2024 Annual Meeting
The 2024 CLARB Annual Meeting brought together over 100 attendees representing more than 30 jurisdictions, focusing on the theme "Opportunity into Action" for landscape architecture regulation. The agenda covered topics such as the impacts of Artificial Intelligence on practice and regulation, the future of landscape architecture education, and the opportunities created by STEM designation for the profession.



Member Board Executives and Member Board Staff exchanged ideas during the CLARB Annual Meeting in
Buffalo, New York.

Attendees had the opportunity to provide input on high-impact projects, including the Interorganizational Council On Regulation (ICOR) Practice Overlap initiative and the CLARB Bylaws review. These interactive sessions aimed to shape guidance for regulatory boards and improve CLARB's governance structure for future effectiveness. The meeting featured informative plenary sessions, networking breaks, and working lunches, fostering engagement and knowledge sharing among regulators from across North America and beyond.

The final day of the meeting included role-specific breakout sessions. Member Board Executives engaged in peer-to-peer discussions on regulatory trends and jurisdictional differences while Member Board Members explored best practices for educating local governments on the regulated scope of landscape architecture practice.

 
Overall, the 2024 CLARB Annual Meeting successfully turned "Opportunity into Action," providing valuable insights, connections, and actionable strategies for attendees to address the evolving landscape of professional regulation in landscape architecture.

Leadership Development
This year, we launched a new series designed to engage our Council Record Holders and Members by offering professional development through free monthly webinars. The sessions were developed to help participants strengthen skills that would be valuable for volunteer service at CLARB and beyond. More than 650 CLARB community members participated throughout the year.

Your Path to Licensure
We offered free, public webinars called "Your Path to Licensure" designed for students, educators, and emerging professionals. Over 500 individuals registered to learn more about essential topics such as the definition of licensure, its importance in protecting the public, and how to begin the process. We also provided several virtual presentations on the same topic to professional practice classes at universities across the U.S. and Canada.

ASLA Events
To further engage with and demonstrate our support for future practitioners, CLARB sponsored, exhibited, and presented at LABash 2024 - the national landscape architecture student conference. We also participated in ASLA's annual LARE Prep Week, offering presentations about the licensure process and the L.A.R.E.

Multiview
CLARB launched the monthly Council Record Connection eNewsletter in March
2023 as an exclusive benefit for Council Record Holders. To add value to the
eNewsletter and position CLARB as a thought leader in landscape architecture
regulation, CLARB partnered with Multiview in late 2023 to include aggregated news content and increase the frequency of the eNewsletter. Now, Multiview sends biweekly eNewsletters to Council Record Holders that feature relevant news snippets and links alongside CLARB updates. The valuable addition of curated, timely news from across the world is made possible through the support of advertisers that Multiview secures on behalf of CLARB.

Annual Meeting sponsorship
New sponsorship opportunities at the CLARB Annual Meeting helped make this event more affordable and accessible to our membership. Support helped us bring together 100+ professionals from state/provincial regulatory agencies and Practicing Landscape Architects to exchange the knowledge and connections that are key to our Members' regulatory work.



CLARB members at IFLA 2024 in Istanbul, Turkey.



Attendees of the ASLA + CLARB Licensure Summit in Buffalo, New York had the opportunity to take a boat site tour of Buffalo waterways guided by local Landscape Architects.