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On June 5, the Landscape Architecture Foundation (LAF) will host its annual symposium where the six 2024-25 LAF Fellows will present their yearlong explorations and the change they hope to bring about. The symposium takes place 4-6:15pm EDT at Arena Stage in Washington, DC, and will be broadcast in real time.

Tickets are available to attend in-person or tune in for the livestream. In-person tickets include a post-symposium cocktail reception where guests can mingle and meet the Fellows. The symposium is approved for 2.0 PDH (LA CES/HSW). Livestream viewers must successfully complete a short quiz to earn these credits. Get tickets at:

Whether you are a landscape architect, allied professional, or community member with a shared interest in these issues, the symposium is not to be missed! The short, power-packed presentations deliver a whirlwind of knowledge and inspiration, showcasing leading-edge thinking in landscape architecture to address a breadth of current challenges within and beyond the discipline:

Emergent Mutualism: Closing the Interdisciplinary Science-Communication Gap
David Buckley Borden, Oregon State University | University of Oregon

Infrastructure, Rescripted: The Public Realm on a Mass Scale
Anya Domlesky, SWA Group

Toronto Policy Atlas: A Graphic Guide for Living Landscapes
Aaron Hernandez, Reed Hilderbrand

Landscapes Are Learning Labs
Brad Howe, SCAPE

Feral Farms: Midwestern Recipes for Land Justice
Forbes Lipschitz, The Ohio State University

Toward a National Agroforest
Amy Whitesides, Harvard University Graduate School of Design

The symposium is the culmination of the yearlong , a unique program and $25,000 award that supports mid-career, senior-level, and emerging professionals as they develop and test new ideas that will drive the future of the landscape architecture discipline and bring about impactful change to the environment and humanity. Applications for the ninth cohort of LAF Fellows will open in June, so start thinking about your big idea!

The 2025 LAF Innovation + Leadership Symposium is supported by LAF Leadership Program sponsor SWA and symposium sponsor Community Strategy Partners.