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56^th IMCL Conference on

A Healthy City for All

Sentinel Hotel, Portland, OR, June 17-21, 2019

Program Outline

Note: Program subject to change

Monday, June 17
1.00 - 6.00	Registration
	Design Competition/Exhibits
2.00 - 5.30	Mobile Workshops & Tours
6.00 - 7.30	Welcome Reception

Tuesday, June 18
9.00 - 9.30	Welcome
9.30 - 1.00	Plenary Sessions:
		Planning a Healthy City for All
		Public Health & Planning Collaborate
		Transforming Suburbs into Walkable Neighborhoods
		Healthy Urban Fabric
1.00 - 2.00	*Conference Luncheon*
2.00 - 3.30	Concurrent Panels/Workshops
3.30 - 4.30	Poster Sessions
4.30 - 6.00	Concurrent Panels/Presentations
6.30 - 8.00	Social Networking/Reception

Wednesday, June 19
9.00 - 1.00	Plenary Sessions:
		Healthy Transportation Planning
		Considering the Needs of All Groups
		Ending Homelessness
		Public Places for Social Life
		Reducing Negative Health Impacts
2.00 - 3.30	Concurrent Panels/Workshops
3.30 - 4.30	Poster Sessions
4.30 - 5.30	Concurrent Panels/Presentations
7.00 - 9.30	*Discussion Dinner & Awards Ceremony*

Thursday, June 20
9.00 - 1.00	Plenary Sessions:
		Access to Nature
		Architecture for a Healthy City
		Community Participation
		Sustainable Equitable Housing
		Combatting Inequitable Gentrification
2.00 - 3.30	Concurrent Panels/Workshops
3.30 - 4.30	Poster Sessions
4.30 - 5.30	Concurrent Panels/Presentations
6.30 - 8.00	Social Networking/Reception

Friday, June 21
9.00 - 10.00	Concurrent Workshops
10.15- 12.00	Final Report, Plenary Session
12.00 - 4.00	Mobile Workshops & Tours

56th IMCL Conference

Are you looking for a speaker?

Suzanne Lennard is available to speak, or as a Consultant on Making Cities Healthy and Livable, Child-friendly Communities, Public Places, etc.

"The conference was one of the most interesting and genuinely useful for information gathering that I’ve been to. The different backgrounds of the participants addressing the same issues was the key."

Joe Anglin Glatting Lopez Kercher Anglin

"A wonderful Conference. I truly believe this is the best Conference on cities."

Mayor Joseph P. Riley, Jr., City of Charleston

"The most important continuous conference dialogue on making the world's cities and towns more livable for all of their inhabitants."

Dr. Sven von Ungern-Sternberg, Governor, State of South Baden, Germany

"Congratulations for your extraordinary and successful effort. The Conference holds a magnifying glass to the world’s best cities, revealing why, and how they work."

Benjamin Thompson, FAIA AIA Gold Medalist

"Love for our cities unites all of us in this unique, impressive conference, with participants from different countries, with different professional backgrounds, but with one purpose: making our cities more livable."

Antonio Casellati Former Mayor, City of Venice, Italy

"Thank you for the utterly fascinating conference in Santa Fe... It has been a long time since I have been intellectually stimulated and been involved with such international creativity and innovations. The conference energized me and I was able to bring back ideas and information to my city."

Councilmember Stephanie Karlin, Avondale, AZ

"What an amazing conference! One of the best professional events I have ever attended!! Well-structured, extremely well-organized and super-high quality of both the presenters and materials presented."

Dr. Mirela Newman, Coordinator, Urban Studies Graduate Program, S Conn St. University

The Forgotten Child

“There is no topic more crucial to the well-being of our cities and of our democracy, and no one more qualified to give it the thoughtful attention it deserves.”