Welcome Plenary Session:
"The Rigor of Undisciplined Thinking: Homegrown Solutions to Complex Challenges" by Matthews Hamabata, Executive Director, The Kohala Center
Concurrent Session:
"Embracing Sustainability in Community Plans" by Benjamin A. Herman, Vice-President/Principal, Clarion Associates
Concurrent Session: Next Step in Implementing Hawaii's Complete Streets Law
"Complete Streets" by Tom Dinell, Emeritus Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Hawaii-Manoa
"Complete Streets" by Kathleen Chu, Project Manager, CH2M HILL and Rachel Roper, Civil Engineer, Hawaii Department of Transportation
"Kauai County Complete Streets Resolution" by Kaaina Hull, Planner, Kauai County Planning Department
Concurrent Session: Natural Hazards Mitigation
"Building Community Resiliency Capacity in the Pacific" by Dolan Eversole, NOAA Coastal Storms Program Coordinator, University of Hawaii Sea Grant Program
"March Madness: Kauai, March 2006" by Mark Marshall, Emergency Management Officer, Kauai County Civil Defense Agency
Concurrent Session: Land Use and the Preservation of Cultural Resources
"Protection of Historic Sites: How the Planning Process Failed in Koloa" by David Kimo Frankel, Staff Attorney, Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation
Concurrent Session:
"Saving the World through Zoning: The Sustainable Development Code" by Christopher J. Duerksen, Managing Director, Clarion Associates
Concurrent Session: Planning for Local Food and Energy Systems
"Sustainability, Town by Town" by Ken Stokes, Executive Director, The Kauaian Institute
"Community Gardening for Healthy and Sustainable Food Access" by Lys Burden, Community Garden Coordinator, City of High Springs
Concurrent Session: Shoreline Setbacks and the Management of Coastal Development
"Permitting or Planning: Streamlining the Coastal Approval Process " by Thorne Abbott, Environmental and Coastal Planner, TEC, Inc.
"Shoreline Setback: The No Build Zone" by Ian Jung, Deputy County Attorney, Kauai County
Concurrent Session: Growth Management and Citizen's Initiatives
"Citizens' Growth Management Initiatives: Rational Responses to Irrational Planning" by Carl Imparato, Chair, Coalition for Responsible Government
Concurrent Session:
"The Health Impact Assessment and Healthy Neighborhood Design" by Jim Charlier, President, Charlier Associates
Concurrent Session: Permitting Large-scale Renewable Energy Facilities
"Permitting Renewable Energy Facilities" by Dale Cua, Planner, Kauai County Planning Department
"Permitting Renewable Energy Facilities in Hawaii" by Cameron Black, Permitting Specialist, Hawaii State Energy Office, DBEDT
Concurrent Session:
"NOAA's Digital Coast: Free Online Coastal Planning Tools" by by Jamie Carter, Physical Scientist, NOAA Pacific Services Center
"Using the Habitat Priority Planner as a Decision-Support Tool for Hamakua's Natural Resources" by by Catie Cullison, Project Manager, PBR Hawaii and Associates, Inc.
Concurrent Session: New Initiatives in Building Healthier Communities
"The North Shore Path" by Ben Welborn, North Shore Path Multi-use Planning Process
"The Statewide Pedestrian Master Plan" by Kathleen Chu, Project Manager, CH2M HILL and Rachel Roper, Civil Engineer, Hawaii Department of Transportation
Concurrent Session: Planning Law Review
"Planning Law" by Cal Chipcase, Partner, Cades Schutte LLP
Concurrent Session: Improving Community Outreach and Education in Planning
"The Agony and Ecstasy of Community Indicators" by Diane Zachery, President & CEO, Kauai Planning and Action Alliance
"Using GIS and Geo-visualization Tools for Land Use and Transportation Planning" by Mark Harrington, GIS Manager, Group 70 International
"Community Outreach" by April J. Surprenant, Long-range Planning Manager, Hawaii County Planning Department