Earn CM Credits

Most sessions at the conference award CM credit. You can find out how many credits are available by clicking the titles of sessions and viewing the number of credits (if available) on the session detail page.

Track your eligible credits by viewing your schedule in the list or calendar view. Total eligible credits are listed at the top of the page.

Almost all sessions, mobile workshops, training workshops, GIS workshops, technology showcase sessions, and orientation tours are eligible for credit. Poster sessions, local host committee events, planning commissioner and student programs, facilitated discussions, meetings, and Vega tours are not eligible.

Note: Your CM credits listed on the right side of the conference web pages do not include credits you will earn at the conference.

Easy Credit Tracking at the Conference

To make it easier for you to log CM credits from the conference in your online CM log, APA will station volunteers outside each room in which a CM–eligible activity takes place. These volunteers can scan your conference badge to record your attendance at that activity. After the conference, a list of all the activities in which your badge was scanned will be uploaded to your online CM log.
 
If you miss having your badge scanned at a session, don't worry. You will be able to add the session to your online CM log yourself.
 
APA will send you an e-mail when the list of all the activities in which your badge was scanned is available online. This may take several weeks after the conference.
 
When you receive this e-mail, visit your online CM log at www.planning.org/cm to rate the activities and verify your attendance. You will not receive credit for these activities unless you do this.
 
Volunteers will be able to scan your conference badge only during the first half-hour of any activity. To earn CM credit, you must attend the entire activity. You will not be able to earn CM credit for more than one concurrent session. Do not have your badge scanned in more than one concurrent session; if you do so, no activity in that time period will be included on the list of activities APA uploads to your online CM log.
 
APA will present an orientation to earning and logging CM credits at the National Planning Conference at 3:15 p.m. on Sunday, April 27. Details will appear in the final conference program you receive when you arrive at the conference. APA staff will also be on hand to answer your questions at a Certification Maintenance booth in the registration area at the conference and in the AICP booth in the APA Pavilion in the exhibit hall. You can also get a tutorial on logging CM credits at the AICP booth.
 
Please Remember: You retain ultimate control of your personal CM log. You will be able to add sessions to the log even if you do not have your badge scanned. (If you miss having your badge scanned in a session, be sure to make a note of it so you can add it online later.) No session will be confirmed to your log unless you rate it and verify your attendance.

Getting Your CM Credits

Build your conference to earn all the credits you need — including required ethics and law credits. One conference, 32 CM credits. Done!

Start your conference out strong. Choose among the following activities worth 9 credits on Sunday, April 27, 2008.

7:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
New Directors Institute (W301)
CM | 9

9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Negotiation Skills for Planners (S004)
CM | 9
Complete a homework assignment to get all 9 credits.

9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Integrating Transportation and Land-Use Planning (S003)
CM | 9
Complete a homework assignment to get all 9 credits.

9:00 a.m.– noon
Planning for a Disaster-Resistant Community (S010)
CM | 5
Complete a homework assignment to get 5 credits; attend an afternoon workshop for 4 additional credits.

Ethics and Law Credits

The conference is a great place to fulfill the ethics and law CM requirements. View a sample schedule that includes all approved ethics and law CM credits.

Monday, April 28, 2008

1:00 p.m.–2:15 p.m.
Climate Change and the Law (S422)
CM | 1.25

2:30 p.m.–3:45 p.m.
Private Property Rights, Today and Tomorrow (S435)
CM | 1.25

4:00 p.m.–5:15 p.m.
APA in the Courts (S449)
CM | 1.25

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

11:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m.
Regulating Signs in the Digital Age (S499)
CM | 1.25

11:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m.
Lingle: The Other Fifth Amendment Opinion (S644)
CM | 1.25

11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Ethics in Planning (S484)
CM | 1.50

4:30 p.m.–5:45 p.m.
Wireless Communications Infrastructure and the Law (S566)
CM | 1.25

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

2:30 p.m.–3:45 p.m.
Regulating Sex in the County (S620)
CM | 1.25

Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Credits

APA's Planning and Law Division has applied to the California Bar for CLE credits for the following National Planning Conference sessions.

If you are a member of the Planning and Law Division, click here for more detailed information.

A Conversation with Richard Babcock (S403)
Monday, April 28, 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.

Climate Change and the Law (S422)
Monday, April 28, 1:00 p.m. to 2:15 p.m.

Private Property Rights, Today and Tomorrow (S435)
Monday, April 28, 4:00 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.

APA in the Courts (S449)
Monday, April 28, 4:00 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.

PUD Adaptation for Modern Large Scale Development (S501)
Tuesday, April 29, 9:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.

Wireless Communications Infrastructure and the Law (S566)
Tuesday, April 29, 4:30 p.m. to 5:45 p.m.