AIA Middle East - From Experience to Portfolio: Leveraging Your Experiences for Job or Academic Opportunities

When: Thursday 23 July 2026 @ 10:00 (Eastern US Time)/ 18:00 (Dubai time)
Where: Online

Speaker

Qitong Liu, LEED AP, Assoc. AIA

Description

Join AIA Middle East and speaker Qitong Liu - an architectural and computational designer, with professional experience at SmithGroup and Carrier Johnson+Culture - to discuss how to scale your portfolio and how to present your work in a world full of ruthless competition.

Special attention will be given to how different types of experiences can be rearranged for different audiences, from academic reviewers to hiring managers.

Learning Objectives:
1. Identify potential portfolio projects
2. Recognize key differences between academic and professional portfolios.
3. Apply narrative strategies to communicate the project intents
4. Introduce practical layout skills, organization strategies and other visual design principles.