Events Calendar

2008

May 5-7, Detroit, MI
“Brownfields 2008: Roadmap to Revitalization” national brownfields conference. www.brownfields2008.org

May 7, Portland, ME
“Managing the Integrative Design Process” with speaker Bill Reed; AIA accredited Sustainability Workshop presented by the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association. www.nesea.org/workshops

May 7-9, Dallas, TX
Urban Land Institute's Spring Council Forum. www.uli.org/register

May 7-10, Fresno, CA
“In the Garden of the Sun: CA's San Joaquin Valley,” Vernacular Architecture Forum annual meeting. Contact: karana.hattersley-drayton@fresno.gov

May 8, Application Deadline
2008 Smart Growth Implementation Assistance; the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is soliciting applications from communities that want help with either policy analysis or public participatory processes. Selected communities will receive assistance in the form of a multi-day visit from a team of experts organized by EPA and other national partners to work with local leaders. email: susman.megan@epa.gov

May 9, Concord, NH
“Managing the Integrative Design Process” with speaker Bill Reed; AIA accredited Sustainability Workshop presented by the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association. www.nesea.org/workshops

May 9, Charlotte, NC
Opening reception for “A Tribute to Warren Burgess,” Charlotte-Mecklenburg city planner, artist and visionary who passed away in 2005. Showing is a celebration of history through art, May 1-30, 2008; also, please see the May 13, Charlotte, NC event. www.HistoricCharlotte.org

May 11-13, New Orleans, LA
National Association of Home Builders “National Green Building Conference, the only national conference targeted to green building for the mainstream residential building industry. www.nahb.org

May 13, Rochester, NY
Reshaping Rochester series, "Urban Planning/Neighborhood Planning" with speaker Richard Bernhardt. Email gguarino@rrcdc.org for tickets, or visit www.rrcdc.org for more information.

May 13, Charlotte, NC
The Civic by Design Forum and Historic Charlotte's Learning Series will host a joint meeting and panel discussion about Warren Burgess' legacy. (Please see the May 9 Charlotte, NC event.) Civic By Design aims to elevate the quality of the built environment and to promote public participation in the creation of a more beautiful and functional Charlotte region for all. Contact brenda@dpz.com.

May 14, New York, NY
“David vs. Goliath: Neighborhood Planning in the Face of Large-Scale Development“ panel discussion as part of the Municipal Art Society's spring Campaign for Community Based Planning series. Call 212-935-2705 for more information, or email rsvp@mas.org to register.

May 15, Manhattan, NY
The Alliance for Downtown NY hosts "Third Thursdays," a series of free lectures celebrating Lower Manhattan's architectural treasures and history, with guest speaker David Rockwell for "David Rockwell and Rockwell Group: Inspiration, Imagination and Innovation." Seating is limited: www.downtownny.com/thirdthursdays

May 15-17, Boston, MA
“We the People” 2008 convention of the American Institute of Architects, exploring the power of architecture on behalf of all people and society. www.aia.org

May 16, Chicago, IL
“Beyond Showerheads and Sprinklers: Water Governance Solutions for Illinois” conference to help set the direction for water governance in Illinois. www.metroplanning.org/press/press.asp?objectID4366.

May 16-17, New York, NY
Project for Public Spaces presents a “How to Create Successful Markets” workshop. Call 212-620-5660 to register, or 212-620-5660 for more information.

May 19, Atlanta, GA
“CLT 101: An Introduction to Community Land Trusts” offered by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. www.lincolninst.edu/news/calendar/

May 19-21, Portland, OR
NCI Public Meeting Facilitator™ certificate trainings presented by the National Charrette Institute. http://www.charretteinstitute.org/programs.html

May 19-21, Vienna, Austria
RealCorp 008 "Mobility Nodes as Innovation Hubs" 13th International Conference on Urban Planning and Regional Development in the Information Society, 3rd International Vienna Real Estate Conference •GeoMultimedia008. For details, to register, or for more information on call for papers, visit http://www.corp.at/

May 19-22, Anaheim, CA
Ecobuild America and AEC-ST Science & Technology conference/exhibit covering the unique intersection where ecology meets technology with sustainable, green and high-performance solutions for the built environment. www.ecobuildamerica.com or www.aecst.com.

May 20-22, Los Angeles, CA
Green West exposition giving corporate, government, and individual buyers alike the opportunity for synergistic purchasing across the full spectrum of green suppliers. www.greeneastexpo.com/

May 22, 2008, Los Angeles, CA
“Street Smart: Streetcars and Cities in the 21st Century” workshop presented by the Seaside Institute. http://theseasideinstitute.org/seaside/

May 22, Riverside, CA
“Clearing the Air: Issues and Strategies for Future Progress,” the annual conference for the Edward J. Blakely Center for Sustainable Suburban Development at UC Riverside. http://cssd.ucr.edu/conferences/2008/conf_2008.htm

May 25, North Adams, MA
"Badlands: New Horizons in Landscape" artists addressing environmental concerns at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art. Exhibition through April 1, 2009. For additional information, call 413-662-2111 or visit www.massmoca.org

May 28, Houston, TX
The Gulf Coast Institute and the Houston-Galveston Area Council host Livable Houston/Smart Growth bring-your-own-lunch meetings that are open to the public on the fourth Wednesday of every month. http://www.gulfcoastinstitute.org

May 28-31, Washington, DC
11th US National Committee of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (US/ICOMOS) International Symposium

May 29, Stockholm, SWEDEN
“Rethinking Tomorrow - Real Estate In a Fast Changing World.” Hosted by The Urban Land Institute in association with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 800-321-5011.

May 29-31, Denver, CO
SmartCode Workshop: Andres Duany and other leading practitioners lead this three-day, immersive program. http://www.smartcodecomplete.com/learn/next.html

May 30, Deadline Extension:Abstract Submissions
9th Global Conference on Ageing Design, extended from April 30. www.ageingdesignmontreal.ca/en/intro.php

June 1-5, Santa Fe, NM
46th International Making Cities Livable Conference "True Urbanism: Designing the Healthy City" and Exhibit "New Designs for Mixed-Use Urban Fabric." www.LivableCities.org

June 5-6, Rochester, NY
NY Upstate ASLA Annual Conference. For more details, contact dmc86@cornell.edu.

June 11, Rochester, NY
Reshaping Rochester series, "Landscape Architecture and Innovation in Improving Urban Green Space" with speaker Walter J. Hood, Jr. Email gguarino@rrcdc.org for tickets, or visit www.rrcdc.org for more information.

June 11-13, Rochester, NY
NY Upstate ASLA Annual Conference, “Sustainable Solutions [Upstate]” Call 585-586-6906 for more information.

June 12-13, Washington, DC
"Developing Master-Planned Communities: Denser, Closer, Smarter" 17th annual Urban Land Institute conference. www.uli.org

June 12-13, Fort Worth, TX
“FBC 201: Preparing a Form-Based Code - Design Considerations” offered by the Form-Based Codes Institute. To register, visit www.formbasedcodes.org/courses.html

June 15, Deadline: Call for Entries
Urban Land Institute's Terwilliger Center announces the “Workforce Housing Models of Excellence Awards.” Winners to be announced at the fall ULI meeting in October. www.uli.org/terwilliger

June 16, London, UK
Sustainable Cities Awards & Conference hosted by Financial Times and Urban Land Institute recognizing outstanding and innovative programs that promote the principles of sustainability. www.sustainablecitiesevent.org/agenda.php

June 18-20, Jamestown, RI
“SmartCode Local” workshop led by Sandy Sorlien. This workshop is limited in size and structured for those already familiar with the SmartCode. http://www.sandysorlien.com/smartcode.htm

June 23-24, San Francisco, CA
“Multifamily Trends Conference” presented by the Urban Land Institute in conjunction with PCBC ® The Premier Building Show. “Builder-to-Builder Green Forum” on June 24 will be held as a counterpart to this conference, focusing on sustainable community development and how to create a resilient business model with economic, environmental and social returns. For information on both events, go to www.pcbc.com.

June 25, Houston, TX
The Gulf Coast Institute and the Houston-Galveston Area Council host Livable Houston/Smart Growth bring-your-own-lunch meetings that are open to the public on the fourth Wednesday of every month. http://www.gulfcoastinstitute.org

June 25-27, Jamestown, RI
SmartCode Local Jamestown, and intensive master class in SmartCode v9.0 calibration for small charrette-style sessions. http://sandysorlien.com/smartcode.htm

July 8 -- August 8, Boston, MA
Executive Education Program at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design
open to architects, planners, real estate and building industry professionals, and others interested in the built environment. Programs run from one to five days and cover topics in architecture, urban planning, health care and educational facilities design, residential design, sustainability and green design, leadership, management, and more. http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/professional/exec_ed/design.html

July 10-11, Chicago, IL
Annual Affordable Housing Update: Opportunities in a Changing Economy conference presented by the Institute for Professional and Executive Development. www.ipedinc.net/

July 13-16, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CA
The Manitoba Professional Planners Institute co-hosts this Canadian Institute of Planners national conference “Planning by Design in Community: Making Great Places.” Contact: chelm@cip-icu.ca

July 14-18, Portland, OR
NCI Charrette Planner® and NCI Complete Charrette Manager™ certificate trainings presented by the National Charrette Institute. http://www.charretteinstitute.org/programs.html

July 15-17, Ventura, CA
“FBC 101: Introduction to Form-Based Coding” offered by the Form-Based Codes Institute. To register, visit www.formbasedcodes.org/courses.htm.

July 21-23, Cambridge, MA
"The Planning and Design of Public Libraries," an executive education program for both architects and librarians that explores library programming and design issues and the rapidly evolving demands for library services and technology. http://execed.gsd.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/exec_ed/details.cgi?offering_id=101437

July 23, Houston, TX
The Gulf Coast Institute and the Houston-Galveston Area Council host Livable Houston/Smart Growth bring-your-own-lunch meetings that are open to the public on the fourth Wednesday of every month. http://www.gulfcoastinstitute.org

August 4-6, Cambridge, MA
NCI Charrette Planner® certificate trainings presented by the Harvard University Graduate School of Design's Executive Education Summer Program. Email execed@gsd.harvard.edu for more information.

August 7-8, Chicago, IL
Green Homes and Sustainable Communities 2008: The Annual National Symposium on Green Affordable Housing & Community Development presented by the Institute for Professional and Executive Development. www.ipedinc.net/

August 11, Deadline: Call for Submissions
Stewardship Grants in Design from the National Endowment for the Arts for projects that protect, share, or celebrate design heritage. www.arts.gov/grants/apply/GAP09/eligibility.html

August 11-23, Helsinky, Turku and Jyvaskyla, Finland
“Regenerating Urban Core: Urban Planning and Design Summer School 2008.” The Centre for Urban and Regional Studies (YTK) at the Helsinki University of Technology (TKK) is hosting the fourteenth edition of the YTK/IFHP Summer School in Finland. http://ytksummerschool.tkk.fi/

August 14-15, St. Charles, MO
New Town St. Charles: Innovative Practices in Development conference with keynote speaker Andres Duany, presented by the Seaside Institute. http://theseasideinstitute.org/seaside/

August 16, Los Angeles, CA
Planetizen presents a day-long AICP Exam Preparation Workshop with award-winning course instructor and Ohio State University professor,Jennifer Evans-Cowley, PhD, AICP. www.planetizen.com/courses/aicp/workshop

August 27, Houston, TX
The Gulf Coast Institute and the Houston-Galveston Area Council host Livable Houston/Smart Growth bring-your-own-lunch meetings that are open to the public on the fourth Wednesday of every month. http://www.gulfcoastinstitute.org

September 1-3, Malta
"Urban Transport 2008" 14th International Conference on Urban Transport and the Environment in the 21st Century sponsored by the Wessex Institute of Technology, UK. www.wessex.ac.uk/conferences/2008/urban08/index.html

September 4-7, Montreal, Canada
“Shaping Tomorrow Today,” 9th Global Conference on Ageing Design. For more information, please contact Ageing Design Montréal at info@vdm-adm.ca or visit us online at www.ageingdesignmontreal.ca.

September 8-10, The New Forest, UK
“Underground Spaces 2008” First International Conference on Underground Spaces - Design, Engineering and Environmental Aspects sponsored by the Wessex Institute of Technology, UK. www.wessex.ac.uk/conferences/2008/underground08/index.html.

September 10-12, Portland, OR
NCI Public Meeting Facilitator™ certificate trainings presented by the National Charrette Institute. http://www.charretteinstitute.org/programs.html

September 10-11, San Francisco, CA
15th Annual San Francisco Affordable Housing Conference sponsored by Novogradac & Company. www.novoco.com

September 14 - 16, Oslo, Norway
Third International Council for European Urbanism (CEU) Congress “Climate Change and Urban Design:_Science, Policy, Education and Best Practice.” _ www.ceunet.org/

September 15-19, Leuven, Belgium
"Urban Water Conference 2008" International Conference on Water and Urban Development Paradigms: Towards an integration of engineering, design and management approaches, hosted by Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. www.urbanwaterconference.be/

September 19-23, Dalian, China
The Urban Planning Society of China hosts the 44th ISOCARP (International Society of City and Regional Planners) International Congress, "Urban Growth without sprawl, A way towards sustainable urbanization." www.isocarp.org/index

September 24, Houston, TX
The Gulf Coast Institute and the Houston-Galveston Area Council host Livable Houston/Smart Growth bring-your-own-lunch meetings that are open to the public on the fourth Wednesday of every month. http://www.gulfcoastinstitute.org

September 24-26, Skiathos, Greece
"The Sustainable City 2008" 5th International Conference on Urban Regeneration and Sustainability. www.wessex.ac.uk/conferences/2008/city08/index.html

September 24-26, Naples, Italy
International Meeting on "Sustainable City and Creativity: Promoting Creative Urban Initiatives" hosted by the School of Architecture at University of Naples. For information on the Call for Papers or the conference itself, go to www.creativecity2008.eu/ocs or email girard@unina.it

September 26-27, Phoenix, AZ
“FBC 101: Introduction to Form-Based Coding” offered by the Form-Based Codes Institute. To register, visit www.formbasedcodes.org/courses.htm.

October 1-3, San Diego, CA
Join a growing network of architects, builders, planners, anthropologists, philosophers, artists and visionaries for “The Vine,” an annual conference on the nature of community presented by PCBC® The Premier Building Show. www.thevineconference.com/

October 2-3, St. Louis, MO
“Developing Thriving Communities: Federal & State Tax Credits Drive Sustainable Outcomes” conference sponsored by Novogradac & Company. www.novoco.com

October 3-7 Philadelphia, PA
Annual meeting of the American Society of Landscape architects. www.asla.org

October 13-17, Portland, OR
NCI Charrette Planner® and NCI Complete Charrette Manager™ certificate trainings presented by the National Charrette Institute. http://www.charretteinstitute.org/programs.html

October 15-17, Istanbul, Turkey
Arkitera Architecture Center presents ArkiPARC '08, “Dialogue for the Urban Quality” urban quality meeting of the property, architecture and construction industries. www.arkiparc.com/2008/

October 21-23, New York, NY
Green East exposition giving corporate, government, and individual buyers alike the opportunity for synergistic purchasing across the full spectrum of green suppliers. www.greeneastexpo.com/

October 21-26, Tulsa, OK
“Preservation in Progress,” The National Trust for Historic Preservation's 2008 National Preservation Conference. http://www.nthpconference.org

October 21-30, Beijing and Nanjing, China
American Planning Association's China Study Tour. For more information, go to http://www.planning.org/ or contact chinaprogarm@planning.org.

October 22, Houston, TX
The Gulf Coast Institute and the Houston-Galveston Area Council host Livable Houston/Smart Growth bring-your-own-lunch meetings that are open to the public on the fourth Wednesday of every month. http://www.gulfcoastinstitute.org

October 26-29, San Francisco, CA
RailVolution 2008: “Reshaping Communities in an Energy Challenged Future,” a national transit and livability conference..www.railvolution.com

October 27-28, Miami Beach, FL
"Latin America: Opportunities in Real Estate Development, Investment and Finance" Urban Land Institute global real estate conference. www.uli.org

October 27-30, Miami, FL
2008 ULI Fall Meeting and Urban Land Expo of the Urban Land Institute. www.uli.org

November 6-8, Charlotte, NC
CNU Transportation Summit 2008. http://www.cnu.org/transportation2008

November 19-21, Boston, MA
USGBC Greenbuild 2008 international conference and expo “Revolutionary Green: Innovations for Global Sustainability.” www.greenbuildexpo.org

November 20-21, Oak Park, IL
“FBC 101: Introduction to Form-Based Coding” offered by the Form-Based Codes Institute. To register, visit www.formbasedcodes.org/courses.htm.

November 20-22, Charleston, SC
SmartCode Workshop: Andres Duany and other leading practitioners lead this three-day, immersive program. http://www.smartcodecomplete.com/learn/next.html

November 26, Houston, TX
The Gulf Coast Institute and the Houston-Galveston Area Council host Livable Houston/Smart Growth bring-your-own-lunch meetings that are open to the public on the fourth Wednesday of every month. http://www.gulfcoastinstitute.org

December 8-11, Washington, DC
Ecobuild Fall and AEC-ST Fall conference/exhibit covering the unique intersection where ecology meets technology with sustainable, green and high-performance solutions for the built environment. www.ecobuildamerica.com or www.aecst.com.

December 24, Houston, TX
The Gulf Coast Institute and the Houston-Galveston Area Council host Livable Houston/Smart Growth bring-your-own-lunch meetings that are open to the public on the fourth Wednesday of every month. http://www.gulfcoastinstitute.org

2009

Jan/Feb 2009, Phoenix, AZ (tentative)
“FBC 201: Preparing a Form-Based Code - Design Considerations” offered by the Form-Based Codes Institute. To register, visit www.formbasedcodes.org/courses.html

September 18-22, Chicago, IL
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) annual meeting. www.asla.org/

2010

September 10-14, Washington, DC
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) annual meeting. www.asla.org/

2011

September 30-October 4, Seattle, WA
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) annual meeting. www.asla.org/

2012

September 28-October 2, Phoenix, AZ
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) annual meeting. www.asla.org/