Walter V. Marshall is a documentary film director, cinematographer and editor. He owns and operates Walter Vincent Films LLC and wants to travel the world telling compelling stories.

Timothy Orikri began his art studies at the age of 17 in his homeland of Nigeria. He came to America where he became the Artist-In-Residence at St. Louis University and worked on several projects to educate and encourage African Studies and Culture.

Breck Crandell, Lead Designer + Project Architect for Three Squared Inc, tells us about the resilient reuse of steel shipping containers and how they’re being used as a viable building material for residential and commercial buildings all over.

Three Squared Inc currently has 15 active projects, and Crandell shows us some insight on past projects. He explains why they’re a perfect building material, how they’re changing how we look at building on smaller lots and being ecologically smart about future building material options.

Janice K. Means is a professor emeritus of architecture and design at Lawrence Technological University in Southfield, Michigan. In her presentation, she discusses the Legacy Pocket Parks and their impact on communities' connection to the city.

Leslie Tom, Alumni Presenter and CSO of the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, steps on stage again to relay the future of Green Museums. She explains the importance her museum will be placing on educating the public on how they’re being energy responsible, being trusted community leaders as well as trusted information sources for the community.

From stormwater management to consumption, the future of the Wright Museum is rooted in transparency and bringing these issues to life; pushing the boundaries of what it means to be a museum.

Mara Magyarosi-Laytner is a Detroit based artist, photographer, and alternative process enthusiast. Her work typically pairs double exposure photography with inkjet transfer processes to explore the impact anxiety disorders have on the human condition.

Her current work, Hyperstimulation, uses wild, bright colors and complex imagery to bring to light the different visual impairments that can happen with these disorders.

Jake Chidester, Direct of Design for Bedrock Detroit, comes to PechaKucha Detroit to discuss the Detroit Design 139 month-long collaborative for September 2019. DD139 began in 2017 and started as an exhibit to create dialogue of the 10 principles of what makes good design and establish that foundation to build on.

2019 hopes to push those definitions and what it means to be a UNESCO City of Design with “Inclusive Futures” in mind, not only in the populated downtown, but in the boroughs of the neighborhoods. City Systems, Economy, Public Spaces and Neighborhood Housing will all be on the topic lists for DD139.

Jaron Rothkop, President of the Last Kilometer, joins us to discuss the ongoing efforts to provide Flint with water years after the devastating misuse of public facilities (and government funding ceased). During his presentation he touched on the effects of donated water bottle waste and how that was not a viable, long-term solution for the people of Flint.

He discussed how his Water Box project in conjunction with multiple concerned partners has brought about real lasting change, minimizing single-use plastic waste. As an open source idea, the Water Box project has peaked interest not only in the US, but all around the world.

Erin Kelly, Studio Director of Spackman Mossop Michaels Detroit, takes our stage to discuss her personal passion for water and how that has crafted her to be a leader for stormwater management and changing the narrative for water both with her team in Detroit but also in a post-Katrina New Orleans.

Kelly pushes the boundaries of storm water management and shows our audience how these sites can be both functional and socially impactful.

Jim Newman of Newman Consulting Group, LLC discusses how we can be more resilient in the way we design to incorporate for climate change and natural disasters such as flooding.

As an industry leader in green technology, he opened Newman Consulting Group, LLC in 2003 to shape the future of green & has traveled all over the world speaking to student groups and industry professionals.

Kristen Davis, freelance journalist and communications specialist for Hamilton Anderson Associates, gets deep with our audience in exposing her struggle with spine surgery.

In her presentation, she shares a unique 20 slide style that showcases her mastery with words and the life altering change she made during and after her recovery. Davis teaches our audience that it’s the time in between a door closing and a door opening that makes us resilient as mankind and we couldn’t agree with her more.

Chris Heine is AIA Detroit's Committee on the Environment Co-Chair as well as Co-Chair of the Committee on the Environment, Chris is an architect and planner for SmithGroup where he has brought his passion for sustainable design to the community for more than 10 years.

He shares his latest project he and his team have been working on, Midtown Eco Homes. A collaboration with Midtown Detroit, Inc., the Midtown Eco Homes bring resiliency to the Detroit community with responsible and economically smart design.