The following is a selection of the main sustainability sessions at the Oakland Conference, including an informal pre-conference Sustainability Planning Meet-Up hosted by the Northern Section Sustainability Committee (Friday, Oct 2nd; see details below).
FRI OCT 2
Sustainable Neighborhoods Pre-conference Meet-Up (5:30-8:30pm) hosted by the Northern Section Sustainability Committee and the Sustainable Communities Division Champion (http://bit.ly/1dtKarQ) at Swan’s Market, Old Oakland. Meet colleagues and explore a redevelopment success over wine/ beer, a tour of Swan’s Market & Co-housing, and dinner afterwards at The Cook and Her Farmer in Swan’s Market. Light drink and snack provided, additional food and drink available for purchase. Register at Eventbrite to make logistics easy. Email apasustcomm@gmail.com).
SAT OCT 3
Pre-Conference Session No. 2: What the FLUP? Future Land Use Planning for Safe, Smart and Sustainable Communities. 8:45am-2:45pm (additional fee $75).
Session Block #1, 3-4:30pm:
- Paradigm Shift in Water Use – Reworked Local & Global Water Policies & Programs
- Cap and Trade and Disadvantaged Communities: How to Engage Residents and Plan Projects that Get Dollars and Make Sense
SUN OCT 4
Mobile Workshop #3: 8-12pm. From Vision to aThriving Neighborhood: Cultural Vibrancy and Economic Vitality in Mission Bay, $35 additional fee applies
Session Block No. 2: 10am-11:30am
- 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.
Mobile Workshop #4: 10am-2:30pm: Green Infrastructure Bay Area: Green Infrastructure Takes in the East Bay – $50 additional fee applies, includes lunch
Session Block No. 3: 1:15pm-2:45 pm
- Food Cities: Planning for the Regional Economy
- Bay Area Sustainability: Wicked Planning and Conflict Identification at Local and Regional Scales
- Creating a Cultural EcoDistrict for Generations to Come
- The Ecological City: A Design Workshop
Session Block #4, 3:15 pm – 4:45 pm
- Climate Action Planning: Silver Bullets, Buckshot or Blanks?
- The Los Angeles River: Recalibrating the Role of Water, Infrastructure and Place
MON OCT 5th
Session Block #5, 8:00 am – 9:30 am
- Sustainable Groundwater Management Comes to California: Time for Planners to Get Their Feet Wet
- Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities: What Does it Take to Integrate Housing and Transportation?
- Advancing Equity in Innovation Economies
- Vision Zero: Roots for Policy Change, Improved Public Health, and Safe Streets
- Rethinking Local in Global Context: Experiments and Lessons in Cross-Cultural Collaboration and Participatory Design
Session Block #6, 9:45 am – 11:15 am
- Oakland Makers: Planning for New and Creative Innovative Industries
- To Infinity … and Beyond: Exploring Post-2020 GHG Reductions
Session Block #7, 1:15 pm – 2:45 pm
- Utilizing Integrated Utility Systems to Deliver Restorative City Goals
- 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 SF Bay Area
Session Block #8, 3:15 pm – 4:45 pm
- It’s a Gas – Producing BioEnergy from Organic Waste in California
- Sustainability Jeopardy!
- Manifest Density: A Reality Check for The Sustainable Communities Strategy
TUES OCT 6th
Session Block #9, 8:00 am – 9:30 am
- Building Consensus for Sustainable Streets
- Climate Action Planning and Urban Greening: Weaving Together Health, Resilience and Equity
Session Block #10, 9:45 am – 11:15 am
- San Francisco’s Sustainability Districts: Translating Policy Into Action