Events, Lectures + Exhibitions : Planners Network Conference on Design
The conference was held June 2-5, 2005, with over 250 participants.

Events, Workshops, and Organizing Meetings

Conference Schedule at a Glance

Thursday
4:00-8:00 Registration, Design Center Gallery, Rapson Hall (College of Design)
6:00 - 7:30 Michael Pyatok, Housing and Justice, CDES Auditorium, Rapson Hall (Lecture is free but requires registration)
7:30- Informal interest group dinners
Friday
8:00-7:00 Registration, Design Center Gallery, Rapson Hall (College of Design)
8:00-9:15 Organizing coffee, tea, bagels, and muffins at Rapson
9:15 - 5:30 Community workshop and tours departing from Rapson
6:00 - 7:30 Anne Whiston Spirn, Environmental Justice and Community Design and Development: the West Philadelphia Landscape Project, CDES Auditorium, Rapson Hall (Lecture is free but requires registration)
7:30-9:00 Reception at the Gehry-designed Weisman Art Gallery overlooking the Mississippi River
Saturday
8:00-5:00 Registration, Design Center Gallery, Rapson Hall (College of Design)
8:00-9:00 Organizing coffee, tea, bagels, and muffins at Rapson
9:00 - 6:00 Participatory workshops, tool-sharing session, and lectures at Rapson
9:00-10:30 Session 1
10:45-12:15 Session 2
12:30-1:45 Lunch including discussion/organizing groups
2:00-3:30 Session 3
3:45-5:15 Session 4
5:30-6:15 Walking groups leave for Open Book.
6:00 - 8:30 Reception at the Open Book, a nonprofit arts center, a 20 minute walk across the Mississippi from the main conference area, closer to the dorms
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Sunday
9:00 - 12:00 Planners Network organizing brunch, Club Room, Riverbend Commons (one of the conference dorms, centrally located between other accommodation and the main conference venue at Rapson Hall).

As the schedule is set, details about specific events will be placed on-line.

The conference has received much appreciated support from the Fannie Mae Foundation and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota.

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