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Full Schedule

Full Schedule

  • Saturday, April 25, 2026
  • 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM ET
    National Planning Awards Lounge
  • 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM ET
    Quiet Room
  • 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM ET
    Registration
  • 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM ET
    Speaker Ready Room
  • 7:30 AM - 9:00 AM ET
    Planning Directors' Networking Breakfast
  • 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM ET
    Ombuds Office
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM ET
    Welcome Session and Opening Keynote
  • 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM ET
    PBCD Division Coffee Meet-Up
  • 10:00 AM - 10:20 AM ET
    AI is revolutionizing Enterprise Permitting & Licensing
  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM ET
    Jaz Ampaw-Farr Book Signing
  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM ET
    Learn More About Refer a Friend
  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM ET
    Morning Networking Break in the Hub
  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM ET
    A Match Made in Planning Heaven
  • 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM ET
    Chinatown Walking Tour
  • 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM ET
    Planners on the Case
  • 10:00 AM - 6:30 PM ET
    APA Onsite Store
  • 10:00 AM - 6:30 PM ET
    APA Pavilion
  • 10:00 AM - 6:30 PM ET
    Bold Moves For Equity
  • 10:00 AM - 6:30 PM ET
    Book Nook at NPC26
  • 10:00 AM - 6:30 PM ET
    Career Center and Career Tech Bar
  • 10:00 AM - 6:30 PM ET
    Discovery Zone
  • 10:00 AM - 6:30 PM ET
    Motown Mini Golf in the Hub
  • 10:00 AM - 6:30 PM ET
    Picture Perfect Headshot Booth
  • 10:00 AM - 6:30 PM ET
    Planner Sock Drive: NPC26 Community Service Project
  • 10:00 AM - 6:30 PM ET
    Planning Insights Theater
  • 10:00 AM - 6:30 PM ET
    Technology Theater
  • 10:00 AM - 6:30 PM ET
    The Hub
  • 10:00 AM - 6:30 PM ET
    Wellness Center
  • 10:20 AM - 10:40 AM ET
    Form-Based Code for Resilience Planning
  • 10:20 AM - 10:40 AM ET
    The First Pass: Where AI Fits in Modern Plan Review
  • 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM ET
    From "Motor" City to the "New Mobility" City
  • 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM ET
    Downtown Detroit's Open Spaces and History
  • 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM ET
    The Shepherd: Community, Arts & Play in Detroit
  • 10:30 AM - 1:30 PM ET
    Strait Talk: Pride. Resilience. Grit
  • 10:30 AM - 4:30 PM ET
    Strategic Neighborhood Fund: Detroit Investing Millions into Neighborhoods
  • 10:30 AM - 5:00 PM ET
    Detroit's Civic Commons: Building Trust Through Equitable Redevelopment
  • 10:40 AM - 11:00 AM ET
    How to Design a Thriving Community Using ArcGIS as a Planning System
  • 10:40 AM - 11:00 AM ET
    Sustainable Cities Challenge - Using Open Innovation Competitions to Catalyze and Test Concepts
  • 10:40 AM - 11:00 AM ET
    Turning Data into Decisions: Practical Digital Planning Solutions 
  • 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM ET
    Becoming AICP: Who/What/Where/Why/When
  • 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM ET
    CANCELLED: From Faith to Keys: Co-Creating Inclusive Housing Together
  • 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM ET
    AI, Human Intelligence, and Ethics in Planning Practice
  • 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM ET
    New Ruralism: Town and County Collaboration in Planning
  • 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM ET
    Managing Safe Development near Freight Rail: Risk-Based Planning
  • 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM ET
    Tree City: Planning an Urban Forest for NYC
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM ET
    Guided Practice Session: Networking Toolkit for Emerging Planners
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM ET
    Equity-Centered Alternatives to Land Ownership
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM ET
    The 2026 Trend Report: Emerging Trends and Signals
  • 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM ET
    Game On: Play for Inclusive and Meaningful Engagement
  • 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM ET
    The Joy of Planning through Improv
  • 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM ET
    From Solar to Smart Cities: Sustainability and Broadband
  • 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM ET
    Visioning Your Career With AICP
  • 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM ET
    Unpacking Opportunity Zones 2.0 for Sustainability and Equity
  • 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM ET
    Leveraging Geospatial Technologies to Support Comprehensive Planning
  • 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM ET
    CANCELLED: Leveraging Minecraft for Sustainable Urban Planning in Jacksonville
  • 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM ET
    Rebranded and Reinvigorated: WILMAPCO’s 2025 Mobility Opportunities Plan
  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM ET
    Chapter Admin and Executives Meeting
  • 12:30 PM - 12:50 PM ET
    Maximizing Connectivity: Integrating AI into Your Planning Workflow Without the Hype (Series 1 of 2)
  • 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM ET
    Breathwork
  • 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM ET
    Planners Feud
  • 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM ET
    APA Divisions Fair
  • 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM ET
    Meet the Class of 2026 Fellows
  • 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM ET
    Networking Break in the Hub
  • 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM ET
    Student Trend Talk
  • 12:50 PM - 1:10 PM ET
    3D for Planning
  • 12:50 PM - 1:10 PM ET
    Modernizing Planning Workflows: A 20‑Minute Look at Digital Permitting in Action with Accela
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM ET
    Managing Your APA Chapter
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM ET
    Scholar to Leader: APA Foundation Impact
  • 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM ET
    Strait Talk: Pride. Resilience. Grit
  • 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM ET
    First Suburban Mall in U.S.-Northland Center Redux
  • 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM ET
    East Side Villages: Walking Four Evolving Detroit Neighborhoods
  • 1:00 PM - 6:30 PM ET
    Esri Theater
  • 1:10 PM - 1:30 PM ET
    Approaches to Responsible AI for Road Safety - Case Study in San Jose, California
  • 1:10 PM - 1:30 PM ET
    How GIS Empowers an Affordable Housing Strategy
  • 1:10 PM - 1:30 PM ET
    RFP to Engagement Platform in 3 Minutes: A Live Demo for Planning Firms
  • 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM ET
    Dear Workplace: Burning Questions Answered
  • 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM ET
    Connecting Capital to Communities: From Plan to Project
  • 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM ET
    Closing Gaps, Opening Doors: Diverse Developers in Action
  • 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM ET
    CANCELLED: High-Tech Tools for Small-Town Futures
  • 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM ET
    Unlocking Potential: Activating Vacant Parkland for Inclusive Communities
  • 1:30 PM - 2:45 PM ET
    Shakespearean Ethics Skits 2026
  • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM ET
    Upskilling - Building Ethical Judgment for AI-Enabled Planning
  • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM ET
    Creativity for Resilience: Action-oriented Art, Design, and Communication
  • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM ET
    Serving in the Spotlight: A Conversation on Purpose and Values
  • 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM ET
    PAB Site Visitor Training
  • 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM ET
    Neighborhoods, Infrastructure, International Political Economy, and Local Environments
  • 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM ET
    Historic Eastern Market and Advancing Detroit’s Food Economy
  • 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM ET
    The #1 U.S. Riverfront? Detroit's Transformative Greenway Network
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM ET
    Planning Pathways: Grad School and Beyond
  • 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM ET
    PDO Exchange
  • 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM ET
    Strait Talk: Pride. Resilience. Grit
  • 2:15 PM - 2:45 PM ET
    Beyond Basics: 10 Important LinkedIn Features
  • 2:15 PM - 4:30 PM ET
    Downtown Historical Architecture Walking Tour
  • 2:30 PM - 2:50 PM ET
    Using ArcGIS Urban to Modernize Legacy Code In Princeton
  • 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM ET
    Unequal Safety
  • 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM ET
    Solutions to Grant Inequities in Urban Revitalization Nonprofits
  • 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM ET
    Navigating Conflict: Communication Skills for Planners
  • 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM ET
    Building Agency Within Communities Through Community-Led Design Builds
  • 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM ET
    Local Programming: From Strip to Soul: Oak Park’s 11 Mile
  • 2:30 PM - 5:30 PM ET
    Mies’s Lafayette Park: An Urban Renewal Success Story?
  • 3:00 PM - 3:20 PM ET
    Nobody Cares About Your Plan (Yet) Leveraging behavior science and dignity-based communication to turn plans into action
  • 3:00 PM - 3:20 PM ET
    The Planner’s Seat at the Table for Drone Management
  • 3:00 PM - 3:20 PM ET
    Transforming Planning Departments with AI+GIS.
  • 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM ET
    Afternoon Networking Break in the Hub
  • 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM ET
    APA Foundation Scholarship Portal Now Open!
  • 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM ET
    Meet the APA Editors
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM ET
    Japan/USA Planners Networking & Business Meeting
  • 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM ET
    Public Sector Careers: Planning Directors Panel
  • 3:20 PM - 3:40 PM ET
    Housing Innovation Challenge
  • 3:20 PM - 3:40 PM ET
    Planning Digital Twins: From Concept to Reality with ArcGIS
  • 3:20 PM - 3:40 PM ET
    Reducing Rework in Planning and Permitting with AI
  • 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM ET
    When Data Centers Come to Town
  • 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM ET
    Lightning Talk 1
  • 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM ET
    Fast, Flexible, Safer Streets: San Diego’s Triple Play
  • 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM ET
    Regional Approaches to Infill Housing for Legacy Communities
  • 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM ET
    A Plan by the People, for the People
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM ET
    Planner Peer Exchange
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM ET
    Engaging the Descendant Community to Create Heritage Trail
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM ET
    Planning and AI - Ethical Implications
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM ET
    Storytelling and the Value of Planning
  • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM ET
    Housing Challenges and Wins: Diverse Communities, Real Solutions
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM ET
    Student Member Mixer
  • 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM ET
    Building Soil Through Biodiversity: Farmscape Models for Resilience
  • 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM ET
    Public Developers: Reclaiming Housing as a Public Good
  • 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM ET
    Operating in a Time of Amplified Conflict
  • 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM ET
    Trails: New Tool for Grant and Economic Justification
  • 4:45 PM - 8:15 PM ET
    Antiquity Historical Bar Tour
  • 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM ET
    New Urbanism Division Business Meeting
  • 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM ET
    Motor City: NCP26 Opening Celebration
  • 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM ET
    Ball State Planning Alumni Festivities
  • 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM ET
    New England Chapters and MIT Alum/Student Social Mixer
  • 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM ET
    APA Ohio Reception
  • 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM ET
    International Affordable Housing Roundtable
  • 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM ET
    Kansas Sunflower Reception: KSAPA, KU, KSU
  • 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM ET
    School Planning After Dark: Detroit Edition
  • 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM ET
    Nightcap with City Planning&Management Division