About the AIA Conference
AIA24 is a premier annual conference that celebrates multidisciplinary solutions from across the built environment and the power of designing a better world, together. This year's conference theme is Uniting to solve today’s challenges.
The most impactful, forward-thinking solutions result from a convergence of thought. Solving today’s environmental, social, and ethical challenges requires bringing together diverse perspectives across the multiple disciplines of the built environment.
Every year, the AIA and AEC communities convene to network, share knowledge, and find solutions to design a better world. The conference fuses together industries, identities, skills, styles, and values, to establish a new multidisciplinary understanding of today’s most pressing issues. And it unites tradition and innovation, art and technology, form and function, old and new, and global and local to examine, educate, and find solutions.
Through networking, education, events, tours, and the industry’s largest expo, AIA24 fosters cross-industry collaborations and solutions between licensed architects, design professionals, associates, engineers, contractors, interior designers, landscape architects, firm owners, owners/clients, emerging professionals, and beyond to showcase the strength of the AEC industry.
About the RIBA/AIA Collaboration
The AIA and RIBA have a long history of collaboration that dates from the founding of their institutes in 1857 and 1834 respectively.
In December 2023, RIBA and the AIA renewed their longstanding partnership which remains fundamental to our work to support professional growth and the development of our members worldwide.
Key RIBA sessions
UK/US Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA)– 13 months later 6 June 2pm to 3:30pm
Whether you're an architect based in the United States or in the United Kingdom, you'll benefit from learning more about the U.K./U.S. Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA).
This session will feature architects with direct experience going through the licensing, registration, and recognition processes. Join us to learn about the advantages of the agreement, how they might apply to you, and what opportunities it might bring.
The session aims to give a presentation on the UK/US MRA, and some data since its implementation in April 2023. During the session, attendees with direct experience going through the licensing/registration, and recognition processes.
Attendees will also learn about the advantages of the agreement, how they might apply to them, and hear what opportunities the MRA brings for an individual architect and/or an architectural practice.
Pro Series: A Dialogue with Kimberly N. Dowdell and Muyiwa Oki: Navigating architecture, sustainability, and equity 7 June 2pm to 3:15pm
A compelling conversation featuring 2024 AIA President Kimberly N. Dowdell, AIA, and RIBA President Muyiwa Oki. Together, they'll ignite inspiration and collaboration aimed at making the field of architecture more sustainable and equitable.
This enlightening exchange will delve into combating climate change and advancing sustainable design practices. Attendees will glean valuable insights and motivation from these esteemed leaders as they discuss collaborative opportunities between AIA and RIBA and chart the course for the architectural profession's future.
Learning Objectives
Explore today's architectural landscape, encompassing challenges, opportunities, and emerging trends.
Examine architects' critical role in tackling climate change through sustainable design practices and innovative solutions for a more resilient built environment, including adaptive reuse/retrofit of buildings.
Analyze the intersection of sustainability with equity and health, with a focus on historically under-resourced communities that would benefit from more investment and reactivation of abandoned buildings.
Discover avenues for collaboration between AIA and RIBA through discourse on the architectural profession's future trajectory, including opportunities for innovation as well as adaptation to evolving societal needs and challenges.
To attend all these sessions, and many more, you need to register for the AIA24 Conference.
