BRIEF SCHEDULE

all times listed in Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) [GMT-4]

TUESDAY, MAY 26, 2026  

5:00pm - 6:00 pm EDT

FIRST TIME ATTENDEES WELCOME EVENT

WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 2026    times listed in Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) [GMT-4]

1:00pm - 1:30pm EDT	COFFEE CHAT
1:30pm - 1:45pm	CONFERENCE WELCOME : AALA President Sara Schumacher
1:45pm - 2:45pm	PRESENTATION SESSION 1 : Instruction Partnerships
2:45pm - 3:00pm	DIGITAL POSTER 1 + Q&A : Duck Hunt
3:00pm - 3:15pm	break
3:15pm - 4:15pm	PRESENTATION SESSION 2 : Research Methodologies & Scholarship
4:15pm - 4:45pm	DIGITAL POSTER 2 + Q&A : Page to Structured Knowledge
4:45pm - 5:00pm	Pre-lecture preview : Great Diverse Designers Library + Beyond the Built Environment
5:00 pm - 6:15 pm EDT	KEYNOTE TALK : PASCALE SABLAN on the theme of counter|balance  Pascale Sablan, FAIA, NOMAC, LEED AP, is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of The Third Office, a strategic advisory practice operating at the intersection of design, development, leadership, and social impact. With nearly two decades of experience, she has built an international reputation for advancing equity, visibility, and innovation within the built environment through architecture, advocacy, public speaking, and cultural programming.
6:15pm - 7:00pm EDT	Daily wrap-up and Social Event (Meet & Greet + Pop-Up Postcard Workshop Time)

THURSDAY, MAY 28, 2026      times listed in Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) [GMT-4]

11:00am-11:30am EDT	COFFEE CHAT
11:30am-12:30pm	PANEL : Tactile Approaches to Architecture and Design Education
12:30pm-12:45pm	DIGITAL POSTER 3 + Q&A : Queerscape
12:45pm-1:00pm	break
1:00pm-2:00pm	PRESENTATION SESSION 3 : Visual
2:00pm-2:15pm	DIGITAL POSTER 4 + Q&A : Counterbalancing Speed and Stillness
2:15pm-2:30pm	break
2:30pm-3:30pm	VIRTUAL TOURS - Group 1
3:30pm-4:15pm	Workshop : Architecture On View
4:15pm-5:15pm	DISCUSSION SECTION : Topic-Driven Participatory Chat Sessions [Research ; Collections ; Instruction]
5:15pm-6:00pm	Daily wrap-up and Social Event (Blank Slate: Architecture Edition)

FRIDAY, MAY 29, 2026   times listed in Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) [GMT-4]

10:30am–11:00am EDT	COFFEE CHAT
11:00am–12:15pm	KEYNOTE CONVERSATION: on the theme of counter|balance in architectural archives Saman Quraishi - Archivist + Assistant Professor, CEPT University, Ahmedabad, India Santiago Arboleda Orozco - Archival Coordinator + Museographic Assistant, Museo de Arquitectura Leopoldo Rother, Universidad Nacional, Bogota, Colombia Katie Pierce Meyer - Head of Architectural Collections at the University of Texas at Austin
12:15pm-12:30pm	DIGITAL POSTER 5 + Q&A : Visualizing Power: Reassessing Colonial Library Architecture and Its Imperial Legacy
12:30pm-2:00pm	PRESENTATION SESSION 4 : Archives
2:00pm-2:15pm	break
2:15pm-3:15pm	PANEL : Collections in Unique Times: The Changing Landscape of Architecture Collection Development
3:15pm-3:30pm	DIGITAL POSTER 6 + Q&A : Alternative Approaches to Materials Libraries
3:30pm-4:15pm	VIRTUAL TOURS - Group 2
4:15pm-4:30pm	CLOSING REMARKS
4:30pm–5:15pm	Closing Social Event (Architecture Mad Libs + Open Chat)