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Conference Agenda
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010

2:00 - 5:00 PM Registration / Exhibit Booth Setup Conference Room ABC
3:00 - 5:00 PM Second Annual Grant Writers Workshop Conference Room F
5:00 - 7:00 PM Welcoming Reception sponsored by Western Illinois University Conference Room ABC
7:00 PM Catfish Fry Moline riverfront behind the Radisson on John Deere Commons-Moline

Thursday, August 26, 2010

7:30 - 8:30 AM Continental Breakfast Conference Room ABC

8:30 - 9:15 AM Opening Keynote Conference Room ABC
Featured Presentation:
Innovations and Sustainability in City Planning
Pete Pointner, President
Corporate Services, Inc. (Wheaton, IL)

9:30 - 11:30 AM Concurrent Sessions Conference Rooms D, E, & F
Track 1 How are Farmers Addressing Agricultural Pollution? Conference Room D
Track 2 Reinventing Waterfronts - Reviving the Water’s Edge Conference Room E
Track 3 Why Should We Hire an Architect? Conference Room F

11:45 AM - 1:00 PM Lunch Conference Room ABC
Featured Presentation:
Mississippi River Water Quality and the Clean Water Act:Recent Reports from the National Research Council
Jeff Jacobs, Scholar
National Research Council (Washington, D.C.)

1:00 - 4:00 PM Charettes*, Conference Rooms D, E, & F
Keithsburg, IL - Conference Room D, Facilitator: Pete Pointner, FAICP, ALA, ITE (Corporate Services, Inc) Devastated by the floods of 1993 and 2008, the City of Keithsburg is conscious of the importance of sustainable riverfront development. Keithsburg is seeking design assistance for the development of a marina that will galvanize economic recovery and responsibly utilize the city’s greatest asset and challenge – its proximity to the Mississippi River.

Buffalo, IA - Conference Room E, Facilitator: Scott Freres, RLA, Principal (The Lakota Group)he City of Buffalo has an opportunity to develop a riverfront park that stretches three downtown city blocks. This project is in its earliest stages and the park is as of yet a blank canvas that is in need of ideas and solutions to guide its development.

Davenport, IA - Conference Room F, Facilitator: Ed Freer, Landscape Architect & Principal(JJR)The City of Davenport is midstream on a riverfront project to reclaim and redevelop the East Industrial Site. This project will significantly expand Davenport’s publicly accessible riverfront and the city wants to incorporate the best ideas and solutions available to give this area the makeover it deserves.

6:30 - 9:00 PM Celebration Belle Dinner Cruise Moline Landing, 2501 East River Drive

Friday August 27, 2010

7:30 - 8:30 AM Continental Breakfast Conference Room ABC
8:45 - 10:45 AM Concurrent Sessions Conference Rooms D, E, & F
Track 1 People Who Make a Difference - Taking What Matters into Their Own Hands Conference Room D
Track 2 Educators’ Panel - Are We Relevant to Everyone? Conference Room E
Track 3 Leading Edge Projects - Inspiration for Future Development Conference Room F
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM Lunch
1:15 - 3:15 PM On the Water Field Trips
All trips depart from the docks behind TGI Fridays, Moline

*A charrette is a design and planning exercise involving real-time collaboration of citizens, professionals, public officials and experts from a diversity of disciplines and backgrounds focused on developing a solution to a proposed project. Project proposals selected as the topic of a charrette at the UMRC will be specific to a municipality, but will involve issues and challenges that are shared by other cities within the Mississippi River watershed.

Special Thanks to our Sponsors

The online registration is a two-part process.

First complete the form below and click on the "submit" button. You will then be directed to a secure site to select the number of registration fees you want to charge to your credit card.

If your group has more members than space provided on this form, please repeat the entire process as many times as needed and note the total number of the group in the comment section.

Early conference registration goes until August 2 is $99 ($198 for a group of 3). After August 2, registration is $149 per person. Student registration with scholarship is $25. A partial refund will be honored before September 1 (less a $40 service charge). No refunds will be made after September 1.

Companies and organizations that would like to exhibit at the conference should complete the form below. The booth fee is $150 and includes one complimentary individual registration. The deadline for booth registration is August 11. You can select the vendor/exhibitor payment when directed to the registration shopping cart.

News media interested in attending the conference, or one of the conference sessions, should contact Mik at 563.322.2969, or via email: mholgersson@www.riveraction.org

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