Opening Keynote

The Challenge of Global Warming (S701)

Sunday, April 15, 8:40—10:15 a.m.

Andrew Weaver

Weaver was lead author on the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. He speaks eloquently about climate change and the need to understand
environmental science, and he has won numerous awards for his work. He currently teaches climate modeling and analysis in the University of Victoria (British Columbia) School of Earth and Ocean Science.
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International Feature Lecture (S702)

Sunday, April 15, 12:15—12:50 p.m.

Joan Clos

Joan Clos is the executive director of UN-HABITAT and a former mayor of Barcelona. He observes: "With 50 percent of the world's population already living in urban areas . . . urbanization is one of the major challenges of the 21st century. With increasing migration in developing countries, tackling the urbanization of poverty is a key priority."
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Sprawl and Smart Growth 1 (S485)

Sunday, April 15. 1:00–2:15 p.m.

Raphael Bostic

Bostic is the assistant secretary for Policy Development and Research in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and serves as moderator
of the Journal of the American Planning Association research sessions on sprawl and smart growth.
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Policy Plenary (S703)

Monday, April 16, 7:30–8:45 a.m.

Sen. Mary Landrieu (invited)

Mary Landrieu became the first woman from Louisiana elected to a full term in the U.S. Senate in 1996. She is a leading voice for smart growth and for Gulf Coast recovery in the wake of hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
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America's Food and the
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta

Delta Urbanism Plenary (S523)

Monday, April 16. 7:30–8:45 a.m.

Phil Isenberg (invited)

Michael Machado

The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, a fragile ecosystem, is critical to America's food supply and integral to the fresh water supply in California. Phil Isenberg (invited), chair of the Delta Stewardship Council, speaks on the Delta Plan and Michael Machado (not pictured), executive director of the Delta Protection
Commission, speaks on the Economic Sustainability Plan.
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International Plenary

Global Planners Network Presidents (S704)

Monday, April 16, 7:30—8:45 a.m.

Mitchell Silver, AICP

Colin Haylock

Dyan Currie

Andrea Gabor

American Planning Association President Mitchell Silver, AICP, leads a discussion on Game Changers: Energy, Climate Change, and the Green Economy. He is joined by Colin Haylock, president of the Royal Town Planning Institute; Dyan Currie, president of the Planning Institute of Australia; and Andrea Gabor, president of the Canadian Institute of Planners.
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Special Presidential Session

AIA, ASLA, ASCE, and APA Presidents Forum (S556)

Monday, April 16. 2:30–3:45 p.m.

Mitchell Silver, AICP

Jeffery Potter, FAIA

Susan M. Hatchell, FASLA

Andrew W. Herrmann (invited)

American Planning Association President Mitchell Silver, AICP, leads a session on leadership in planning with Jeffery Potter, FAIA, president of the American Institute of Architects; Susan M. Hatchell, FASLA, president of American Society of Landscape Architects; and Andrew W. Herrmann, P.E., SECB, F.ASCE, president of American Society of Civil Engineers (invited).
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Closing Keynote (S705)

Tuesday, April 17, noon—1:00 p.m.

Ambassador Renée Jones-Bos

Renée Jones-Bos became ambassador of the Netherlands to the United States in 2008. She also served in the Dutch Embassy in Prague as the deputy chief of mission, as first secretary in the embassy in Washington, D.C., and in embassies in Dhaka and Paramaribo.
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