IWA World Water Conference and Exhibition

September 19–24, 2010 Montréal, Canada The conference highlights include: the two-day two-day Cities of the Future stream; the Forum on Urban Disaster Resiliency; Rainwater Harvesting and Management; Climate Change, and world reknown keynote speakers. The key congress themes include: Cities of the future; Managing utilities and their assets; Science and application of water management; Securing new and traditional water sources for the future; Water, ecosystems and catchments; Water and health and Water, climate and energy.  There is also an exhibition where leading international companies and organisations will display their products and services.

CHN Webinar, "Stories Behind the Statistics: What the 2009 Poverty and Income Data mean For Your Community."

Tuesday, September 21, 2:00PM-3:00PM EST, Webinar.  The Coalition on Human Needs (CHN) will hold its second FREE webinar related to the 2009 Census data on poverty, income, and health insurance. This webinar will analyze the actual data that will be released on the 16th, by discussing reports from several states. There will also be testimonies from elected officials, policy experts, service providers, and impacted families; in order to shed light on the lived experience of those caught in the maelstrom of these downtrodden times. However, by discussing these hardships, the CHN webinars will attempt to pinpoint what still needs to be done for a hopeful and concerted economic recovery. Register here.

ICLEI Local Action Summit 2010

September 24-26, 2010, Washington, D.C. Network with sustainability leaders from across the country at the year’s premier event to (em)power sustainable communities. Join local government staff, elected officials, sustainability professionals, academics, and nonprofit staff to share challenges and solutions. Attend ICLEI’s cutting-edge panel discussions and skills trainings (Driving Sustainable Economic Development, Regional Energy Planning and Climate Initiatives, Addressing Local Barriers to Solar Energy, and many more) to learn how to take your local energy and sustainability initiatives to the next level and maximize results.
www.icleiusa.org/localactionsummit

Future of Water Conference

Monday, September 27, 2010 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. Water is critical to our lives and livelihoods in countless ways, but the issues and problems are complex. Tapping into Solutions: The Future of Water is a national conference by Environmental Leadership Program and Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation. The conference will highlight and advance solutions from the diverse perspectives of academia, business, government, non-profits and individuals. The key issues of water quality, quantity, and access will be the focus of the conference, with integrative discussions related to climate change and infrastructure.

CommunityMatters2010

October 5-8, 2010. Denver, Colorado. The 2010 COMMUNITYMATTERS conference to be held in the heart of the Rocky Mountains, will bring together citizens, elected officials, educators, practitioners, innovators and tool providers to learn, share and build connections. Sponsored by the Orton Family Foundation, the Conference will build on the interactive learning that occurred in Burlington, VT during COMMUNITYMATTERS07 and in Denver during PLACEMATTERS06.

AGA Performance Management Conference

Oct. 13-14, 2010, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. The Sixth Annual Performance Management Conference of the Association of Government Accountants (AGA).

The AGA invites you to attend the 6th annual Performance Management Conference in Baltimore, Maryland, on October 13-14, 2010.  This year’s event will focus on the proven successes by governments who have created performance management systems and also identify those not-so-successful activities for you to avoid.  The quality of this year’s keynote speakers is exemplary.  They include:

Beth Blauer, Director, Governor's StateStat Office, State of Maryland
Shelley H. Metzenbaum, Ph.D., Associate Director of Performance and Personnel Management, U.S. Office of Management and Budget
Harry Hatry, Distinguished Fellow, Director of the Public Management Program and Principal Research Associate for The Urban Institute
Jonathan Walters, Governing magazine correspondent and author of "Measuring Up: GOVERNING's Guide to Performance Measurement for Geniuses and other Public Managers"

Continuing professional education will be provided and a variety of concurrent sessions covering data reliability to Baltimore CitiStat will be offered.  Please check the AGA website at http://www.agacgfm.org/pmc_2010/index.htm for updates to the program agenda or contact Evie Barry at ebarry@agacgfm.org or 703-684-6931, extension 324.

ICMA 96th Annual Conference

October 17–20, 2010, in San José, California. The world’s foremost event for local government managers and administrators, and could be the most important professional development opportunity you participate in this year!

You’ll have nearly 50 educational sessions to choose from covering themes, such as Service Delivery through Creative Partnerships; Technology in Local Government; Rising above the Economy; Citizen Engagement and Citizen Expectations; Sustainability: Moving from Theory to Practice; and Training and Supporting an Evolving Workforce.

And, three career tracks of targeted educational sessions will focus on issues of interest to: Small Community Managers, Assistant Managers, and Senior Managers/ICMA Credentialed Managers. For more information and to register, go to icma.org/conference2010.

Third Knowledge City World Summit

November 16-19, 2010 Melbourne, Australia. Integrating knowledge-based development in urban strategies and policies, beyond the provision of schools and locations for higher education, has become a new ambitious arena of city politics. Coming from theory to practice, and bringing together the manifold knowledge stakeholders in a city and preparing joint visions for the knowledge city is a new challenge for city managers. It requires visionary power, creativity, holistic thinking, the willingness to cooperate with all groups of the local civil society, and the capability to moderate communication processes to overcome conflicts and to develop joint action for a sustainable future.The Third Knowledge City World Summit aims to shed light on the multi-faceted dimensions and various scales of operation of the ‘knowledge city’ and 'knowledge-based development' paradigms. At this summit, the theoretical and practical maturing of knowledge-based development paradigms will be advanced through the interplay between the worlds leading academic’s theories and the practical models and strategies of practitioners’ and policy makers’ drawn from around the world.

2010 Congress of Cities & Exposition

November 30 - December 4. The Colorado Convention Center, Denver, CO.  This event serves as the National League of Cities "annual convention" and offers a broad range of learning opportunities, access to governance and policy-setting meetings, and multiple opportunities for knowledge-sharing between peers.

This conference is unique in that it partners with the Hosting City to develop educational programs which allow the city to display its most innovative programs. Through Mobile Workshops (off property educational sessions), Spouse/Guest Tours (opportunities to visit showcase venues), and a variety of other resources, delegates are offered the chance to explore the city and the surrounding region for its educational value. 

• Online Registration is LIVE. Click here.
• 2010 Congress of Cities Informational Brochure

National Green Infrastructure Conference

February 23-25, 2011 in Shepherdstown WV.  Join us to hear nationally recognized speakers from across the country discuss key elements for success and vital lessons-learned. Be part of developing the strategy for the future of green infrastructure!
 
Select Speakers:
Richard Davis, Principal, Beveridge & Diamond
Richard Jackson, Professor and Chair, Environmental Health Sciences at UCLA School of Public Health
Neil Pederson, Administrator, Maryland State Highway Administration
Larry Selzer, President and CEO, The Conservation Fund
 
LINK HERE to the conference website, where you can register and find additional information on lodging.

41st Annual Urban Affairs Association Conference: 'Reclaiming the City: Building a Just and Sustainable Future.'

March 16-19, 2011, New Orleans, LA, Sheraton New Orleans Hotel. 

Call for Participation:  http://www.udel.edu/uaa/annual_meeting/call_for_participation.html

You are invited to submit a proposal for participation in this exciting event.  UAA conferences are noted as a welcoming context for perspectives from multiple disciplines.