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  • Saturday, March 29, 2025
  • 11:00 AM - 11:15 AM CT
    The 15-Minute City: Myths and Mods for Suburbia
  • 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM CT
    New Horizons with PRO Housing Grants
  • 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM CT
    Brownfields Boxing: Punching Through Challenges and Climate Change
  • 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM CT
    Data-driven Planning: Leveraging the National Accessibility Evaluation Study
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CT
    Local Programming: Religious Institution Lands as Affordable Housing Sites
  • 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM CT
    Effective, Efficient, Equitable Plan Implementation & Code Administration
  • 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM CT
    Upskilling – Upleveling with Digital Twin
  • 11:30 AM - 11:45 AM CT
    Signs of Diversity That You've Never Seen
  • 12:00 PM - 12:15 PM CT
    Adapting to Changing Climate, Powered by Community Needs
  • 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM CT
    Local Programming: Bouncing Back and Building Better: Downtowns Post-Crisis
  • 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM CT
    ​Building Neighborhood Buy-In: Engagement for Housing Zoning Reform​
  • 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM CT
    ​Local Programming: Safer Streets Priority Finder: Safety Analysis Made Easy​
  • 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM CT
    Local Programming: The Mothership: From Pinkie-Promise to Groundbreaking
  • 1:30 PM - 1:45 PM CT
    Social Housing in Five Foreign Countries
  • 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM CT
    The 2025 Trend Report: Emerging Trends and Signals
  • 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM CT
    Lightning Talk: Housing and Inclusive Planninge
  • 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM CT
    Planning for the People: New Age Comprehensive Planning
  • 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM CT
    Saving Lives with Roadway Reconfigurations, Washington DC’s Results
  • 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM CT
    Reimagining Urban Planning (Series) - Reframing the Role of the Urban Planner
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    Local Programming: Fire on the Front Range
  • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM CT
    Elevate and Envision: A BIPOC Affinity Workshop
  • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM CT
    Steps to Leadership: Leading at Your Personal Best
  • 2:00 PM - 2:15 PM CT
    Modernizing the Planning Department
  • 2:30 PM - 2:45 PM CT
    The Power of Parks to Revitalize Urban Economies
  • 3:30 PM - 3:45 PM CT
    Improving Policymaking by Scenario Testing Statewide Zoning Reforms
  • 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM CT
    Generations in the Workplace: 10 Years Later
  • 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM CT
    Building Readiness and Resilience in Rural Michigan
  • 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM CT
    Charging Smart - Transportation Electrification for Local Governments
  • 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM CT
    Collaborative Digital Design: Consultants, Municipalities, and Online Platforms
  • 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM CT
    Housing Supply & the New Washington
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CT
    Ethics Cases of the Year
  • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM CT
    Planning While Black: Leadership in a Polycrisis Era
  • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM CT
    Breaking Through the Pro-Solar/Anti-Solar Binary
  • 4:00 PM - 4:15 PM CT
    Essential Ingredients for Traffic Safety in US Cities
  • 4:30 PM - 4:45 PM CT
    Local Programming: Clearing the Way Navigating Permitting for Solar/Agrivoltaics
  • 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM CT
    Reimagining Urban Planning (Series)
  • 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM CT
    Lightning Talk: Climate Change and Economic Trends
  • Sunday, March 30, 2025
  • 8:30 AM - 8:45 AM CT
    From Art to Ordinances, a Creative Approach to Public Engagement
  • 8:30 AM - 9:15 AM CT
    What Planning Skills Are in Demand?
  • 8:30 AM - 9:15 AM CT
    Upskilling Planners for Mitigation and Adaptation
  • 8:30 AM - 9:15 AM CT
    Anti-Displacement Strategies: Stories from the SBAN Network
  • 8:30 AM - 9:15 AM CT
    Geospatial Data Toolkits for Progressive Community Planning
  • 8:30 AM - 9:15 AM CT
    Local Programming: Why Can’t We All Get Along?
  • 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CT
    (De)Coding Equitable Retail Opportunities
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM CT
    Housing Match-Making Game
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM CT
    Building and Maintaining Resilience as a City Planner
  • 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM CT
    Innovative Governance: Scenario Planning for Strategic Coordination
  • 9:30 AM - 9:45 AM CT
    Local Programming: Survey Savvy: Tips and Tricks for Effective Surveys
  • 9:30 AM - 10:15 AM CT
    25 Years of Hazards Planning: Now What?
  • 9:30 AM - 10:15 AM CT
    Creating Resilient Futures: Climate Adaptation for Vulnerable Communities
  • 9:30 AM - 10:15 AM CT
    Emerging Trends and Innovation in Multimodal Transportation Safety
  • 9:30 AM - 10:15 AM CT
    Engage, Empower, Implement: A Guide to Community-based Planning
  • 9:30 AM - 10:15 AM CT
    State Trends and Momentum for Housing Reform
  • 10:30 AM - 10:45 AM CT
    Is Your Community Biosafe?
  • 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM CT
    Art Districts, Digital Signs and Economic Prosperity
  • 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM CT
    Empathy for Mobility: Human-Centered Design in Coordinated Plans
  • 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM CT
    Gen Z Decoded
  • 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM CT
    Plan, Baby, Plan: Supercharge Your Local Housing Coalition
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CT
    Grants Pass: Understanding Impact, Overcoming Precedent, Advancing Alternatives
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM CT
    Empowering Cities with the Climate Resilience Design Toolkit
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM CT
    Planning with Strategic Foresight
  • 11:00 AM - 11:15 AM CT
    Designing for Health, Aging, and Joy
  • 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM CT
    Empowering Communities: The Promotoras’ Approach to Inclusive Planning
  • 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM CT
    Storytelling Tools for Land Use and Growth Scenarios
  • 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM CT
    Powerup - Overcoming Power Dynamics at the Office
  • 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM CT
    Brick by Brick: Houston Freedmen’s Town Street Restoration
  • 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM CT
    Not (Officially) in My Backyard: Unpermitted ADUs
  • 1:00 PM - 1:15 PM CT
    Local Programming: From Reactive to Proactive: Taking Control of Implementation
  • 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM CT
    Embracing New Metrics: Community Driven Transportation Planning
  • 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM CT
    Parks+Housing: Preventing Displacement Around Major Green Space Investments
  • 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM CT
    What’s the Answer? Navigating Complex Data Successfully
  • 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM CT
    Making Sustainability Mainstream
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CT
    Beyond the Usual Suspects: Innovative Approaches to Engagement
  • 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    Can Your Zoning Hack It?
  • 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    The Future of Writing
  • 1:30 PM - 1:45 PM CT
    Successful Trail Oriented Development: Opportunities & Obstacles
  • 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM CT
    Everybody Freak Out! They're Eliminating Parking Requirements!
  • 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM CT
    Understanding APA National Leadership
  • 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM CT
    Reimagining Public Participation for More Inclusive Planning Processes
  • 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM CT
    Lightning Talk: Upskilling and Navigating Politics
  • 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM CT
    Overcoming Scarcity: Turning Pavement to Parks in Cities
  • 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM CT
    Write for Civic Clarity: Inform, Engage, Ignite!
  • 3:00 PM - 3:15 PM CT
    Zero Fare: Transit Access and Reduced Administrative Burdens
  • 3:00 PM - 3:45 PM CT
    Transforming Transit Corridors to Grand Boulevards
  • 3:00 PM - 3:45 PM CT
    Using Data to Manage Public Spaces
  • 3:00 PM - 3:45 PM CT
    Mastering RFP/Qs and Proposals: Strategies for Effective Projects
  • 3:00 PM - 3:45 PM CT
    Planning Against Historic Stagnation and Inequity
  • 3:00 PM - 3:45 PM CT
    Nine Meals from Anarchy: A Planner's Role
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT
    Washington’s Big, Bold Investment in Local Climate Action
  • 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM CT
    TOD Trivia Challenge!
  • 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM CT
    You’re the Messenger: Demonstrating Value to Elected Officials
  • 4:00 PM - 4:45 PM CT
    Streamlined Success: Legislative Permitting Paths in Three States
  • 4:00 PM - 4:45 PM CT
    Reimagining Urban Planning (Series)
  • 4:00 PM - 4:45 PM CT
    All Is Fair in Love and Housing
  • 4:00 PM - 4:45 PM CT
    Innovative Town-Gown Partnership Inspires Downtown Waterville’s Revitalization
  • Monday, March 31, 2025
  • 8:30 AM - 8:45 AM CT
    Thriving Communities: Finding the Why of Local Government
  • 8:30 AM - 9:15 AM CT
    Expediting Development: Can Technology Disrupt Permitting and Design?
  • 8:30 AM - 9:15 AM CT
    Local Programming: Navigating a Housing Focused Development Code Update
  • 8:30 AM - 9:15 AM CT
    Honor the Future! Planning a Native Economy!
  • 8:30 AM - 9:15 AM CT
    Shaping Spaces: Centering Youth Voices in Planning
  • 8:30 AM - 9:15 AM CT
    Unflooding Historic Places Through Multidisciplinary Design
  • 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CT
    When ‘Equity’ Is a Taboo Term in Planning
  • 8:30 AM - 9:45 AM CT
    Student Planning and Design Competition
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM CT
    Local Programming: The Broken Streets Effect: How Disruption Changes Community
  • 9:30 AM - 10:15 AM CT
    Jeffco - Together Really Is Better
  • 9:30 AM - 10:15 AM CT
    You Have a Climate Plan! Now What...?
  • 9:30 AM - 10:15 AM CT
    Talking the Talk When Things Get Heated
  • 9:30 AM - 10:15 AM CT
    Housing Ends Homelessness: Planning for Supportive Housing
  • 9:30 AM - 10:15 AM CT
    How Story Can Change the Narrative Around Place
  • 10:30 AM - 10:45 AM CT
    Planning Alchemy: Turning Insights into Homes and Well-Being
  • 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM CT
    Replicable Strategies, Boosted by Technology: Mayors Panel
  • 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM CT
    The Marathon Continues: The Crenshaw Corridor Transformation
  • 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM CT
    Accessible Planning for Health Equity
  • 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM CT
    Brand It: Driving Community Engagement Through Visual Storytelling
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CT
    Ground Me in Resiliency: Community Driven Climate Planning
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM CT
    Building Healthier Communities: Collaborative Planning for Health Equity
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM CT
    More than Facebook: Build a Digital Engagement Strategy that Works
  • 11:00 AM - 11:15 AM CT
    Resilient Routes: Developing Resilient Regional Transportation Systems
  • 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM CT
    Inclusive Planning Through Music: The Levitt Denver Story
  • 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM CT
    Planning for Our Eldest in America's Aging Metropolises
  • 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM CT
    Say No to NIMBY: Mastering Housing Planning Pushback
  • 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM CT
    Partnerships and Connecting Communities Through Responsive Transit Routing
  • 1:00 PM - 1:15 PM CT
    Harnessing Gen-AI for Community Engagement and Survey Analysis
  • 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM CT
    Context Clues: Sarasota & FDOT Designing Florida’s Future
  • 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM CT
    The Homeownership Covenant Act: Addressing Racial Barriers
  • 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM CT
    Chihuahuan Desert Climate Fellowship: Empowering Youth for Change
  • 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM CT
    Envisioning Edgerton. Preparing for Unprecedented Growth
  • 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    Planning Through the Black Mirror
  • 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    “No Spring Chicken”: Gendered Ageism in Planning
  • 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    Equity in Practice IRL
  • 1:30 PM - 1:45 PM CT
    Local Programming: Short Term Rental, Long Term Impact?
  • 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM CT
    Consultants Should Work with You, Not for You!
  • 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM CT
    Data and Engagement Informing Colorado's Statewide TOD Policy
  • 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM CT
    Local Programming: Generational Divide? Build Your Youth Engagement Toolkit
  • 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM CT
    Local Programming: Planning Green Streets: Denver Green Continuum
  • 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM CT
    Local Programming: Survive or Thrive: Fighting Displacement Through Community Ownership
  • 3:00 PM - 3:15 PM CT
    Is Anyone Reading My Staff Report?
  • 3:00 PM - 3:45 PM CT
    Local Programming: Diagnosing Housing Needs and Illustrating Holistic Solutions
  • 3:00 PM - 3:45 PM CT
    Planning for Prosperity When You're City Is Shrinking
  • 3:00 PM - 3:45 PM CT
    Answering Questions in Transportation Planning with Activity-Based Models
  • 3:00 PM - 3:45 PM CT
    Rethinking the Last Mile: Decarbonizing Freight Transport
  • 3:00 PM - 3:45 PM CT
    The Voice of the People Is Politics
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT
    Fun, Facts, and Credits
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT
    Property Law for Planners: Principles, Precedent, and Reflections
  • 4:00 PM - 4:15 PM CT
    Infrastructure Resiliency: Setting Expectations for Shocks and Stressors
  • 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM CT
    Reimagining Urban Planning (Series)
  • 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM CT
    Lightning Talk: Transportation and More
  • Tuesday, April 1, 2025
  • 8:30 AM - 9:15 AM CT
    National Landing: Where Once-in-a-Generation Infrastructure Meets Office Repositioning
  • 8:30 AM - 9:15 AM CT
    Scenario Planning for Climate and Hazards
  • 8:30 AM - 9:15 AM CT
    Local Programming: Defining 'Business Friendly': Perspectives and Strategies for Communities
  • 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CT
    Navigating Politics, Maintaining Ethics
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM CT
    Implementing Unhoused Response Programs: Lessons from Transit Agencies
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM CT
    Making Things Easier: Facilitation Tips and Tricks
  • 10:15 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Northeast Ohio Counters Climate Change Through Regional Cohesion
  • 10:15 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Taboo for Planners: Promoting Planning with the Right Words
  • 10:15 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Delivering Housing Solutions: Missing Middle & Beyond
  • 10:15 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Levantando Voces: Meaningful Inclusive Engagement in Latino Communities
  • Wednesday, April 23, 2025
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CT
    Welcome Session and Opening Keynote
  • 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM CT
    Brand It: Driving Community Engagement Through Visual Storytelling
  • 10:15 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Local Programming: BRT Everywhere, All at Once
  • 10:15 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Local Programming: Empowering Colorado’s Rural Communities: Statewide Housing Technical Assistance
  • 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM CT
    Local Programming: Help! the State Preempted My Community’s Zoning Rules
  • 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM CT
    Welcoming Communities in an Era of Climate Change
  • 12:30 PM - 1:15 PM CT
    Evaluating Impacts of Future Growth with ArcGIS Urban
  • 12:30 PM - 1:15 PM CT
    Housing Supply & the New Washington
  • 12:30 PM - 1:15 PM CT
    Cutting Red-Tape, Not Trees: Continuing to Build Consensus
  • 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM CT
    Hidden Costs: Unpacking Equity Impacts of Retail Fees
  • 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM CT
    How to Write a Housing Assessment
  • 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM CT
    Creativity Accelerator: Smart Teams + AI Tools
  • 2:30 PM - 3:05 PM CT
    State Trends and Momentum for Housing Reform
  • 2:30 PM - 3:15 PM CT
    Great Minds Don’t Think Alike: Planning for Neurodiversity
  • 2:30 PM - 3:15 PM CT
    The Other Missing Middle: Bringing Small Businesses Back
  • 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM CT
    Engaging Latinos in Planning, the Little Village Story
  • 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM CT
    Lakeside Development: Balancing Progress with Natural Resource Protection
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CT
    Wacky World of Private Land Use Restrictions
  • Thursday, April 24, 2025
  • 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM CT
    Complete Communities: According to Planners and Communities
  • 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM CT
    Positioning Surplus Public Property for Successful Redevelopment
  • 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM CT
    Mapping Freight's Future: Strategic Scenario Planning Insights
  • 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM CT
    Reconnecting Communities: Inclusive Solutions to Overcome Transportation Barriers
  • 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM CT
    Reimagining Urban Planning - Reframing the Role of the Urban Planner
  • 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM CT
    Planning for Youth Engagement
  • 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM CT
    Trend Talk
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CT
    Ethics Cases of the Year
  • 12:30 PM - 1:15 PM CT
    Anti-Displacement Strategy and Equitable Community Engagement
  • 12:30 PM - 1:15 PM CT
    Planning Power Revolution: Who Runs the Show Now?
  • 12:30 PM - 1:15 PM CT
    Mentoring with Purpose: Creating Lasting Relationships
  • 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM CT
    Lowering GHG Emissions: Views from the Nutmeg State
  • 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM CT
    Local Programming: Safety Last: Why Vision Zero Isn’t Working
  • 2:30 PM - 3:15 PM CT
    Engagement as Offering: Boston's Chinatown Cultural Plan
  • 2:30 PM - 3:15 PM CT
    Local Programming: Urban Revitalization Lessons from Calgary and Denver
  • 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM CT
    Equity in Practice IRL
  • 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM CT
    RIVER: Identifying Flood Damage Reduction Projects
  • 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM CT
    Housing Finance for Equitable Planning: Lessons from Cities
  • Friday, April 25, 2025
  • 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM CT
    Spring Cleaning or Hanging On: Facilitating Housing Production
  • 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM CT
    A River Runs Through It
  • 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM CT
    International Innovations: 10 Great Planning Ideas from Abroad
  • 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM CT
    Universal Design in Housing and Transportation
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CT
    Tribal Community Development: Equitable Planning for Indigenous Land
  • 12:30 PM - 1:15 PM CT
    HerCity: Make Space for Girls
  • 12:30 PM - 1:15 PM CT
    SMART Planning: Framing Goals for Meaningful Community Outcomes
  • 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM CT
    Small Town Planners Do Housing and Find Success
  • 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM CT
    CANCELLED: Transformative Transportation: The Gateway Program
  • 2:30 PM - 3:15 PM CT
    Communicating Disaster Resilience Through Film
  • 2:30 PM - 3:15 PM CT
    Grand Rapids Is in Its Housing Era
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CT
    Closing Keynote