The 75th AIA Minnesota Annual Convention & Product Exposition was held at the Minneapolis Convention Center November 10-13, 2009.

See the Convention Keynote & Exhibit Hall, Press Release, Oct 15, 2009 (PDF)

Read about the Convention at 75 Years

Find out more about the launch of Citizen Architect (PDF), featuring local volunteer organizations at the AIA Minnesota Convention and Exhibit Hall

Listen to podcasts with Renee Cheng, AIA, Rosemary Dolata, AIA and Jennifer Yoos, AIA. All presenters at the AIA Minnesota Convention.

Get the summary from the November 13 Member Congress speakers Tom Stinson and George Miller, FAIA, who discussed the economic outlook for the architectural profession.

View Convention 2009 Photos

CONVENTION SNAPSHOT

2009 Convention Program Tracks (PDF)



Download the 2009 Convention
Registration Booklet  

The booklet includes information about programs and special events.

EXHIBIT HALL ACTIVITIES

The Exhibit Hall had plenty of things to see and do and as always, it was FREE! No registration is required.

New to this year's exhibit hall were exciting tournaments of WiiTennis including four matches of AIA Minnesota All Stars battling it out for WiiTennis Title Champion.


Tuesday, November 10
5PM WiiEast Match#1:
Mary Shaffer, 2008 AIA MPLS President vs. Chuck Liddy, 2009 AIA MPLS President (Shaffer: Winner)
6PM WiiWest Match #2:
Steve Weeks, U of M CDES Faculty, vs. Lauren Weingartner, 2009 AIAS President. (Weeks: Winner)

Wednesday, November 11
12PM WiiEast Match #3:
Eric Lagerquist, 2009 AIA St. Paul President vs. Erin McKiel, 2010 AIA St. Paul President-Elect (McKiel: Winner)
1PM WiiWest Match #4:
Beverly Hauschild-Baron, Executive Vice President of AIA Minnesota vs. Dave Oxley, Executive Director of the American Council of Engineering Companies MN (Hauschild-Baron: Winner)
4PM WiiEast SEMI-FINALS
Winner of Match #1 vs. Winner of Match #2: Shaffer vs. Weeks (Weeks: Winner)
5PM WiiWest SEMI-FINALS
Winner of Match #3 vs. Winner of Match #4: McKiel vs. Hauschild-Baron (McKiel: Winner)

Thursday, November 12
12PM CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND

Congratulations to Steve Weeks - our Wii Tennis Champion!

WiiEast and WiiWest also hosted WiiBowling for convention goers to try out. WiiBowling ran during exhibit hall hours before and after each WiiTennis match.

If you have any questions regarding exhibiting, contact Stephanie Pelzer, 612-338-6763.