The Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts is hosting the first joint conference for the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) and the National Council of Art Administrators (NCAA) from November 4-7, 2009. The conference, titled "Economies: Art+Architecture," will focus on establishing new directions for creative leadership, education, and practice.

Below is the tentative schedule of events for November 6. For the most up-to-date information about the entire conference, visit the main page for the ACSA/NCAA Conference.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6

7am–5pm       Conference Registration
                      Chase Park Plaza Hotel

7am                Continental Breakfast

NCAA SCHEDULE
9:15am           NCAA Buses depart Chase Park Plaza Hotel for Saint Louis Art
                      Museum (SLAM)

9:30am           ART+MUSEUM
                      Brent Benjamin, Director, Saint Louis Art Museum (Welcome)
                      Buzz Spector, Dean, College & Graduate School of Art, Sam Fox School
                      Auditorium, Saint Louis Art Museum

10:30am        Tour of SLAM collection led by Buzz Spector and Charlotte Eyerman,
                     Curator of Modern Art, SLAM

12pm             Buses depart SLAM for Chase Park Plaza Hotel

12:30pm        NCAA Luncheon/Business Meeting (all members)

ACSA SCHEDULE
8am                NAAB Breakfast
                      Wendy Ornelas, Associate Professor of Architecture and Associate
                      Dean, College of Architecture, Planning and Design, Kansas State
                      University; President-elect, NAAB
                      Andrea S. Rutledge, Executive Director, NAAB
                      Craig Barton, Associate Professor of Urban Design and Chair,
                      Department of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, University of
                      Virginia; NAAB Board Member

8:30am           Women's Leadership Council Meeting

9:30am           ACSA Regional Meetings

10:30am         Coffee Break

11am              Plenary Session: The Future of Internship
                      Moderator: Thomas Fisher, Professor and Dean, College of Design,
                      University of Minnesota
                      Panelists:
                      Marvin Malecha, Dean, College of Design, NC State University;
                      President, American Institute of Architects (AIA)
                      Andrew Prescott, President, National Council of Architectural

                      Registration Boards (NCARB)

12:30pm        ACSA/ARCC Luncheon

2-3:15pm       ACSA PANEL 1: Research Economies
                     Dr. Lawrence C. Bank, Program Director, Structural Materials and
                     Mechanics (SMM), National Science Foundation
                     Maurice Cox, Director of Design, National Endowment for the Arts
                     John Carmody, Director, Center for Sustainable Building Research,
                     University of Minnesota
                     Paul Donnelly, Rebecca and John Voyles Professor, Sam Fox School
                     Jodi Polzin, Senior Lecturer, Sam Fox School
                     Enrique Von Rohr, Visiting Assistant Professor, Design Research Studio,
                     Sam Fox School

                     ACSA PANEL 2: Practice Economies
                     Patricia Oliver, American Institute of Architects
                    
                     NAAB Team Training

COMBINED ACSA/NCAA SCHEDULE
3:30pm          ACSA/NCAA Buses depart Chase Park Plaza Hotel for Grand Center
 
4pm               ACSA/NCAA TOURS/VISITS:
                      Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts
                      Exhibition: Gordon Matta-Clark

                      Contemporary Art Museum-St. Louis
                      Exhibition: For the Blind Man (Group Show)

6pm                ACSA/NCAA Buses depart Contemporary Art Museum for Chase Park
                      Plaza Hotel       

7pm                ACSA Dinner

                      NCAA Awards Banquet
                      Chase Park Plaza Hotel