One-day rates for Thurs, Fri, & Sat
Pick your one-day pass
Can’t attend all three days? A One-Day pass gives you access to the best of A’17 on the day that works best for you—choose from Thursday, Friday, or Saturday. Our Events & Expo pass gets you into the Architecture Expo and free events, plus you can purchase tickets to keynotes and paid events.
Keep reading for highlights from all three days. Or browse our full schedule, by day.
Thursday, 4/27
- Keynotes by former First Lady Michelle Obama and award-winning architects and designers Alejandro Aravena, Elizabeth Diller, Michael Murphy, and Francis Kéré, Hon. FAIA
- A special Pro Series session (TH201) featuring keynoters Alejandro Aravena, Michael Murphy, and Frances Kéré, Hon. FAIA, plus Sofia Borges and Rosa Sheng, AIA (FREE with registration)
- Your pick of nearly 50 seminars earning HSW, ADA, GBCI, RIBA, and AIA LU credits; seminars begin as early as 7am (registration required)
- Events including a FREE marketing and communications checkup (EV203—only a few tickets left!), a new members reception (EV207), nearly 40 alumni events, and the Emerging Professionals Party hosted at BB King’s Blues Club (EV213)
- Expertly-curated local architecture tours including Florida Modernism (ET206A), Golden Oak at Walt Disney World Resort (ET214A), Buena Vista Drive (ET215A), and Nemours Children’s Hospital (ET218A)
- One of the industry’s largest expo floors featuring nearly 800 brands and 170,000 sq. ft. of booths, products, materials, and inspiration for your next project
Friday, 4/28
- Keynotes by NASA visual strategists David Delgado and Dan Goods, Eve Edelstein (director of Perkins+Will’s Human Experience Lab), and moderator Michael Bierut of Pentagram
- A Pro Series business bootcamp for small firms (FR201; FREE with registration)
- Your pick of nearly 70 seminars (registration required)
- Events including the College of Fellows Investiture Ceremony (EV308), chapter receptions and alumni events, plus one FREE ticket to The Party! featuring Jim Belushi and The Sacred Hearts Band (EV310)
- Expertly-curated local architecture tours including Audubon Park Garden District (ET122B), Universal’s Cabana Bay Beach Resort (ET305), the Orlando Police Department HQ (ET217B), Lake Nona Town Center (ET308), and Orlando’s VA Medical Center (ET130B)
- One of the industry’s largest expo floors featuring nearly 800 brands and 170,000 sq. ft. of booths, products, materials, and inspiration for your next project
Saturday, 4/29
- Keynotes by New York Times best-selling author Amy Cuddy and a panel featuring Nóra Demeter, Intl. Assoc. AIA; Cheryl McAfee, FAIA; Michael Ford, Assoc. AIA; and moderated by Frances Anderton, host of DnA: Design and Architecture
- A Pro Series interactive learning lab on managing people (SA201; FREE with registration)
- Your pick of more than 50 seminars (registration required)
- More alumni and awards receptions and the I Look Up Short Film Showcase (Room W303)
- Expertly-curated local architecture tours including Downtown Orlando Arts & Culture (ET201B), Edgewater High School (ET401), and the Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art (ET211C)
- One of the industry’s largest expo floors featuring nearly 800 brands and 170,000 sq. ft. of booths, products, materials, and inspiration for your next project
It’s all happening in a fun warm-weather architecture destination. All that’s missing is you.