Planning Association of WA seeks Conference Session Proposals by 1/31/2017

The Planning Association of Washington (PAW) invites you to submit a session proposal(s) for its 2017 conference to be held May 3-5, 2017 at the Campbell’s Resort in Lake Chelan. We look forward to featuring a slate of diverse and dynamic presentations and excellent networking opportunities as inspiration for this years conference theme. PAW (http://PlanningPaw.org/) is seeking session proposals that relate to the conference theme and address the following areas of interest:  

• How to respond to a fast changing environment. What does changing technology and demographics mean for planning, customer service, and citizen engagement?
• Innovative urban design and new technologies for planners. Demonstrations with Google Earth, GIS SketchUp and similar tools.
• Social media and the challenge of reaching your audience.
• Historic Preservation: Preserving history in a rapidly changing environment.
• Ways to respond to homelessness and housing affordability in today’s evolving urban environment.
• Water resources now and on the horizon.
• Looking ahead, what is going to emerge as the next significant issues for planners.
• What will the planning office in the future look like? How will we respond to change.

  Please transmit an email message with session proposals attached as a Microsoft Word document named with the proposed session title only. Please use the following guidelines in preparing your session proposal:  

• Include a paragraph describing the topic and the proposed means of delivering the information.
• Proposals should contain a clear but concise explanation of what participants will learn from the session and how the presentation relates to the conference theme and/or one of the tentative tracks. This description must be no more than 200 words in length.
• Provide contact information (names, titles, email addresses, mailing addresses, and phone numbers for the speakers/moderator along with short speaker bios, limited to 100 words each.
• Sessions should be approximately 90 minutes in length.

The deadline for proposals is “January 31st 2017”, PST. Please email session proposals to: Samantha La Deaux at Info@PlanningPaw.org. Include your contact information (name, address, phone, and email address). If you have questions please submit those to Samantha at the above email address. If selected, the session organizer will be responsible for confirming speakers, creating the content of the session, assigning a moderator, and ensuring the session is appropriately implemented. Al speakers at the conference will be offered reduced fee registration for the conference. We look forward to collaborating with you on what will surely be a highly successful event!