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REGISTER TODAY for the NAHB UNIVERSAL DESIGN/BUILD
TWO-DAY COURSE
According to ProBuilder.com, today's home buyers are exchanging
lavish extras for stylish practicality that supports a lifetime of
changing needs and preferences.
They may not know to ask for Universal Design features by name.
That's why they need you.
Regardless of style, size or budget, Universal Design makes homes
and communities more livable and marketable.
Master builder Bill Owens helps designers, builders and
remodelers integrate the hottest residential trends driving the
building and remodeling industries.
Learn how to integrate inclusive design features consumers of all
ages want, such as:
-Thoughtful design/layout that supports multigenerational, modern lifestyles
-Multifunctional design for flexible use of live/work space,
kitchens and baths;
-Options to accommodate aging parents, shifting family dynamics;
-Transitional design for style;
-Smart, accessible shelving;
-Higher resale value, broader market appeal...and much more.
-Smart Home Trends for 2017
-How to Avoid Accidentally Messing Up Education for Nearly Everyone
-Dirty Little Secrets that Builders Don’t Want You to Know About Universal Design
-Choosing the Right Tool for the Job: Using the Business Model Canvas and Lean Startup
Methods for Small Business Development in Rural and Urban Communities
Carefully curated short talks by inspiring industry experts bring it all together in what we're calling the FUTURE SESSIONS. These short talks focus on how leadership, advocacy and innovation in human-centered design of places, products and programs support expanded human ability and potential. FUTURE SESSIONS explore design driven innovation in education, entrepreneurship, manufacturing, policy, placemaking, workforce and civic participation, tourism and hospitality, research and development and more.
Been wondering how rural communities can benefit from all this talk? The FUTURE SESSIONS are for you. We guarantee you'll be inspired, informed and motivated by what you see, hear and experience. And you'll be able to put these ideas and connects to work for you in your community.
AARP is graciously welcoming conferees, special guests and the public to join this exciting, big vision reception. RSVP information will be circulated soon, and will be required. (Please see registration page.)
Design and planning headliners will join a diverse group of visionaries will continue to enlighten us on topics related to quality of place and design-driven innovation for all the things by which we live and learn.
Local musicians and artists are planning a signature "welcome" to attendees.
Some folks love the magic that happens as the madding crowd retreats. If you are looking for a jam session, we're pretty sure you'll find willing and able players.
Carol Smith is a research driven UX evangelist who motivates teams to design products and services to meet the needs of their intended users. Carol has led projects for the US government, non-profits and corporations in a variety of industries. Her efforts have improved users' experiences of mobile apps, websites, software, consumer goods and services. Carol has a Masters degree in Human-Computer Interaction from DePaul University. She currently manages a design team for IBM Watson in Pittsburgh, PA. She enjoys spending time with her family, volunteering with UX organizations and in her community. She has presented at more than 70 UX design and technical meetups, conferences and events around the world.
Breakout Session 1 10:10-11:00 A
UD Hack Session for K-16 and Home Schooling Educators
Global Universal Design Innovations - John O’Meara, HEWI
Universal Design for Technologists and the Generally Curious: Future Technologies NOW - Marshall University & Friends
Introducing the Deaf Arts Museum Center & Its Lessons - Robert Nichols, AIA, Nichols Design Associates, Inc.
A Review of Food eCommerce and Opportunities for Rural Food Start-Ups - Mark Gagnon, Ph.D., Harbaugh Entrepreneurship Scholar, Entrepreneurship & Innovation Program, College of Agricultural Sciences at Penn State
Stronger Economies Together (SET) Impacts of Comm/Econ Planning in NC & Rural Foods - Becky Bowen, J.D., Program Manager, CultivateNC, North Carolina Cooperative Extension; Susan A. Kelly, County Extension Director, NC Cooperative Extension, Richmond County Center; Dr. Susan S. Jakes, Associate State Program Leader, CRD for NC State Extension
Breakout Session 2 11:10-12:00 A
Universal Design for Learning: Boots on the Ground Session - PANEL: John Barton, Home School; Rebecca Recco, Apple Distinguished Teacher/Kanawha County Schools; Lee Ann Brammer, WVDE; Dr. Brian Ellison, Marshall University; Jessi Wright WVATS Program Manager
Next Generation: Future of Creative Placemaking in Rural America - Jennifer Hughes, Community Solutions Specialist, National Endowment for the Arts; Farah Ahmad, Community and Economic Development, U.S. Department of Agriculture; Savannah Barrett, Program Director, Art of the Rural
UD Renovations - Dave Brown, Home Matters
Driving Policy & Incentives to Reach Our Goals - Louis Tenenbaum, Homes Renewed
The Future of Homes - How Smart & Efficient Could Your Home Be in the Future? - Thom Worlledge, AIA
UD/UX Coaching Session for Entrepreneurs - Carol Smith, Senior Design Manager, IBM Watson; Das Menon, Industrial Designer
Richard has spent nearly 25 years in the field of architectural and product accessibility and universal design in residential, public, and transportation environments. He has extensive experience in the design, costs, materials, and products in residential and nonresidential settings. His work includes the subjects of affordable housing and home and repair financing and transportation accessibility as well as community design for constituencies that include people with disabilities and aging households.
Mr. Duncan has worked at two of the nation's preeminent organizations in the field, the Adaptive Environments Center in Boston, Massachusetts and The Center for Universal Design in North Carolina and has been an associate with the Andrus Gerontology Center at the University of Southern California. He is a graduate of Tufts University and the planning program at the Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Breakout Session 3 1:10 - 2:00 P
Complete StreetsVision and Progress from the Rural Edge - Smart Growth America & AARP
Living in a UD Home: 5 Years Later - Charlotte Wade, RL Mace Universal Design Institute
Life on the ‘Beer Frontier:’ A Case Study of Craft Beer and Tourism in West Virginia - Daniel Eades, WVU Extension Service, Asst. Professor/Rural Development Specialist; Douglas Arbogast, WVU Extension Specialist; Jason Kozlowski, Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist, Institute for Labor Studies, West Virginia University
Advancing the Concept of Universal Design - Jordana Maisel, Ph.D., IDEA Center, SUNY, Buffalo
Technology for Everyone - Apple Presenter
Universal Design: Accommodating a Wide Range of Lifestyles - Wanda Gozdz, Golden Age Living, LLC & Ron Wickman, Ron Wickman Architect
Leveraging Local Food for Rural Economic Development - Emily Edmonds, Program Manager, NC Growing Together Project at the Center for Environmental Farming Systems, NC State University
Intergenerational Spaces and Places for Building Meaningful Relationships - Matthew Kaplan, Penn State Professor, Intergenerational Programs and Aging
Breakout Session 4 2:10 - 3:00 P
To the Mainstream with Love, From Dr. Martin Keller - Superintendent, WV School for the Deaf and Blind
Design to Make the Most of Your Recreational Assets: UD for Parks, Preserves, Nature Centers in Parks, Zoos and Aquariums - Marks Trieglaff, Accessibility Consultation and Training Services, Inc.
Taking Aging in Place and UD to the Next Level - Bill Owens, Owens Construction and Better Living Design Institute
Promoting Universal Design in Ireland - James Hubbard, Centre for Excellence in Universal Design at the National Disability Authority
The Predictors and Characteristics of User-Entrepreneurship in Rural Areas - Timothy Slaper, Indiana University
Expanding the Diversity Conversation by Focusing on Quality of Place: What’s the UD Connection?
Two Birds, One Stone: Generating Economic and Community Development Outcomes through Applied Student Learning Experiences - Jason Evans, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Agricultural Business Management, State University of New York at Cobleskill and Dr. Marion Terenzio, President, SUNY, Cobleskill
Interprofessional Collaboration - Debra Young
Breakout Session 5 3:10 - 4:00 P
A Makerspace for Everyone: Equipment, Strategies, and Collaboration
Mon County Habitat’s Promise to the Residents of Deckers Court - Shawnda Cook, Executive Director
PROactive vs. REactive Medicine for the Bathroom - Susan Duncan, The ABCs of Accessibility Inc.
Joyful Aging Club Marcelo Pinto Guimaraes, Director do Laboratório ADAPTSE Professor PRJ, Escola de Arquitetura - UFMG
Connecting People in Need with Valuable Accessibility Resources - Bob Adams, Virginia Accessible Housing Solutions
Does Design Provide a Bridge for the Arts-Innovation Nexus? An Examination of the Design Orientation of Businesses and Local Creative Milieu - Tim Wojan, Regional Economist, USDA ERS and Bonnie Nichols, National Endowment for the Arts
A Planners Pair-a-Dice Part 1: LEAD Jefferson County, MSA Catalyst for Community Action - Chance McDavid, Senior Extension Associate,Mississippi State University Extension Part 2: Progress of Planning in the Mountain State - Michael Dougherty, WVU Extension Service
Breakout Session 6 and CityLAB 4:45 - 6:00 P
Rural Tourism Development through Participatory Planning and Social Design - Doug Arbogast, WVU Extension; Eve Faulkes, WVU School of Design; and Peter Butler, WVU School of Landscape Design
Improving Community Mobility - Brittany Perez, IDEA, SUNY, Buffalo
What is UD about the ADA? - Dominic Marinelli, Accessibility Services
Impacts of Knowledge-Management Strategies on Firm-Level Innovation - Partridge
Success Stories from Rural Incubators, Accelerators and Tech Transfer - The Vault, RCBI; WVU Launch Lab; The HIVE, New River Gorge Regional Development Authority; Chemception, Regional Tech Park; Innova, High Tech Park
Development and Review of a New AgTech Entrepreneurship Course - Mark Gagnon, Ph.D., Harbaugh Entrepreneurship Scholar, Entrepreneurship & Innovation Program, College of Agricultural Sciences at Penn State
Afternoon tours of CityLAB projects offer conferees the chance to experience UD in action as a number of locally-driven project owners open their doors, and in some cases, public space hacks (design projects) to everyone. Tour live and virtual demonstration projects including UD homes, stores, schools, adaptive reuse and public space community projects. Yes, we said virtual--you'll don a pair of goggles and virtually tour Complete Streets projects, Universally Designed affordable housing projects, kitchen and bath remodels, and you'll visit classrooms where you can see how integrated technology and barrier free design are innovation-based drivers of expanding human potential.
5:30 P Dinner and entertainment AROUND TOWN with new friends. Participating restaurants and entertainment venues welcome conferees to enjoy food, spirits and live entertainment.
7:00 P Create West Virginia & Friends invite you to the Block Party for music, dance, art, spirits and more!
Conferees have the option to ask five people to talk about their lessons learned, what inspires them, and what they plan to do next with this information. Which five will be called? Gonna have to wait and see!
Breakout Session 7 9:40 - 10:30 A
Play, learn, explore in Innovation Alley
Citizen-Driven Policy and Legislative Wins + a How-To Guide for Others
A Builder’s Guide to Aging-In-Place: A Cost – Performance Analysis Lynette Evans, AFriendly House.com
Public-Private Partnerships and Big Vision for Design Equity
Designing Homes that Make Life Easier: The Universal Design Living Laboratory, National Demonstration Home Rosemarie Rossetti, Ph.D., Rossetti Enterprises Inc.
Determinants of Innovation: Constructing an ‘Innovation Index’ that will help to Distinguish Between More and Less Innovative Businesses - Roberto Gallardo, Mississippi State University and Brian Whitacre, Oklahoma State University
Innovations in Local and Regional Food Systems - David Hughes, Professor and Greever Endowed Chair in Agribusiness Development, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Ergonomics Applied to Bathroom and Stairway Design Part 1 - Jake Pauls, Jake Pauls Consulting Services
Breakout Session 8 10:40-11:30 A
Better Living Design - Richard Duncan, Better Living Design Institute
How Transit-Oriented and Campus Wayfinding Advances Accessibility - Sally Swanson, AIA, Sally Swanson Architects, Inc.
The UD Return on Investment - Deborah Rozell, Innovative Inclusive Design
Enabling Health, Wellbeing and Engagement - Debra Young, EmpowerAbility LLC
Tales from the Digital Frontier in Rural America
We're planning a surprise ending....don't miss!
There's lots to see and do in Charleston and in the region. Please, plan to stay and play for a bit! Let all those great ideas sink in while you enjoy the beauty of wild, wonderful, West Virginia.
Several organizations and individuals are working hard to prepare the next generation for prosperity and meaningful work in the global innovation economy. We want to use this opportunity to gather these great minds, and make a plan for moving forward. The facilities are open for non-profit and conference-related business use. Please, stay and plan with us!
Chill, Co-Work, Collaborate, Follow up. Explore. Enjoy. Some track sessions will continue today, and some different training opportunities will be offered. CityLAB projects will remain open, and day trips to area attractions will be made available to guests who have extended their stay in Charleston. With exciting and unique offerings around every corner, Downtown Charleston ArtWalk celebrates the arts from 5:00 - 8:00 pm. Area attractions, day trips, culture and entertainment events will be posted.
There's something to do for just about everyone, from adrenaline junkies, foodies, history buffs, hikers, bikers, makers, birders and music fans to power shoppers and spa enthusiasts. Tour and guide information will be made available to all guests; you're encouraged to book in advance.
Talk business over delicious noshes at AROUND TOWN venues you didn't have a chance to visit. There's plenty to choose from.
With exciting and unique offerings around every corner, downtown venues wine and dine you, and show off local art from 5:00 - 8:00 pm. The streets are full of music, art, and fun people.
