These programs are tailored to leaders from two types of design firms:

Large, multi-office design firms—firms offering architecture, engineering, landscape architecture, planning and/or interior design with at least 300 people and three offices, that constitute roughly the upper 5% of all revenue for the design sector, operating from multiple locations globally

Design-First firms—firms that have achieved superlative and consistent design as well as a significant market presence over at least two generations, without a “black cape”

Mark Cameron and Mary Breuer…professional colleagues and longtime associates…have long felt that selected firms in two categories are making remarkable achievements in the management of their firms. The Design Colloquia provide a forum for firms’ leaders to exchange some of these stellar solutions and processes. The leaders from invited firms themselves are the program, presenting structured discussions of compelling success stories, as well as opportunities for discussion among attendees in a stimulating setting in San Francisco. Marketing principles guide Breuer Consulting Group’s efforts in an environment of scarcity…regardless of general economic conditions. Effective leaders are always scarce. This occasion provides the opportunity for further exchange among the participants while enjoying the work of two of San Francisco’s most widely regarded chefs aboard the Maritol, a decommissioned Icelandic car ferry which is also the location of Breuer Consulting Group’s offices.

Large, multi-office firms: Attendees of multiple events include the top executives from HOK,Gensler, Perkins + Will, RTKL, WATG, Arup, EDAW AECOM, Zimmer Gunsul Frasca, and AEDAS, among approximately 25 firms.

Design-First firms: Past attendees have included the top executives from Lake Flato, Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen, Kieran Timberlake, Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, Andrea Cochran Landscape Architecture, Miller Hull, SWA, Buro Happold, and Johnson Fain, among approximately 25 firms.