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Open your eyes to new possibilities when you join thousands of planners from around the world in Los Angeles on April 14-17, 2012.

ReIMAGINE The City

ReIMAGINE Your Career

ReIMAGINE The Possibilities

Take a fresh look at the work you do every day and a first look at the challenges you'll face tomorrow. Join APA in Los Angeles for the 2012 National Planning Conference: the world's largest planning event with four days of unparalleled networking and learning opportunities. Hear from experts. Connect with colleagues. Pick up new skills. Move your career forward. Imagine the possibilities.

2012 National Planning Conference Presentations

APA has made available many of the PowerPoint files from the 2012 National Planning Conference.

These presentations are complimentary until August 21, 2012. After that date the presentations will be removed and will not available.

View presentations

News

Interested in what happened at the conference?

About Los Angeles

LA boasts a rich economic, social, and planning history. Before you head out to the conference, familiarize yourself with the planning issues that are animating the city now.

Check out APA's Reimagine Los Angeles blog

2012 Key Conference Dates
January 24, 2012Conference scholarships deadline
February 14, 2012Student volunteer deadline
February 17, 2012Early conference registration deadline has passed
March 20, 2012
April 5, 2012Exhibitor applications due
April 13, 2012On-site registration opens
April 14-17, 2012APA National Planning Conference in Los Angeles

Sessions

You can choose from hundreds of sessions, workshops, and networking events to build your own conference.

Training Workshops

Full- and half-day workshops give you a deeper understanding of a given topic and new, marketable skills.

Mobile Workshops

From its extensive park system to its bustling immigrant neighborhoods, Los Angeles has many facets.

Keynote Speakers

Take advantage the of opportunity to hear global leaders and big thinkers.

Events

An opportunity to come together with colleagues and reimagine, reinvent, and reinvigorate the field.

Planning Expo

The exhibit hall is a great place to meet people and take the pulse of the planning field.

Housing and Travel

Official Housing has special discounts and options you can't find anywhere else.

On-Site Registration

Register on site in Los Angeles for a world class conference in a world class city.

Baseball

Both the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim will be in town during the conference.

Conference Location

Los Angeles Convention Center
1201 South Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, CA 90015

Virtual Conference Sessions

Virtual Conference Sessions are a new way to experience sessions from the APA's 2011 National Planning Conference in Boston and earn Certification Maintenance (CM) credits.

Get all the details about Virtual Conference Sessions

Future Conferences

2013 — Chicago

2014 — Atlanta