Young Planners Networks announces June Conference in Chicago

24. Mar, 2010 2 Comments

PLANet YOUTH 2040: Look to the Future will be YPN’s fourth annual conference, where youth and adults nationwide will explore long-range solutions to creating healthy, equitable cities & regions. Over one-hundred young people will participate in:

Skill-building workshops

Peer presentations

Mobile workshops

Facilitated discussions

Open mic night

A film festival, and more!

YPN is organizing this year’s conference with our fiscal agent, the California Center for Civic Participation, and in partnership with the Institute for Policy and Civic Engagement and the Urban and Public Affairs program at the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs at University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), and the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP). We are also proud to have the American Planning Association (APA) and Planners Network (PN) as co-sponsors of this year’s event.

Registration materials will be online soon. Please contact Andrew Williams-Clark at dru.ypn@gmail.com for more information.

About Your Proposal…

Share your knowledge and experience with the Young Planners Network this year. Sessions are 60 minutes, and we pair groups with complementary themes together. Please comment on the following in your proposal:

TOPIC / THEME
Does your work fall into a specific area within planning?

Long-range, multi-disciplinary planning (transportation, housing, open space, health, etc.)

Equity & social justice through youth engagement (environmental, educational, economic, etc.)

Planning for healthy, sustainable communities (i.e. healthy and local food access, safe places to play, climate action, ‘green’ movements)

Domestic & neighborhood violence prevention

Tools for youth engagement (new media, curriculum, internships, participatory action research, arts-based etc.)

Youth engagement in the 2009 Livable Communities Act

Or…offer your own category!

PRESENTATION FORMAT
Get creative!

Interactive workshop – Engage the audience in a discussion and skill-building activities

Panel discussion – Assemble your own panel of presenters around a common theme

Poster presentation – Create a poster that describes your project, ideas and vision

Mobile workshop – Design a tour for participants, organize a site visit

Creative expression – Submit a poem, piece of artwork or short film

…Or suggest your own presentation design!

YOUR PROPOSAL SHOULD INCLUDE:

1. Contact information for each presenter (name, title, address, telephone, email)

2. Topic area / theme, and preferred presentation format (See below)
3. Session title and summary (300 words or less)
4. Audio-visual requirements (projector, computer, sound equipment)
5. Length of the presentation (time required / requested)
6. Any other special requirements (transportation, materials, etc.)

Submit proposals in PDF or Microsoft Word format, preferably as an attachment to Andrew Williams-Clark at dru.ypn@gmail.com. Proposals must be received no later than April 10, 2010.