Welcome to the 2012 World Town Planning Day Online
Conference!This is the fourth year we have worked together on this initiative and we have prepared an exciting program which
includes speakers from every corner of the world.We look forward to having you join us!
We are a self-organized
committee of international planning organizations whose members have seen value in
collaborating across geography on topics of common interest to planners.We felt that an international online
conference in celebration of World Town Planning Day was an appropriate way to
honor the spirit of this important annual occasion while also building our
knowledge of best practices and emerging issues within the planning profession.
Winner of the 2010 APA Divisions Council Award for Contribution to the Profession (Large Division)
How the Conference is Organized
All sessions are virtual (via
the internet) and no travel is required to attend.Each day includes a plenary session and
several panel presentations as well as a Pecha Kucha networking session.
A Pecha Kucha is a Japanese term that is
loosely translated to mean “chit chat”; each presenter has a short period of
time (6 minutes 40 seconds) to provide their report before we move on to the
next person.This provides an
opportunity to hear from multiple presenters.We’ll then have time after the Pecha Kucha presentations to talk with
one another about the presentations and what they might mean for our own
respective planning work.
