SPEAKERS

SPONSORS

EXHIBITORS

SCHEDULE

VENUE

EDUCATION

PROJECTS

LECTURE SERIES

SPEAKERS

Speak at Plain Green 12

Susan S. Szenasy

Ross Chapin

Brian Dunbar

Thomas M. Lawrence

Taryn Mead

Lisa Taylor

Shengyin Xu

2012 Plain Awesome Speakers

Plain green is where innovators and change-makers gather to learn and connect around green design, healthcare, education, business and ideas.  We are assembling a fantastic line-up of keynotes and session speakers ranging in subject matter from green economics to simplified lifestyles.

---

Susan S. Szenasy on the Future of Design

Susan S. Szenasy is Editor in Chief of METROPOLIS, the award-winning New York City-based magazine of architecture, culture and design. Since 1986 she has lead the magazine through years of landmark design journalism, achieving domestic and international recognition. She is internationally recognized as an authority on sustainability and design.

Susan sits on the boards of the Council for Interior Design Accreditation (formerly FIDER), the Center for Architecture Advisory Board, and the Landscape Architecture Foundation. She has been honored with Presidential Commendations by the International Interior Designers Association and the American Society of Interior Designers and is an honorary member of the American Society for Landscape Architects. Along with METROPOLIS Publisher Horace Havemeyer III, Susan was a 2007 recipient of the Civitas August Heckscher Award for Community Service and Excellence. Susan holds an MA in Modern European History from Rutgers University, and honorary doctorates from both Kendall College and the Art Center College of Design. She lives in the East Village in a small loft designed by Harry Allen, where she moved to reduce her ecological footprint.

Learn More about Susan Szenasy:

• Susan Szenasy on Twitter
• METROPOLIS Magazine

Videos featuring Susan Szenasy:

• Susan S. Szenasy on the Future of Design

Interested in speaking at Plain Green 2012? Get more info by visiting the Speak at Plain Green 12 page.