Ideal City Conference will address what makes a city ideal and how we can all improve our urban environments. The conference aims to bring minds from around the United States and the World to discuss, collaborate and develop fresh and innovative ideas.

http://sun.louisville.edu

FINAL SCHEDULE FOR IDEAL CITY CONFERENCE 2010

Upon registration, Parking Passes will be available for attendees on Thursday and Friday in the Gravel Parking Lot behind the School of Urban and Public Affairs Building. Parking on Saturday and Sunday is open behind the building, no pass necessary.

Doors Open at 8:30 AM each day.

THURSDAY
9:00 – 10:00 – Registration Session with Complimentary Coffee from Heine Brothers

10:00-11:00 – Welcome / Opening Remarks

Dr. James Mims City of Louisville, Director of Codes and Regulations (tentative)
Dr. John Gilderbloom, Director Sustainable Urban Neighborhoods, University of Louisville
USI 200

11:00 – 12:30 – Equitable Development: Building Great Communities Through Collaborative Problem Solving.
Carlton Eley, author and Office of Policy, Economics and Innovation
USI 200

11:00 – 12:30 – How we have created partnerships for thousands of attractive affordable housing units
Dr. Bill Friedlander, Founder of the Neighborhood Development Corporation, Dr. Mark Wright, President, Oracle Design Group, Caryn Wright, CFO, Oracle Design Group
USI 236

11:00 – 12:00 - What Cities Might Look Like
Steve Wiser, Louisville Kentucky architect and historian and author of three books and videos.
USI 117

12:30 – 1:30 – Lunch Break (Bazo’s Mexican Restaurant two blocks away)

1:30 – 2:30 – How A City Becomes “Bike Friendly”: Planning, Cultural, and Design
Considerations
Dirk Gowin, Metro Louisville Bicycle/Pedestrian Program Director
Zach Kenitzer, Natasha DeJarnett and Brian O’Neil University of
Louisville graduate students
USI 200

1:30 – 2:30 – City of Louisville Mayoral Candidates
Jackie Green – Independent Candidate for Mayor, Owner of Louisville Bike Courier Service
Greg Fisher, Democrat and business owner (tentative)
USI 236

1:30 – 2:30 – How The City of Louisville Can Become Sustainable
Steve Sizemore, City of Louisville Planner and Lecturer on Planning at the University of Louisville
USI 117

2:30 – 3:30 – Kentucky Commonwealth Sustainable Grants Program
Joni Woeltz, President of JMW and Grantee of Bio-Fuel Development for Kentucky
USI 117

2:30 – 3:30 - Sustainable Development, Energy and Carbon Reduction
Dr. Stephen A. Roosa, Ph. D, CSDP, CREP, CEP, Sustainable Energy Expert and Bestselling Author
USI 200

2:30 – 3:30 – Panel on Historic Preservation in Louisville.
Marianne Zickuhr, Director of Preservation Louisville, Darnell Farris City of Louisville Historic Preservation Office, Deborah Richards, City of Louisville Historic Preservation Office,
USI 236

3:30 – 4:30 - Effects of Urban landscapes on Biodiversity
Dr. Tommy S. Parker, University of Louisville, Dept. of Biology
Max Gilderbloom, University of Louisville School of Social Work
USI 117

3:30 –4-30 - Grassroots Planning: Understanding How Zoning and Planning Works for
Progressives!
Steve Porter, Lawyer for Neighborhood Groups Fighting for Preservation and Affordable Housing
Jim Segrest, President Butchertown Neighborhood Association
USI 200

3:30 – 4:30 – What homeless shelter regulations look like in progressive cities
Dr. John Gilderbloom, Director Center for Sustainable Urban Neighborhoods
USI 236

6:00 –7:00 Reception at Carmichaels for Authors
Invisible City – John Gilderbloom
Promise and Betrayal – John Gilderbloom
The Sustainable Building Handbook – Steve Roosa
Responsible Governance: A Case Study Approach – Steven Koven
Louisville 2035 – Steve Wiser
Louisville Tapestry – Steve Wiser

“Imagining Home” – Sue Arbuthnot and Richard Wilhelm
Free Copies of Sustain Magazine – Matt Hanka, John Gilderbloom Co-Editors

7:15 A night of comedy at the Comedy Caravan across from Carmichaels. Registration results in
http://comedycaravan.com/index.cfm

FRIDAY
9:00 – 10:00 – Contemporary Housing Dynamics: Death of Suburbia and Rebirth of Downtown?
John I. Gilderbloom, Director Center for Sustainable Urban Neighborhoods
Joshua Ambrosius, Assistant Professor of West Virginia State
Matt Hanka Indiana University Southwest Director of Master’s in Public Administration
USI 200

9:00 – 12:00 – Workshop: A Tour of Green Buildings in Louisville: Some Amazing Advances
Russ Barnett, Director Kentucky Institute for Environment and
Sustainable Development
USI 236

9:00 – 12:00 – Workshop: Historic Architecture is the New Green Architecture
Gary j. Kleier, American Institute of Architects and Preservation
Louisville Board Member
USI 117

10:00 – 11:00 – Urban Design by Way of Service Learning
Michael Brazley, Associate Professor, School of Architecture, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
USI 200

11:00 – 11:30 – Ethical Public Administration: Some Examples
Dr. Steve Koven, author of several books on ethics and Professor and Director Public Administration, University of Louisville
Discussant: Henry Brooks, MPA Student University of Arkansas
USI 200

11:30 – 12:00 – State of the Real Estate Market in Louisville
Tony Lindauer, Property Value Administrator
USI 200

SATURDAY
9:00 – 12:00 – Kentucky Film: Premiere of “Imagining Home” Hope VI: Success or Failure?
Sue Arbuthnot and Richard Wilhelm of Hare in the Gate Productions
Discussant: Matt Hanka, Indiana University Southwest Director of Master’s in Public Administration, Michael Brazley, Associate Professor, School of Architecture, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
USI 200

9:00 – 12:00 – Workshop: Historic Walking tour of St. James Court / Old Louisville
Dr. Tom Owen PhD University of Louisville Archives, Author and star of
five DVD’s on Historic Neighborhoods
Meet in USI 117

9:00 – 10:00 – OPEN
OPEN
USI 236

10:00- 11:00- Heinz Award Winner for the Environment
Tom Fitzgerald, Director of the Kentucky Resources Council
USI 236

11:00 - 12:00- Connectivity For Safety, Education and Health in the City
Adel Elmaghraby, Department of Computer Engineering and Computer Science, University of Louisville, Michael Losavio, Department of Justice Administration, University of Louisville, Jean West, West Media Consulting, Rick Redding, formerly with Business First, co-founder Ville-Voice and Mojo News
USI 236

SUNDAY
9:00 – 9:30 – A Vision of the Sustainable City
Gordon Gardner
USI 200

9:30 – 10:45 – Urbanism and the Future of the Urban Landscape
Bill Weyland, CITY Properties Group and Louisville’s Largest Downtown Developer
USI 200

10:45 – 12:00 – Making An Ideal City
John Gilderbloom
USI 236

See our website: http://sun.louisville.edu/ for more information and go to the "Register Now" link at the top!

This conference is being done in conjunction with the Hullabalou Music Festival:

Three Days. Five Stages. Over 65 bands including Dave Matthews Band, Bon Jovi, Kenny Chesney, Steve Miller Band, Jason Aldean, Al Green, Zac Brown Band, and the Avett Brothers. At legendary Churchill Downs in Louisville, KY July 23-25, 2010.

http://www.hullabaloufest.com/