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| Student Session Block 1 | Show Me the Money: Salary Negotiations for Planners (CPF Session) - Hilary Nixon |
| 10:00 am - 11:30 am | It's Pandamonium Out There: How to Use APA Resources for Career Advancement |
| Planning Your Planning Career: The Early Years |
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| Student Session Block 2 | Choose Your Own (Career) Adventure |
| 1:15 pm - 2:45 pm | Getting to the Local Shopping District: Travel Patterns in the Temescal Neighborhood of Oakland - Jessica Nguyen |
| Getting to the Local Shopping District: Shopper and Merchant Intercept Surveys - Sara Barz
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| Getting to the Local Shopping District: Downtown Oakland Parking Study: Preliminary Findings from Merchant Interviews and Shopper Surveys - Danielle Dai
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| CPF Resume Clinic |
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| GENERAL CONFERENCE SESSIONS | |
| Session Block #1 | Big Wins from Big Losses: Leveraging Disasters to Achieve the Community Vision |
| 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm | Building Better Streets through Better Data: A Panel on Innovative Approaches to Tackling Pedestrian Safety |
| Placemaking on a Suburban Corridor: Walkability through Nodal Development |
| Retooling the Outreach Toolkit |
| CEQA Under Senate Bill 375: Set To Streamline? - Lynette Dias |
| Bringing the Sharing Economy Home |
| Paradigm Shift in Water Use - Reworked Local & Global Water Policies & Programs |
| The Future of the East Bay: Cooperation, Competition and Prosperity |
| Cap and Trade and Disadvantaged Communities: How to Engage Residents and Plan Projects that Get Dollars and Make Sense - Steve Sanders |
| Out of the Mud: The Evolution of Treasure Island - Keith Orlesky |
| Diversity Summit - Gentrification Mosaic: Conversations on Displacement of Economic and Social Capital |
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| SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4 | |
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| Session Block #2 | Transit Oriented Development Implementation Strategy: A Case Study of the SANDAG Regional Challenge (PEN Session) |
| 10:00 am - 11:30 am | New Prescriptions for Health Considerations in Planning and CEQA |
| 3 Corridors, 3 Unique Neighborhoods, 3 Unique Solutions: Richmond's Livable Corridors Initiative |
| SB 743 Legislative Intent vs. CEQA Practice - Ron Milam |
| Beyond CEQA Consultation: Bringing the Native Voice Into Planning |
| A Discussion About Innovative Planning Models to Preserve Agriculture and Our Rural Legacy - Amie MacPhee |
| Can Coastal Smart Growth Also be Safe Growth? |
| Regional Equity and Sustainability from the Ground Up: Tapping Community Wisdom in Land Use & Transportation Planning |
| Three Resilient Cities: Applying the Concept of Resiliency to Land Use Planning and Decision Making |
| How to Get Things Done (Strategic Thinking in the Planning Profession) - Marc Roberts |
| Setting Firm Roots: Innovative Partnerships for Healthy Development |
| Demystifying Density at All Scales - Allison Albericci |
| Planning for Diversity: Tools, Resources & Best Practices from the Field - Erica Gutierrez |
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| Session Block #3 | Tribal Cultural Resources and CEQA Roundtable: Time to Get Ready for AB 52 |
| 1:15 pm – 2:45 pm | Passing The AICP Exam: Who Wants to be a Certified Planner? |
| Rising Seas: Adaptation Planning for a Watery-Filled Future: Vulnerability Assessments 101 - Alex Westhoff |
| Rising Seas: Game of Floods - Bridgit VanBelleghem |
| Rising Seas: Planning for Climate Disruption: Challenges at the Local and Regional Levels - Kate Sears |
| Rising Seas: A Tale of Two States - Will Travis |
| Rising Seas: adapting to sea level rise - Kristina Hill |
| Next Generation Specific Plan for Vallejo: Top 5 Tips for Getting One for Your Community |
| Food Cities: Planning for the Regional Economy - Margot Lederer Prado |
| Bay Area Sustainability: Wicked Planning and Conflict Identification at Local and Regional Scales |
| Health Indicators in Local Decision Making - Raimi + Associates |
| Forecasting for the Curious or Fearful: Forecasting Regional Growth in the San Francisco Bay Area - Cynthia Kroll |
| Forecasting for the Curious or Fearful: Forecasts Inform Public Thinking about Planning and the Future - Dowell Myers |
| Forecasting for the Curious or Fearful: San Joaquin Census Research & Forecasting Center, Shaping Today’s Events & Policy. Forecasting Tomorrow’s Trends. - Kim Anderson
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| Forecasting Center, Shaping Today’s Events & Policy: Projecting the Demographic Future of the Southern California Region: Future Trends and Major Challenges - Simon Choi
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| The Ecological City: A Design Workshop |
| Latino Urbanism: La Salud y el Etorno Físico (Health and the Physical Environment |
| Thinking Inside the Box: New Solutions to Affordable Housing - Barry Miller |
| Thinking Inside the Box: Collaborative Living - Loni Gray |
| Thinking Inside the Box: New Avenue Building Trust - Kevin Casey |
| Thinking Inside the Box: City of Piedmont Second Unit Program - Kate Black |
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| Parklets and Pedestrian Plazas: Demonstrating and Learning from Interim Urban Design Strategies: Pavement to Parks - Robin Abad Ocubillo |
| Parklets and Pedestrian Plazas: Demonstrating and Learning from Interim Urban Design Strategies: City of Oakland Parklet Program - Laura Kaminski
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| Session Block #4 | What Do Decision Makers Really Want from Staff Reports and Presentations? (Commission and Board Session) - Manira Sanhir |
| 3:15 pm - 4:45 pm | What Do Decision Makers Really Want from Staff Reports and Presentations?: Staff Report - Mike Henn |
| What Do Decision Makers Really Want from Staff Reports and Presentations?: Hearing on a Recommendation of the San Ramon Valley Regional Planning Commission on a Proposed General Plan Amendment ... - Mike Henn |
| What Do Decision Makers Really Want from Staff Reports and Presentations?: File 10783-15Z, Zoning Text Amendments: Urban Agriculture - Scott Lefaver |
| Climate Action Planning: Silver Bullets, Buckshot or Blanks? |
| Planning Concepts of Native American Villages |
| The Los Angeles River: Recalibrating the Role of Water, Infrastructure and Place |
| You Want to Put What Where? Siting Housing in Difficult Circumstances |
| New Contexts for Aging and Livable Communities - Ramona Mullahey |
| New Contexts for Aging and Livable Communities: Resilient Communities: Older Adults in Disasters & Daily Life - Peter Schafer
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| New Contexts for Aging and Livable Communities: The Livability Index: Great Neighborhoods for All Ages - Adiana Mendoza |
| Think Like a Futurist // Use TrendLab + to Debate VMT Trends - Eric Womeldorff |
| Going Downtown: New Centers for Suburban Communities |
| All In! Outreach Strategies for Engaging Diverse Populations |
| Express Clinics - Healthy Planning Tools for Diverse Communities |
| Spirited Discussion: Planning for Wine, Beer, and Spirits Tasting Rooms - Blake Roberts |
| APA California Legislative Update |
| Infill Residential Development and Air Quality |
| Infill Residential Development and Air Quality: Results of Article 38 Updates - Wade Wietgrefe |
| Infill Residential Development and Air Quality: Overview |
| Infill Residential Development and Air Quality: Comparison |
| Infill Residential Development and Air Quality: San Francisco CommunityRisk Reduction Plan - Philip Martien |
| Infill Residential Development and Air Quality: San Francisco Health Code Article 38 - June Meintraub |
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| MONDAY, OCTOBER 5 | |
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| Session Block #5 | Housing in the New Millennium |
| 8:00 am – 9:30 am | Sustainable Groundwater Management Comes to California: Time for Planners to Get Their Feet Wet - Peter Parkinson |
| Hazard Mitigation Planning: Developing Roots for Community Resilience |
| Hear Me! Gen Z'ers with Millennial's Voices |
| Incremental TOD Strategies: Downtown Petaluma SMART Station Area Plan |
| Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities: What Does it Take to Integrate Housing and Transportation? |
| Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Navigating the Challenges of Hillside Development |
| Flying Unicorns - Managing Your Social Media Expectations |
| Advancing Equity in Innovation Economies Action Required In the Next Year: What California Cities Need to Know to Comply with New CEQA Transportation Guidance |
| Action Required in the Next Year: What California Cities Need to Know to Comply with New CEQA Transportation Guidance - Jeff Tumlin |
| Fixing Up Your Project; Strategies and Tools for Revising and Retooling Previously Approved Projects |
| Vision Zero: Roots for Policy Change, Improved Public Health, and Safe Streets: San Diego - Maya Rosas |
| Vision Zero: A South Sacramento Pilot Program - Kirin Kumar |
| Vision Zero: Los Angeles Vision Zero Alliance - Deborah Murphy |
| Vision Zero: And What It Means for San Francisco - Nicole Ferrera |
| Rethinking Local in Global Context: Experiments and Lessons in Cross-Cultural Collaboration and Participatory Design |
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| Session Block #6 | Local Solutions for Affordable Housing: Legal Issues, Technical Approaches and Programmatic Responses - Jane Riley |
| 9:45 am - 11:15 am | Oakland Makers: Planning for New and Creative Innovative Industries |
| Physical & Social Integration: Planning for a Truly Mixed-Income Community- Christopher Sensenig |
| Taking it to the Streets: When Communities Take Immediate Action to Improve Their Own Neighborhoods - John Hykes |
| Planning the Seed: Create a Thriving Downtown or Destination - Jami Williams |
| Better Together: Advancing Adaptation Planning Through Regional Collaboration - Kif Scheuer |
| Live, Work, Play, Learn!: The Social Determinants of Health Model for Healthy Community Development (CPR Session) - Miguel Vazquez |
| Live, Work, Play, Learn!: Healthy Riverside County: Building Health Into Every Day Life - Michael Osur
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| Live, Work, Play, Learn!: Planning for Health in the San Diego Region - Coleen Clementson |
| Building a Bridge: ULI and APA |
| Engaging Youth as a Spatial Activist in the Planning of HOPE San Francisco Housing |
| Ethically Navigating Shifting Roles of the AICP Planner in the Environmental Permitting Process |
| Lessons Learned from the Emerald Triangle: Marijuana Cultivation Impacts and Policy-Making |
| To Infinity … and Beyond: Exploring Post-2020 GHG Reductions - Honey Walters |
| To Infinity … and Beyond: Exploring Post-2020 GHG Reductions - Christina Morkner Brown |
| To Infinity … and Beyond: Exploring Post-2020 GHG Reductions - Dave Vintze |
| To Infinity … and Beyond: Exploring Post-2020 GHG Reduction - Dylan Johnson |
| How Can Leadership Skills Help Planners Minimize Hostile Public Opposition and Increase Civility? (CPR Session) |
| 11:30 am - 1:00 pm | Plenary Lunch - Planning 2.0: The Drivers of Regional and Global Change and Land Use Innovation - Danny Kennedy |
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| Session Block #7 | Got a College? New Town/Gown/Industry Collaboration - Joanna Jansen |
| 1:15 pm - 2:45 pm | 4% vs. 9% Project Location: How Can We Improve LIHTC Project Selection Process and Outcomes? - Seva Rodnyansky |
| From Sharing the Road to Sharing the Bikes - How to Create a Bikeshare System that Works in Your City - Elizabeth Bar-El |
| Y-PLAN Youth Action Exchange: Engaging Youth as Critical Actors in Bay Area Planning and Policy Making |
| Transforming Union Station and the City - Debra Gerod |
| 5 Innovations in Communicating Sea Level Rise Risks to the Public: Flood risk communication and sea level rise adaptation - Jessica Ludy |
| 5 Innovations in Communicating Sea Level Rise Risks to the Public: Owlized - Aaron Selverson |
| 5 Innovations in Communicating Sea Level Rise Risks to the Public: Improving Risk Perception on Floodplains: The Role of Watermarks - Matt Kondolf |
| 5 Innovations in Communicating Sea Level Rise Risks to the Public: YESS: Youth Exploring Sea Level Rise Science - Marina Psaros |
| Utilizing Integrated Utility Systems to Deliver Restorative City Goals - Joshua Foss |
| Avoiding Demolition of Historic Resources/Sustaining and Strengthening Neighborhood Character |
| Resilience is the New Black - What Do We Mean by Resilience Planning, and Aren't We Doing it Already? |
| Trends, Opportunities, and Challenges for Integrating Green Infrastructure with Urban Design in the San Francisco Bay Area |
| Designing Protected Bikeways within Urban Streetscape Projects: Successful Collaboration Between Cities and Caltrans |
| General Plan Update – Keeping It Real, Current and Relevant - Antero Rivasplata |
| Current Planning Issues in California High-Speed Rail |
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| Session Block #8 | It's a Gas - Producing BioEnergy from Organic Waste in California: Biogas - Julia Levin |
| 3:15 pm – 4:45 pm | It's a Gas - Producing BioEnergy from Organic Waste in California: Organic Waste to Energy in California - Eric Herbert |
| It's a Gas - Producing BioEnergy from Organic Waste in California: Powering San José: Developing a Public-Private AD System - Michael Gonzales
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| The City in Words: The Year's Best Books on Planning - Josh Stevens |
| Our Passion, Our Sports, Our Teams are Going Green: Green Sports Alliance - Erik Distler |
| Our Passion, Our Sports, Our Teams are Going Green: City of Santa Clara - 49ers Stadium - Payal Bhagat
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| Our Passion, Our Passion, Our Sports, Our Teams are Going Green: Partnership - City of San Jose and San Jose Earthquakes - Jo Zientek |
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| NOAA's Office for Coastal Management and the NOAA Digital Coast - Increasing Resilience Along the California Coast Gwen Shaughnessy |
| NOAA's Office for Coastal Management and the NOAA Digital Coast: CA Coastal Commission: Sea Level Rise Policy Guidance and Support for Local and Regional Efforts Carey Batha |
| NOAA's Office for Coastal Management and the NOAA Digital Coast: Hazard Mitigation Planning Partnerships, Planning and Process Sherry Collins |
| NOAA's Office for Coastal Management and the NOAA Digital Coast: Application of NOAA’s Digital Coast forSonoma County Local Coastal Plan Update - Sandi Potter |
| NOAA's Office for Coastal Management and the NOAA Digital Coast: Adapting to Rising Tides - Wendy Goodfriend |
| Neighborhood Violence, Criminal Justice, and the Planner’s Role - Beth Altshuler |
| Neighborhood Violence, Criminal Justice, and the Planner’s Role: Cultivating Change-Makers for the Next Seven Generations - Juan Gomez |
| Neighborhood Violence, Criminal Justice, and the Planner’s Role: Re-Envisioning Justice Architecture - Deanna Van Buren |
| Neighborhood Violence, Criminal Justice, and the Planner’s Role: Two examples from the urban, unincorporated Alameda County - Nate Miley
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| Tribal Consultation 101: Practical Approaches to Successful Tribal Consultations from Local & Tribal Government Perspectives: A Tribal Perspective on Successful Government-To-Government Consultations - Merri Lopez-Kiefer |
| Tribal Consultation 101: Practical Approaches to Successful Tribal Consultations from Local & Tribal Government Perspectives: Tribal Consultation Under AB 52: Requirements and Best Practices - Terrie Robinson |
| whY-PLAN? Engaging Young People and Schools as Critical Actors in Building Healthy, Equitable, and Vibrant Communities |
| Purposeful APA Travel: Learning and Exchanging from International Planning Tours |
| The New Faces of Transportation - Recent Trends in Transit and Taxi Service Delivery |
| Sustainability Jeopardy! |
| Building Consensus for Sustainable Streets - Jessica Alba |
| Manifest Density: A Reality Check for The Sustainable Communities Strategy - Barry Miller |
| Establishing Your Roots in Planning Technology |
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| TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6 | |
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| Session Block #9 | Vibrant Streets Start at the Edges - Kristen Hall |
| 8:00 am - 9:30 am | The Dark Side of Planning: How Cities Can Open Their Eyes to Light Pollution |
| Authenticity and Innovation: Oakland's Specific Plan Success Stories - Laura Kaminski |
| Stand Up To The Bullies |
| The Art of Community Revitalization |
| Climate Action Planning and Urban Greening: Weaving Together Health, Resilience and Equity |
| TOD = Transit Oriented Displacement? Innovative Methods to Detect and Prevent Displacement Associated with TOD |
| Time Management for Harried Planners |
| Popping Up in a Neighborhood Near You: Pop-Up and Temporary Retail - Jennifer Quinn |
| Bus Rapid Transit - Basic Design Information for Non-Transit Planners |
| Getting Graphic: Visualization Strategies for Today's Planning |
| Parking and Driverless Vehicle Innovations and Their Impact on Cities: Berkeley - Parking Demand Management, Past, Present and Future - Kamala Parks |
| Parking and Driverless Vehicle Innovations and Their Impact on Cities: Planning Implications of Autonomous Vehicles - Ryan Snyder |
| Parking and Driverless Vehicle Innovations and Their Impact on Cities: SF Park - Circle Less, Live More - Andy Thornley |
| After Property Rights, Takings, and Exactions: A Legal and Practical Update for Planners - Thomas Jacobson |
| After Property Rights, Takings, and Extractions: Key Federal and California Takings and Exactions Cases - Thomas Jacobson |
| After Property Rights, Takings, and Extractions: Recent Decisions and Cases Worth Watching - Vivian Kahn |
| Session Block #10 | Using Public Benefit Bonus Policies to Generate Community Support for Plans and Funding for Unmet Needs |
| 9:45 am - 11:15 am | Innovations in Social Equity Analysis at a Regional Level: Regional Analysis of Social Equity - Doug Johnson |
| Innovations in Social Equity Analysis at a Regional Level: MPO's in California - Jane Clough |
| Innovations in Social Equity Analysis at a Regional Level: Social Equity Analysis at a Regional Level - Joe Concannon |
| Innovations in Social Equity Analysis at a Regional Level: RTPSCS Environmental Justice Analysis - Frank Wen |
| A Cyclist, a Health Advocate and a Planner Walk into a Bar…. |
| The Power of Interdisciplinary Mobility Planning Today |
| How Silicon Valley Tech Companies and Millennials are Changing Workplace Districts and Transportation Patterns |
| San Francisco's Pier 70: Transforming an Historic Shipyard into a Complete Neighborhood |
| San Francisco's Sustainability Districts: Translating Policy Into Action |
| Connected Cities: Planning for Fiber, Broadband, and WiFi - Joanna Jansen |
| Planning Across Borders - Coleen Clementson |
| Planning Across Borders: Planning at the California-Mexico International Border - Jose Marquez |
| Planning Across Borders: California-Baja California Border Master Plan - Sergio Pallares
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| Planning Across Borders: Pedestrian and Bicycle Transportation Access Study for the California/Baja California Land Ports of Entry - Virginia Mendoza |
| Growth Without Gridlock: How Mountain View is Changing the Silicon Valley Commute - Phil Olmstead |
| If You Plan It Will They Come? Lessons Learned in Community Engagement - Ulla-Britt Jonsson |
| Drones, Phones, and Automobiles |
| Ethics Jeopardy: Testing What We Know About Ethics |
| Annual CEQA Update - Antero Rivasplata |
| Annual CEQA Update: Preliminary Discussion Draft of Proposed Updates to the CEQA Guidelines |
