Past Virtual Events
APT September 2025 Town Hall: Historic Preservation Community Gathering
Erik Hein, National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers Shaw Sprague, National Trust for Historic Preservation
Wednesday, September 3, 2025 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm ET
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APT June 2025 Town Hall: Historic Preservation in Crisis-A Community Gathering
Thursday, June 12, 2025 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm ET
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Wooden Pile Foundations in a Changing Environment: Preventative Strategies and Remedial Approaches
Tuesday, December 17, 2024 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Eastern (US)
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Expanding Preservation Narratives to General Audiences
A discussion of Dwell Time: A Memoir of Art, Exile, and Repair
Tuesday, March 5, 2024 4:00 pm Eastern (US)
A discussion with author Rosa Lowinger
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Rosa Lowinger author of Dwell Time: A Memoir of Art, Exile, and Repair
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APT Codes and Standards Webinars Presented by APT's Technical Committee on Codes and Standards
Building Code Issues Facing Historic Buildings and the Practice of Historic Preservation: A Two Session Series
December 4: Session 1 Navigating Construction Codes for Historic Buildings: The Basics
December 11: Session 2 Code Flexibility: Finding and Using Strategies within the Codes
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APT Inclusion Advocacy Webinars Presented by APT’s Inclusion Advocacy Committee
Centering Voices: Oral History as a Tool for Preservation
Sehila Mota Casper, Executive Director, Latinos in Heritage Conservation X̱'unei Lance Twitchell, M.F.A, Ph.D, University of Alaska Southeast Ronnie Cameron, Jr., Historic Building Architects (Moderator)
Thursday, October 2, 2025 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. ET
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 Photo: Murals at Chicano Park, San Diego. Photographer: Joseph Torres, SDS
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APT PETC Webinars Presented by APT’s Preservation Engineering Technical Committee
Load Sharing in Accidental Hybrid Structure: An Early Concrete Warehouse
Donald Friedman, PE, FAPT, FASCE
February 27, 2024 2:00 pm Eastern (US)
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Freight at Bush Terminal, New York
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Timber Considerations for Preservation Engineering
Ron Anthony, FAPT
April 23, 2024 2:00 - 3:30 pm Eastern (US)
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Disaster Recovery--Collaboration Between Owners and Design Professionals
Trish Lowe Smith, MSHP and Craig M. Bennett, Jr. PE, SE
Tuesday, June 25, 2024 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm Eastern (US)
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Bridging the Gap: How can we more effectively integrate research into practice?
Tom Morrison, P.Eng., Ph.D., CAHP, APT RP, ISCARSAH and Lucy Davis, Ph.D. Student
Monday, March 24, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Eastern (US)
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APT TCSP Webinars Presented by APT’s Technical Committee on Sustainable Preservation
Historic Building Rehabilitation and Adaptive Reuse
Jean Carroon, FAIA, LEED Fellow, FAPT Nathan Hicks, PE Jeffrey Kobes, PE, SE Chris Ruiz, PE, SE Felicia Santiago, AIA
Tuesday, April 1, 2025 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm Eastern (US)
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Webinar Series: Sustainable Repair and Retrofit of Historic Building Envelopes
Historic Building Envelopes and Deep Energy Retrofits June 11, noon - 2:00 pm Eastern
Insulation Retrofits, Foundations and Leak Mitigation June 18, noon - 2:00 pm Eastern
Historic Window Upgrades: Wood, Steel, and Vacuum Insulated Glass July 16, noon - 2:00 pm Eastern
Window and Glazing Upgrades and Building Envelope Troubleshooting October 30, 2024, 2:00 - 4:00 pm Eastern
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Insulation Roundtable: Insulating Heritage Buildings: Modelling the Moisture, Interpreting the Risk
Randy Van Straaten Ph.D., P.Eng. Manfred Kehrer Dr. Nathan Van Den Bossche Ph.D. Moderated by Daniel S. Castele
May 6, 2024 12:00 - 1:30 pm Eastern (US)
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Masonry Insulation Roundtable: Considerations when Insulating Existing and Historic Mass Masonry Walls
David Artigas Bill Rose John Straube Moderated by Daniel S. Castele
March 21, 2024 3:00 pm Eastern (US)
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Masonry Wall photo by Peter Rinker /cc by SA 3.0
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APT Modern Heritage Webinars Presented by APT’s Technical Committee on Modern Heritage
Rebuilding from the Unprecedented: Los Angeles Eight Months After the 2025 Wildfires
Adrian Scott Fine, Los Angeles Conservancy Ann Harrer, P.E., Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. Christina Varvi, MSHP, RP-APT, F-AIC, RLA Conservation Kelly Sutherlin McLeod, FAIA, Kelly Sutherlin McLeod Architecture, Inc.
Thursday, September 25, 2025 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. ET
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Cold War American Embassies and Analogue Sites
Jorge Otero-Pailos
Thursday, February 27, 2025 3:00-4:00 pm Eastern (US)
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 U.S. Embassy, Athens (Walter Gropius, 1961)
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Adapting the Aspirational Modernism of World’s Fairs
Dr. Matt Sneddon
Thursday, January 16, 2025 2:00-3:00 pm Eastern (US)
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Biosphere Geodesic Dome designed by Buck Minster Fuller for American pavilion, Expo ’67, Montreal. Now the Biosphere environmental science museum. Photo by John Burns, 2024.
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Aging Composite Materials and Assemblies: Sustainable Repair & Reinvestment
Review Speakers
Review Abstracts
Tuesday, June 4, 2024 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm Eastern (US)
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Impact of Forensic Conservation and the Continuing Management of Change at a World Heritage Site: Niemeyer's Chapel at Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Marco Antônio Penido de Rezende Architect and full Professor, Federal University of Minas Gerais Belo Horzionte, Brazil
February 8, 2024 2:00 pm Eastern (US)
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Niemeyer's Chapel at Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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Stories from the Frontline Down Under: Some Challenges with Code Compliance During Conservation of Modern Buildings
David West Technical Director, Inhabit Sydney, Australia
January 25, 2024 4:00 pm Eastern (US)
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Serius Building, Sydney, Australia, Tao Gofers, 1980.
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Farnsworth House Investigation and Rehabilitation
Bruce Kaskel, Principal, Wiss Janney Elsner Kimberly Lis, Senior Associate, Wiss Janney Elsner Peter Weis, W.R. Weis
March 27, 2024 2:00 - 3:00 pm Eastern (US)
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Farnsworth House, Plano, IL
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APT Technical Committee for Materials Presented by APT's Technical Committee for Materials
MATERIALS DISCUSSION: Field To Fabrication: 3D Scanning and Modeling with a Manufacturer's Mindset
Alan Barr Mike Fritz Harry Precourt
April 18, 2024 4:00 - 5:00 pm Eastern (US)
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Memorial Amphitheater, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA. Photo co National Park Service
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LUNCH & LEARN: VoidSpan Technologies
John Wathne
May 17. 2024 12:00 - 1:00 pm Eastern (US)
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Steaming joints at the Cathedral of Saint John the Devine in New York City. Photo courtesy of VoidSpan Technologies.
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MATERIALS DISCUSSION: A Practical Guide to Using Linseed Oil Paints Today
Thursday, June 20, 2024 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm ET
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LUNCH & LEARN: Mineral Silicate Paints & Stains for Masonry Facades with KEIM Mineral Coatings of America, Inc.
Friday, August 16, 2024 12:00 - 1:00 pm Eastern (US)
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Terra Cotta: History, Preservation Techniques, and Challenges
Tuesday, September 10, 2024 1:00 pm Eastern (US)
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Materials Discussion: Assessing Drayton Hall’s Decorative Plaster Ceiling
Thursday, October 24, 2024 5:00 pm Eastern (US)
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Past In-Person Workshops
Capitolizing on Technology: Preserving the Past and Inspiring the Future with Documentation Strategies at the Michigan State Capitol
Friday, June 21 8:30 am - 5:30 pm Eastern (US) &
Saturday, June 22 8:30 - 11am Eastern (US)
Presented by APT’s Technical Committee on Documentation & the APT Eastern Great Lakes Chapter
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Understanding the Role of Materials Testing in the Preservation Design Process
Friday, July 19, 2024 8:30 am - 5:00 pm Eastern &
Saturday, July 20, 2024 8:30 am - 5:00 pm Eastern
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Protecting and Responding: Contemporary Documentation of Cultural Heritage
September 21, 2024 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Mountain
Presented in partnership between APT's Technical Committee on Documentation and the APT Rocky Mountain Chapter
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