An annual sampling of professional development conferences in the coming year for planning and design professionals, by L.A. County Planner Clement Lau.
Another new year rapidly approaches, and it is time for Clement Lau's annual list of his favorite planning and design conferences taking place in 2019. Presuming to be neither exhaustive nor objective, Lau, a Los Angeles County park planner, 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 18, 2019; Los Angeles, CA)
Active Living Research Conference
(February 17-20, 2019; Charleston, SC)
(March 24-27, 2019; Monterey, CA)
APA National Planning Conference
(April 13-16, 2019; San Francisco, CA)
National Outdoor Recreation Conference
(May 6-9, 2019; Rapid City, SD)
A’19: AIA Conference on Architecture
(June 6-8, 2019; Las Vegas, NV)
(June 12-15, 2019; Louisville, KY)
Greater & Greener 2019: Exploring Natural Connections
(July 20-24, 2019; Denver, CO)
APA California Planning Conference
(September 15-18, 2019; Santa Barbara, CA)
(September 18-21, 2019; Washington, D.C.)
(October 24-27, 2019; Greenville, SC)
(November 15-18, 2019; San Diego, CA)
For Lau's descriptions of each conference, please see source article.
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