Here’s What’s Happening in May


Here’s what’s happening this month in AIBD’s webinars and roundtables.

Upcoming live webinars and roundtables

  • Members Helping Members: Architectural Storytelling Through Photography (1.0 P1 CE) – May 7, 2026, 3:00 PM EDT, 1 hour
    • Learn practical strategies for capturing your projects in both still images and video, with a focus on telling a compelling visual story for your portfolio and award submissions.
  • Coffee With Bernie: Designing for Lifestyle Trends – Home Offices, Multigenerational Living, and Wellness (1.0 P3 CE) – May 8, 2026, 10:00 AM EDT, 1 hour
    • Join an interactive virtual roundtable on hardened home offices, multigenerational living and ADUs, and wellness‑driven design features.
  • High-Performance Homes Team: A Practical Guide to Universal Home Design (1.0 P3 CE) – May 19, 2026, 2:00 PM EDT, 1 hour
    • A working roundtable that uses the “Practical Guide to Universal Home Design” as a springboard to discuss marketability, ergonomics, and real‑world constraints in high‑performance homes.

Register for any or all of these events at AIBD.org/webinars.

We hope to see you in one of this month’s sessions,
AIBD's Education Committee

P.S. If you can’t make a live session, you can still keep learning. You can watch complimentary replays of Coffee With Bernie, High-Performance Homes Team, and partner webinars through our GoToStage channels, including topics like steel framing, rain screens and continuous insulation, universal design, AI in AEC, and more.

Watch free at AIBD.org/webinars.

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