Call for Proposals

Virginia Tech Social Media for Planning Conference

Sponsored by the Virginia Tech Urban Affairs and Planning Program

www.uap.vt.edu

Held simultaneously in two locations, Falls Church and Blacksburg, Virginia

Friday, April 22, 2011

8am-5pm

This program will be submitted for AICP CM credits

Social media tools, communications, databases and other technologies are increasingly being used by planners today in their day-to-day work. Join us for this one-day conversation that will showcase best practices for how planners are using technology in support of visualization, stakeholder engagement and project management/implementation.

We’re seeking speakers to participate in the day’s program:

• Have a case study or innovation in using social media that you’d like to share with fellow planners across the Commonwealth?
• Or do you have some particular challenges with implementing social media that you’d like to talk about, as part of a conversation about overcoming obstacles to using social media?

Submit your Expressions of Interest by Thursday, March 3. We’ll let you know by Tuesday, March 8 if your proposal has been accepted.

Click here to submit your Expression of Interest

APA Virginia Annual Conference - Call for Proposals

APA Virginia Annual Conference

Wintergreen Resort

July 20-22, 2011

We invite you to submit a proposal for a conference session and have set March 25, 2011 as the deadline for submittal. Please see the attached form, which must be completed and sent via email to vaplanning@comcast.net (Chapter Office). AICP Certification Maintenance credit will be requested for each session.

Interactive, non-traditional session format is encouraged, as are the topics of redevelopment, economic development, infill development, sustainable design, technology, technical skills for development evaluation, Community Development Authorities, Tax Increment Financing, and innovative transit, pedestrian planning, etcetera, etcetera. Please feel free to submit on any relevant topic.

Additionally, previous conference attendees have commented on the need to reduce the number of presentations that use text heavy slide displays; therefore, we encourage you to prepare interactive, non-PowerPoint presentations.

Contact Earl Anderson at vpchapteraffairs@apavirginia.org or 757-890-3497, if there is a session you would like to see at the conference or for questions about submitting. Thank you!

An application for this event can be found here.