Education
Symposium

The Education Symposium is held annually and aims to provide professionals across the state with the opportunity to gather, interact, and learn about current topics in the fields of planning and landscape architecture. The Symposium provides a forum for the exchange of information and research between private, public, and academic practitioners.

Call for Presentations /
2025 Education Symposium

The 2025 ASLA-MN Education Symposium will take place on Friday, May 9th. This daytime event will no longer occur at the same time/location as the awards gala. Check back for more event & registration details as they become available!

    • Presentation Title: 15 words or less

    • Session Marketing Statement: A brief introduction and summary of the session content. 150 words or less.

    • Speaker Bios: We encourage bringing diverse perspectives on topics. Due to the time limit of the presentation, we request three speakers or less. Each speaker should provide a bio of 150 words or less.

    • Session Length: 45 minute presentation to be followed by 15 minutes of Q&A.

    1. Topic relevance and interest

    2. Speaker qualification

    3. Diversity of the panel

    4. Clarity on session outlines

  • February 14th, 2025

    Send all proposal content to: wanjing@ping-la.com & britton.jones@bolton-menk.com

2024 Education Symposium
Sessions & Speakers

  • Kristine Kubes
    Prinicipal Meiator, Kubes Law Office

  • Chuck Evens
    Associate Principal, Damon Farber

    Joan MacLeod
    Retired Principal, Damon Farber

    Loren Gordon
    City Planner, City of Minnetonka

  • Carrie Cristensen
    Senior Planner, Minneapolis Parks & Recreation Board

    Lil Leatham
    Principal Planner, Dakota County

    Nissa Tupper
    Transportation & Public Health Planing Director, MnDOT

  • Teri Kwant
    Founder, DreamLab Design

  • Nathan Campeau
    Water Resource Engineer Principal, Barr Engineering

    Marcy Bean
    Senior Landscape Architect, Barr Engineering

  • Gina Ford
    Principal & Co-Founder, Agency Landscape + Planning