Think Tank 2021 | Homecoming: Institutional & Instructional Design

How can architects support disadvantaged communities and their schools? What are effective design responses in the educational sector?

This micro-conference will focus on reinvestment in our nation’s learning infrastructure.

First, at 2:00 CDT, we'll hear from Future Ready Columbus's Jane D. Leach, who will share her journey to bring equitable design to Columbus's most vulnerable learners.

Then at 3:15 CDT, following a Q&A and brief intermission, we'll hear from a celebrated panel of educators from around the world, who will discuss how disinvestment affects communities on different scales, from the economic to the social; the residual effects of the global pandemic and the effects it has had on the transformation and evolution of learning environments; and finally, opportunities for reinvesting in institutional infrastructure and how to facilitate future growth.

Speaker & Panelists

Keynote
Jane D. Leach
Chief Executive Officer @ Future Ready Columbus

Panelists
Dr. Professor Susanne Junker
Professor of Design @ University of Applied Sciences Berlin

Sarah Lytle, Ph.D.
Senior Advisor @ Playful Learning Landscapes Action Network

Dr. Professor Marcel Robischon
Professor of Agritecture @ Humboldt University of Berlin

David Webb
Administrator, Owner @ The Well Madison