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AIA25 is renowned for curating visionary speakers whose bold ideas spark innovation, drive change, and shape the future—experiences to inspire your next project and elevate your impact.
June 7: Dami Lee
Transforming Architecture Through Digital Storytelling
Architect, entrepreneur, and digital storyteller Dami Lee is making it her life’s work to change how people see and communicate about architecture. Since launching her YouTube channel in 2020, Dami has amassed nearly 2 million subscribers by making complex topics in architecture and popular culture accessible, relatable, beautiful, engaging, and inspiring. She has led both small-scale renovations and complex masterplans for firms including Gair Williamson Architects, MIZA Architects, Cutler, and FaulknerBrowns Architects. In 2022, she founded Nollistudio in 2022, a multidisciplinary firm that merges architecture with video production to explore the built environment’s societal and cultural impacts.
June 6: Pete Buttigieg
Designing the Infrastructure of Tomorrow
As U.S. Secretary of Transportation, Pete Buttigieg oversaw the launch of over 60,000 infrastructure projects—advancing transportation safety, technology, airline passenger protections, and supply chain recovery. Previously, he served two terms as mayor of South Bend, Indiana, where he was elected at 29 and led the city to its strongest period of growth in decades. He also served as a U.S. Navy Reserve officer for seven years, taking a leave of absence as mayor in 2014 to deploy to Afghanistan. In 2020, he ran a historic campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, winning the Iowa caucuses and placing second in the New Hampshire primary.
June 5: Allie K. Miller
Building & Scaling Your Practice Using AI
Allie K. Miller is a top leader in artificial intelligence, advising leading companies like Novartis, Samsung, Salesforce, Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic. With nearly two million followers, she is also the most followed voice on AI business. Previously, Allie built a multi-billion dollar business at Amazon as the Global Head of Machine Learning for Startups and Venture Capital at AWS, launched the first multimodal AI team at IBM, shaped national AI strategies, and taught AI as an instructor on MasterClass. Allie’s groundbreaking insights on AI have been featured in Forbes, Fortune, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and more.
Keynote Emcee: Weijia Jiang
Weijia Jiang is CBS News’ Senior White House Correspondent featured across all CBS News broadcasts and platforms. She has reported extensively on the Biden and Trump administrations, the increased violence against the AAPI community and resulting policy changes, and the 2020 and 2024 presidential campaigns and elections. As our keynote emcee, she’ll host the keynote experience, introducing each day’s topics, big ideas, and speakers.
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