CEFPI San Jose Postscript

Just back from the CEFPI conference in San Jose.  Well, it's official.  The Young Lions in CEFPI have now taken the reins from the Old Guard of Educational Facilities Planners.  San Jose was an exponential leap for CEFPI.  More educators, more International attendees, certainly more focus on technology, and a genuine desire to learn and listen to the needs of those on the front lines, in and out of classrooms.  This year, more than at any time in CEFPI's 85+ year history there is now more focus on actually learning about educational trends from educators and others from outside the school architect community.  In terms of technology applications, we saw what is truly exhilarating about living in this golden information age and the entrepreneurial leveraging of the web.  We also experienced at first hand some of the real challenges of living in a wired world.