03/10/2025
NPC25 Events & News for Illinois Members
We look forward to seeing you in The Mile High City!
Denver | March 29–April 1, 2025
Colorado Convention Center
planning.org/conference/
Illinois Reception at the 2025 National Planning Conference
Going to the APA National Conference in Denver? The APA-IL is hosting a reception for Illinois planners along with the UIUC Department of Urban and Regional Planning and UIC Department of Urban Planning and Policy. We’ve planned a great spread of appetizers and snacks. Stop by and celebrate at Colorado's first brewpub!
DATE: Monday, March 31, 2025
TIME: 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm MT
LOCATION:
Room: Landing
1634 18th St
Denver, CO 80202
All current Illinoisans, friends, family, past students and professionals are welcome!
Come See What Illinois' Members are Presenting at NPC25 in-person and virtually:
This is just a taste of what you can expect from our Illinois members! Be sure to view the full program and find out who and what we're bringing to Denver:
- 40 West Arts District: Experience Design, Business, Transportation, Julie S. Burros, AICP
- Planning While Black: Leadership in a Polycrisis Era, Nina Idemudia, AICP
- Building Neighborhood Buy-In: Engagement for Housing Zoning Reform, Jacqueline Berg, AICP
- Local Programming: Bouncing Back and Building Better: Downtowns Post-Crisis, Ranadip Bose
- Modernizing the Planning Department, Devin Lavigne, FAICP
- Collaborative Digital Design: Consultants, Municipalities, and Online Platforms, Kirsten Weismantle
- The 2025 Trend Report: Emerging Trends and Signals, Joseph DeAngelis, AICP, Senna Catenacci, Ievgeniia Dulko, Petra Hurtado, PhD
- Breaking Through the Pro-Solar/Anti-Solar Binary, David Morley, AICP
- Steps to Leadership: Leading at Your Personal Best, Isabel Fitzsimons
Sunday, March 30
- TOD Trivia Challenge!, Nik Davis, AICP and Jacqueline Berg, AICP, Eileen Franz
- Planning Against Historic Stagnation and Inequity, Sean Tapia, AICP
- Upskilling Planners for Mitigation and Adaptation, Joseph DeAngelis, AICP, Ievgeniia Dulko
- Is Your Community Biosafe?, Scarlet Andrzejczak
- Planning With Strategic Foresight, Senna Catenacci, Ievgeniia Dulko, Petra Hurtado, PhD
- Understanding APA National Leadership, Isabel Fitzsimons
- Making Sustainability Mainstream, Petra Hurtado, PhD
- Collaborative Digital Design: Consultants, Municipalities, and Online Platforms, Kirsten Weismantle
Monday, March 31
- Biking for All: AARP Bike Audit Tool Kit, Caitlin Hillyard
- Shaping Spaces: Centering Youth Voices in Planning, Mejay Gula, Cassandra Rice, AICP
- Honor the Future! Planning a Native Economy, Charles Hanlon
- Coastal Inundation: Successfully Applying Emerging Tools, Joseph DeAngelis, AICP
- Career Trends for the Future, Ievgeniia Dulko
- How Story Can Change the Narrative Around Place, Liz Lang
- What Planning Skills Are in Demand?, Sagar Shah, PhD, AICP
Tuesday, April 1
- Levantando Voces: Meaningful Inclusive Engagement in Latino Communities, Leonor Vanik
- Scenario Planning for Climate and Hazards, Joseph DeAngelis, AICP, Scarlet Andrzejczak
The NPC24 Virtual Conference is not to miss!
- Great Minds Don’t Think Alike: Planning for Neurodiversity, Gabriella Harpel
- Leveraging Geospatial Technologies to Support Comprehensive Planning, Devin Lavigne, FAICP
- Engaging Latinos in Planning, the Little Village Story, Rosa Ortiz, AICP
- Trend Talk: 2025 Trend Report for Planners, Ievgeniia Dulko, Petra Hurtado, PhD
- Steps to Leadership: Empowering Your Journey, Isabel Fitzsimons
Friday, April 25
- Communicating Disaster Resilience Through Film, James C. Schwab, FAICP
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