NOTE: The Conference-at-a-Glance is subject to change. The most current information can be found on the website at www.apacalifornia.org prior to the conference, and on the mobile app and in the registration area when the conference begins. CONFERENCE-AT-A-GLANCE SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5 12:00 noon - 5:30 pm APA California Board of Directors Meeting Sequoia Room Visalia Convention Center SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6 7:30-12:00 noon Mobile Workshop, Student and Pre-Conference Workshop Registration Marriott Ballroom Foyer 9:00 am - 11:30 am APA California Board of Directors Meeting Sequoia Room Visalia Convention Center 9:15 am - 4:15 pm Pre-Conference Workshop #1 - Management from the Ground Up CM 6.0 Additional fee - $75 conference attendees, $125 non-attendees, includes lunch Marriott Sierra Ballroom 9:15 am - 4:15 pm Pre-Conference Workshop #2 - Urban Design for Planners by Planners CM 6.0 Additional fee - $75 conference attendees, $125 non-attendees, includes lunch Marriott Nevada Ballroom 10:00 am - 11:30 am Battle of the Sectors: Public vs. Non-Profit vs. Private Sector Employment (CPF Session) 11:45 am - 1:00 pm Student Awards Lunch (Students Only) 12:00 noon - 6:00 pm Attendee Conference Registration Marriott Ballroom Foyer 12:00 noon - 6:00 pm Exhibitor Set-up 1:15 pm - 2:30 pm Charting a Course in Sustainability: Steps Students Can Take Before Graduating Are We in Jeopardy? A Field Guide to Climate Action Planning 1:30-4:30 pm Student Poster Display Session Block #1 Form-Based Zoning Grows Up CM 1.5 2:45 pm - 4:15 pm Got a Digital Tool Box? Achieving Scenario Planning CM 1.5 and Impact Assessments Lost and Found: CM 1.5 Creating Public Places in Overlooked Spaces Walking Audits: CM 1.5 A Tool for a Successful Public Participation Process Planning for Stormwater: CM 1.5 Now and What About the Future? Being a Better Project Manager: CM 1.5 From Both Sides of the Counter California High-Speed Rail: CM 1.5 Moving from Paper to Concrete 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm PEN Annual Committee Meeting Sequoia Room, Visalia Convention Center 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm Food Justice: Issues Impacting Urban and Rural CM 1.5 ETHICS Communities of Color: Diversity Summit 2013 Visalia Convention Center Exhibit Hall 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm Opening Reception - APA California Oktoberfest Marriott/Convention Center Courtyard 1
MONDAY, OCTOBER 7 7:30 am - 9:00 am Continental Breakfast 7:30 am - 7:30 pm Conference Registration Marriott Ballroom Foyer 7:30 am - 7:30 pm Exhibits Open 7:30 am - 8:30 am CA Planning Roundtable Committee Meeting Marriott Sierra Ballroom 8:00 am - 12:00 noon MW#12 - Valley Habitats: Places & Preservation CM 3.5 8:00 am - 5:00 pm MW#7 - A River Runs Through Us - In a Canoe CM 5.0 $52 additional fee Meet in the lobby of Visalia Marriott 15 minutes prior to departure 8:30 am - 9:45 am Opening Keynote Speaker - Ken Alex, Senior Policy Advisor CM 1.0 to Governor Jerry Brown & Director of the Office of Planning and Research 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Commission & Board Lounge Marriott Nevada Ballroom Session Block #2 Historic Corridor Project Comes of Age CM 1.5 10:00 am - 11:30 am Activating Your General Plan to Reduce GHG Emissions CM 1.5 and Address Climate Change Moving to Sustainability: CM 1.5 Pulse of the Valley Reconciling Emergency Access with Healthy Streets CM 1.5 San Joaquin BallroomD Give Your Plan a Face Lift: CM 1.5 Practical Approaches to Data Visualization Everything You Wanted to Know About APA California CM 1.5 Resolving Conflicts Over Renewable CM 1.5 LAW and 1.5 Energy Projects Solar Farms Cropping Up in California CM 1.5 10:00 am - 12:00 noon MW#5 - Downtown Visalia Trolley & Walking Tour CM 2.0 $25 additional fee Meet in the lobby of Visalia Marriott 15 minutes prior to departure 11:45 am - 1:30 pm APA California Awards Luncheon CM 1.0 2
MONDAY, OCTOBER 7 Session Block #3 SB 226: CM 1.5 LAW and 1.5 1:45 pm - 3:15 pm New Opportunities for Infill Project CEQA Streamlining Collaborating to Achieve Active Transportation CM 1.5 Accommodating Future Growth Within Your Existing Footprint CM 1.5 The Citizen Leader: CM 1.5 Broadening the Ranks of Planning Leaders (CPR Session) The Future of Funding CM 1.5 Planning for California's - and Your Community's - CM 1.5 Distributed Renewable Energy Future Passing the AICP Exam: Who Wants to be a Certified Planner? Connecting the Dots: CM 1.5 Strategies and Tips for Making a Finding 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm MW#5 - Downtown Visalia Trolley & Walking Tour CM 2.0 $25 additional fee Meet in the lobby of Visalia Marriott 15 minutes prior to departure 3:15 pm - 3:45 pm Break and CPF Silent Auction Session Block #4 Roundabouts: CM 1.5 3:45 pm - 5:15 pm Put Environment and Safety First Program EIRs: CM 1.5 LAW and 1.5 Moving Beyond General Plan Analyses Fiscal Implication of Land Use Development CM 1.5 Meeting Your RHNA: CM 1.5 Getting High Quality Density with Form-Based Codes Climbing the Planning Ladder CM 1.5 Balancing Competing Interests in a Regional Plan: CM 1.5 The SFO Land Use Compatibility Plan More Precious Than Gold: California s Water Story - CM 1.5 Looming Crisis, Potential Solutions (PEN Session) APA California 2013 Legislative Update CM 1.5 LAW and 1.5 5:30-8:30 pm California Planning Foundation (CPF) Reception and Live Auction CPF Reception - Silent Auction closes at 7:00 pm Visalia Convention Center Foyer Live Auction Begins at 7:00 pm and Exhibit Hall 3
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8 7:30 am - 9:00 am Continental Breakfast 7:30 am - 6:00 pm Conference Registration Marriott Ballroom Foyer 7:30 am - 6:30 pm Exhibits Open 8:00 am - 12:00 noon MW#10 - Where There s a Will, There s a Way: Downtown Fresno CM 2.0 8:00 am - 12:00 noon MW#11 - Water Management in the Central Valley CM 3.5 Session Block #5 A New Paradigm for Keeping Tahoe Blue CM 1.5 8:00 am - 9:30 am Urban Transformation: CM 1.5 Linking Past, Present and Future Plans for the City of Riverside The New California Dream: Responding to the CM 1.5 Demand for Smaller Walkable Urban Living Environments Property Rights, Takings, and Exactions: CM 1.5 LAW and 1.5 A Legal and Practical Update for Planners Ethics Jeopardy: Testing What We Know About Ethics CM 1.5 ETHICS Grand Boulevard Initiative: CM 1.5 Lessons Learned in Corridor-Wide Planning General Plans in the San Joaquin Valley: CM 1.5 A New Era of Sustainability Using Carbon Offsets to Mitigate Your Project's CM 1.5 LAW and 1.5 GHGs Under CEQA 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Commission & Board Lounge Marriott Nevada Ballroom Session Block #6 Achieving Smart Growth Through Context: CM 1.5 9:45 am - 11:15 am Sensitive Parking Strategies in Sacramento From Compulsory to Creative: CM 1.5 Changing the Complete Streets Paradigm for General Plans The General Plan Guidelines: CM 1.5 LAW and 1.5 Into the 21st Century So You Want to Be a Community Development Director? CM 1.5 Planning in an Adversarial Environment CM 1.5 Just the Facts, Ma am : CM 1.5 Navigating the Politics of Planning Leveraging Value: CM 1.5 LAW and 1.5 Planning and Funding Strategies to Catalyze Great Places 10:00 am - 12:00 noon MW#5 - Downtown Visalia Trolley & Walking Tour CM 2.0 $25 additional fee Meet in the lobby of Visalia Marriott 15 minutes prior to departure 4
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Keynote Luncheon - Paul Rodriguez, Chairman CM 1.0 California Latino Water Coalition 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm MW#2 - Foothill Growth Management Plan CM 3.5 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm MW#4 - From Farm to Plate CM 3.0 $35 additional fee Meet in the lobby of Visalia Marriott 15 minutes prior to departure Session Block #7 Working Together: A Creative Solution for CM 1.5 1:15 pm - 2:45 pm Updating Community Plans and Preparing EIR's So You Wanna Be a Rock n Roll Star er City Councilperson: The Pros, Cons and Ethical Considerations of Becoming and Elected or Appointed Official CM 1.5 ETHICS Current Trends in Historic Resource Surveys for CM 1.5 Preservation Planning Infill Development: CM 1.5 A Fanciful Vision for the Future, or Reality? (CPR Session) Planning It Forward: CM 1.5 Mentoring the Next Generation of Planners Plowing New Ground: CM 1.5 Agriculture for a Modernizing California Beer, Basketball & Boats: CM 1.5 CPF s Tour of The Port of San Francisco (CPF Session) Annual CEQA Update: CM 1.5 LAW and 1.5 What s New Under the CEQA Sun 2:45 pm - 3:15 pm Break Session Block #8 Why Wait for CEQA Reform? CM 1.5 LAW and 1.5 3:15 pm - 4:45 pm Do it Yourself Right Now! Gladiators, Litigators, or Collaborators? CM 1.5 Implementing SB 375 in the Arena of Shifting Solutions So You Think You Want to Start Your Own Business? CM 1.5 The Pros and Cons of Being an Entrepreneur Beyond the Buzz Word: CM 1.5 The Practical Realities of the Smart Growth Movement Behind the Dais - 2: CM 1.5 Taking the Mystery Out of Commission and Board Meetings What Can Fresno Learn from the Pedestrian Mall CM 1.5 Section Director s Round Table and CM 1.0 Section Board Meet & Greet 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm Wine and Cheese Reception 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm APA Dine-a-Round Downtown Visalia 8:30 pm - 10:30 pm APA All Star Band Crawdaddy s Pub and Grill 5
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9 7:30 am - 10:30 am Exhibits Open 7:30 am - 9:00 am Continental Breakfast 7:30 am - 10:30 am Conference Registration Marriott Ballroom Foyer 8:00 am - 5:00 pm MW#1 - Planning in the Park CM 5.0 $60 additional fee Meet in the lobby of Visalia Marriott 15 minutes prior to departure Session Block #9 Reaching the Unreachables CM 1.5 8:00 am - 9:30 am Intergenerational Neighborhoods: CM 1.5 A New Paradigm for Diversity Facts Behind Demographic Change in California: CM 1.5 How Planners Can Respond (CPR Session) Diverse Communities, Diverse Strategies: CM 1.5 Lessons in Multicultural Outreach Turn Community Vision into Community Action CM 1.5 Doing the Right Thing: Ethical Practices for a Diverse Population CM 1.5 ETHICS 9:45 am - 11:15 am Closing Session - Michael Madrid, Principal CM 1.5 Grassroots Lab 10:30 am - 12:30 noon Exhibit Tear-down NOTE: The Conference-at-a-Glance is subject to change. The most current information can be found on the website at www.apacalifornia.org prior to the conference, and on the mobile app and in the registration area when the conference begins. 6