KA Connect 2026 Program
Sundance Mountain Resort
Sundance, UT
August 11th — August 14th
Tuesday, August 11th
5 - 9 PM
Welcome Reception + Dinner
Wednesday, August 12th
7:30 - 8:30 AM
Breakfast + Networking
8:30 - 8:45 AM
Welcome to KA Connect
Christopher Parsons, Founder and CEO, Knowledge Architecture
8:45 AM - 12:15 PM
MORNING SESSION:
Designing Modern Learning Organizations: Rethinking AEC Learning & Development in the Age of AI
Christopher Parsons, Founder + CEO, Knowledge Architecture
Learning at the Speed of Change: Adapting L&D to Your New AEC Workforce
Kristina Williams, Director of Design Technology, Lionakis
Scaling Design Excellence: How Diamond Schmitt Amplifies Knowledge Through Learning and AI
Michael Leckman, Principal, Diamond Schmitt Architects
Sam Horton, Learning & Development Consultant, Diamond Schmitt Architects
12:30 - 1:30 PM
Lunch
1:45 - 3:15 PM
Choose Your Own Adventure, Round 1
Product Roadmap: Future of Synthesis
Roundtable (Topic TBD)
Hangouts
Nature Activities
3:45 - 5:15 PM
Choose Your Own Adventure, Round 2
Roundtable (Topic TBD)
Hangouts
Nature Activities
5:30 - 6:30 PM
Free Time
6:30 - 9:30 PM
Dinner + Hang
Thursday, August 13th
7:30 - 8:30 AM
Breakfast + Networking
8:30 - 8:45 AM
Day 2 Kickoff
Christopher Parsons, Founder and CEO, Knowledge Architecture
8:45 AM - 12:15 PM
MORNING SESSION:
Never Finished: From Academy to Ecosystem at Turner Fleischer
Ellen Bensky, Principal, CEO, CFO, Turner Fleischer
Designing Learning Like a Product: Branding, Culture, and the Unseen Work of Building an LMS
Brandon Norton, Senior Multi-Media Manager, Fuscoe Engineering
Redesigning Work for the AI Era: How Greenprint Partners is Turning Implicit Knowledge into Shared Intelligence
Nicole Chavas, Chief Operating Officer, Greenprint Partners
12:30 - 1:30 PM
Lunch
1:45 - 3:15 PM
Choose Your Own Adventure, Round 3
Roundtable (Topic TBD)
Hangouts
Nature Activities
3:45 - 5:30 PM
CLOSING SESSION:
Human in the Loop? Testing Our Assumptions About Where People Add Value in Learning
Todd Henderson, Director of Practice Improvement, Boulder Associates Architects
What’s Next for Modern Learning Organizations?
Group Reflection + Discussion
Facilitated by Christopher Parsons, Founder and CEO, Knowledge Architecture
5:30 - 6:30 PM
Free Time
6:30 - 9:30 PM
Dinner + Hang
Friday, August 14th
8 - 10:30 AM
Farewell Brunch + Networking