Society for American City and Regional Planning History Presents

The Thirteenth National Conference on Planning History

Oakland, California
October 15 - 18, 2009

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Program Summary

Full Program

Call for Papers (expired)

Call for Prizes and Awards (expired)

Call for Undergrad and Masters' Poster Sessions (expired)

Call for Graduate Research Workshop (expired)

Information for Exhibitors


Program Summary

Thursday, October 15th

8:30am-3pm Oakland Waterfront Food Trail Tour *
12-1pm Registration
1:00-6pm Pre-Conference Tour
Democracy on the Ground in West Oakland: Immigrants, Migrants, and the Development of an African-American Community
3:30-6pm Registration
5:00-8:00pm Third Thursday *
6:00-9:00pm Reception and Address

Nile Hall, Preservation Park: 13th St and Martin Luther King, Jr. Way
Address: Richard Walker, University of California-Berkeley
"West Oakland and the Bay Area Region"

* These special events are open to conference participants, but please note they are not organized by SACRPH.

Friday, Oct. 16

7:30am-8:30am Continental Breakfast
7:30am-5:00pm Registration
9:00am-6:00pm Book Exhibit

8:30am-10:15am Plenary Session: Roundtable on Regional Equity
10:30am-12:15pm Concurrent Sessions
12:30pm-2:15pm Luncheon and Plenary Session
"Planning Firsts, 1960s-90s
2:30pm-4:15pm Concurrent Sessions
4:30pm-6:30pm Concurrent Sessions
7:00pm-9:00pm Reception

8:45am-9:00am SACRPH New Board Member Orientation
9:00pm-11:00pm SACRPH Board Meeting

9:00pm-11:00pm Graduate Student Reception

Saturday, Oct. 17

7:30am-8:30am Continental Breakfast
8:00am-8:30am SACRPH Business Meeting
8:00am-5:00pm Registration
8:30am-10:00am Journal of Planning History Editorial Board meeting
9:00am-6:00pm Book Exhibit

8:30am-10:15am Concurrent Sessions
10:30am-12:15pm Concurrent Sessions
12:30pm-2:15 pm Luncheon
SACRPH Presidential Address: "Planning at the Grassroots: Promoting Equity and Sustainability through Local Activism"
1:00pm-4:15pm Student Poster Exhibit
2:30pm-4:15pm Concurrent Sessions
4:30pm-6:30pm Concurrent Sessions
6:45pm-8:30pm SACRPH Awards Ceremony and Reception

Sunday, Oct. 18

Tours:

1. Historical Development and Ethnic Change in Oakland, 9:30am-1:30pm

2. Berkeley Architectural Tour, 9:30am-1:30pm

3. Urban Renewal in San Francisco, 9:30am-1:30pm

4. North of the Golden Gate: Growth Control, Open Space, and Alternative Agriculture on the Urban Fringe, 6:30am-4:00pm


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