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Ride the Wave   May 3-5, 2026
Ride the Wave: Adapting Education Spaces for Changing Tides
Holiday Inn Resort Lumina on Wrightsville Beach
Wrightsville Beach, NC
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SUNDAY | MAY 3, 2026
10:00 AM – 4:00 PM Vendor Move-in Prefunction / Lobby
10:00 AM – 7:00 PM Registration Prefunction / Lobby
2:00 – 3:00 PM Self-Driving Tour: Pender Co. K8 (Hard Hat)
5:00 – 7:00 PM Welcome Reception Turtlewatch
7:00 PM Dinner on your own
MONDAY | MAY 4, 2026
7:30 AM – 7:00 PM Registration
7:30 – 8:30 AM Breakfast Lumina Ballroom
8:00 – 8:30 AM Presentation of Colors, Welcome from President Lumina Ballroom
8:30 – 9:30 AM Keynote Speaker: Andrew Marotta Lumina Ballroom
9:45 – 10:45 AM Session: Adapting to Changing Tides: Designing for Diverse Student Needs Causeway
9:45 – 10:45 AM Session: Anchored in History, Focused on Health: Community-Led Design for Changing Educational Tides Masonboro
9:45 – 10:45 AM Session: Course Correction: How to Navigate Mid-stream Change with Leadership, Planning, and Design Abstract Arlie
10:45 – 11:15 AM Coffee Break Prefunction / Lobby
11:15 AM – 12:15 PM Session: Design Strategies to Restore Calm, Connection, and Improve Student Success Causeway
11:15 AM – 12:15 PM Session: Navigating from Intent to Impact: Where Research, Design, and Student Success Converge Masonboro
11:15 AM – 12:15 PM Session: Pick Your Path: Charting the Course for A/E/C Delivery Arlie
12:15 – 12:30 PM Visit with Vendors
12:30 – 1:45 PM Lunch Buffet / State of the State / Panel Discussion Lumina Ballroom
1:45 – 2:00 PM Visit with Vendors
2:00 – 3:00 PM Session: Designing for Instructional Impact: Beyond Good, Better, Best Causeway
2:00 – 3:00 PM Session: Redefining School Design Guidelines: Innovation, Savings, and Sustainability Combined Masonboro
2:00 – 3:00 PM Session: Serious Play: Why Schools Should Look More Like Playgrounds Arlie
3:00 – 3:30 PM Snack Break Prefunction / Lobby
3:30 – 4:30 PM Session: Navigating from Intent to Impact: Where Research, Design, and Student Success Converge Causeway
3:30 – 4:30 PM Session: Ride the Wave: Adapting Education Spaces for Changing Tides
A Case Study: Peck Expeditionary Learning School – Guilford County Schools 		Masonboro
3:30 – 4:30 PM Session: From Ripples to Waves: Community-Informed Design Transforming K–12 Learning Environments Arlie
4:30 – 6:30 PM Happy Hour / Silent Auction Party Prefunction / Lobby
6:30 PM Dinner on your own
7:00 – 11:00 PM Vendor Breakdown Prefunction / Lobby
TUESDAY | MAY 5, 2026
7:00 – 9:00 AM Vendor Breakdown Prefunction / Lobby
8:00 – 11:00 AM Registration Lobby
8:00 – 8:45 AM Breakfast Buffet / NCDPI Presentation Lumina Ballroom
9:00 – 10:00 AM Session: Designing Spaces for the Careers Students Haven’t Met Yet (CTE) Causeway
9:00 – 10:00 AM Session: Leading Change That Sticks: Aligning People, Plans, and Places Masonboro
10:15 – 11:45 AM Interactive Roundtable Discussion: Changing School Construction Costs and Planning Lumina Ballroom
10:45 AM Closing Remarks
12:30 – 2:15 PM Self-Driving Tour: Seatech High School and Cape Fear Community College
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