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City Forum

City Forum is a planning and urban issues speaker series hosted by the Community and Regional Planning Student Organization (CRPSO) and the Community and Regional Planning Program (CRP) at the University of Texas at Austin. The bi-weekly speakers series is intended to broaden the curriculum in the CRP program by presenting the experiences, perspectives, and insights of scholars, community leaders, practicing planners, and policy makers who engage in timely issues.

Topics of discussion are relevant, contemporary issues ranging from the local and regional to international. City Forum provides a space for open, critical dialogue among faculty members, students, community members, planning practitioners, and policy-makers regarding crucial planning-related issues in Austin and elsewhere. The speaker series is intended to encourage discussion of diversity, multiple publics, and social change.

For questions, comments, or suggestions contact Heather Frambach or Dr. Patricia Wilson.

Upcoming Speakers

All events are held on Fridays from noon to 1:30. City Forum events are free and open to students and professionals interested in planning. First-come, first-served refreshments provided.

• Friday, 2/10 Imagine Austin: Looking Back, Looking Forward (Part I) - Citizen Advisory Task Force panel, moderated by Dean Steiner
• Friday, 2/24 To be announced
• Tuesday, 2/28 Imagine Austin: Looking Back, Looking Forward (Part II) - David Rouse, Wallace Roberts & Todd, lead consultant to Imagine Austin
• Thursday, 3/01 Occupancy Urbanism - Dr. Benjamin Solly
• Thursday, 3/08 E-Participation: Web-based skills workshop and lecture - Tim Bonnemann
• Friday, 3/23 Sustainable Labor Practices - Worker's Defense Project
• Friday, 3/30 Latin American Planning Studio in the Dominican Republic - Bjorn Sletto and Guest from the Dominican Republic
• Thursday, 4/05 Planning for and with Communities - Lee Einsweiler
• Thursday, 4/12 Environmental Dispute Resolution: A Multi-Stakeholder Case Study - Suzanne Schwartz and Margaret Menaducci, Center for Public Policy Dispute Resolution

Past Speakers

An archive of past speakers is available and includes video-taped footage of many past events.