Speak at the 2011 CA Preservation Conference

The California Preservation Foundation announces its Call for Proposals for the 2011 California Preservation Conference & 2010-11 CPF Workshop Series

The 2011 Call for Sessions is now posted on the CPF Website, www.californiapreservation.org and your can download the application here: http://www.californiapreservation.org/PDFs/Call for Sessions 2011.pdf. Deadline is July 2, and details are below and online.

From the California Preservation Foundation website...

CPF is now accepting proposals for the 2010-11 Education Programs! Proposals are being accepted for workshops, annual conference sessions, and study tours. Please visit www.californiapreservation.org to download the “Call for Proposal” Form.

2011 California Preservation Conference

The 2011 California Preservation Conference, with the conference theme “Preservation on the Edge” will be held in Santa Monica in the spring. The audience for the conference includes: City and County Planners, Historic District Commissioners, Preservation Educators, Main Street Communities, Architects, State and Federal Employees, and Public Historians and interested community members. Each year the Conference presents high quality sessions, workshops, and study tours that address some of the most important issues facing preservationists in California. The Conference Program Committee seeks sessions that will be interactive, engage the audience, present fresh approaches, and be easily applicable to participants.

The conference will approximately have five educational tracks. The track topics and the conference theme relate to identified issues or subjects that are relevant to the region where the conference will be held. Within each track, four 90 minute education sessions and one mobile workshop will be developed. The proposals, which are selected for inclusion in the conference, must appeal to a broad, statewide audience. Potential session topics include, but are not limited to:

- Sustainability- Economic, Environmental, Social/Cultural

- Innovative Practices in Historic Preservation

- Atypical Adaptive Re-use

- Landmarks of the Future and Recent Past- Identification and Preservation

- Cultural Landscapes- From Beaches and Parks to Sites of Historical Interest

- Integration of Preservation in Local, State and Federal Government

- Economic Development and Heritage Tourism

2010-11 Workshop Series

CPF has a reputation for providing high quality, interactive workshops focusing on topics of interest to our members, design professionals, building officials, planners, attorneys and other preservation practitioners. CPF is a certified continuing education provider for the American Institute of Architects (AIA), American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP), American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) and the California State Bar (MCLE). Our programs meet the high standards required by each of these organizations as we strive to present the “current and best practices” in historic preservation. Staff and Commissioners of Certified Local Governments can also satisfy the requirement for continuing education by attending CPF workshops. Topics of

interest include the following:

- Historic Integrity/Significance

- Tax Incentives for Historic Preservation

- Design Review for Historic Buildings, Landscapes, Districts, etc.

- Finding Preservation Funding

- Historic Resource Surveys

- California Environmental Quality Act

- Preservation Ordinances

- Adaptive Reuse

- Alterations and Additions, and also Infill Construction within Historic Districts

- Cultural Landscapes

- The California Historical Building Code

- The Secretary of the Interior's Standards

Proposal Submission Guidelines

We invite you to submit your recommendations for workshops and conference sessions by completing the online “Call for Proposal” Form. Please submit your proposal on the electronic form posted on our website: www.californiapreservation.org.

Your proposal should include:

- Session Title;

- Level of Session (Advanced, Intermediate, Beginner);

- Format/Time (Session, Workshop, Tour/90mins, 3 hrs);

- Session Coordinator’s and Speaker Address/Phone/Email;

- Brief description of proposed session including anticipated AV/equipment needs; and

- At least four learning objectives for the session.

Deadline for submitting proposals is July 2, 2010.

Participants will be notified by fall 2010 of their proposal status.