2026 Education Symposium
The 2026 ASLA-MN Education Symposium will take place on Friday, June 5 at the American Swedish Institute (2600 Park Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55407) from 8:30am-4:00pm. The program will offer 6 Professional Development Hours (PDHs), including 1 Ethics PDH.
2026 Speaker Information and Schedule
Session 1 – The Life and Health of Urban Trees by Chad Giblin, Certified Arborist, Trees & Me, LLC
Session 2 – (1 Ethics PDH) Rules of Profession Conduct for Minnesota Landscape Architects by Kate Van Etta-Olson, Executive Director, Minnesota Board of AESLAGID
Session 3 – Advancing Site Sustainability Through Minnesota’s Evolving B3 Framework by (moderator) Lydia Major, Landscape Architecture and Planning Leader, LHB; Matt Tierney, Research Fellow at University of Minnesota Center for Sustainable Building Research; and additional panelists from University of Minnesota Center for Sustainable Building Research.
Session 4 – Resilience by Design: From Process to Practice by Leah Wirgau, Sr. Sustainability Specialist, HGA and Patrick Cipriano, Design Coordinator, HGA
Session 5 – How the Garden Grows: Behind the Scenes at Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden by Susan Wilkens, Garden Curator, Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden
Session 6 – (Keynote Speaker) The Broad Horizon View by David Rubin, Founding Principal, DAVID RUBIN_Land Collective
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.