Innovative Technologies in Urban Planning

Join us on Saturday, March 17, when San Jose State University’s Department of Urban and Regional Planning and the Urban Planning Coalition are hosting the Annual Symposium at the Martin Luther King Library. This event is proudly co-sponsored by MTI.

Special guest appearance Julia Lave Johnston President Elect at California Chapter, American Planning Association will help kickoff the spring symposium beginning at 10:00 am.

The symposium will focus on “Innovative Technologies in Urban Planning.” Keynote speaker is Dr. Paul Waddell, who has led the development of the UrbanSim model of urban simulation now used by Metropolitan Planning Organizations and other local and regional agencies, who will be introduced by Dr. Shishir Mathur from San Jose State University.

Panel discussions will address the following:

1. Using Urban Simulation and Data Science to Evaluate Land Uses (11:00am-12:00pm)
   Moderated by Richard Kos, AICP
   Panelists:
   Sam Blanchard (UrbanSim)
   Adam Garcia (Greenbelt Alliance)
   Yanwen Luo (Guanxi University)
   Di Meng (Gensler)

2. Providing Services Using Emerging Technologies (1:00 pm - 2:00 pm)
   Moderated by Dr. Serena Alexander
   Panelists:
   Ryan Wold (Civic Studio)
   Jerry Zeyu Gao (San Jose State University)
   Allen Tai, AICP (City of Alameda)

3. Transportation and Technology in the Urban Environment (2:10 pm -3:10pm)
   Moderated by Dr. Joseph Kott
   Panelists:
   Dr. Serena Alexander (San Jose State University) & Dr. Anurag Pande (Cal Poly)
   Dr. Kevin Fang (San Jose State University)
   Melissa Ruhl (Arup)
   Sam Sadle (LimeBike)

Breakfast, refreshments, and lunch provided with registration.

4 AICP CM credits available