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Mark has given keynote addresses at international conferences in Japan and Germany, presented in Switzerland, Canada, and Denmark, and has become a regular at National ASLA Annual Meetings with 16 presentations. In addition, he's chaired and coordinated a number of conferences that have attracted a wide audience.

Conferences cHaired

2010 Fabos Conference on Landscape and Greenway Planning, Budapest, Hungary, July 8-10

2007 Fabos Landscape Planning and Greenway Conference, Amherst, MA, March 31.

2006 New England Greenway Constortium Annual Meeting, Amherst, MA.

2005 New England Greenway Constortium Annual Meeting, Amherst, MA

2004 Fabos Landscape Planning and Greenway Conference, Amherst, MA .

2003 New England Greenway Constortium Annual Meeting, Storrs, CT.

2002New England Greenway Constortium Annual Meeting, Amherst, MA

2001 Northeastern Rivers Symposium, sponsored by 7 ASLA chapters and Massachusetts APA, Amherst , MA

2000 New England Greenway Constortium Annual Meeting, Amherst, MA

1996 Shaping Our Common Destiny: Town / Gown Relations and the Fiscal and Physical Implications of Economic Development, sponsored by UMass Amherst, Center for Economic Development, and Smith College, Amherst, MA

Conferences & Invited Presentations

2010 "Augmented Reality for Landscape Architects ", American Society of Landscape Architects Annual Meeting, Ft. Washington, DC, September 10-12.

2007 Keynote address, Bernberg, Germany. May 30, 2007

2005 "Bridging the Digital Divide", American Society of Landscape Architects Annual Meeting, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, October 2005.

2003 “Approaching Technology as a Design Process”, American Society of Landscape Architects Annual Meeting, New Orleans , LA , November 2003.

2002 “Critical Thinking in a Digital World”, American Society of Landscape Architects Annual Meeting, San Jose , CA , October 2002.

2002 Conference Co-Chairman, New England Greenway Symposium, Amherst , MA .

2002 “Computer Design and Imaging”, Technology and Community Forestry Symposium, USDA Forest Service, Marlboro, MA

2001 Keynote Speaker, “The New England Greenway Vision Plan ”, Japanese Cycling Association Conference, Shomogo, Japan.

2001 “An Approach to Greenway Planning for Japan ”, Tskuba Public Library, Tskuba, Japan.

2001 Conference Chairman, Northeast Rivers Conference, sponsored by six ASLA chapters, Amherst , MA.

2001 “Landscape on the Web”, New Jersey Chapter American Society of Landscape Architects, Atlantic City , NJ

2000 “Using Visualization Technology to Communicate Design Ideas”, 50 th Maine Transportation Conference, Augusta , ME

2000 “Making Connections: The New England Greenway Vision Plan ”, Trends in European Landscape Architecture, Dessau , Germany .

2000 “Visualization Techniques for Landscape Architects”, 3-day short course, Anhalt University , Bernberg , Germany

2000 “Seeing the Future: Visualization Technologies”, Northern New England Chapter American Planning Association, Burlington , VT.

2000 “The Technology of Landscape”, New Jersey Chapter American Society of Landscape Architects, Atlantic City , NJ

1999 “The New England Greenway Vision Plan”

1997 "LAF Demonstration Project, The Chattahoochee River ", American Society of Landscape Architects 1997 Annual Meeting, Atlanta , GA.

1996 " Los Angeles River : From Infrastructure to Amenity", American Society of Landscape Architects 1996 Annual Meeting, Los Angeles , CA .

1995 "Redesigning Cleveland Digitally: A Computer Design Charette", American Society of Landscape Architects 1995 Annual Meeting, Cleveland , OH .

1995 "Future Technologies", Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture, Ames , Iowa (Spoke and appeared at conference over the Internet using CU-SeeMe software)

1995 "Landscape Architecture, the Internet and You,” Boston Society of Landscape Architects, Harvard GSD, Cambridge , MA

1994 Invited Session Chair, "Office Productivity", Speaker, "Animating Design Presentations", American Society of Landscape Architects 1994 Annual Meeting, San Antonio , Texas .

1994 "Computers in Campus Planning," LandTech Demonstration, American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) 1994 Annual Meeting, San Antonio , Texas .

1994 "UMass Lowell Campus Facilities Study," UMass Board of Trustees.

1993 "Computer Graphics in Landscape Design", 1 day short course, The New York Botanical Garden, Institute of Ecosystem Studies , Millbrook , NY . (received highest evaluations for any course)

1993 "UMass Amherst Campus Physical Master Plan," UMass Board of Trustees.

1991 "CAD - How to Make it Work for You", 1991 Empire State Conference of Landscape Architects, Saratoga Springs , NY .

1991 "Computers in the Design Process," Lecture Series, Cornell University , Ithica , NY .

1990 "The Impact of CADD on the LA Profession," International Conference on CAD in Landscape Architecture, Geneva , Switzerland .

1990 "CAD in Practice", ASLA 1990 Annual Meeting, San Diego , CA .

1990 "CAD in LA Education," A/E/C Systems '90, Atlanta , Georgia .

1990 "Visualizing Design Ideas," Landscape Architecture 25th Anniversary Symposium, Rutgers University , New Brunswick , NJ.

1990 "Integrating CAD," University of Toronto , Toronto , Canada .

1989 "The Future of CAD", Denmark 's International Study Program, Copenhagen , Denmark .

1989 "The Office of Tomorrow", ASLA 1989 Annual Meeting, Orlando , FL.

1988 "Computers as Tools for Landscape Architects", ASLA 1988 Annual Meeting, Seattle , WA .

1987 "Future Trends: Computers as Conceptual Design Tools in Landscape Architecture", American Society of Landscape Architects 1987 Annual Meeting, Baltimore , MD.

1987 "Computers in Landscape Technology," Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Cambridge , MA .

1987 "Computers in the Design Process," Department Lecture Series, University of Massachusetts , Amherst , MA .

1986 "Towards an Intuitive Computer Aided Design Process," Colloquium Lecture Series, Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Illinois , Urbana , IL .

1986 "Perspective Graphics Demonstration", American Society of Landscape Architects 1986 Annual Meeting, San Francisco , CA .

1985 "Workstations on the Cutting Edge of Landscape Planning", American Society of Landscape Architects 1985 Annual Meeting, Cincinnati , Ohio .

1985 "The METLAND Geographic Information System", State Extension Service Annual Conference, Amherst , MA .

1984 "Design Applications for the Microcomputer", American Society of Landscape Architects 1984 Annual Meeting, Phoenix , Arizona .

1983 "Microcomputer Alternatives and Future Developments", CADD Experience: Computer-Aided Design/Drafting, Toronto , Ontario , Canada .

1982 "Spatial Simulation Using the Microcomputer", Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture Conference, Blacksburg , Virginia .

1982 "Utilization of Microcomputers in Professional Practice, Site Engineering and Design", Canadian Society of Landscape Architects Congress '82, Toronto , Ontario , Canada .