Events
Watch for frequent updates.
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 1: Deadline for Submissions
The Congress for the New Urbanism invites academic paper submissions for presentation at their annual Congress (see June 10-13, 2009 event listing). Submissions are welcome on a range of issues and disciplines related to New Urbanism; papers that incorporate the theme of the Congress, "Experiencing the New Urbanism: The Convenient Remedy," are especially welcomed. http://www.cnu.org/callforpapers
December 2, Washington, DC
2008 L’Enfant Lecture on City Planning and Design,“Revisiting Learning from Las Vegas” with Paul Goldberger, presented by the American Planning Association. http://www.planning.org/lenfant/2008/index.htm
December 2, Washington, DC
2008 L’Enfant Lecture on City Planning and Design,“Revisiting Learning from Las Vegas” with Paul Goldberger, presented by the American Planning Association. http://www.planning.org/lenfant/2008/index.htm
December 2, New York, NY
“Real Estate in Emerging Markets: Opportunities and Risks,” a Knowledge@Wharton’s inaugural Real Estate in Emerging Markets forum. http://www.knowledge-events.com/
December 2, London, UK
“The reality of creating sustainable communites,” University College London’s ‘UrbanBuzz’ program final conference and exhibition. www.urbanbuzz.org
December 2-5, Boston, MA
National Community Land Trust Network annual meeting, with courses and seminars presented by the CLT Academy. http://www.cltnetwork.org/index.php
December 3, Houston, TX
Texas Lyceum Transportation Conference on transportation infrastructure and public policy for Texas. http://gulfcoastinstitute.org/growthnews/?p=250
December 3, Houston, TX
Houston Tomorrow Distinguished Speaker series welcomes columnist Neal Peirce, whose latest book is "Citistates: How Urban America Can Prosper in a Competitive World" (Seven Locks Press, 1993). RSVP to wendy.natt@gulfcoastinstitute.org.
December 8-11, Washington, DC
Ecobuild Fall and AEC-ST Fall conference/exhibit, featuring LEED Education seminars, National Institute of Building Sciences conferences, and 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 9, Charlotte, NC
Civic-by-Design Forum: “Re-imagining Central Avenue,” with Phil Kuttner, leader of the INTERNATIONAL CORRIDOR visioning project of the Charlotte Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, along with folks from the Eastside Supporters Initiative organized by the Simmons YMCA. 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. brenda@dpz.com.
December 10, Houston, TX
The Houston-Galveston Area Council hosts “Context Sensitive Solutions Workshop: Design with Communities in Mind” participants will learn how to develop and use a Context Sensitive approach in coordinated land use and transportation planning. http://gulfcoastinstitute.org/growthnews/
December 12, Manchester, NH
Sam Daley-Harris, RESULTS, guest lecturer at the New Hampshire University School of Community Economic Development speaker series, which is free and open to the public. http://www.snhu.edu/7984.asp
December 15, Deadline for Submissions
Home Headquarters Inc., Syracuse Center of Excellence, and Syracuse University School of Architecture present a single family home design competition “From the Ground Up: Innovative Green Homes.” http://soa.syr.edu/events/2008/greenhomes/index.php
December 15, Deadline for Submissions
Applications for the Washington [DC] Smart Growth Alliance “Smart and Sustainable Growth Recognition Program.” http://www.sgalliance.org/sgrp.html
December 16, Deadline for Abstracts
Submissions for the Healthy Buildings 2009 conference (09/13-17/09, Syracuse, NY). http://syracusecoe.org/
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
January 5, Deadline for Comments
Public review and comment period for the LEED-ND (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Neighborhood Development) draft rating system ends; the final rating system will be balloted by Congress for the New Urbanism members in spring 2009 and is predicted to launch mid-2009. http://www.cnu.org/sites/files/CNUupdate11_17_08.html
January 8, Ellicott City, MD
Join Salient Group’s Studio/Gallery open house featuring original art from architectural commissions and demos of the latest in architectural illustration technique. RSVP at salientgroup1@comcast.net or call 410.418.9430.
January 8-9, Phoenix, AZ
“FBC 201: Preparing a Form-Based Code -- Design Considerations” offered by the Form-Based Codes Institute; faculty include Victor Dover, Steve Price, Karen Parolek and David Sargent. To register, visit www.formbasedcodes.org/courses.html
January 9, Manchester, NH
Eric Jacobs & Karen Song, Weed & Seed “Best Practice” Research, guest lecturers at the New Hampshire University School of Community Economic Development speaker series, which is free and open to the public. http://www.snhu.edu/7984.asp
January 13-14, Douglas, GA
Community Planning Institute in partnership with the Georgia Planning Association present a two-day training program in planning concepts and procedures. www.dca.state.ga.us/development/PlanningQualityGrowth/programs/opqg.asp
January 14-16, Miami, FL
National Charrette Institute NCI Charrette System™ Certificate training presented by the National Charrette Institute. www.charretteinstitute.org/
January 20-23, Las Vegas, NV
2009 International Builders’ Show & Nextbuild. http://www.buildershow.com/Home/
January 21-23, Palm Springs, CA
Annual Meeting of the National Multi Housing Council. www.nmhc.org/MeetingRegistration/meeting.cfm?MeetingID=145
January 22-24, Albuquerque, NM
“Building Safe, Healthy and livable Communities,” 8th annual conference of New Partners for Smart Growth. www.newpartners.org/
January 25-27, Miami, FL
Council for Affordable and Rural Housing Mid-Year Meeting. http://www.carh.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5&Itemid=7
January 28-30, San Francisco, CA
“SGS 101: Smart Growth Basics,” Students will receive hands-on basic training over 3 days in urban field work, analysis and coding. www.smartgrowthschool.com
January 28-30, Seaside, FL
“Exploring Architecture Along NW Florida’s Gulf Coast,” a Town Architect’s Forum hosted by the Seaside Institute. www.theseasideinstitute.org/
February 3, Rochester, NY
“Planning for Rochester’s Green Surge,” with speaker Douglas Farr, AIA, a lecture of the 4th annual Reshaping Rochester “Sustainable Urbanism” lecture series. www.rrcdc.org
February 3-4, St. Petersburg, FL
“FBC 101: Introduction to Form-Based Coding” offered by the Form-Based Codes Institute (this is a prerequisite for the other two courses offered by FBCI); faculty include Victor Dover, Bill Spikowski, and +1 more. To register, visit www.formbasedcodes.org/courses.html.
February 3-6, Cambridge, MA
Harvard Graduate School of Design offers “The Challenges of Leadership;” this program tackles issues of leadership in practice and within organizations, and challenges participants to develop the vision, influence, self-discipline, and motivation required of successful leaders. http://execed.gsd.harvard.edu/professional/exec_ed/design.html
February 4, Paris, France
13th ULI Europe Annual Conference, “2009 Finance & Development Outlook.” http://www.uli.org/sitecore/content/ULI2Home/Events
February 4-5, Beverly Hills, CA
Reinventing Retail and Mixed-Use: Surviving, Thriving, and Positioning for the Future,” conference hosted by the Urban Land Institute. http://www.uli.org/sitecore/content/ULI2Home/Events.aspx
February 13, Manchester, NH
David Bradley, National Community Action Foundation, guest lecturer at the New Hampshire University School of Community Economic Development speaker series, which is free and open to the public. http://www.snhu.edu/7984.asp
February 25-27, Las Vegas, NV
RETECH 2009, Renewable Energy Technology Conference and Exhibition sponsored by the US Green Building Council. http://www.retech2009.com/?src=usgbc
February 25-27, Wels, Upper Austria
World Sustainable Energy Days 2009. http://www.retech2009.com/?src=usgbc
March 2-4, Houston, TX
“Transforming the Metropolis: Creating Sustainable and Humane Cities” seventh bi-annual meeting of the De Lange Conference hosted by Rice University. http://delange.rice.edu/VII/
March 4-6, Wisconsin Dells, WI
“Better Buildings: Better Business Conference 2009.” http://www.ecw.org/university/
March 9-11, Portland, Or
National Charrette Institute NCI Charrette System™ Certificate training presented by the National Charrette Institute. www.charretteinstitute.org/
March 12-13, Portland, OR
NCI Charrette Management and Facilitation™ certificate trainings presented by the National Charrette Institute. http://www.charretteinstitute.org/programs.html
March 13, Manchester, NH
John Nelson, Wall Street Without Walls, National Community Action Foundation, guest lecturer at the New Hampshire University School of Community Economic Development speaker series, which is free and open to the public. http://www.snhu.edu/7984.asp
March 16, Rochester, NY
“The Fifth Migration: Return to the Urban Core,” with speaker Robert Fishman, a lecture of the 4th annual Reshaping Rochester “Sustainable Urbanism” lecture series. www.rrcdc.org
March 16-18, Ventura, CA
“FBC 301: Completing, Adopting and Implementing the Code,” offered by the Form-Based Codes Institute; faculty include Bob Sitkowski, Bill Spikowski, Dan Parolek, +2 more. To register, visit www.formbasedcodes.org/courses.html
March 18-20, Shanghai, China
Third International Conference on Urban Transportation Systems of the American Society of Civil Engineers. http://www.asce.org/conferences/
March 16-18, Ventura, CA
“FBC 301: Completing, Adopting and Implementing the Code,” offered by the Form-Based Codes Institute; faculty include Bob Sitkowski, Bill Spikowski, Dan Parolek, +2 more. To register, visit www.formbasedcodes.org/courses.html
March 19-21, Boston, MA
Traditional Building Exhibition and Conference, the largest tradeshow, conference and networking event dedicated to the historic restoration, renovation and traditionally inspired new construction markets. www.traditionalbuildingshow.com
March 22-25, Phoenix, AZ
Institute of Transportation Engineers presents “Transportation Operations in Action,” the ITE 2009 Technical Conference and Exhibit. http://www.ite.org/
March 25-26, Atlanta, GA
Greenprints 2009, “Sustainable Communities by Design.” http://www.southface.org/web/greenprints_conference/index.htm
March 26-28, New York, NY
Green East Expo & Conference 2009, sustainable solutions for business, home, and community. http://www.greeneastexpo.com/
March 29-31, Boston, MA
2009 Environments for the Aging conference. www.efa09.com/ME2/Default.asp
April 1-2, Lansing, MI
“FBC 101: Introduction to Form-Based Coding” offered by the Form-Based Codes Institute (this is a prerequisite for the other two courses offered by FBCI). To register for the waiting list, visit www.formbasedcodes.org/courses.html.
April 2-7, Miami, FL
Center for Applied Transect Studies presents “Light Imprint Workshop.” The Light Imprint handbook/toolbox matrix organizes over sixty tools and resources in a simple, useful form. Participants in this session will gain an understanding of the LI overlay strategy and methods to apply the LI approach on their next land development or design project. www.smartcodecentral.com/seminars.html
April 16, Rochester, NY
“The New Green Cities: A Model for Municipal Stewardship,” with speakers Mayor George Heartwell & Director of Planning Suzanne Schulz, AICP, of Grand Rapids, MI; a lecture of the 4th annual Reshaping Rochester “Sustainable Urbanism” lecture series. www.rrcdc.org
April 17, Manchester, NH
Harold Simon, National Housing Institute (NHI)/Hands Inc./Community Asset Preservation Corporation, National Community Action Foundation, guest lecturer at the New Hampshire University School of Community Economic Development speaker series, which is free and open to the public. http://www.snhu.edu/7984.asp
April 25-29, Minneapolis, MN
American Planning Association’s 2009 National Planning Conference. http://www.planning.org/2009conference/sessionproposal/index.htm
April 29, Syracuse, NY
“Accelerate 2009” meeting of FOCUS of Greater Syracuse. http://www.focussyracuse.org/
May 6-8, Washington, DC
National Charrette Institute NCI Charrette System™ Certificate training presented by the National Charrette Institute. www.charretteinstitute.org/
May 10-14, Portland, OR
“True Urbanism: Cities for Health & Well-Being” 47th international Making Cities Livable conference co-sponsored by The City of Portland & Portland Metro Planning Council. www.LivableCities.org
May 13, Rochester, NY
“Neighborhood Revitalization & the Importance of Transit-Oriented Development,” with speaker Jacky Grimshaw, a lecture of the 4th annual Reshaping Rochester “Sustainable Urbanism” lecture series. www.rrcdc.org
May 13-15, Cyprus, Greece
“Sustainable Development 2009” fourth international conference on sustainable development and planning. http://www.wessex.ac.uk/conferences/2009/sdp09/index.html
May 18-19, Lansing, MI
“FBC 201: Preparing a Form-Based Code -- Design Considerations” offered by the Form-Based Codes Institute. To register for the waiting list, visit www.formbasedcodes.org/courses.html
May 27-29, Las Vegas, NV
National Green Builders Products Expo, trade-to-trade only event for manufacturers and providers of goods and services related to the building, remodeling, rehabilitation, or renovation of buildings, green initiative commercial & industrial structures, as well as single & multi-family housing. www.ngbpe.com
May 31-June 2, Atlanta, GA
12th International Conference on Automated People Movers. http://content.asce.org/conferences/apm2009/index.html
June 10-13, Denver, CO
“Experiencing the New Urbanism: The Convenient Remedy” 17th annual conference of the Congress for the New Urbanism. http://www.cnu.org/congresses
June 11-13, Butte, MT
2009 Vernacular Architecture Forum conference. www.vernaculararchitectureforum.org
June 22-24, Bologna, Italy
“Urban Transport 2009” fifteenth international conference on urban transport and the environment. http://www.wessex.ac.uk/conferences/2009/urban09/index.html
June 23-25, Bologna, Italy
“Energy and Sustainability 2009” second international conference on energy and sustainability. http://www.wessex.ac.uk/conferences/2009/energy09/index.html
June 28-July 1, Oakland, CA
Lifeline Earthquake Engineering in a Multihazard Environment 2009. http://content.asce.org/conferences/tclee2009/
July 8-10, Chianciano Terme, Italy
“ECOSUD 2009” seventh international conference on ecosystems and sustainable development. http://www.wessex.ac.uk/conferences/2009/ecosud09/index.html
July 12-13, Portland, OR
NCI Charrette Management and Facilitation™ certificate trainings presented by the National Charrette Institute. http://www.charretteinstitute.org/programs.html
July 13-14, Lansing, MI
“FBC 301: Completing, Adopting and Implementing the Code,” offered by the Form-Based Codes Institute. To register for waiting list, visit www.formbasedcodes.org/courses.html
July 13-15, Portland, OR
National Charrette Institute NCI Charrette System™ Certificate training presented by the National Charrette Institute. www.charretteinstitute.org/
July 20-22, Tallinn, Estonia
“Air Pollution 2009,” seventeenth international conference on modeling, monitoring and management of air pollution. http://www.wessex.ac.uk/conferences/2009/air09/index.html
August 6-9, Silver Spring, MD
Celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Environmental Leadership Program. kimberly@elpnet.org.
August 9-12, San Antonio, TX
Institution of Transportation Engineers 2009 Annual Meeting and Exhibit. www.ite.org/meetcon/index.asp
August 30 - September 2, Duluth, MN
14th Conference on Cold Regions Engineering. http://content.asce.org/conferences/coldregions2009/index.html
Sept 13-17, Syracuse, NY
“Healthy Buildings 2009” 9th International Conference and Exhibition of the International Society for Indoor Air Quality (ISIAQ) http://www.isiaq.org/
September 18-22, Chicago, IL
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) annual meeting. www.asla.org/
September 28-30, New Forest, UK
“Regional Airports 2009” international conference on regional airports.
http://www.wessex.ac.uk/conferences/2009/airports09/index.html
October 6-11, Nashville, TN
National Preservation Conference 2009 of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. www.nthpconference.org
October 19-21, Portland, OR
National Charrette Institute NCI Charrette System™ Certificate training presented by the National Charrette Institute. www.charretteinstitute.org/
October 22-23, Portland, OR
NCI Charrette Management and Facilitation™ certificate trainings presented by the National Charrette Institute. http://www.charretteinstitute.org/programs.html
November 10-12, Denver, CO
“CommunityMatters 09” interactive conference of interesting discussions and hands-on experiences that will help you learn about land use planning and community development in small cities and towns. www.communitymatters.org
2010
March 14-17, Savannah, GA
Institution of Transportation Engineers 2010 Technical Conference and Exhibit. www.ite.org/meetcon/index.asp
May 2-6, Melbourne, Australia
International Federation on Ageing 10th Global Conference. www.ifa2010.org
May 19-22, Atlanta, GA
“CNU XVIII” annual conference of the Congress for the New Urbanism. http://www.cnu.org/congresses
August 8-11, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Institution of Transportation Engineers 2010 Annual Meeting and Exhibit. www.ite.org/meetcon/index.asp
September 10–14, Washington, DC
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) annual meeting. www.asla.org/
2011
April 3-6, Lake Buena Vista, FL
Institution of Transportation Engineers 2011 Technical Conference and Exhibit. www.ite.org/meetcon/index.asp
June 1-4, Madison, WI
“CNU XIX” annual conference of the Congress for the New Urbanism. http://www.cnu.org/congresses
August 14-17, St. Louis, MO
Institution of Transportation Engineers 2011 Annual Meeting and Exhibit. www.ite.org/meetcon/index.asp
September 30-October 4, Seattle, WA
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) annual meeting. www.asla.org/
2012
August 12-15, Atlanta, GA
Institution of Transportation Engineers 2012 Annual Meeting and Exhibit. www.ite.org/meetcon/index.asp
September 28-October 2, Phoenix, AZ
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) annual meeting. www.asla.org/
2013
August 4-7, Boston, MA
Institution of Transportation Engineers 2013 Annual Meeting and Exhibit. www.ite.org/meetcon/index.asp
2014
August 3-6, Seattle, WA
Institution of Transportation Engineers 2014 Annual Meeting and Exhibit. www.ite.org/meetcon/index.asp
2015
March 29 – April 1, Tucson, AZ
Institution of Transportation Engineers 2015 Technical Conference and Exhibit. www.ite.org/meetcon/index.asp
August 2-5, Hollywood, FL
Institution of Transportation Engineers 2015 Annual Meeting and Exhibit. www.ite.org/meetcon/index.asp
2016
July 31- August 3, Toronto, ON, Canada
Institution of Transportation Engineers 2016 Annual Meeting and Exhibit. www.ite.org/meetcon/index.asp
2017
August 6-9, San Diego, CA
Institution of Transportation Engineers 2017 Annual Meeting and Exhibit. www.ite.org/meetcon/index.asp