Certification Maintenance & Continuing Education

Earn AICP Certification Maintenance credits by attending sessions, mobile workshops, training workshops, and other conference activities. Learn where to find, what sessions offer other CEUs, find the number of credits for each session, and how to track them at the conference.

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.

Please look for the CM logo throughout the conference webpages and in the preliminary and final printed programs. The CM logo (for example: CM |1.5) will indicate how many CM credits you will earn for each activity. If the activity qualifies for the required ethics or law credit, you will see one of these symbols: or .

It is important for you to 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. After the conference, APA will not have a way to provide a list of sessions you attended.

Almost all sessions, mobile workshops, training workshops, GIS workshops, technology showcase sessions, facilitated discussions, and orientation tours are eligible for credit (look for the CM logo).

Please note that the following are not eligible for CM credits: Poster sessions, local host committee social events, planning commissioner and student programs, some facilitated discussions, meetings, and Vega tours.

Note: To earn CM credit you must attend the entire activity; partial credit is not available. Don't forget to claim CM credits for all sessions you attend. Please remember that the sessions you attend will not be added to your log, nor will you receive CM credit for them, until you rate and confirm your attendance at each one individually.

Claiming Credit for Conference Educational Events

Keep track of the sessions and events you attend. Computers are available in the Exhibit Hall at the APA Pavilion for you to use to log your credits. Staff are available to assist throughout the conference. Or, after the conference, go online and log your credits. Go to www.planning.org/cm/.

To claim your credits, you will select the education event (session, etc.) and rate the activities and verify your attendance. You will not receive credit for these activities unless you do this.

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.

APA staff will be on hand to answer your questions 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 and delete sessions in your log.

Ethics and Law Credits at Conference

The conference is a great place to fulfill the ethics and law CM requirements. There are sessions available on Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday to earn your ethics and legal credits — so select the sessions that fit your needs.

CM Law

It's Getting Hot in Here (S442)
Sunday, 9:45 a.m. to 11:15 a.m.
CM | 1.5 

Broadband and Wireless Delivery (S516)
Monday, 7:30 a.m. to 8:45 a.m.
CM | 1.25 

Law and Transportation Plenary: Local Landscapes in the MAP-21 Era (S702)
Monday, 9:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.
CM | 1.25 

Legal Context and Implementation of Green Infrastructure (S536)
Monday, 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
CM | 1.25 

Paying for It with Exactions and Impact Fees (S551)
Monday, 1:00 p.m. to 2:15 p.m.
CM | 1.25 

Paying for It through Infrastructure Finance (S570)
Monday, 2:30 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.
CM | 1.25 

Inclusive Design and the Neighborhood Network (S576)
Monday, 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
CM | 1.5 

Achieving Development through Community Agreement (S591)
Tuesday, 7:15 a.m. to 8:45 a.m.
CM | 1.5 

CM Ethics

The Ethical Planning Practitioner (S492)
Sunday, 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
CM | 1.5 

Ethics Case of the Year First Approach (S531)
Monday, 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
CM | 1.5 

Ethics Case of the Year Second Approach (S592)
Tuesday, 7:15 a.m. to 8:45 a.m.
CM | 1.5 

Continuing Legal Education (CLE) and Continuing Education (CE)

The American Planning Association offers Continuing Education (CE) and Continuing Legal Education (CLE) from the following associations at select National Conference sessions.

See the below list for all the conference sessions that offer continued education. Credits can be claimed by:

Signing the sign-in sheets in the session room.

Completing and returning the evaluation form that is distributed in the session rooms or completing the organization's online evaluation.

Request a certificate of completion if needed by e-mailing rdaudelin@planning.org.

Student volunteers will have these materials available in the session rooms. Make certain you return evaluations and the sign-in sheet to the students.

APA will maintain the record of the sign-in sheets and evaluations for two to six years as required.

American Institute of Architects Learning Units (LU)

Learning Units/Health, Safety and Welfare (LU/HSW)

Introducing New Density to the Neighborhood (S427)
Saturday, 2:30 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.
1.25 LU/HSW

Placemaking: Where Planning, Architecture, and Circulation Meet (S505)
Sunday, 4:00 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.
1.25 LU/HSW

Managing Billboards in the Digital Age (S525)
Monday, 9:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.
1.25 LU/HSW

The Street: A Quintessential Social Public Space (S528)
Monday, 9:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.
1.25 LU/HSW

Housing for the 'Missing Middle' (S550)
Monday, 1:00 p.m. to 2:15 p.m.
1.25 LU/HSW

Improving Site Plan Review (S600)
Tuesday, 7:30 a.m. to 8:45 a.m.
1.25 LU/HSW

Water Management and Urban Design (S604)
Tuesday, 7:30 a.m. to 8:45 a.m.
1.25 LU/HSW

Elements of Great Neighborhoods (S607)
Tuesday, 9:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.
1.25 LU/HSW

Historic Preservation to Assist Shrinking Cities (S622)
Tuesday, 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
1.25 LU/HSW

Integrating Heritage and Culture in Plans (S651)
Tuesday, 2:30 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.
1.25 LU/HSW

Compact Development Patterns in Transit-Served Districts (S659)
Wednesday, 7:30 a.m. to 8:45 a.m.
1.25 LU/HSW

Learning Units (LU)

Workshop: Urban Design for Planners (W407)
Saturday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
8 LU

Urban Street Character Typologies Reconsidered (S416)
Saturday, 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
1.25 LU

How Zoning Regulations Affect Urban Form (S446)
Sunday, 9:45 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
1.25 LU

Recreating Historic Downtowns Post Mall (S470)
Sunday, 1:00 p.m. to 2:15 p.m.
1.25 LU

Form-Based Zoning 'Light' (S482)
Sunday, 2:30 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.
1.25 LU

Form-Based Zoning 'Heavy' (S498)
Sunday, 4:00 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.
1.25 LU

AIA, ASLA, and APA Presidents Forum (S707)
Sunday, 5:30 p.m. to 6:45 p.m.
1.25 LU

Landscape Architecture Continuing Education System Professional Development Hours (PDH)

Professional Development Hours/Health, Safety and Welfare (PDH/HSW)

Re-imagining City Civic Areas (S440)
Saturday, 4:00 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.
1.25 PDH/HSW

Making the Case for Complete Streets (S464)
Sunday, 1:00 p.m. to 2:15 p.m.
1.25 PDH/HSW

Building Civic Capital through Parks (S475)
Sunday, 2:30 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.
1.25 PDH/HSW

Necessary Elements for Safe, Walkable Streets (S480)
Sunday, 2:30 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.
1.25 PDH/HSW

A Landscape Approach to Green Infrastructure (S522)
Monday, 9:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.
1.25 PDH/HSW

The Stormwater Infrastructure Spectrum (S574)
Monday, 2:30 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.
1.25 PDH/HSW

Creating Land Conservation Partnerships (S647)
Tuesday, 4:00 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.
1.25 PDH/HSW

Creating a Green Infrastructure Plan for Your Community (S660)
Wednesday, 7:30 a.m. to 8:45 a.m.
1.25 PDH/HSW

Tailoring Riparian Protection Codes (S685)
Wednesday, 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
1.25 PDH/HSW

Professional Development Hours (PDH)

The City and the Spirit Garden (S433)
Saturday, 2:30 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.
1.25 PDH

Space-in-Between Placemaking (S443)
Sunday, 9:45 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
1.25 PDH

Connecting Art and Public Space (S458)
Sunday, 1:00 p.m. to 2:15 p.m.
1.25 PDH

Growing Community Gardens and Building Value (S515)
Sunday, 5:30 p.m. to 6:45 p.m.
1.25 PDH

AIA, ASLA, and APA Presidents Forum (S707)
Sunday, 5:30 p.m. to 6:45 p.m.
1.25 PDH

Urban Design, Urban Landscape, Urban Plan (S529)
Monday, 9:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.
1.25 PDH

Washington's Memorial Landscape (S589)
Monday, 4:00 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.
1.25 PDH

Transforming Pavement into Parks (S603)
Tuesday, 7:30 a.m. to 8:45 a.m.
1.25 PDH

Working with NGOs for Landscape Conservation (S644)
Tuesday, 2:30 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.
1.25 PDH

Chicago's Millennium Park: Then and Now (S658)
Wednesday, 7:30 a.m. to 8:45 a.m.
1.25 PDH

The Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI CE)

Workshop: Planning and Zoning for Solar Energy (W450)
Saturday, 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
4 CE

Climate Action Planning and City Form (S400)
Saturday, 9:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.
1.25 CE

Sustainable Street Networks Principles (S407)
Saturday, 9:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.
1.25 CE

Community-Scale Energy Planning (S435)
Saturday, 4:00 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.
1.25 CE

Rating Your Community's Sustainability Efforts (S483)
Sunday, 2:30 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.
1.25 CE

Old Is the New Green (S504)
Sunday, 4:00 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.
1.25 CE

Planning for Climate Mitigation and Adaptation (S412)
Sunday, 5:30 p.m. to 6:45 p.m.
1.25 CE

Best Practices in Sustainable Community Planning (S546)
Monday, 1:00 p.m. to 2:15 p.m.
1.25 CE

Defining Rural Sustainability (S581)
Monday, 4:00 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.
1.25 CE

Innovations from Rooftop Solar Challenge Communities (S584)
Monday, 4:00 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.
1.25 CE

Integrating 'Green' into Ordinances (S670)
Wednesday, 9:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.
1.25 CE

EPA's Building Blocks for Sustainable Communities (S620)
Wednesday, 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
1.25 CE

Green Affordable Housing as a Health Intervention (S680)
Wednesday, 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
1.25 CE

Minimum Continuing Legal Education Board of the Supreme Court of Illinois (CLE)

*MCLE sessions are still pending approval*

It's Getting Hot in Here (S442)
Sunday, 9:45 a.m. to 11:15 a.m.
1.5 MCLE

Zoning for Group Homes (S490)
Sunday, 2:30 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.
1.25 MCLE

Broadband and Wireless Delivery (S516)
Monday, 7:30 a.m. to 8:45 a.m.
1.25 MCLE

Managing Billboards in the Digital Age (S525)
Monday, 9:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.
1.25 MCLE

Law and Transportation Plenary: Local Landscapes in the MAP-21 Era (S702)
Monday, 9:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.
1.25 MCLE

Division Discussion: Planning to Regulate the Location of Hydrofracking (S865)
Monday, 9:15 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
1.25 MCLE

Legal Context and Implementation of Green Infrastructure (S536)
Monday, 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
1.25 MCLE

Paying for It with Exactions and Impact Fees (S551)
Monday, 1:00 p.m. to 2:15 p.m.
1.25 MCLE

Workshop: How to Write a Zoning Ordinance (W453)
Monday, 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
4 MCLE

Paying for It through Infrastructure Finance (S570)
Monday, 2:30 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.
1.25 MCLE

Inclusive Design and the Neighborhood Network (S576)
Monday, 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
1.5 MCLE