This year's AIA Convention and Design Expo in Boston (May 15-17) will explore the essential role of the architect in society.

The power of architecture on behalf of all people underlies every aspect of the convention. The "We the People" program inspires responses on many scales of interest, from the role of the architect in the world as a shaper of policy to the voice of people who might otherwise not be represented. It is a program that makes allowances for new building types, materials, and methods, as well as the interaction of what we build with the natural cycle of our planet.

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