Join us April 20-23, 2021 for our online Living Future 2021 Conference! Check out our top 10 reasons to attend and then learn more on our conference website.

1. Three Incredible Keynotes
Adrianna Quintero, Senior Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at the Energy Foundation, kicks off the educational program Tuesday, April 21. On Earth Day, Mark Chambers, Senior Director for Building Emissions at the White House Council on Environmental Quality, will deliver a keynote address focused on the Biden Administration’s agenda for green building and opportunities for partnership with cities and private-sector leaders. Finally, Rosa Sheng, Principal at SmithGroup, delivers the J.E.D.I. Agenda – An Intersectional Approach to Designing a Resilient Future.

The three keynotes of LF21: Mark Chambers, Rosa Sheng, and Adrianna Quintero

2. Living Product Expo Day – Tuesday, April 20, 2021.
The Living Product Expo is back! Hear from responsible materials providers about their products to help you accelerate in your work. Expo Day includes plenaries and tours of certified and pre-certified Living Building Challenge and Petal Projects.

3. Digital Art Gallery – Tuesday, April 20, 2021 – Friday, April 23, 2021
Walk through the virtual art exhibition Ritual For A Living Future, curated by Monet Clark, featuring her new video work with Brenda Laurel, as well as works by Edgar Heap of Birds, Cannupa Hanska Luger, John DiLeva Halpern and Emily Harris of the Center for Cultural Activism International, and Penny Slinger.

Living Product Expo Day

4. Case Studies – Friday, April 23, 2021
You asked and we listened! This year we are introducing several deep-dive case studies and a Short Stories Plenary on Thursday where you hear from project teams about challenges, successes and lessons learned during certification.

5. Inclusion + Unity – Tuesday, April 21, 2021 – Friday, April 23, 2021
The built environment echoes and perpetuates the structural inequities of our broader society. This is why we have selected the theme of Inclusion + Unity to drive the purpose of our intent. Climate justice and social justice are inextricably linked. We cannot begin to resolve the current climate crisis if we do not address the underlying inequities that are pervasive throughout our housing, cities, and communities. Only when we recognize the inherent dignity of all can we come together as one, a unified force in pursuit of justice for our people and our environment.

6. Spanish-Language Track – Wednesday, April 21, 2021
Join the first-ever Living Future Spanish-language track! Seventeen speakers will explore the needs and solutions of Latin America through four Spanish-language sessions.

7. Unconference Sessions – Friday, April 23, 2021 We’re going back to our roots and putting the “un” back in unConference! We’ll be taking your crowdsourced ideas to build the agenda for these free-form conversational sessions. Submit ideas for these sessions here up until the start of the event.

8. Continuing Education!
Did you know? Living Future Accreditation (LFA) requires 36 LFA CE credits, and attending Living Future will help get your there! Through live attendance and replays, you can complete all 16 LFA General credits. Sessions are also being submitted for AIA credit.

9. Be with community!
Living Future brings together leading minds of regenerative design, green building, climate advocates, and sustainability. These are the hopefuls, the change makers, the innovators, who are shaping the future. Come together with YOUR community through appointments, break out spaces, and sessions.

10. Celebrate 15 years of LF and plan for the next decade
Here at ILFI, we love a good party and we’re excited to mark the 15th year of Living Future with a DJ Dance Party! Celebrate Earth Day with us as we work together to accelerate the impact we make to repairing our built environment and our planet.

Written By

Lily Rybarczyk

Lily is an Events Manager at the International Living Future Institute. She supports the Living Future Conference as well as the Institute's other yearly events. After a two-year stint in Pittsburgh, Lily has returned to the Pacific Northwest, where she enjoys being in the mountains, exploring new restaurants and spending as much time as possible with her nephews and niece.