National Planning Conference 2024

NPC24 will be held in Minneapolis, MN from 13 to 16 April.

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Join our Division Events!

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Meeting and Reception

Join globally-minded planners for a reception with the International Division!

Saturday 13 April 2024, 18h00-20h00

The International Division and friends will gather for networking and fellowship on Saturday evening during NPC in the Hubert Humphrey Forum, Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota, 301 19th Av. S., Minneapolis MN 55455.

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Location information and directions can be found on the University of Minnesota website. The convention center and the university are both accessible by the Twin Cities Metro system.

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Business Meeting

Sunday, Apr 14, 2024

10:30 AM - 12:00

Location: Hilton Minneapolis, Marquette Ballroom 2

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Session Highlight

Ukraine Environmental Sustainability Planning Guidelines

8:30 AM, Sunday, April 14, in Room 101 HIJ

Do you want to hear how the Ukraine Rebuilding Action Group of the APA International Division, using a Research Grant from the Divisions Council and working with other Divisions and other organizations in the US, Europe and Ukraine, were able to complete for Environmental Sustainability Planning Guidelines to “build back better” in Ukraine? And how our work was relevant, feasible and effective?

Come to our session at 8:30 AM on Sunday, April 14, in Room 101 HIJ. The guidelines are already available at Sustainability.URAG.org.

On April 14, you will hear how we took a multi-scale, multi-timeframe, approach to develop easy-to-follow, step-by-step methodologies to address environmental sustainability challenges in sector-specific as well as integrated and holistic ways that planners and other local government officials can use in Ukraine. The resulting guidelines utilize the UN Sustainable Development Goals (the “SDGs”) and align with the UN Habitat Urban and Territorial Planning Guidelines for local environmental sustainability.

The comprehensive planning guidelines include three parts: 1) background and context for

building back better - before and after war environmental baselines; Ukraine and EU planning laws and institutions; relevant international aid planning projects; and UN SDGs and planning Guidelines; 2) holistic and integrated planning for the “Regenerative City” - new concepts, content, and practice for sustainable cities; and 3) sector-specific environmental sustainability planning modules - hazard mitigation, disaster response, and resilient infrastructure; green buildings, spaces and cities; land contamination and waste management; water resources and river basin planning; and sustainable transportation.

We will also explore with the audience how we can promote and facilitate use of the guidelines by Ukrainian local planners and officials. We look forward to seeing you there!

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APA ID-MIT SPURS Affordable Housing Roundtable Meet-up

UPDATED TIME

Sunday, Apr 14, 2024

3:00 - 4:30 PM

Hilton Minneapolis, Duluth Room

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Here's what the division did at NPC 23

Meeting & Reception

International Division / MIT Humphrey Fellow Reception
Date: Saturday, April 1, 2023
Time: 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Room: Fisher Library / Kleinman Center
Location: 220 South 34th Street, University of Pennsylvania (More Info)

International Division Greeting & Business Meeting
Date: Sunday, April 2, 2023
Time: 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Room: Marriott Philadelphia, Salon BC, 5th Floor

Sessions 

Assisting Ukraine Rebuild: Connect, Collaborate, and Deliver
Meeting ID: NPC2308007
Date: Saturday, April 1, 2023
Time: 12:00 PM - 12:45 
Session Type: Panel Discussion
Room: TBD

Building International Bridges - Learning from Abroad
Meeting ID: NPC2308019
Date: Saturday, April 1, 2023
Time: 2:30 PM - 3:15 PM
Session Type: Panel Discussion
Room: TBD

Social Housing: Lessons for the U.S. from Abroad
Meeting ID: NPC2308027
Date: Saturday, April 1, 2023
Time: 4:30 PM - 5:15 PM
Session Type: Panel Discussion
Room: TBD

Archipelago Planning for a Resilient Turks and Caicos
Session ID: NPC2318516
Date: Sunday, April 2, 2023
Time: 3:00 PM - 3:45 PM
Session Type: Case Study
Room: TBD