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| The Planners Network 2007 Conference took place in New Orleans, Louisiana, from May 30 to June 2. This website is an archive of the conference website, and is for reference only. |
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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS (as of 5.23.07)
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Wednesday, May 30 |
| Evening: Opening
Reception & Celebration. 7:00 - 9:00PM
Featuring a presentation from PN Youth
Participants, welcoming remarks, jumbalaya, beer and wine, general
merriment and more. Pre-registered attendees will be able to pick up
name badges and conference packets at this point. Full registration
services will be available beginning Thursday evening.
Location: Le Citron Bistro, 1539
Religious St., New Orleans, LA ►
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Thursday, May 31 |
| Day:
Community-Based Workshops.
9:00AM - 3:30PM A
hallmark of PN conferences, attendees will have the option of
choosing from a diverse list of workshops that will put them
face-to-face with key planning issues in New Orleans. Workshops are
developed in conjunction with community-based organizations and
local activists, who act as hosts.
Click here for a full
description of the workshops.
Times:
All WORKSHOPS DEPART AT 9:00 AM.
Workshops will last until approximately 3:00pm, and all attendees
will be returned to the departure point.
 Location:
All workshops will depart from the
Hampton Inn in Downtown New Orleans. 226 Carondelet St
New Orleans, LA 70130. (504) 529-9990 |
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Evening: Registration. 6:00
- 7:00 PM.
Lindy Boggs Conference Center Auditorium, 2045 Lakeshore Drive,
University of New Orleans ►
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Plenary Panel Discussion 7:00-
9:30 PM |
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PANEL ONE:
THE ADVOCACY ROLE OF PLANNERS & SCHOLARS POST-KATRINA
Moderator: John Forester,
Professor, Department of City and Regional Planning, Cornell
University
Panelists: Rebekah Green, Postdoctoral Fellow, the
Earth Institute of Columbia University
Leigh Graham, Doctoral Candidate, Department of Urban Studies
and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mtangulizi Sanyika, Project Director, African American
Leadership Project
Tracie Washington, The Louisiana Justice Institute |
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PANEL TWO: FROM PLANNING TO IMPLEMENTATION
Moderator: Chester Hartman,
Poverty & Race Research Action Council
Panelists: Ralph Thayer, Office of Recovery
Management, City of New Orleans
Richard Hayes, Director of Special Projects, ACORN Housing
Corporation
Dominique Duval-Diop, Louisiana Senior Associate, PolicyLink |
Location:
Lindy Boggs Conference Center Auditorium, 2045 Lakeshore Drive,
University of New Orleans ►
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Transportation: Shuttle service
will be provided for registered attendees to/from downtown New
Orleans. |
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Friday, June 1 |
Day: Workshop Session
One. 9:00AM - 4:45 PM
Classroom-based workshops, paper
presentations, panel discussion and caucuses. Click
here for a complete list of
presenters.
Location:
Lindy Boggs Conference Center, 2045 Lakeshore Drive, University of
New Orleans ►
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Transportation: Shuttle service
will be provided for registered attendees to/from downtown New
Orleans. |
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Evening:
Celebrating the City: A Night of People's
History on Film. 7:00PM - 9:30
PM.
Planners Network is joining forces with
local filmmakers and activists to host a raucous
evening of independent film shorts from New Orleans and the
nation.
Location:
The Green
Project,
2831 Marais St., NOLA 70117
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Saturday, June 2 |
Morning:
Workshop Session Two. 9:00AM
- 12:15 PMClassroom-based workshops, paper
presentations, panel discussion and caucuses. Click
here for a complete list of
presenters.
Location:
Lindy Boggs Conference Center, 2045 Lakeshore Drive, University of
New Orleans ►
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Transportation: Shuttle service
will be provided for registered attendees to/from downtown New
Orleans. |
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| Afternoon: PN Annual Meeting.
1:30 - 3:30 PM Come
be an active part of our growing network. Get to know the Steering
Committtee, participate in an election if you are a member, and get
involved with our new sub-committees.
Location:
Lindy Boggs Conference Center, 2045 Lakeshore Drive, University of
New Orleans ►
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Transportation: Shuttle service
will be provided for registered attendees to/from downtown New
Orleans. |
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Evening:
2007 Lewis Mumford Awards
7:00PM Awards, 9:00 PM music
 Architects/Designers/Planners for Social Responsibility (ADPSR)'s
Mumford Awards, co-sponsored by the Association for Community Design
( ACD) and SEED. ADPSR’s annual awards event will serve as both the
closing event for the PN conference and the opening event of ACD,
ADPSR and SEED’s conference on community design at LSU in Baton
Rouge. Proudly featuring the music of an eight piece New Orleans
brass band -
The Soul Rebels. ►
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Location:
Maple Leaf Bar,
8316 Oak Street, Uptown, NOLA.
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