Fall Forum
Thank you for another inspiring Fall Forum!
Questions?
Contact Beth at beth.johnson@cincinnatipreservation.org
Save the Date for the 30th Annual Fall Forum
Friday, October 24, 2025 at Noon
Hilton Netherland Plaza Hotel
This year’s speaker, Julie Olds, Cultural Resource Officer and citizen of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma will present on Cultural Preservation in the homeland of the Miami.
As a member of the Myaamia, commonly called Miami today, meaning the downstream people, her work is committed to the perpetuation of Myaamia cultural identity through efforts in reclamation, restoration, revitalization and preservation.
Earthworks and the many other aspects of the Cultural Preservation of indigenous people are important pieces of the preservation movement that have long been overlooked. As Cincinnati Preservation aims to tell the full story of our collective human heritage, we are reminded that the incredible architects who built and used Earthworks once located in the precise places we work, live and play today (such as the Washington Park area), have much to teach us. Learn more about the Cincinnati Earthworks here.
Thank You 2024 Fall Forum Sponsors
Student Round Table
Every year at Fall Forum, the speaker provides a round table discussion with History, Historic Preservation, and Anthropology students at the University of Cincinnati and other area schools.
2024 Student Round Table Sponsored by
University of Cincinnati Office of Equity and Inclusion
About Fall Forum
“Fall Forum brings together preservationists, architects, designers and fans of Cincinnati’s built fabric for an interesting luncheon that inspires and educates us all.”
-Beth Johnson
CPA Executive Director
Every fall since 1995, Cincinnati Preservation hosts a nationally renowned speaker who gives a lecture on a topic of local interest. The Fall Forum has historically taken place in the Hilton Netherland Plaza’s Hall of Mirrors, one of the grandest ballrooms in the Midwest.
Recent Lectures Include
- Fall Forum 2024: Julie Olds, Cultural Resource Officer and citizen of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma on Cultural Preservation in the homeland of the Miami
- Fall Forum 2023: Dr. Bruce Stephenson of Living New Urbanism “Why John Nolen’s Mariemont Plan Still Informs Sustainability” presented in partnership with Mariemont Preservation Foundation’s Millard F. Rogers Jr. Lecture Series.
Fall Forum 2022: Carl Elefante, Principal Emeritus with Quinn Evan, “The greenest building is…one that is already built”
- Fall Forum 2021: Brent Leggs, National Trust for Historic Preservation African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund, “Preservation as Social Justice.”
- Fall Forum 2020: Thea Tjepkema, preservationist and historian, “Muses: The Women of Music Hall.”
- Fall Forum 2019: Gabrielle Esperdy, author and architectural historian, “Women, Architecture and the Most Modern Hotel in America”
- Fall Forum 2018: Terry Stewart, former President and CEO of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, “King Records”
- Fall Forum 2017: James Crawford, author, “Fallen Glory, The Lives and Deaths of 20 Great Buildings”
- Fall Forum 2016: Jamie Bennett, President of Art Place America, “Art, Culture and Historic Buildings”
- Fall Forum 2015: Donovan Rypkema, Place Economics, “The Economics of Historic Neighborhoods”
- Fall Forum 2014: John Stubbs, “A Global View of Architectural Conservation”