2008 Conference

Welcome to the online home of the 2008 CCAPA Annual Conference "CCAPA Hollywood 2008" in Hollywood!
Please check back regularly for updates to this website.

APA is coming to Hollywood! Save the Date!
California State APA Conference, September 21 - 24 2008 at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel

And in true Hollywood style, please check out the special 2008 Hollywood Conference Video Trailer: The "Planning" Office. Lights... Planning... Action ! and the Opening Reception Video.

The California Chapter presents a statewide conference annually that provide networking and educational opportunities for its members. These popular conferences attract planning professionals from throughout California, the United States, and around the world.

NEW! Download the Conference Program

2008 Conference General Program Information

2008 Conference Program Cover

2008 Conference Program Ads: Part 1 * Part 2 * Part 3 * Part 4 * Part 5 * Part 6 * Part 7 * Part 8

CCAPA Film Festival

APA California - 60 Years of Accomplishment
The Lecture-Salon Couplet

Schedule and Highlights:

Conference at a Glance Revised as of 9/17/2008!
Program Sessions
Conference Biographies
Opening Reception Video (Please note: the Rat Pack, Pussy-Cat Girls, Village People and Madonna are impersonators)
Opening Reception: Please click here for full information
Mobile Workshop Descriptions
California Planning Roundtable Presents the Lecture/Salon Couplet

Conference Opportunities - Thank you to our Sponsors and Exhibitors!

Exhibitors Thank You - Revised as of 9/17/2008!
Sponsors Thank You - Revised as of 9/17/2008!

Attention Conference Speakers! Please view the following:

Speakers' Checklist
AV Pricing

The conference will officially start on Sunday, September 21st and conclude on Wednesday, September 24th.
Conferences include an opening reception in a spectacular venue, keynote speakers, concurrent tracks of programs and seminars including practical "nuts and bolts" sessions, mobile workshops to local planning related venues, the CCAPA awards luncheon, and the California Planning Foundation auction to fund scholarships for planning students.

NEW! This year's conference features the Lecture-Salon Couplet, a first-ever collaboration with the California Planning Roundtable (http://www.cproundtable.org) to create flexible, informal, and fast-paced sessions. Join us there for "Inside the Planners Studio," "CPR presents 'The View'", academic presentations, roundtable discussions, and live, ongoing construction of a model of Hollywood. Sit in the Interactive Cafe, or bring your guitar and entertain the audience from the Free Speech stage. It's all there for you. For more information, click here.

Please click here to take the Diversity Summit Survey.

Conference Registration:

On-Line Registration is now closed. On-site Registration will open at 12 Noon on Sunday, September 21. You may purchase full/one-day registrations, additional tickets for any event or meal function, and mobile workshops (based on availability) at the on-site registration desk beginning on Sunday. If you need to print your current registration, click on the changes or additions link below.

Online Registration
Regular registration deadline - 8/15/08. Register on-line with either credit card or check.

For Changes or Additions to your Registration, click here

Registration Form
Printable registration form in PDF format

CANCELLATION POLICY: Cancellations received by 8/15/08 will be fully refunded minus a $50 Processing fee. NO REFUNDS AFTER 8/15/08.

Hotel Reservation:

BOTH the Renaissance Hollywood and Holiday Inn are now SOLD OUT! Please contact the Hollywood Heights Hotel at 323-876-8600.
The Renaissance Hollywood is SOLD OUT! Please contact our overflow property:
Holiday Inn Express Hollywood Walk of Fame (located one block away from the Renaissance Hollywood. Phone directly to Hotel: 323.850.8151 - ask for the CCAPA group rate of $175
Note: Do not call the 800 reservations number as they will not have the conference rate
To view the hotel (which is only 3 months old) Go to www.ihg.com <http://www.ihg.com/>
Enter in United States, Hollywood, California
You will be able to view the Holiday Inn Express Hollywood Walk of Fame on this website
Renaissance Hollywood Hotel The Renaissance Hollywood is SOLD OUT!
$189 Single/Double room rate from September 21-24, 2008 (Sun-Wed).
Cut-off date: August 22, 2008 – subject to availability. Please book early!
Transportation Guide

Attention AICP Planners:

Please click here for updated AICP CM credit information.

All CCAPA 2008 conference sessions and mobile workshops have been sent to the AICP Certification Board for application of CM credits. Over 90 percent of last year's conference sessions were approved for CM credits. This should be true for this year's conference as well. Full conference attendees should not have any problem getting at least a dozen or more CM credits.

Hing Wong, AICP
Senior Regional Planner, Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG)
Vice President for Administration, American Planning Association - California Chapter (APA California)

Conference Sessions:

2008 Conference Session Proposal Form