REGISTRATION IS OPEN for the 2015 AIA Ohio Valley Region Convention set for October 11-13 in Columbus, Ohio!  Here's a quick snapshot of the exciting speakers and activities that await you:

• Keynote Design Lectures by:  Marshall Brown, a licensed architect and urban designer in Chicago, IL (Sunday); Monica Ponce de Leon, AIA, a National Design Award winner, who is widely recognized as a pioneer in the application of robotic technology to building fabrication (Monday); and Brian MacKay-Lyons, FRAIC, Hon. FAIA from MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects in Nova Scotia, Canada (Tuesday).

• Off-site events at the architecturally interesting High Line Car House (a renovated event space featuring high ceilings, wood floors and exposed brick walls that was originally built in 1873 as a car house and horse barn for Columbus' streetcar system) and The Joseph (a new build hotel, located at the southern end of the Short North Arts District, that is architecturally integrated into the neighborhood so well that it feels like it's always been there. Any window you look out gives you a brand new view of Columbus - whether it's eye-level with the tops of the neighborhood's iconic arches or a long-distance view of Ohio State's campus).

• Educational Tours of 1) notable buildings at Ohio State University, and 2) the Italian Village area located near our convention hotel that features wonderful Italianate-style buildings and more recent modern designs.

• Earn up to 18.25 AIA/CES learning units at your choice of over 30 break-out educational sessions or tours spread across three days

• Exhibit Hall & Reception with new and interesting vendors

• Presentations of Design Awards and Special Awards of Recognition

Plan to join in the learning, fun and fellowship at the AIA OVR Convention!