Sessions & Speakers

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Monday, February 29 and Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Time

Event/Activity

All day

Coastal Inundation Mapping GIS Workshop offered by NOAA

details on Mobile Workshops page  16 CM

 

Wednesday, March 2, 2016

Time

Event/Activity

10:00-5:00

Registration

11:00- 12:00

Chapter Business Meeting

12:00-1:15

Lunch

        Lydia Jemison, Conference Welcome

        Jeff Carney “Battle of the Boot”

 

 

1:30-4:00

Mobile Workshop

 

"Around da Bayou" - Overview of Vision 2030 Terrebonne Parish Comprehensive Plan 2.25 CM

 

 

1:30-2:45

 

A     Communicating Environmental Change 1.25 CM
(Moderator: Jeff Carney, Panelists: Traci Birch, Melissa Daigle, Brant Mitchell)

B     Planning For Health in the Diabetes Belt 1.25 CM
(Moderator: Frank M. Duke FAICP, Panelists: Lael Holton AICP, Basak Alkan AICP LEED AP BD+C, John Spain, Risa Mueller)

3:00-4:15

A     Port Planning: Managing the Water’s Edge 1.25 CM
(Moderator: Meredith Soniat, Panelists: Amelia Pellegrin AICP LEED AP, Joni Tuck, Karen Parsons AICP, Clair Hebert Marceaux PCED)

B     Managing Stormwater in New Orleans 1.25 CM
(Moderator: Brooke Perry, Panelists: Danica Adams, Bridget Tydor, Tyler Antrup)

5:30-8:00

Bayou Bash

Ticketed Event (Dinner)

Networking and meet-up

 

Thursday, March 3, 2016

Time

Event/Activity

7:00-5:00

Registration

 

 

7:30-8:30

Breakfast with Gordy

Gordon Dove, Terrebonne Parish President

General Announcements

8:45-10:15

A     Who Are You Calling Arbitrary? [1.5 CM law]
(Moderator: Neil Erwin J.D., Panelists: Susannah O. Stinson J.D., Caroline E. Mladenka MPA, Carlotta Askew-Brown MURP)

9:00-10:15

A     Damned If We Hadn’t 1.25 CM
(Jeff Leuenberger AICP, Panelists: Windell Curole, Joni Tuck, Amanda Voisin)

B     Edging Ahead in Suburbia: Jefferson Parish Bicycle Master Plan 1.25 CM
(Moderator: Karen Parsons AICP, Panelists: Terri Wilkinson, Matthew Rufo AICP, Mark Drewes)

10:30-11:45

A     South Central Multi-Modal Extravaganza 1.25 CM
(Moderator: Leo Marretta, Panelists: Adam Tatar, Jeff Leuenberger AICP, TBD)

B     Do The Best Laid Recovery Plans Often Go Astray? 1.25 CM
(Moderator: Jane S. Brooks FAICP, Panelists: Steve Villavaso FAICP, Clair Hebert Marceaux PCED, Tim Jackson AICP)

C     Street Smart Neighborhoods 1.25 CM
(Panelists: Lauren Marschall, AICP, Ryan Benton)

12:00-1:30

Awards Luncheon

1:45-5:00

Mobile Workshops   2.75 CMs each

A     Down da Bayou: Travel through downtown Houma, past Chauvin along LA Highway 56, across the inland marsh near Cocodrie and back thru Dulac along LA Hwy 57.

B     Up da Bayou: Travel to Thibodaux and back along some of the major growth corridors in both Terrebonne and Lafourche Parishes.

 

 

1:45-3:00

A     Blurring the Curb Lines 1.25 CM
(Moderator: Matthew Rufo AICP, Ramiro Diaz LEED AP, Melissa Lee, Kurt Weigle)

B     Planning on the Edge of Professions 1.25 CM
(Panelists: Dana Nunez Brown ASLA AICP LEED AP, Jessica L. Watts PE CFM D. WRE, Jennifer C. Roberts)

3:15-4:30

A     Edge of the Road: Moving Walking and Biking off the Margins 1.25 CM
(Moderator: TBD, Panelists: Ellen Soll AICP, Tara Tolford, Adam Tatar, Stosh Kozlowski)

B     Redirecting Markets to Realize Community Visions 1.25 CM
(Moderator: Alexandra Miller, Panelists: Jonathan Leit, Zakcq Lockrem, Seth Knudsen)

5:15-6:15

Conference Reception

6:30-

Dinner on Your Own

 

Friday, March 4, 2016

Time

Event/Activity

7:00-9:00

Registration

7:30-8:30

Continental Breakfast

 

 

8:30-10:00

A     Ethics on the Edge [1.5 CM ethics]
(Sean Daly, AICP)

8:45-10:00

A     Strategies-Funding Infrastructure Reconstruction 1.25 CM
(Presenter: Kate Gillespie AICP)

B     MMLOS: How Many Bike Lanes Are Enough? 1.25 CM
(Moderator: Derek Chisholm AICP LEED GA, ENV SP, Panelists: New Orleans RPC, New Orleans Public Works, TBD)

10:15-11:30

A     Interstates and Fault Lines: I-49 (south through Lafayette) 1.25 CM
(Moderator: David Mann, Panelists: Stephen Wallace, Carlee Alm-LaBar, Harry Weiss)

B     Vacant Land: Empowering Stakeholders, Creating Opportunities 1.25 CM
(Moderator: Alexandra Miller, Panelists: Bryan C. Lee Jr, Colleen McHugh, Liana Elliott, Zakcq Lockrem)

 

 

11:45-1:15

Lunch

Congressman Garrett Graves, House Transportation Committee

Closing Conference Remarks

Intro of 2017 Conference

1:30-5:30

A     Planning Commissioner Training
(Mart Black, AICP)

B     AICP Test Prep
(Sean Daly, AICP)