

Who Should Attend:

Landscape Architects

Architects

Horticulturists

Urban Planners

Roofing Consultants & Contractors

Building Developers, Owners and Managers

Environmental Scientists, Academics and Researchers

Policy Makers and EPA representatives

Green Roofs for Healthy Cities is registered with the American Society of Landscape Architects, the American Institute of Architects, and the Roof Consultants Institute as a provider of Continuing Professional Education programs. This symposium is equivalent to 3.5 professional credits.

Confirmed Exhibitors:

The workshop will provide an opportunity for participants to learn from local and national experts about the general design and implementation of green roofs.  Local case studies will be featured and afternoon focus group sessions will allow attendees the chance to identify with relevant city officials the local research needs and obstacles to implementation. Input gathered from participants of this workshop will help guide the further development of green roof policy options in the Los Angeles area.

Keynote Speaker - Paul Kephart, Executive Director, Rana Creek, Lead Horticulture and Technical Consultant for Living Architecture

Biography
Restoration ecologist and resource planner Paul Kephart came to Rana Creek in 1996 and founded what we know now as Rana Creek Habitat Restoration and Living Architecture. Paul has more than twenty years of comprehensive consulting experience in land use planning and resource management.   He has also established himself as the leading ecologist and technical design consultant in the field of living architecture/vegetative structures and sustainable landscapes.  A trained biologist, Paul has a profound understanding of natural processes, sustainability, and how they impact our developed landscapes. Through botanical surveying, biological assessment, project mitigation, land management planning and land stewardship programs, Paul uses art, ecology and science to reclaim our natural resources.  He is uniquely committed to restoring biodiversity in our cities and suburbs. 

Paul is one of our country's foremost ecological authorities on green roofs, living walls, and watershed management systems.  As a registered contractor and horticultural expert, he works closely with architects, contractors, and landscape design teams on the multifaceted process of land use, permitting and sustainable site design.  Paul also serves as keynote speaker for numerous organizations in the horticultural and green building industries.

Paul's keynote presentation will be entitled "Vegetated Systems- Integrating Art, Science, and Society."

For more information and to register, click here.

Trade Show Space is still available!

Interact directly with local representatives showcasing the latest in green roof products and services. For more information on this opportunity, contact jsprout@greenroofs.org

Thank you to our Sponsors!

The Los Angeles Green Roof Market Development Symposium is co-sponsored by Los Angeles City Council President Eric Garcetti, and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.