International Urban Parks Conference
Event Dates: July 14, 2012 (All day) - July 17, 2012 (All day)
Early Bird Registration Deadline is April 30!
Greater & Greener: Re-Imagining Parks for 21st Century Cities is an international urban parks conference that aims to increase awareness of the positive impact that parks and green spaces have on our urban communities and explore how urban parks will be designed, developed, programmed, funded and sustained to meet future demands.
Presented by City Parks Alliance, the Greater & Greener conference is the premier forum for park innovation, offering forward-looking topics and speakers, interactive in-the-field workshops and tours, a volunteer service project and an audience of urban park planning, and design professionals, advocates and supporters from around the world. Greater & Greener will take full advantage of the vast resources of the Big Apple, from our conference hub at New York University to satellite events and workshops in parks around the city.
Educational Workshop Tracks:
- Parks and the Urban Fabric
- Designing and Sustaining Parks to Maximize Ecological Benefits
- Programming and Managing Parks for Health, Wellness, Fitness and Knowledge
- Strengthening Promotion and Advocacy from City Hall to Capitol Hill
- Funding Your Park System
- Find out more about these tracks >>
Featured Speakers include:
- Vin Cipolla, President, Municipal Art Society
- Mick Cornett, Mayor, Oklahoma City
- Garry Golden, Professional Futurist & Founder, Forward Elements, Inc
- Maria Hinojosa, President, Futuro Media Group
- Daphne Miller, MD, Dept. of Family & Community Medicine, Univ. of CA, San Francisco
- Helle Søholt, Founding Partner, Gehl Architects Copenhagen
- See the full line up and read bios >>
Plus, great behind-the-scenes tours get you outdoors:
