5.5.10 | New York, NY | AIA New York Chapter, in partnership with the New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene, is hosting the fifth annual Fit City public conference to examine how design interventions create opportunities for increasing physical activity. This conference will bring together architects, planners, designers, developers, and public health professionals, to address how building design and policy decisions can increase physical activity, thus helping to prevent chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes, heart disease, some cancers and asthma. Through case studies, and analysis, conference participants will explore recommendations for modifications in the "built environment" as a means of facilitating physical activity and improving health.

The focus of this year’s conference is Implementation of the NYC Active Design Guidelines (see www.nyc.gov/adg), released in January 2010.

Speakers include:

William Bird, MBE, Natural England, UK, Keynote
Commissioner Thomas Farley, MD, MPH, NYC Dept. of Health & Mental Hygiene
Commissioner David Burney, FAIA, NYC Dept. of Design and Construction
Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan, NYC Dept. of Transportation
Chair Amanda Burden, FAICP, NYC Dept. of City Planning
Commissioner Adrian Benepe, NYC Dept. of Parks and Recreation
Deputy Commissioner Fatma Amer, PE, NYC Dept. of Buildings
Les Bluestone, Blue Sea Development
Vincent Chang, AIA, Principal, Grimshaw Architects
Robin Guenther, FAIA, Principal, Perkins + Will
Ernie Hutton, FAICP, Assoc. AIA, President, Hutton Associates
Robyne Kassen, Assoc. AIA, Owner, Urban Movement Design
Karen Lee, MD, MHSc, Director, Built Environment, NYC Dept. of Health & Mental Hygiene
Thom Mayne, FAIA, Principal, Morphosis
Jonathan Rose, President, Rose Companies
Lynn Silver, MD, MPH, FAAP, NYC Dept. of Health & Mental Hygiene
Susan Szenasy, Editor-in-Chief, Metropolis Magazine
Katie Winter, Principal, Katie Winter Architecture

CES: 4.5 LU, 4.5 HSW

Tuesday, 05/18/2010, 8:00am – 1:00pm RSVP

Where: At The Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Place, between Bleecker and West 3rd Streets

Price: Free