THEMATIC PROGRAM            note:  TOPICS TENTATIVE – MAY CHANGE!

At DLA2026 there will be TWO FULL DAYS of Facilitated Conversations with ALL PARTICIPANTS, organized into 8 THEMATIC sessions, 4 each day:

DAY 1 Thursday 28  May

ARRIVAL  8:15 – 8:55

WELCOME & INTRODUCTION  9:00 – 9:25

SESSION 1:  9:30 AM – 11 AM. Environmental Modeling, Climate, Hydrology & Risk
Facilitators:  Person 1. Person 2

BREAK:  11:00 AM – 11:30 AM

SESSION 2:  11:30 AM – 1 PM (13:00) Sensing, Point Clouds, 3D Reconstruction & Remote Sensing
Facilitators:  Person 1. Person 2

— LUNCH ON YOUR OWN  1PM – 2:30 PM (13:00 – 14:30 )

SESSION 3:  2:30 PM – 4:00 PM (14:30 – 16:00) Participation, Community Engagement & Governance
Facilitators:  Person 1. Person 2

BREAK:  4:00 PM – 4:30 PM (16:00 – 16:30)

SESSION 4:  4 PM – 6 PM ( 16:30 – 18:00) XR, VR/AR, Serious Games & Immersive Visualization
Facilitators:  Person 1. Person 2

— 7:30 PM (19:30)  PUB SESSION / DINNER ON YOUR OWN


DAY 2 Friday 29 May

— RETROSPECT & INTRODUCTION  9:00 – 9:25

SESSION 5:  9:30 AM – 11 AM. Urban Green Infrastructure, Parks, Trees & Ecosystem Services
Facilitators:  Person 1. Person 2

BREAK:  11:00 AM – 11:30 AM

SESSION 6: 11:30 AM – 1 PM (13:00) AI, Machine Learning & LLMs in Design and Analysis
Facilitators:  Person 1. Person 2

— LUNCH ON YOUR OWN  1PM – 2:30 P M (13:00 – 14:30 ) 

SESSION 7:  2:30 PM – 4:00 PM (14:30 – 16:00) Methods, Workflows, Pedagogy & Knowledge Infrastructures
Facilitators:  Person 1. Person 2

BREAK:  4:00 PM – 4:30 PM (16:00 – 16:30)

SESSION 8:  4:30 PM – 6 PM ( 16:30 – 18:00)  Digital Landscape Architecture:  Review & Prospect
Facilitators:  Person 1. Person 2

— CLOSING REMARKS & INTRODUCTION to DLA2027  6:00-6:30 PM 18:00 – 18:30

— 7:30 PM (19:30)  PUB SESSION / DINNER ON YOUR OWN


DAY 3 Saturday 30 May

13:00 Enjoy a guided tour with Philip Doran / or / Jump into the cold seawater with Jörg Rekittke