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  • Career Zone

    Wednesday, May 6, 2020

  • Opening Keynote: Keeping Current in a Technology-driven Future

    Date:  May 6, 2020
    Time:  9 AM - 9:45 AM CDT
    Location:  Zoom Webinar

    The role of planners has evolved immensely in the last decade, and a key part of this is staying current with the required technology skills to meet these demands. Learn how location-based technology can support decision making.
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  • @ Home Mingle: Open Networking

    Date:  May 6, 2020
    Time:  9:45 AM - 4:30 PM CDT
    Location:  Zoom Webinar

    Join in an open conversation for virtual hallway chatter. This activity is a chance to pop in and talk with fellow attendees about anything from planning to the weather.
    NPCH205450

  • Nature and the Mind in an Era of Pandemic

    Date:  May 6, 2020
    Time:  10 AM - 10:45 AM CDT
    Location:  Zoom Webinar

    We are in the midst of a global test of our social resilience. Join in an examination of the pandemic's impact on the mental health of all members of the community, and expand your thinking on urban environments and mental health.
    NPCH205458
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  • APA Office Hours

    Date:  May 6, 2020
    Time:  10 AM - 12 PM CDT
    Location:  Zoom Webinar

    APA staffers are here to answer your questions regarding APA programs. Stop in to chat!
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  • Behind the Scenes of the Hiring Process

    Date:  May 6, 2020
    Time:  11 AM - 11:45 AM CDT
    Location:  Zoom Webinar

    Take a peek behind the curtain and get job search strategies. Learn what really makes the difference between equally qualified candidates.
    NPCH205445
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  • Effectively Managing Virtual Teams

    Date:  May 6, 2020
    Time:  12 PM - 12:45 PM CDT
    Location:  Zoom Webinar

    Uncover challenges faced by managers with a remote or partially remote workforce. Presenters share ideas and solutions to improve your ability to effectively manage a remote or virtual team.
    NPCH205446
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  • Choose Your Own Adventure: The Many Sides of Planning

    Date:  May 6, 2020
    Time:  1 PM - 1:45 PM CDT
    Location:  Zoom Webinar

    Planners are found in traditional and nontraditional career paths — and often a combination of both. Hear from planners whose careers spanned federal and local government, small business start-ups, nonprofit management, and motherhood.
    NPCH205455
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  • Focused Networking: Mentoring Chat

    Date:  May 6, 2020
    Time:  1 PM - 1:45 PM CDT
    Location:  Zoom Webinar

    Use this time to connect more informally with your fellow digital conference-goers on planning topics relating to mentoring.
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  • Battling Job Search Fatigue: Staying Positive

    Date:  May 6, 2020
    Time:  2 PM - 2:30 PM CDT
    Location:  Zoom Webinar

    Feeling overwhelmed by your job search? While the world is on pause, learn key strategies to manage your job search, life, and career during the pandemic.
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  • Focused Networking: APA Leadership Opportunities

    Date:  May 6, 2020
    Time:  2:45 PM - 3:30 PM CDT
    Location:  Zoom Webinar

    Use this time to connect more informally with your fellow digital conference-goers on topics relating to APA Leadership opportunities.
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  • Rigor, Relevance, and the Value of the Letters

    Date:  May 6, 2020
    Time:  2:45 PM - 3:30 PM CDT
    Location:  Zoom Webinar

    Setting yourself apart from job applicants is challenging and may be needed now more than ever. Listen to professionals discuss advantages to achieving professional development and recommendations for applying these lessons learned.
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  • Using Social Media to Build Your Personal Brand

    Date:  May 6, 2020
    Time:  3:45 PM - 4:30 PM CDT
    Location:  Zoom Webinar

    Gain strategies to use to boost your online presence and define your personal brand. Learn to use tools and strategies for networking and job searching in an authentic way.
    NPCH205448
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  • Happy Hour

    Date:  May 6, 2020
    Time:  4:45 PM - 6 PM CDT
    Location:  Zoom Webinar

    Join your fellow Career Zone attendees for this informal networking event.
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  • Previous Activities

    Wednesday, April 29, 2020

  • Opening Keynote: Rebuilding Community

    Date:  April 29, 2020
    Time:  9 AM - 9:45 AM CDT
    Location:  Zoom Webinar

    Listen to insights gleaned from APA's leadership networks and foresight practice about what it will take for the profession to thrive in a new, unpredictable future.
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  • APA Office Hours

    Date:  April 29, 2020
    Time:  9:45 AM - 11 AM CDT

    APA staffers are here to answer your questions regarding APA programs. Stop in to chat!
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  • Attainable Housing Challenges: Rules and Engagement

    Date:  April 29, 2020
    Time:  10 AM - 10:45 AM CDT
    Location:  Zoom Webinar

    A new ULI/Washington study examines two barriers to attainable housing: regulatory/approval processes and community acceptance of new housing. This session highlights the study's findings, the District of Columbia's efforts to address housing needs, and potential implications of the current pandemic.
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  • @ Home Mingle: Open Networking

    Date:  April 29, 2020
    Time:  10 AM - 5 PM CDT

    Join in an open conversation for virtual hallway chatter. This activity is a chance to pop in and talk with fellow attendees about anything from planning to the weather.
    NPCH208444

  • Focused Networking: Career

    Date:  April 29, 2020
    Time:  10:45 AM - 11:45 AM CDT

    Use this time to connect informally with your fellow digital conference-goers on planning topics relating to your career.
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  • Reaching Beyond Single-Family Zone Districts

    Date:  April 29, 2020
    Time:  11 AM - 11:45 AM CDT
    Location:  Zoom Webinar

    Tackling exclusive single-family residential zone districts to provide a broad range of housing types and address disparities is needed. Hear from three cities that have enacted, are enacting, and are planning to enact changes that will alter neighborhood composition.
    NPCH208102
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  • Legal Issues Associated With Planning and Zoning Hearings in a Pandemic

    Date:  April 29, 2020
    Time:  12 PM - 1:30 PM CDT
    Location:  Zoom Webinar

    An all-lawyer panel will focus on responses to the pandemic in relation to public meetings, public participation, and land use hearings. Hear an analysis of public meeting requirements in a land use context during a pandemic, including an overview of approaches from the West Coast, Illinois, and Texas.
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  • Pathways to Prosperity: Differentiating Rural Assets

    Date:  April 29, 2020
    Time:  1:45 PM - 2:30 PM CDT
    Location:  Zoom Webinar

    Beyond the built environment, communities depend on a range of assets from human to natural, which considered together are "wealth." Join us to explore collaborative approaches to harness these assets to build rural prosperity through agriculture and food systems.
    NPCH208063
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  • Demanding Equity: Planning for Disaster Recovery

    Date:  April 29, 2020
    Time:  2:45 PM - 3:30 PM CDT
    Location:  Zoom Webinar

    Equity in disaster planning and recovery is coming into focus because lower-income communities, particularly those of color, are disproportionately impacted by environmental, technological, and public health hazards. How can planners address these threats?
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  • Resilient Houston: The 101st Resilient City

    Date:  April 29, 2020
    Time:  3:45 PM - 4:30 PM CDT
    Location:  Zoom Webinar

    Learn how Houston became the "101st Resilient City" and how the former chief resilience officers of Los Angeles and New Orleans joined forces with Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner and local experts to develop and implement the Resilient Houston strategy.
    NPCH208011
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  • Focused Networking: Equity, Diversity, Inclusion

    Date:  April 29, 2020
    Time:  3:45 PM - 4:45 PM CDT

    Use this time to connect more informally with your fellow digital conference-goers on planning topics relating to equity, diversity, and inclusion.
    NPCH208602

  • Examining Informal and Emerging Microtransit Services

    Date:  April 29, 2020
    Time:  4:45 PM - 5:30 PM CDT
    Location:  Zoom Webinar

    New York City is home to a commuter van system that serves approximately 90,000 daily riders, primarily in immigrant communities. Learn about NYC’s approach to understanding and regulating private transit in the context of a broader microtransit discussion.
    NPCH208019
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  • Focused Networking: Rebuilding Community

    Date:  April 29, 2020
    Time:  4:45 PM - 5:30 PM CDT

    Join us and continue the discussion from the Opening Keynote on Rebuilding Community.
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  • From the Trenches: Abolishing Parking Minimums

    Date:  April 29, 2020
    Time:  5:45 PM - 6:30 PM CDT
    Location:  Zoom Webinar

    Many cities need parking reform to meet housing affordability, emissions, and public health goals. Learn from cities recently approving and implementing the removal of minimums. This session is all about action: how they did it, and how you can, too.
    NPCH208089
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  • Happy Hour

    Date:  April 29, 2020
    Time:  6:30 PM - 7:30 PM CDT

    Join your fellow attendees at this informal networking event.
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  • Thursday, April 30, 2020

  • Opening Keynote: On the Frontlines of Pandemic Response and Recovery

    Date:  April 30, 2020
    Time:  9 AM - 9:45 AM CDT
    Location:  Zoom Webinar

    The performance and success of local governments are critical to meeting the demands of today’s pandemic crisis and tomorrow’s recovery. Join us as we take a thorough look at the state of our communities and the impacts poised to shape the future of planning.
    NPCH206004
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  • Virtual Tools for Co-Design and Community Engagement

    Date:  April 30, 2020
    Time:  10 AM - 10:45 AM CDT
    Location:  Zoom Webinar

    It has never been more important for planners to be able to connect and engage effectively with communities, stakeholders and clients using virtual and digital technologies. Join our panelists as they discuss effective engagement methods.
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  • @ Home Mingle: Open Networking

    Date:  April 30, 2020
    Time:  10 AM - 5 PM CDT

    Join in an open conversation for virtual hallway chatter. This activity is a chance to pop in and talk with fellow attendees about anything from planning to the weather.
    NPCH208445

  • Contextualizing Big Data

    Date:  April 30, 2020
    Time:  11 AM - 11:45 AM CDT
    Location:  Zoom Webinar

    Great planning is based on great data. But big data cannot tell the whole story. Learn about the ways that different cities are augmenting and contextualizing datasets to create more effective strategies, engage the public, and measure success.
    NPCH208141
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  • Focused Networking: Public Engagement

    Date:  April 30, 2020
    Time:  11 AM - 12 PM CDT

    Use this time to connect more informally with your fellow digital conference-goers on planning topics relating to public engagement.
    NPCH208604

  • Rethinking Smart Cities Holistically

    Date:  April 30, 2020
    Time:  12 PM - 12:45 PM CDT
    Location:  Zoom Webinar

    Explore how the implementation of smart cities may provide an opportunity to make cities more equitable and environmentally sustainable through the integration of technology, nature, and community. How might current COVID-19–related developments in communities impact these ideas?
    NPCH208016
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  • APA Office Hours

    Date:  April 30, 2020
    Time:  12:45 PM - 2 PM CDT

    APA staffers are here to answer your questions regarding APA programs. Stop in to chat!
    NPCH208665

  • How to Harness Census/Election Year Organizing

    Date:  April 30, 2020
    Time:  1 PM - 1:45 PM CDT
    Location:  Zoom Webinar

    Presidential elections coincide with the national census once every 20 years. As states, cities, and nonprofits work to get the word out, how can we harness the momentum of this organizing effort? Is real engagement possible during the COVID-19 crisis?
    NPCH208150
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  • Live-Work-Play-Dispatch: Designing for E-Commerce

    Date:  April 30, 2020
    Time:  2 PM - 2:45 PM CDT
    Location:  Zoom Webinar

    E-commerce's explosive growth is touching multiple aspects of planning, including zoning, circulation, and municipal finance. COVID-19 is accelerating the shift to online shopping and "contactless" deliveries. This panel examines immediate and longer-term implications of online shopping and deliveries.
    NPCH208152
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  • Focused Networking: Advocacy

    Date:  April 30, 2020
    Time:  2:45 PM - 3:45 PM CDT

    Use this time to connect more informally with your fellow digital conference-goers on planning topics relating to advocacy.
    NPCH208606

  • How Post-Disaster Data Can Inform Planning

    Date:  April 30, 2020
    Time:  3 PM - 3:45 PM CDT
    Location:  Zoom Webinar

    Soon after Hurricane Harvey, researchers went straight to impacted areas to collect data and conduct research on how small communities handled disasters. Learn how post-disaster data helped inform planning and ongoing data preparation for streamlined future recovery.
    NPCH208149
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  • Planning Education and Digital Evolution

    Date:  April 30, 2020
    Time:  4 PM - 4:45 PM CDT
    Location:  Zoom Webinar

    A Planning Accreditation Board (PAB) task force examined what planning education needs to provide in order to prepare planners for a 21st century technology-focused world. Explore the results, and learn how you can participate in an upcoming curricular revision.
    NPCH208605
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  • Build Political Will Using “Grasstops” Advocacy

    Date:  April 30, 2020
    Time:  5 PM - 5:45 PM CDT
    Location:  Zoom Webinar

    Is your planning process tangled in community politics and ongoing pandemic gridlock? Anticipating resistance to your transformational plan? Looking to build political support for your vision? Learn how “grasstops” leadership helps navigate local politics to get great things done.
    NPCH208113
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  • Friday, May 1, 2020

  • Opening Keynote: Finding the Way Forward for Planning and Communities

    Date:  May 1, 2020
    Time:  9 AM - 9:45 AM CDT
    Location:  Zoom Webinar

    The nation and the world confront enormous challenges including how to combat a pandemic, rebuild economies and communities, and plan for the future in a time of transformation. This session will examine the ways planning can navigate a way forward.
    NPCH206005
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  • What the Gig? Private Practice Today

    Date:  May 1, 2020
    Time:  10 AM - 10:45 AM CDT
    Location:  Zoom Webinar

    The "Gig for Government" trend is creating new kinds of consulting opportunities for planners. More than 45 percent of state and local government officials said they need professional workers who can be available on demand.
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  • Focused Networking: Economic Impact

    Date:  May 1, 2020
    Time:  10 AM - 11 AM CDT

    Use this time to connect more informally with your fellow digital conference-goers on planning topics relating to economic impact.
    NPCH208607

  • @ Home Mingle: Open Networking

    Date:  May 1, 2020
    Time:  10 AM - 5 PM CDT

    Join in an open conversation for virtual hallway chatter. This activity is a chance to pop in and talk with fellow attendees about anything from planning to the weather.
    NPCH208446

  • Ethics Cases of the Year: 2020

    Date:  May 1, 2020
    Time:  11 AM - 12:30 PM CDT
    Location:  Zoom Webinar

    The AICP Ethics Committee presents a series of ethical scenarios based on actual inquiries and misconduct complaints from the previous year.
    NPCH208000
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  • The Housing Crisis of the Housing Crisis

    Date:  May 1, 2020
    Time:  12:45 PM - 1:30 PM CDT
    Location:  Zoom Webinar

    Before the pandemic struck, the nation was already gripped by a housing crisis of varying shapes and scopes. Today’s reality layers on a new and critical housing challenge. This session examines how communities can provide housing security and continue to address systemic problems of affordability and availability.
    NPCH208162
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  • APA Office Hours

    Date:  May 1, 2020
    Time:  1:30 PM - 2:45 PM CDT

    APA staffers are here to answer your questions regarding APA programs. Stop in to chat!
    NPCH208608

  • Economic Impacts of COVID-19 and Planning for Inclusive Recovery

    Date:  May 1, 2020
    Time:  1:45 PM - 2:30 PM CDT
    Location:  Zoom Webinar

    How can planners best respond to the current COVID-19 situation and plan for the future? How can we plan for an inclusive, equity-driven approach to recovery? Join the wide-ranging discussion.
    NPCH208606
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  • Plan Houston: Planning the Unplanned City

    Date:  May 1, 2020
    Time:  2:45 PM - 3:30 PM CDT
    Location:  Zoom Webinar

    Since 1936, Houston has grown from a developer’s scheme to the nation’s fourth-largest city. Never having adopted zoning, the city had also never prepared a comprehensive plan on any periodic schedule ... until a nonprofit helped bring about Plan Houston in 2015.
    NPCH208094
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  • Focused Networking: Housing

    Date:  May 1, 2020
    Time:  3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CDT

    Use this time to connect more informally with your fellow digital conference-goers on planning topics relating to housing.
    NPCH208609

  • Waste Deep: Planning for Disposal in a Pandemic and Other Disasters

    Date:  May 1, 2020
    Time:  3:45 PM - 4:30 PM CDT
    Location:  Zoom Webinar

    Take a deep dive into the dumpster. This session introduces attendees to refuse and recycling during a major disaster. Learn about methods specifically designed for communities, large and small.
    NPCH208147
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  • Risk Based Transportation Planning for Uncertainty

    Date:  May 1, 2020
    Time:  4:45 PM - 5:30 PM CDT
    Location:  Zoom Webinar

    Recent university research shows how risk and uncertainty impact transportation and community planning. This session will brainstorm strategies for local implementation, and try out tools and methods for incorporating risk into long-range planning efforts.
    NPCH208002
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  • Networking Happy Hour

    Date:  May 1, 2020
    Time:  5:30 PM - 7 PM CDT

    We couldn't let the fun stop! Let's celebrate a successful first-time, digital NPC experience together. Join us for this online camaraderie and connect with fellow attendees. Drinks and snacks are optional!
    NPCH208344

  • Granite Becomes Gold: Curb Value Transformations

    Date:  May 1, 2020
    Time:  5:45 PM - 6:30 PM CDT
    Location:  Zoom Webinar

    Once gray and uninteresting, miles of urban curbs are becoming instruments of transformation, enabling cities to advance mobility programs, developers to reallocate funding away from parking, and communities to create equitable funding for sustainable land use and mobility programs.
    NPCH208100
    CM | 0.75

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