Advanced Academy

2009 Advanced Academy Agenda

June 25, 2009
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM	Registration and Networking Breakfast
9:30 AM - 9:45 AM	Welcome and Overview
Wayne Beyea, J.D., AICP	Associate Director of Citizen Education Statewide Coordinator, Michigan Citizen Planner
Soji Adelaja, Ph.d.	John A. Hannah Distinguished Professor in Land Policy Director, Land Policy Institute

9:45 AM - 10:30 AM	Keynote Address Suzanne Schulz, Planning Director, City of Grand Rapids, MI

10:30 AM - 10:40 AM	Break

10:40 AM - 11:55 AM	Panel Discussion Neighborhood Stabilization: Forclosure, Housing and the Economy

11:55 AM - 12:00 PM	Break

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM	Lunch, Distinguished Citizen Planner Award, Case Law and Legislative Update

1:30 PM - 1:45 PM	Break

1:45 PM - 3:15 PM	Concurrent Sessions A A1: Site Plan Review for Utility Scale Wind Energy Systems A2: Best Practice Case Studies to the New Economy A3: Growing Green: Human Scale Communities

3:15 PM - 3:30 PM	Break

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM	Concurrent Sessions B B1: Site Plan Standards and Review for Home & Small Business Renewable Energy B2:Creating a Local Strategic Growth Plan for the New Economy B3: Making Green Places through Adaptive Reuse and Historic Preservation

5:00 PM	Adjourn