CEU Seminars

MONDAY

Creating A World Class Facility By Leveraging Your Strategic Assets [M106]

DATE Monday, June 9
TIME 9:30–10:30 am
Learn how to coordinate your facility’s assets and activities through one central information repository. Discover how to use technology to analyze asset utilization, and smoothly manage resource allocation and scheduling. [BASIC] [FM]
SPEAKER John Anderson, President and CEO,
PeopleCube, Inc., Framingham, Mass.

Bathroom Product Selection [M123]

DATE Monday, June 9
TIME 11 am–Noon
Get better prepared to meet with clients and guide them through a bathroom renovation project. Use the three basic premises—function, price and aesthetic—to you and your clients’ best advantage. [INT] [RES]
SPEAKER James Landa, ASID, principal,
Aquaworks, Chicago, Ill.

Vastu Design: Client Growth In Yoga And Green [M135]

DATE Monday, June 9
TIME 1–2 pm
Learn about the design science that remains strong in a shrinking housing market. Discover the perfect value addon— vastu design—and learn how to promote it, explain it and incorporate it into your design. [BASIC] [RES]
SPEAKER Kathleen Cox, author,
Vastu Living, Shaker Heights, Ohio.

Master Class: Lessons From Design Greats [M147]

DATE Monday, June 9
TIME 2:30–3:30 pm
Discover the eccentricities and exuberance of Tony Duquette, the unstudied elegance of Sibyl Colefax, the surprising boldness of Dorothy Draper and many other inspirations. Examine some of their trademark design elements and learn how to incorporate them into your own designs. [INT] [RES]
SPEAKERS Deb Barrett, trend strategist,
Grace McNamara, St. Paul, Minn.
Susan Schultz, trend strategist,
Grace McNamara, St. Paul, Minn.

Call It ReGreen—Green Residential Renovation Guidelines [M159]

DATE Monday, June 9
TIME 4–5 pm
Find out how ReGreen can increase understanding of sustainable practices and benefits among homeowners, residents, design professionals, product suppliers and service suppliers to build both demand and industry capacity. [BASIC] [RES]
SPEAKER Linda Sorrento, ASID,
U.S. Green Building Council, Washington, D.C.

TUESDAY

Considerations In Interior Design For Home Theater And Listening Environments [T211]

DATE Tuesday, June 10
TIME 9:30–10:30 am
Review the fundamentals and beyond for designing home theaters, A/V environments and listening rooms. Includes acoustic principals, optimum positioning for viewing, listening and common home theater design flaws and how to avoid them. Get tips on teaming up with an acoustician or A/V consultant and how to make your budget work. [INT] [RES]
SPEAKER Beth Walters, principal,
Walters-Storyk Design Group, Highland, N.Y.
John Storyk, AIA, AES, principal designer, architect and acoustician,
Walters–Storyk Design Group, HIghland, N.Y.

Designing Green In A Brown World [T235]

DATE Tuesday, June 10
TIME 1–2 pm
Get the basic information and tools that make it easier to design green including where to look for green alternatives, how to introduce green options in the middle of a project, and how to incorporate those into a budget. [BASIC] [RES]
SPEAKER Hilary Sopata, ASID, interior designer,
Interior Visions Designs, Inc., Park Ridge, Ill.

The Challenge Of Dreams: Blending Innovation, Sustainability And Affordability In The Modern Kitchen [T247]

DATE Tuesday, June 10
TIME 2:30–3:30 pm
What is the kitchen for the generation of the future? This program will examine an Italian kitchen manufacturer’s designs and what it took to marry sustainable manufacturing processes, cutting-edge design and futuristic materials to bring kitchen elements from a museum’s exhibit to tomorrow’s home. Ernestomeda’s “Z-Island kitchen,” will springboard a discussion. [INT] [RES]
SPEAKER Luca Lanzetta, owner,
Ernestomeda Chicago, Chicago, Ill.

The Art Of Colour [T259]

DATE Tuesday, June 10
TIME 4–5 pm
Color is the backbone of good design, establishing ambience and appeal; the better your perspective on its role the easier it is to use artfully and effectively. Using examples from several of his latest books including “The Art of Colour,” Dr Coleman will demonstrate how color schemes are used to build cohesive and stylish rooms. Attendees will gain an understanding of the interrelationship of furnishings and fabrics and how they blend with or accent walls. [INT] [RES]
SPEAKER Dr Brian Coleman, author,
Farrow & Ball, Chicago, Ill.

WEDNESDAY

Making A LEED Certified Home Healthy [W323]

DATE Wednesday, June 11 TIME 11 am–Noon
Green building protocols put a lot of emphasis on energy conservation. While that is vital to sustaining our natural resources, there is a danger of sacrificing indoor air quality. Find out the concerns specific to LEED certified homes and learn what materials have the greatest impact. [BASIC] [RES]
SPEAKER Dr. Marilyn Black, USGBC, IIDA, AIHA, ISIAQ, ASTM, founder,
GREENGUARD Environmental Institute, Marietta, Ga.

Luxury Without Limits [SE10] (KEYNOTE LUNCHEON)

SPEAKER Roger Thomas
DATE Wednesday, June 11
TIME 12:30 pm
LOCATION Holiday Inn Chicago Mart Plaza
FEE $25 (includes box lunch)
SPONSOR Edward Ferrell and Lewis Mittman
Experience five-star design through the eyes of award winning designer, Roger Thomas. Recently honored as one of Architectural Digest’s Top 100 Designers, his presentation will take you through the creative process and execution of one of the world’s finest hotels, Wynn Las Vegas. He will share the interesting juxtaposition of how residential design has always been the core of his approach to hotel design; home is now influencing fine hotel design and how in return hotel guests like to take “the hotel home” with them, whether it be bedding, bath, linens or even his furniture from EF+LM. Join Roger at the EF+LM showroom, Suite 1870A, for wine and dessert immediately following the presentation and drop your business card for a spectacular raffle drawing that will not disappoint. Winner must be present.