Registration and board bus (lobby)

8:30 AM - 4:30 PM

Michigan Enabling Acts Workshop (.3 CEUs)

5:30 - 6:00 PM

Registration

6:00 - 9:30 PM

MEA workshop (light dinner provided)

June 19, 2008

Advanced Academy Conference (.5 CEUs)

8:00 - 9:00 AM

Registration

9:00 - 10:30 AM

Opening Plenary Session - Case Law and Legislative Update
Learn about the most important changes that affect every community in Michigan.
Featuring Mark Wyckoff, FAICP,
Planning and Zoning Center at MSU
Senior Associate Director, LPI

10:30 - 10:45 AM

Break

10:45 AM - 12:15 PM

Concurrent Sessions A

A1 - Transform Your Zoning Code
A2 - Preparing for the New Economy
A3 - Placemaking
A4 - Site Plan Review

12:15 - 2:15 PM

Lunch, Distinguished Citizen Planner Award and Keynote Presentation:
Michigan’s Economic Future
Featuring Charles L. Ballard, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics at MSU since 1983, his research involves analysis of public policies, including environmental polices, the Michigan tax system and tax credits for health insurance. He has served as a consultant with the U.S. Departments of Agriculture, Health & Human Services and Treasury, along with institutes in Australia, Denmark and Finland.

2:15 - 2:30 PM

Break