Living Future 2012 Program

The International Living Future Institute is hosting its sixth annual unConference, Living Future 2012, on May 2^nd - 4^th, 2012 at the Hilton Portland & Executive Tower in Portland, Oregon.  Living Future is the forum for leading minds in the green building movement seeking solutions to the most daunting global issues of our time.  Out-of-the-ordinary learning and networking formats provide innovative design strategies, cutting-edge technical information, and the inspiration needed to achieve significant progress toward a truly living future.

This year’s educational program theme is “Women Reshaping the World”.  The Living Future Program Task Force is reviewing a wealth of submissions for interactive presentations, tours, and experiential activities that encourage a hopeful embrace of the region and planet’s economic, ecologic and social challenges, and offer solutions addressing these challenges at the building AND city scale.

Keynote Speakers

Focused on providing proven, practical, ambitious and visionary strategies that address whole earth impacts, a diverse collection of inspiring keynote and plenary speakers will surely keep the positive energy flowing throughout Living Future.

Dr. Vandana Shiva, World-Renowned Environmental Leader

Wednesday, May 2, 2012 - Keynote open to the public

Vandana Shiva, a physicist, philosopher, feminist, and ecologist, is director of the Research Foundation for Science, Technology, and Natural Resource Policy in Dehradun, India; director of Navdanya, a seed conservation project; and co-chair of Women, Environment, and Development Organization. Vandana Shiva is also the author of, among others, Staying Alive: Women, Ecology, and Development, and Monocultures of the Mind.

Jason F. McLennan, CEO, International Living Future Institute

Thursday, May 3, 2012

Considered one of the most influential individuals in the green building movement today, Jason F. McLennan's work has made a strong impact on the shape and direction of green building in the United States and Canada.

McLennan serves as the CEO of the International Living Future Institute - a leading NGO that focuses on the transformation to a world that is socially just, culturally rich and ecologically restorative. Under the Living Future Umbrella, Jason operates the Cascadia Green Building Council, the Pacific Northwest's leading organization in the field of green building and sustainable development.

Jason is the founder and creator of the Living Building Challenge, widely considered the world's most progressive and stringent green building program. His work in the sustainable design field has been published or reviewed in dozens of journals, magazines, conference proceedings and books.

Carol Sanford, Author, Speaker and Consultant

Friday, May 4, 2012

Carol Sanford is on a mission to create a better world, and she believes that business can and will play a major role in accomplishing that. "It will be more than just a responsibility program," she says.

To that end, Carol has been leading major consulting change efforts in both Fortune 500 and new-economy businesses for more than thirty years. Central to Carol's philosophy and approach is a fresh look at what makes an organization truly responsible.

Carol has published dozens of works in ten languages, including a series of articles in "Executive Excellence," Stephen Covey's newsletter and At Work, a Berrett-Koehler Journal. She is the author of The Responsible Business: Reimagining Sustainability and Success (March 2011), Jossey-Bass, Publisher.

View the programs and presentations from Living Future 2011.

Workshops + Tours + Activities

Please note the following events are separate from the Living Future program and require separate registration:

Wednesday, May 2 — Workshops

Wednesday, May 2 — Tours

Wednesday, May 2 — Activities

Living Future 2012 unConference Program

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Thursday, May 3, 2012

Friday, May 4, 2012

Saturday, May 5, 2012

Workshop (Post-Conference)

Please note the following workshop is separate from the Living Future program and requires separate registration:

Saturday, May 5 - Monday, May 7, 2012

Continuing Education Units

Approved Living Future 2012 Continuing Education Credits:

Most education sessions have been approved for 2 GBCI CE hours and 2 AIA leaning units; the number of CE hours/learning units for pre-conference tours varies. Please visit the session's webpage to see the number of CE hours for that session.

Living Future sessions can be counted towards continuing education requirements for the following professional associations.

Certificates of completion will be available for each of
the sessions. In order to receive credit for each session
you attend, you must sign the corresponding continuing
education form in each session room.

Note: Some associations require self-reporting, e.g.
engineers must self-report to their respective state/province.