Short Course

Location: Birch 

Spokane Walking Tour (Duration: 2 hrs)

$10 additional fee

Location: Participants will meet their guide at the Giant Red Flyer Wagon in Riverfront Park (Spokane Falls Blvd. between Washington & Stevens)

Registration

Location: Pre-function 2

Lunch

Location: Various Lunch Rooms (Birch, Cedar, Maple, Meeting Room 4, Meeting Room 5)

Opening remarks, land acknowledgment, address from the Spokane Mayor, and keynote

Please arrive on time for the opening remarks as food will not be served if you are late. 

Location: Grand Ballroom

Opening Keynote Speaker: Megan Oliver

Location: Grand Ballroom

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Break w/ Exhibitors

Location: Pre-function 2

1A: Shaping Tomorrow's Cities: Cultivating Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Planning Practice

1.25 AICP CM credits for EQUITY

Location: Grand Ballroom

1B: Equal Access to Transportation Options for Everyone? Improving Our Understanding of Non-drivers in Washington State

Location: Cedar

1C: Accelerating ADUs

Location: Maple

1D: Community Engagement as Antidote to Our Dangerously Divided Times

Location: Terrace East

1E: Recreating a Community Waterfront Destination

Location: Meeting Room 1

Break w/ Exhibitors

Location: Pre-function 2

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2A: Racially Disparate Impacts in Housing - Undoing Past Injustice

Location: Birch

2B: Permitting Process Improvements for Achieving Community Vision and Shared Goals

Location: Cedar

2C: APA WA Allied Professions: Housing People in Transportation-Efficient Communities 

Location: Maple

2D: Planning With Data – What To Look at, How To Share It

Location: Terrace East

2E: Making it Happen in your Downtown - From Planning to Action in Downtown Pasco with Arts, Streets, Zoning, Activation and More

Location: Meeting Room 1

4:15–5:30 PM 

Walking Tour: Expo 50+ and Riverfront Park

Pub Crawl

Registration

Location: Pre-function 2

Breakfast

Location: Grand Ballroom

3A: Leading the Change: It Takes a Planner

1.25 AICP CM credits for LAW

Location: Grand Ballroom

3B: Washington's Transportation Plan (WTP): Working Across Agencies and Jurisdictions for a New Mobility Ecosystem

Location: Birch

3C: Tribal Water Rights

Location: Cedar

3D: Affordable Housing and Climate Policy: Why Can't We Be Friends?

Location: Maple

3E: Staying Power: The Cultural Space Agency and Equitable Arts Development

Location: Terrace East

Break w/ Exhibitors

Location: Pre-function 2

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4A: Community As Collaborators: Empowering Community Voices in Public Processes

Location: Birch

4B: Climate Action Planning and Effective Strategies Across Washington State

Location: Cedar

4C: Planning for Clean Energy

Location: Maple

4D: Aligning Building Codes With Zoning Codes for the Housing We Want To See

Location: Terrace East

4E: Growing Pains: Stories and Tales from a Young Washington City 

Location: Terrace West

Annual Meeting & Governor's Lunch with Remarks from Washington State Governor, Jay Inslee

Awards Presentation, including Co-Legislators of the Year Rep. Jessica Bateman and Rep. Andrew Barkis

Location: Grand Ballroom A

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Break w/ Exhibitors

Location: Pre-function 2

5A: Combined Session - From Urban Design to Pro Formas: An Effective Approach for Bringing HAPs  and Middle Housing to Life Across Washington

Location: Grand Ballroom

5B: Climate Change and Comprehensive Plans, from Impetus to Implementation

Location: Cedar

5C: Indigenous Planning: Unique Planning Challenges Facing Indigenous and Tribal Communities

Location: Maple

5D: Local Air Pollution Impacts and Land Use Planning

Location: Terrace East

5E: Communicating With Elected Officials and a Skeptical Public on Controversial Issues

Location: Terrace West

A Dynamic Crossroads: Walking Tour of Spokane’s South University District

Location: Meet at Ignite NW Building, 120 N Pine St, Ste 252 

Tour Ends at Catalyst Building

4:00–5:15 PM

6A: The Ethics of Advocacy

1.25 AICP CM credits for ETHICS

Location: Grand Ballroom

6B: Tools To Advance Environmental Goals Through Periodic Update

Location: Birch

 6C: Planning for and Implementing Emergency Housing: Success Stories

 Location: Cedar

 6D: A Showcase of Student Projects

 Location: Meet at the Catalyst Building, Eastern Washington University Campus 601 E. Riverside Ave, Room 306

 6E: Executing on the Vision: Using Codes to Support Holistic Transit-Oriented Communities

 Location: Terrace East

5:30–7:30 PM

Opening Reception

Registration

PechaKucha & Closing Remarks

Location: Grand Ballroom A

7A: Infrastructure in the Context of Infill Development

Location: Birch

7B: Lessons Learned From Early-and Mid-Career Planners

Location: Cedar

7C: Planning for Housing Needs by Income Bracket

Location: Maple

7D: Climate Change Planning - Responding to the GMA's New Requirements

Location: Terrace East

7E: Shaping the Future, Demystifying the Work of Planners

Location: Terrace West

Break w/ Exhibitors

Location: Pre-function 2

8A: The Comprehensive Plan in the 21st Century: Sustainable, Resilient, and Equitable

 1.25 AICP CM credits for SUSTAINABILITY

Location: Grand Ballroom

 8B: Combined Session: Middle Housing and HB 1110 - Moving Towards Implementation and Lessons from Washington's   Early Adopters

 Location: Birch

 8C: Slicing Up the Superblock

 Location: Cedar

 8D: Tribal Land Use - Cross-Collaboration in Master Planning

 Location: Maple

8E: Defining a New Downtown

Location: Terrace East