Launched as a single event in 1989 and expanded into an annual series, the IIDA Leaders Breakfast has become an iconic event for interior design professionals across North America. The event now stretches from coast to coast and crosses borders with stops in Seattle, Vancouver, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Dallas, Chicago and Toronto. This will be the second annual IDC/IIDA Vancouver Leaders Breakfast.

Distinguished Practice Professor of Planning at the University of British Columbia, founding principal of Beasley and Associates and former Director of Planning for the City of Vancouver, Larry Beasley's 30 years of service has made him a global leader in the field of city planning and key figure in the development of Vancouver's urban landscape.

As a champion of the New Urbanism, Mr. Beasley's work has dramatically reshaped Vancouver's inner city and contributed to the revitalization of several disadvantaged neighbourhoods. Today, he advises the private sector and governments around the world through his work as Chair of the National Advisory Committee on Planning, Design and Realty in Canada, Chief Advisor on Urban Design for the City of Dallas in the United States, member of the International Economic Development Advisory Board of Rotterdam in The Netherlands, and Special Advisor on City Planning to the government of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates.

Mr. Beasley has studied architecture and has degrees in geography and political science (B.A.) and planning (M.A.) from Simon Fraser University. In 2004, Mr. Beasley became a Member of the Order of Canada.