An annual sampling of some of the best professional development conferences in the coming year for the planning and design professions, by L.A. County Planner Clement Lau.
In what has become an annual endeavor, L.A. County Planner Clement Lau previews some of the premier planning and design conferences taking place in 2018. Neither presuming to be exhaustive nor objective, he writes about what he likes in each of the conferences. Included in his preview are the following:
- UCLA Extension Land Use Law and Planning Conference (January 19; Los Angeles, CA)
- New Partners for Smart Growth Conference (February 1-3; San Francisco, CA)
- Active Living Research Conference (February 11-14; Banff, Alberta, Canada)
- AEP State Conference (March 25-28; Rancho Mirage, CA)
- APA National Planning Conference (April 21-24; New Orleans, LA)
- National Outdoor Recreation Conference (April 23-26; Burlington, VT)
- CNU 26 (Congress for New Urbanism - May 16-19; Savannah, GA)
- AIA Convention (June 21-23; New York City)
- APA California Planning Conference (October 7-10; San Diego, CA)
- ULI Fall Meeting (October 8-11; Boston, MA)
- ASLA Annual Meeting and Expo (October 19-22; Philadelphia, PA)
- ACSP Annual Conference (October 25-28; Buffalo, NY)
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