Presenters:

Ralph DiNola, Principal, Green Building Services, Inc., Portland, OR

Tim DuRoche, Community Outreach Manager, Gerding Theater at the Armory, Portland, OR

Randy Gragg, Editor in Chief, Portland Spaces Magazine, Portland, OR

Session sponsored by MarketShift Strategies

Living Future Slam! (TOP SECRET until the event commences)

Context: In the green building movement, most of the focus has been on ###########################. The existing building stock #####################.

The Problem: Existing buildings ####################################### ######################################## politicians, planners, designers, architects and owners.

The Solution: Slam!

The intention of this session is that the participants, or ‘the Slammers’, have no clues about the session problem until the starter's pistol shoots and they open their slam packet. The session will begin with a brief introductory presentation, followed by the announcement of the Slam problem, and the Slammers will then have 45 minutes to one hour to devise a solution. At the end, each Slammer will present their concepts, and a winner will be selected. After that, we party!

Presenter Bios

Ralph DiNola

Ralph DiNola brings over 15 years of green building and design expertise to developers, building owners and design teams. His creative vision, coupled with attention to budget and schedule, provides meaningful solutions that balance green building objectives with the owner and stakeholders’ goals. A LEED faculty member, Ralph facilitates trainings, eco-charrettes and workshops on sustainability and green building practices across the country. Recent and ongoing projects include, Mirabella Portland, the White Stag Block and Mercy Corps Global Headquarters.

Tim DuRoche

Tim DuRoche has been Portland Center Stage’s Community Outreach Coordinator since September 2006. Under his direction, the organization launched an extensive array of public programs, innovative outreach and engagement strategies and sparked new partnerships that bridge conversations between sustainability, civic engagement, historic preservation and the arts.

Randy Gragg

Randy Gragg is a writer, editor, organizer and instigator who has worked in the Northwest for the past 25 years. Most recently he developed and is now editing a new magazine called Portland Spaces, a home design magazine. From 1989 to 2007, Gragg wrote on art, cultural politics, architecture, urban design and planning for The Oregonian, Portland’s daily newspaper. For 2005/6, he was a Loeb Fellow at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design. In 1994/5, he was a National Arts Journalism Fellow at Columbia University.