On Friday, September 6, Illinois Tech College of Architecture will host the International Research and Design Forum with SOM Foundation. The event is an exploration and celebration of engineering and architecture, and will feature discussions with and presentations from some of the greatest minds in architecture, engineering, and design from firms and institutions such as Foster + Partners and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, among others. The forum will be held in honor of William F. Baker, a structural engineering partner at SOM since 1996.

To attend any of the presentations, registration is required. For professionals the fee is $50; the event is free for students. To learn more and to register, click here.