A healthy business is crucial to the implementation of impactful design and the growth of the architecture profession. Many architects and designers find the business portion of the profession challenging to navigate, having not learned business specific skills while in school.

This second session will be a panel discussion among leaders of three local firms and will examine the evolution of their firms with an emphasis on succession and growth planning. IKM will discuss their expansion into a new market, Bowen+ will lead attendees through their transition to an Employee Stock Ownership Model, and Perspectus will discuss their approach to deliberate and long-term succession planning. 

EVENT TIME:

5:15 pm | Doors Open, Check-In

5:30 pm - 6:30 pm | Panel Discussion

6:30 pm - 7:00 pm | Round Table Discussion

EVENT TICKET PRICES:

$5 | AIA, AIA Assoc., NOMA, AIA Cleveland Allied Professional Members
$10 | Non-AIA Members

GUEST SPEAKERS:

Panelists:
Allan L. Renzi, AIA, LEED AP
Larry Fischer, AIA, ACHA
Jonathan Lusin, AIA, LEED AP

Moderator: 
Nora Hoxha, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP

CEU:  1LU Credit

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

• Participants will understand what an employee stock ownership model is and how Bowen+ made the transition from a traditional ownership model.

• Participants will consider IKM's growth expansion into a new market and what factors the firm considered to make that decision.

• Participants will learn about Perspectus' implementation of deliberate and long-term succession planning..

• A brief question and answer session so that attendees can inquire with more detail any specific aspects of the three firms stories that they would like to discuss.