Morning and Afternoon "Optional" Tours of Local Model Projects
Additional information on these tours can be found in the Special Features section.

Portland as a Laboratory for Livable Communities
This session would highlight many of Portland's smart-growth success stories, the history behind the region's smart-growth movement, as well as the challenges still ahead and the lessons learned. This session will feature local government officials, nonprofit agency representatives, and planners who will look at a variety of aspects--from the urban growth boundary to transportation policies--to help explain what has worked for Portland and why.

	Facilitator: Lisa Nisenson, Development, Community and Environment Division, U.S. EPA
	•	Fred Hansen, Executive Director, TriMet
	•	Ethan Seltzer, Professor, School of Urban Studies and Planning, Portland State University
	•	Glen Bolen, Senior Associate, Fregonese Calthorpe and Associates
	•	Mayor Robert Drake, City of Beaverton, OR

From Sidewalks to Policy: Moving Public Health Interventions to New Levels
Presented by Safe and Healthy Communities Consulting and the UC Berkeley Traffic Safety Center. Public health professionals are making important contributions to promoting and implementing healthy community design. However, to be more effective, we need to begin participating at all levels of the community design process, from retrofit to policy. This is a working session for public health professionals to learn more about land-use and transportation planning and how and where they can strategically intervene to improve health outcomes. Note: this session qualifies for continuing education credits for public health professionals.

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Tina Zenzola, Director, Safe and Healthy Communities Consulting

Connecting Smart Growth and Social Equity: Laying the Foundation
What exactly is "smart growth?" What does "social equity" really mean? How are the two related, and can one be achieved independently of the other? Come hear leaders from both arenas discuss these issues and the basic principles of each, and how to make the connections.

	Moderator/Presenter: Carl Anthony, Program Officer, Ford Foundation
	•	Radhika Fox, Senior Program Associate, PolicyLink
	•	Jesse Leon, Program Manager, Funders Network for Smart Growth
	•	Alan Hipolito, Economic Development Director, Hacienda CDC
	•	Eric D. Shaw, Economic Development Manager, Overtown Civic Partnership and Design Center

Creating Opportunity from Abandonment: A Tour of Portland's Successful Vacant Property Revitalization Projects
The National Vacant Properties Campaign (an initiative of Smart Growth America, ICMA, and LISC) will offer a special workshop and mobile tour of some of Portland's most successful reclamation projects. Learn how Portland transformed more than 2,900 vacant properties into the vibrant city it is today. The tour, led by representatives from the City of Portland, will highlight several of Portland's most innovative and successful redevelopment projects. After the mobile tour, the Campaign partners and a team of national experts and practitioners will hold an open forum where participants can discuss vacant properties cases and brainstorm possible solutions to abandonment in their communities.

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The tour takes place from 1:00-3:30 p.m. Advance registration for the tour and a nominal fee are required to participate. See the conference registration form.

	3:30-4:30 p.m. "Ask the Experts" Workshop
	•	Ann Sewill, Vice President and California Director, Enterprise Foundation
	•	Lisa Mueller, Coordinator, Knowledge Sharing, LISC
	•	Don Chen, Executive Director, Smart Growth America
	•	Joseph Schilling, Director of Community and Economic Development, International City/County Management Association

How to Implement an Active Living Program in Your Community
Active Living has become a crucial health consideration in the development of livable communities. Many types of Active Living programs exist for local leaders, professionals, and community residents alike to champion. This session will provide an overview of the types of Active Living strategies that communities across the country are beginning to engage in, as well as provide an overall methodology for developing these types of projects in your community. This session will also provide opportunities for hands-on practice in designing a variety of Active Living projects. Note: this session qualifies for continuing education credits for public health professionals.

	•	Marla Hollander, MPH, CHES, Director, Leadership for Active Living
	•	Karen Roof, MPH, KRoof EnviroHealth Consulting

Livable Communities 101: Making the Multidisciplinary Connections
This session will define livable communities strategies from a number of different perspectives, including planner, transportation, public health, and crime prevention. Learn the community design elements that serve the overlapping needs of each of these disciplines. Note: this session qualifies for continuing education credits for public health professionals.

	Moderator/Presenter: Judy Corbett, Executive Director, Local Government Commission
	•	Rick Cole, City Manager, City of Azusa, CA
	•	Al Zelinka, Principal Planner, RBF Consulting's Urban Design Studio
	•	Alex Kelter, Chief, Epidemiology and Prevention for Injury Control (EPIC) Branch, California Department of Health Services

Smart Growth for Local Elected Officials
Local elected officials have a critical role to play in assuring better planning in their communities--without their leadership, there will be no progress! This session will outline the basic principles and benefits of smart growth. Then, city and county elected officials will offer examples of tangible actions that they have undertaken to implement smart-growth principles, making their communities better places to live.

	•	Vice Mayor Connie Stewart, City of Arcata; Local Government Commission Board Member
	•	Rex Burkholder, Councilor, Metro, OR (invited)
	•	Councilmember Tom Butt, City of Richmond, CA
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Conference Welcome and Acknowledgments

	•	Conference Emcee: Councilmember Jake Mackenzie, City of Rohnert Park, CA; Local Government Commission Board Member
	•	Vice Mayor Connie Stewart, City of Arcata, CA; Local Government Commission Board Chair
	•	Don Leslie, FASLA, RLA, Associate Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education, Penn State University

Kick-off Keynote: The Road to Smart Growth
At the most basic level, smart growth promises transportation choice and convenience. Describing the network to deliver on this promise has been explored, but still remains one of the larger questions for communities. The imperative to serve transit riders and pedestrians has been met with energy and creativity, however, characterizing the role of the automobile in a smart-growth context is still only loosely defined. This plenary session looks at the smart-growth movement's transportation agenda thus far, the transportation question and new views on transportation, the car, and building better communities.

	•	Christine Johnson, Director of Field Services-West, Federal Highway Administration
	•	Peter Calthorpe, Principal, Calthorpe and Associates

Networking Reception

Morning Welcome

	•	Councilmember Jake Mackenzie, City of Rohnert Park, CA; Local Government Commission Board Member
	•	Mayor Vera Katz, City of Portland
	•	Congressman Earl Blumenauer, Oregon's 3rd Congressional District

Social Equity and Smart Growth: Addressing the Gaps and Building the Bridges
This session will feature a facilitated dialogue among key leaders in the social equity and smart growth arenas. This dialogue will serve to outline the "disconnect" between the important work being accomplished by both social equity and smart growth advocates, and why these two groups--both of whom are committed to "quality of life" issues--are not often working together to achieve their common goals. Come hear ideas and strategies for how to build the necessary bridges between the two, to ensure real progress in creating safer, healthier, and livable communities for all community residents.

	Facilitator: Don Chen, Executive Director, Smart Growth America
	•	Carl Anthony, Program Officer, Ford Foundation
	•	Ann Canby, President, Surface Transportation Policy Project
	•	Francisco Estrada, Senior Policy Analyst, Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund

Morning Break

Keynote Luncheon

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Governor Mike Leavitt, Administrator, US EPA (invited)

Morning Welcome

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Councilmember Jake Mackenzie, City of Rohnert Park, CA; Local Government Commission Board Member

Getting Smart-Growth Projects Built: The Developers Have the Mic
An ever-increasing number of cities are adopting the livable communities vision, but government codes, ordinances, and processes stand in the way. Developers will describe the barriers they face and the opportunities and incentives they see, and leading local government officials will describe how cities and counties can accommodate and encourage projects that will make our communities more livable. The session will feature a facilitated discussion between developers and local officials on the barriers to good development and how to overcome them.

	Facilitator: Felicia Marcus, Executive Vice President, Trust for Public Land
	•	Randall Lewis, Executive Vice President, Lewis Operating Corporation
	•	Charles Perry, Partner, Perry Rose LLC
	•	Maxine Fitzpatrick, Executive Director, Portland Community Reinvestment Initiative (invited)
	•	Mayor Heather Fargo, City of Sacramento, CA (invited)
	•	Rick Cole, City Manager, City of Azusa, CA
	•	Peter Park, Planning Director, Milwaukee Department of City Development, WI

Morning Break

Networking Lunch

Closing Keynote--As California Goes, so Goes the Nation?
Without a doubt, California looms large. The past year has shone an even brighter spotlight on a state that holds much promise while confronting great challenges, including many related to growth. When put in perspective, however, these growth issues are not all that different from those experienced throughout the country. Whether it's the need for affordable housing or new ideas in transportation or voters' increasing desire to preserve sensitive lands, we all seem to be in the same boat. When California's new Governor chose Terry Taminnen as his Secretary for the Department of Environmental Protection, he tapped into a new generation of practitioners who understand better than anyone else the interlinking facets of smart growth, the environment, and quality of life. Please join our guest speaker as he presents California's vision of smart growth, and how these innovations can impact trends and discussion around the country.

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Terry Tamminen, Secretary, CalEPA

Morning "Optional" Tours of Local Model Projects
Additional information on these tours can be found in the Special Features section.