Please join the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Georgia Tech as we kick off the search for the Frederick L. Olmsted Endowed Chair at the Olmsted Symposium.

Join leading experts in sustainable urban infrastructure for a discussion of innovative research and practice as it relates to the genius of Frederick L. Olmsted and his vision for improving the urban environment.

PRESENTED BY

• Reginald DesRoches, PhD, Karen and John Huff School Chair, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
• Ellen Dunham-Jones, AIA, Professor of Architecture and Urban Design, College of Architecture, Georgia Institute of Technology

SPEAKERS

• Diane E. Davis: Sustainable Infrastructure: The Role of Politics and Governance
• Howard Frumkin: Making Places for Thriving People
• Richard Joseph Jackson: Urban River Parkways as Routes to Health: An Olmsted Legacy Reviving from 20th Century Coma
• Elizabeth Macdonald: Pleasure Drives and Promenades: The Olmsted Parkway Idea as Inspiration for Today's Complete Streets
• Lynn Richards: Building Places People Love: Integrating Water Management Systems into our Cities, Towns, and Suburbs
• Frederick Steiner: Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr.: The Long View of the North American Landscape

More information and registration is available at ce.gatech.edu/olmstedsymposium.