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Presentations and Downloads


Forum presentations and handouts are available for download as Adobe PDFs. Presentations are organized by day and time. Please note: If a presentation does not appear, we have not yet received it from the speaker.


Sunday, June 6

2:00 - 3:30 pm

Opening Plenary Session
Construction Industry Trends by A. Xavier Neira (149 Kb)


3:45 - 5:15 pm

Feasibility: Is the Idea Viable for the Community?
Presentation by Ralph Basile (2.7 Mb)
Presentation by Craig R. Seymour (2.7 Mb)


Going Green: Building Sustainable Projects for Tomorrow
Presentation by Mark Edlen (4.3 Mb)


What’s Ahead in Sports Facilities
Hartman Arena by Eric Blockie (3.5 Mb)
Cedar Park Center by Phil Brewer (1.2 Mb)


Monday, June 7

9:00 – 10:30 am

Monday Morning Plenary Session
Setting the standard for a sustainable future by Jerrold P. Lea, Hon. AIA, LEED, AP (1.7 Mb)
Building a Public / PrivatePartnership by John Wood (3.4 Mb)
Presentation by J. Larry Nichols (5.6 Mb)


10:45 am – 12:15 pm

Financing: Where the Money Is


Leveraging Smaller Projects for Big Impacts
How Small, Innovative, Cutting-Edge Developments Have Large Impacts by Charles H. Johnson (978 Kb)
Presentation by John T. Kaatz (679 Kb)
Hot Shops Art Center: A Small Project with a Big Impact by Phillip Phillips, CEcD, PhD (8.1 Mb)


Meeting Community Demand through Performing Arts Centers & Cultural Facilities
Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts by Jeffrey Kaczmarek (1.8 Mb)


2:15 – 3:45 pm

Importing Visitors to Your Community: Trends in Conference and Convention Centers and Hotels
New Supply Slows to a Trickle: Analysis of the Convention Center Pipeline by Thomas Hazinski (688 Kb)
Presentation by Michael Lockwood, AIA (22.2 Mb)
Innovative Financing Strategies to Make Projects Happen by Raymond Garfield (2.5 Mb)


Partnerships: Who are the New Partners?
Presentation by David A. Wilcox, FM, HLM (836 Kb)
Partnerships: Who are the New Partners? And how do you find them? by James S. Russell, CEcD (963 Kb)
Public Private Partnerships in Local Government: The City of Sugar Land by Regina L. Morales (2.1 Mb)


Waterfronts: Natural Destinations for Communities
Port of Los Angeles by David Mathewson (3.4 Mb)
Capitol Riverfront – be out FRONT by Michael G. Stevens, AICP (7.5 Mb)


4:00 – 5:30 pm

Creating Destination Downtowns
If you lived here...you would be home by now by David Spillane, AICP, RIBA (5.2 Mb)
Ingredients for a Successful Downtown by Jane Jenkins (5.8 Mb)
Downtown Des Moines Vision Plan by Tim Leach, CEcD (1.3 Mb)


Design: From Mind to Model: Working with a Design Team
Presentation by Donald Grinberg, FAIA (2.8 Mb)
Opportunities and Challenges for Alternative Project Delivery by Rob Widmeyer, AIA, LEED AP (3.0 Mb)


Next Stop: Transit-Oriented Development
Capturing Value from TOD by Dena Belzer (2.3 Mb)


Tuesday, June 8

11:00 am – 12:30 pm

Distressed Neighborhoods: Reinventing Older Assets for New Uses
Montgomery, Alabama by Jeff Downes (13.2 Mb)
Presentation by Richard C. Ward, CEcD, AICP, CRE (22.0 Mb)
Presentation by Kathy A.L. Robertson (11.5 Mb)


Restaurants, Bars and Entertainment: New Destination Developments
Dodge City & Ford County Development Corporation by Joann Knight (2.3 Mb)
Downtown Restaurant, Retail & Entertainment Trends by Robin Hunden (3.2 Mb)
Presentation by Thomas Christopulos, EdD, CEcD (2.9 Mb)


Support: Building Public Support for the Project
Presentation by Mary Jane Stanley, CEcD (957 Kb)
Partners & Stakeholders for Transit by Robert M. Lewis, CEcD, AICP (1.5 Mb)
Lessons from Collingwood by Honorable Christopher Carrier (5.7 Mb)