The six stages of the PLUS Planning Cycle were the unifying theme for the conference.

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Pre-Conference Workshop: Bringing Women into Local Decision Making

Sri Lanka Project - Centering Women in Reconstruction and Governance:

• Project Overview, Sumana Wijeratne, ICSC Project Officer

• Women's Centre, Chandrika K. Pushpalatha, President Moratuwa Ran Arunalu Women’s Society
• Empowerment Cycle, Nola-Kate Seymoar, ICSC President

Day One: Awareness and Scoping

Day Two: Visioning and End-State Goals

• Durban, South Africa: Michelle Hartley & Nomfundo Mbokaze, Grade 11, Danville Park HIgh School

The Imagine Durban community engagement story

• Portland, USA: Chris Dearth, Sustainability Planning Manager

Portland’s visioning process and its citizen Vision to Action Committee

• Vancouver (Metro), Canada: Bill Morrell, Corporate Communications Manager

Metro Vancouver’s public consultations and dialogues involving 21 municipal jurisdictions

Day Three: Exploring Possibilities; Developing Strategies

• Saint John, Canada: Kim Graham, Manager Programs and Priorities, and Stephanie Rackley Roach, Manager Corporate Planning

Saint John’s three-year experience with developing a sustainable urban planning framework

• Adelaide, Australia: Michael Harbison, Lord Mayor

Adelaide’s strategies for energy reduction and transition to solar power

• San Fernando, Philippines: Pablo C. Ortega, Mayor

San Fernando’s work with community-based environmental sustainability strategies

• Suncheon, South Korea: Joon Sun Kim, Chairman Green Suncheon 21

Suncheon’s strategy for protecting biodiversity

Day Four: Implementation; Monitoring and Feedback

• Calgary, Canada: Linda Spencer, Manager Imagine Calgary Transition Team

The process of building support at all levels in moving from vision to action.

• Montpelier, USA: Mary Hooper, Mayor, and Gwen Hallsmith, Planning Director

The EnVision process, and a Global Community Initiatives project in Deepsloot, South Africa

• Olympia, USA: Michael Mucha, Driector Public Works

Sustainability in municipal operations

• Curitiba, Brazil: Luis Fragomeni, ICSC Project Consultant

Building intelligence for sustainabilty