• AD&V's ceo shaking hands with industry leader at a conference.
  • AD&V founders speaking in front a crowd.
  • AD&V's CEO speaking to children at a school assembly.
  • AD&V's President speaking on a local talk show.
  • AD&V's CEO giving a presentation.
  • AD&V's Managing Principal speaking at a radio show.
  • AD&V's CEO speaking at a radio show.
  • AD&V's president speaking at a panel discussion.
  • AD&V's Managing Principal speaking to design students.
  • AD&V's CEO speaking at a podcast interview.
  • AD&V's Managing Principal speaking at a panel discussion.
  • AD&V founders speaking at a radio show.
  • AD&V's Managing Principal posing for a picture on the set of a television program.
  • AD&V's CEO speaking at a television show.
  • AD&V's Managing Principal speaking at a panel discussion.
  • AD&V founders speaking at a university panel discussion.
  • AD&V's CEO giving a presentation.
  • AD&V founders being interviewed at a tv show.
  • AD&V's CEO giving a speech.
  • AD&V's CEO speaking during a live interview.
  • AD&V's CEO speaking with newspaper interviewer.
  • AD&V's CEO posing for a picture with fellow panelists.
  • AD&V's Managing Principal speaking at a university panel discussion.
  • AD&V's CEO speaking at an interview.
  • AD&V's CEO speaking at a radio interview.
  • AD&V founders signing books for crowd.
  • AD&V's Managing Principal speaking to a crowd at a furniture store.
  • AD&V's CEO speaking at a live interview.
  • AD&V's CEO speaking in front of a crowd.

Speaking Engagements

We mentor, we teach, we elevate, we collaborate, we give back! AD&V® takes pride in participating in countless speaking engagements that promote our business values & practices and inspires others to lead by our example.

FEATURED SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

  • AD&V Co-Founder in a podcast video interview.

    Designing from the Inside Out | Cristina Villalón | Mentores en Línea Podcast Ep. 292 | Jayson Ramos | February 2025

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  • AD&V's Co-Founder & the host of the Platea PR podcast.

    Affordable Housing in Puerto Rico | Cristina Villalón | Punto Aparte Podcast Ep. 11 | Platea PR | December 2024


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  • AD&V Co-Founder in a podcast video interview.

    Learn how to say "no" with humility - with Ricardo Álvarez-Díaz of Álvarez-Díaz & Villalón | Jayson Ramos | Mentores en Línea | January 2024

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2025

  • Living Wage Peer Learning Group Session 2: Setting Living Wage Goals | Cristina Villalón | UNGC USA | May 2025

  • Redefining Resilience: Innovative Design & Project Management for Mission-Critical Infrastructure | Ricardo Álvarez-Díaz | Mega Viernes Civil 2025 | May 2025

  • Technical needs in the labor market | Antonio Gárate | ACPR & ConPRometidos Panel | April 2025

  • Public Policy: Hospitality & the Emerging Market for International Branded Residences | Ricardo Álvarez-Díaz | ACREL’s 2025 Mid-Year Meeting | March 2025

  • Architecting the Future: Innovating Creativity | Ricardo Álvarez-Díaz | YPO | March 2025

  • Designing from the Inside Out | Cristina Villalón | Mentores en Línea Podcast Ep. 292 | Jayson Ramos | February 2025

2024

2022

  • Information Session & Success Stories | Cristina Villalón | Guayacán Venture Accelerator | December 2022

  • My Santurce: Past and Present Book Launch | Ricardo Álvarez-Díaz | Puerto Rico Museum of Contemporary Art | November 2022

  • Smart Developed Communities | Ricardo Álvarez-Díaz | 2022 Puerto Rico Builders Association Annual Convention | November 2022

  • The Entrepreneur's Toolkit: Incentives | Ricardo Álvarez-Díaz | Puerto Rico Icon Institute’s Mentorship Day | November 2022

  • Entrepreneurship & Business Management | Ricardo Álvarez-Díaz | AIAPR’s Christopher Kelley Leadership Development Program | November 2022

  • Arch. Ricardo Alvarez Díaz, FAIA and his path to the Fellowship | 90 Grados | October 2022

  • Thrive, Survive or Be Extinct: An Architect’s Journey | Ricardo Álvarez-Díaz | AIAPR 2022 Conference on Architecture | October 2022

  • SDG Pioneer Finalist | Carla Joan González | United Nations Global Compact | September 2022

  • SJS Student Council Induction Keynote Speech | Cristina Villalón | Saint John’s School | August 2022

  • Company Experience: Repligen & AD&V | Carla Joan González | An Introduction to SDG Ambition Webinar | United Nations Global Compact | August 2022

  • Building Synergies for Long-Term Growth & Development Opportunities | Ricardo Álvarez-Díaz | ULI & PRBA Puerto Rico Symposium | March 2022

  • Island Talk: CDBG Funds and Local Insights | Ricardo Álvarez-Díaz | The Novogradac 2022 Affordable Housing Developers Conference | January 2022

2018

  • Safe Homes for Puerto Rico | Habitat for Humanity of Puerto Rico | Ricardo Álvarez-Díaz | December 2018

  • Resiliency Advisory Services Panel for the Municipality of Toa Baja | Urban Land Institute | Ricardo Álvarez-Díaz | December 2018

  • Places of Purpose (Tell them your story) Selected Work 2001-2018 | University of Puerto Rico School of Architecture, Rio Piedras Campus | Ricardo Álvarez-Díaz | December 2018

  • Best Hacks for Work-Life Balance | ANIMUS | Cristina Villalón | November 2018

  • How women can break the cycle of abdication and take control of their wealth | UBS - Own Your Worth | Cristina Villalón | October 2018

  • Puerto Rico Project Analysis Session: Municipality of Toa Baja | Urban Land Institute Fall Meeting in Boston, MA | Ricardo Álvarez-Díaz | October 2018

  • Mixed-Finance Communities in Puerto Rico | University of Pennsylvania Residencial Luis Lloréns Torres Puerto Rico Design Studio | Ricardo Álvarez-Díaz | October 2018

  • A year after Hurricane María | Interview with Oscar Haza | Ricardo Álvarez-Díaz | September 2018

  • A year after Hurricane María | Nación 2 | Ricardo Álvarez-Díaz | September 2018

  • A year after Hurricane María | An afternoon walk with Mario Moreno | Radio Caracol | Ricardo Álvarez-Díaz | September 2018

  • Panel: After María: lessons learned | Builders Association 2018 Convention | Ricardo Álvarez-Díaz | September 2018

  • Investing on a new future. | SIGMA Foundation | Ricardo Álvarez-Díaz | August 2018

  • Investing on a new future. | Rotary Club | Ricardo Álvarez-Díaz | June 2018

  • Implementing resilient design in Puerto Rico. | SESA PR Energy Forum | Ricardo Álvarez-Díaz | June 2018

  • Puerto Rico Report Launch | ReImagina | Ricardo Álvarez-Díaz | June 2018

  • Investment without resiliency is not investment forum | P3 Summit | Ricardo Álvarez-Díaz | June 2018

  • VIP Design Night | Pottery Barn | Cristina Villalón | May 2018

  • Places of Purpose Book Presentation in Puerto Rico | Contemporary Museum of Art of Puerto Rico | Ricardo Álvarez-Díaz & Cristina Villalón | May 2018

  • Places of Purpose Book Presentation in Miami | Books & Books, Miami | Ricardo Álvarez-Díaz & Cristina Villalón | May 2018

  • Refocus! It’s time to rethink the possibilities. | PPG Pro Summit 2018 | Ricardo Álvarez-Díaz & Cristina Villalón | April 2018

  • Strategies for Housing Resilience in Puerto Rico Panel | Enterprise Communities | Ricardo Álvarez-Díaz | April 2018

  • Holistic design and campaign “What is the foam?” | Zuania Matos | Radio San Juan | Onda Cero | April 2018

  • Invest on a new future. | Challenges and Opportunities of the Dominican Private Sector Forum | Ricardo Álvarez-Díaz | April 2018

  • Survive, prosper or disappear. | CODDI Convention | Cristina Villalón | March 2018

  • Chamber of Commerce and Exportation – Export and Services Forum | Ricardo Álvarez-Díaz | February 2018

  • Puerto Rico Pathway to the Future Forum in New York City | Ricardo Álvarez-Díaz | February 2018

  • About housing and communities. | School of Architecture UPR RP | Ricardo Álvarez-Díaz | February 2018

  • Post-María Strategy Workshop | Urban Land Institute | Ricardo Álvarez-Díaz | January 2018

  • Cristina Villalón was a guest panelist at a Interior Design Portfolio Class | University of Puerto Rico, Carolina Campus | January 2018

2019

2020

2017

  • Convention of the Puerto Rico Home Builders Association. | Ricardo Álvarez-Díaz | November 2017

  • Puerto Rico Economic Development Growth Plan. | 2nd PROMESA Conference | Ricardo Álvarez-Díaz | September 2017

  • Energy Transfer and its Implications for the Economic Development of Puerto Rico. | US Green Building Council | Ricardo Álvarez-Díaz | August 2017

  • Let’s refocus: It’s time to rethink the possibilities. | Rotary Club | Ricardo Álvarez-Díaz | August 2017

  • How to develop the profession locally, by exporting globally. | CAAPPR Convention | Ricardo Álvarez-Díaz | June 2017

  • Debt Island: A Critical Analysis of ACT 20 and 22 in Puerto Rico. | Ricardo Alvarez-Diaz | June 2017

  • How to develop the profession locally, by exporting globally. | Parallel18 | Ricardo Alvarez-Diaz | May 2017

  • Perspectives, challenges and opportunities in the housing and construction sector. | Congreso de Arrendadores | Ricardo Alvarez-Diaz | May 2017

  • AD&V Sustainable Project Update | USGBC | Ricardo Alvarez-Diaz | April 2017

  • Perspectives and Challenges on Puerto Rico’s Economic Development, Under Our Current Fiscal Outlook | JSF Meeting | Ricardo Alvarez-Diaz | March 2017

  • Understanding Puerto Rico’s Real Estate Business Opportunities | BISNOW LATAM Caribbean Investment | Ricardo Alvarez-Diaz | March 2017

  • The Architect as an Entrepreneur | Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico | Ricardo Alvarez-Diaz | March 2017

  • Developing in Puerto Rico. | ULI Latin American & Caribbean Conference | Ricardo Alvarez-Diaz | February 2017

  • Colegio Marista’s SNHS Guest Speaker | Ricardo Alvarez-Diaz | February 2017

  • Where Are They Now Panel | Star On The Rise | Cristina Villalón | February 2017

2015

2016

2014

  • Puerto Rico Executive Investment Forum | Ricardo Alvarez-Diaz | Invited Speaker | San Juan, Puerto Rico | December 2014

  • University of Puerto Rico | Ricardo Alvarez-Díaz | Invited Critic | San Juan, Puerto Rico | December 2014

  • International Congress of Interior Design and Architecture | Ricardo Alvarez-Diaz y Cristina Villalon | Invited speakers | Guadalajara, México | October 2014

  • University of Puerto Rico | Ricardo Alvarez-Díaz | Invited Critic | San Juan, Puerto Rico | October 2014

  • Developing the LOCAL profession through GLOBAL positioning | R. Alvarez-Diaz y Cristina Villalon | Invited speakers | CAAPPR – Semana de la Arquitectura | September 2014

  • The Architectural History of the Art Museum of PR | Ricardo Álvarez-Díaz | panelist | Radio Proyecto | August 2014

  • Altogama, FIU: Latin American Luxury Retail Management Program | Ricardo Alvarez-Diaz | Invited Speaker | Miami, Florida | July 2014

  • How can we as Architects add value to the Profession | Ricardo Alvarez-Diaz | Panelist | PR Architects Convention | June 2014

  • Alvarez-Diaz & Villalon Work | Ricardo Alvarez-Diaz/Cristina Villalon | Invited Speakers | San Juan School of Design/EDP University | May 2014

  • 30K in 5: Affordable Housing in Puerto Rico | Pecha Kucha at Seriously Creative | Ricardo Alvarez-Diaz – Invited Speaker | San Juan, Puerto Rico | April 2014

  • Economic recovery through affordable Housing Development | Ricardo Alvarez-Diaz | Invited speaker | Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce | March 2014

  • Ricardo Alvarez-Diaz – His Work | Invited speaker | University of Notre Dame | February 2014

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