THE CALIFORNIA PRESERVATION CONFERENCE May 3rd - 6th Conference Headquarters: Oakland Marriott City Center and experience Oakland. We hope you enjoyed Oakland, a New York Times listed top 45 places (#5) to visit in 2012. Download the 2012 Conference Program Book! View Conference Presentations
Conference Highlights More than 30 Sessions, Tours, and Workshops on issues facing California's historic, cultural and natural resources - taught by over 100 expert speakers, plus continuing education units are available for AIA, ASLA, USGBC, MCLE, and AICP! Exclusive Tours that highlight Oakland's architecture, landscapes, history, culture and more! Special Events at some of Oakland's most historic and architecturally significant venues - including CPF's signature event, the Three-Minute Success Stories! Annual Silent and Live Auction - buy something cool or donate an auction item while supporting a good cause! Items often include artwork, antiques, memorabilia, gift baskets, or gift certificates for restaurants, hotels, tours, museums, theater and much more. Who Should Attend?
Preservationists, city and county planners, architects, landscape architects, community leaders, landmark and historic resource commissioners, historians, archeologists, educators, attorneys, realtors, students, historic property owners, Main Street coordinators, members of Certified Local Governments, developers, contractors, craftsmen, advocates of historic preservation, heritage travelers, and involved citizens.
Conference Schedule
Key
C: Twenty-First Century Preservation: Cultivating Broader Perspectives
E: The Money Tree: Sowing the Seeds of Economic Development
P: Training New Growth: Planning for Change in Historic Contexts
T: Tending to the Technical: Best Practices in Building Preservation
I: New Shoots in Old Ground: Industrial Roots and Reuse T = Tickets Required (not included in Regular Registration)
8:00 am–12:00 pm
Registration
Registration and Exhibitor Set-up
9:00 am–12:30 pm
Study Tour
Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park T
9:00 am–12:30 pm
Study Tour
From the Fox to Pflueger - Golden Age of Theaters in California T
9:00 am–12:30 pm
Study Tour
Rebuilding Community Through Urban Agriculture T
9:00 am–12:30 pm
Workshop
Is Newer Better? Using Substitute Materials in Historic Preservation Projects T
9:00 am–5:00 pm
Study Tour
Oakland's Food Industries: A Behind-the-Scenes Tour T
10:00 am–3:00 pm
Forum
Local Government Forum T
12:00–6:00pm
Registration
Registration, Bookstore, Auction and Preservation Products & Practice Exhibit Hall
1:30–5:00 pm
Study Tour
WWII to Present – Adaptively Re-Using Structures of the Past T
1:30–5:00 pm
Study Tour
The Balancing Act in East Bay Regional Parks T
1:30–5:00 pm
Study Tour
Historic Homes of Oakland T
1:30–5:00 pm
Workshop
Snapshot in Time: Designation and Documentation Programs in the Digital Era T
1:30–5:00 pm
Workshop
Successful Rehabilitation Tax Credit Applications: Advice and Examples T
5:30–7:30 pm
Event
Opening Reception at the Rotunda T
8:30–10:30 pm
Event
Emerging Professionals Reception T
8:00 am–6:00 pm
Registration
Registration, Bookstore, Auction and Preservation Products & Practice Exhibit Hall
9:00–10:30 am
Event
Opening Plenary Session at First Unitarian Church of Oakland
11:00 am–12:30 pm
Special Session
Design Roundtable: Tending the Crop
11:00 am–12:30 pm
Special Session
Preservation 101
11:00 am–12:30 pm
Tour
Old Town Oakland Walking Tour T
2:00–3:30 pm
Session
Cultural and Ethnic Significance
C
2:00–3:30 pm
Session
Fire and Life Safety Upgrades of Historic Buildings
T
2:00–3:30 pm
Session
Whizzing Rockets and Cold War Paranoia: Modern Age Evaluation Methodologies
I
2:00–5:15 pm
Mobile Session
UC Berkeley Campus: Development through Time T
P
2:00–5:15 pm
Mobile Session
Rocking and Rolling in Uptown: How the Fox Theater Renovation Spurred Reinvestment T
E
3:45–5:15 pm
Session
Tool Shed: Virtual Building Blocks for Historic Preservation
C
3:45–5:15 pm
Session
Pruning a Hospital to Grow Apartments at the Presidio, San Francisco
T
3:45–5:15 pm
Session
By Land, Air, and Sea: Transforming Big Industrial Buildings for 21st Century Uses
I
6:00–7: 30 pm
Invitation Only
President’s Circle Reception at Guy Hyde Chick House
8:00–10:30 pm
Event
Three-Minute Success Stories at Kaiser Center Lakeside Theater T
8:00 am–7:30 pm
Registration
Registration, Bookstore, Auction and Preservation Products & Practice Exhibit Hall
9:00–10:30 am
Session
Pruning Public Parks: Landscapes Under Pressure to Perform
P
9:00–10:30 am
Session
Pier 70: A Study in Public-Private Partnership
E
9:00–10:30 am
Session
Transforming Spaces From Industry to Art
I
9:00 am–12:15 pm
Mobile Session
Affordable Housing: Successfully Combining HTC and LIHTC T
C
9:00 am–12:15 pm
Mobile Session
Water and Wood as Frienemies at Wooden Window, Inc Factory T
T
10:45 am–12:15 pm
Session
New Tools in the Shed: Form-Based Codes and Community Character
P
10:45 am–12:15 pm
Session
What’s Next for Redevelopment Agencies in California
E
10:45 am–12:15 pm
Session
Food for Thought: Oakland along the Food Trail Waterfront
I
12:30–1:45 pm
Event
CPF Annual Membership Meeting at Washington Inn T
2:00–3:30 pm
Session
Mixed Uses Fabricated from Industrial Sites
P
2:00–3:30 pm
Session
Old Facades, New Investigative Tools
T
2:00–3:30 pm
Session
Economic Development Toolkit
E
2:00–5:15 pm
Mobile Session
Tour of the Mission Armory T
C
2:00–5:15 pm
Mobile Session
Industrial Waterfront Parks: Turning Grit into Green T
I
3:45–5:15 pm
Session
Grafted Stock: Evaluating Contemporary Additions
P
3:45–5:15 pm
Session
Get me to the Greek: Three Buildings, Three Seismic Retrofit Solutions at UC Berkeley
T
3:45–5:15 pm
Session
Learning from Viagra: Affecting the Supply and Demand Cycle in Favor of Reuse
E
5:15–7:30 pm
Event
Closing Fiesta Auction & Reception
7:30–8:30 pm
Tour
Necklace of Lights T
9:00 am–12:30 pm
Study Tour
Ranches and Redwoods: Oakland’s Early History T
Conference Workshop, Session, Mobile Session, and Study Tour Speakers (as of 4/9/12)
Peter Acworth, Owner, Kink.com Annalee Allen, Program Coordinator, Oakland Tours Program, City of Oakland Holly Alonso, Executive Director, Peralta Hacienda Historical Park Monty Anderson, Principal, Cody Anderson Wasney Architects Eric Angstadt, Deputy Director, Community and Economic Development Director, Oakland Alexa Arena, Vice President, Forest City Development David Armstrong, Principal & Founder, Armstrong Real Estate Advisers Dea Bacchetti, Board Member, Oakland Heritage Alliance Claire Ball, Oakland Standard Project Assistant, Oakland Museum of California Ted Bartlett, Developer, Pacific Union Karin Betts, Public Information Officer, Metropolitan Transportation Commission Jessica Blemker-Ferree, Architectural Historian, ICF International Tim Brandt, AIA, Senior Restoration Architect, California Office of Historic Preservation Joe Britton, Park Supervisor, East Bay Regional Park District Mike Buhler, Exec Director, SF Arch Heritage William Burg, State Historian, California Office of Historic Preservation Steve Calanog, EPA Lex Campbell, Staff III Building Technology, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Kathryn Carroll, Senior Associate, Gensler Mark Cavagnero, Architect, Mark Cavagnero Associates Jeff Chew, Oakland Redevelopment Agency Robert Clocker, Senior Associate, Perkins & Will Laura Cole Rowe, CMSM - Owner, lauracolerowe consulting John Colter, Architect, Colter and Company Denise Conley, Principal, Conley Consulting Group Jay Correia, Supervisor, Registration Unit, California Office of Historic Preservation Martha Crusius, Program Chief, Park Planning and Environmental Compliance, Pacific West Region, National Park Service Karen Cusolito, Founder, American Steel Sean Daily, Owner, Social Media Ninjas Roberta Deering, Sr.Planner for Historic Preservation, City of Sacramento, Community Development Dept. Julianna Delgado, MArch, PhD, AICP, Associate Professor, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Justin deWolfe, Staff II – Building Technology, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Christina Dikas, Architectural Historian, Page & Turnbull Robbie Dileo, Alameda Hisotrical Society and museum Kathleen Diohep, Project Manager – Planning and Development, Port of San Francisco Cheryl Domnitch, Senior Fire Protection Engineer, Hughes Associates Patty Donald, Board of Directors, Cohen Bray House Alan Dreyfuss, Associate Principal, Wiss Janney Elstner Tom Dufurrena, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Principal, Page & Turnbull Hank Dunlop, Board of Directors, Cohen Bray House Dan Eilbeck, Associate Principal, Wiss Janney Elstner Adam Engelskirchen, Director of Development and Leasing, The Presidio Trust Bill Essert, President, Wooden Window Birgitt Evans, Vice President, Alameda County Master Gardeners Stephen Farneth, Architect, Architectural Resources Group Chris Fedukowski, CFC - Distinctive Sustainable Development John Fidler, John Fidler Preservation Technology Inc Adrian Scott Fine, Directory of Advocacy, LA Conservancy Barbara Finnin, Executive Director, City Slicker Farms Rebecca Fogel, Cultural Resource Specialist, Page & Turnbull David Freidman, Principal, Forrell Elsessor Tim Frye, Preservation Coordinator, San Francisco Planning Department Mike Garavaglia, Principal, Garavaglia Architecture David Gazek, Principal-Real Estate and Organizational Development, Gazek Consulting Erin Gettis, Historic Preservation Officer, City of Riverside Lambert Giessinger, Historic Preservation Architect, LA Dept City Planning, Office of Historic Resources Meg Glynn, Preservation Planner, Page & Turnbull Juan Gomez-Novy, Principal, Juan Gomez-Novy Design Corey Greer, Associate, Skidmore Owings Merrill Catherine Gudis, Associate Professor of History and Director of the Public History Program, University of California Riverside, Sarah Hahn, Architectural Historian, Garavaglia Architecture Karana Hattersley-Drayton, Historic Preservation Project Manager, City of Fresno, Planning Dept. Sara Hayden, Principal, Law Office of Sara K. Hayden, Inc. Brian Hebert, Founder, Bay Design & Build Nancy Hird, Advisor to the Board, Alameda Architectural Preservation Society Madeline Horn, Assistant Curator, Peralta Hacienda Historical Park Jim Horner, Landscape Architect, UC Berkeley Campus Landscape Architect, UC Berkeley – Capital Projects Mark Horton, Architect, Mark Horton Architecture Mark Huck, AIA, Restoration Architect, California Office of Historic Preservation Elaine Jackson-Retondo, Acting History Program Manager, Pacific West Region, National Park Service Bevan Jones, Principal Fire Engineer, Holmes Fire Laura Jones, Director, Stanford University Heritage Services and Special Projects Frederic Knapp, Principal, Knapp & VerPlanck Preservation Architects Nancy Krebs, Supervising Naturalist, East Bay Regional Park District William Kreysler, Kreysler & Associates Marc L’Italien, Architect, EHDD Jason Landis, Owner, RockWall Winery Susan Lassell, Senior Historic Preservation Planner, AECOM Shannon Lauchner, State Historian, California Office of Historic Preservation Janelle Leafblad, Sr. Staff I – Building Technology, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Don Libbey, Senior Project Manager, Plant Construction Reuben Lombardo, Project Manager, Spectra Company Taylor Louden, AIA/ Historical Architect, GTL | HA Chris Lutjen, Garavaglia Architecture Joe Maffei, Principal, Rutherford Chekene Meredith Manning, Senior Planner, Mid-peninsula Regional Open Space District David Mar, Principal, Tipping Mar Emily Marthinsen, Assistant Vice Chancellor Physical & Environmental Planning, UC Berkeley U.C. Berkeley, Physical and Environmental Planning/Capital Projects Betty Marvin, Historic Preservation Planner, City of Oakland/CEDA Brandon McCormick, Manager of Corporate Communications & Public Policy, Facebook Chandler McCoy, Presidio Trust Naomi Miroglio, Principal, Architectural Resources Group Chad Moffett, Department Manager, Mead & Hunt, Inc. Nicole Neditch, Cultural Funding Coordinator, City of Oakland Marie Nelson, State Historian, California Office of Historic Preservation Andrea Osgood, Project Manager, Eden Housing Gary Parks, Theatre Historical Society of America, Western Region Dan Parolek, AIA, Principal, Opticos Ronald Parsons, State Historian, California Office of Historic Preservation Chris Pattillo, Landscape Architect, Principal/ Member, Design Review Committee, City of Oakland Planning Commission, PGA Design Inc Tony Perez, Principal, Tony Perez Associates Jane Pojawa, Communications Director, Friends of the Michael White Adobe Julianne Polanco, Director, Cultural Resources/ Member, State Historical Resources Commission, Lend-lease Therese Poletti, Author Fred Pollack, Partner, Van Meter Williams Pollack Scott Pons, Project Engineer, Spectra Company Margot Lederer Prado, Sr. Business Development Specialist, City of Oakland Leslie Pritchett, Co-Director, Friends of The Gateway (FOG) Frankie Rhodes, Board of Directors, Camron Stanford House Paul Roberts, Board of Directors, Cohen Bray House Carol Roland, Senior Historian, Mead & Hunt, Inc. Kent Royle, Associate Principal, Marcy Wong Donn Logan Architects Richard Rutter, Architect / Partner (and former U.S. Navy flyer), A. Rule Designs Jenan Saunders, Acting Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer, California Office of Historic Preservation Stephen Schafer, Owner/Photographer, HABSPHOTO.com Heidi Schave, Education Manager, USS-Hornet Museum Kurt Schindler, AIA, LEED® AP, Principal, ELS Architecture and Urban Design Richard Schwartz, Historian, RSB Books Carolyn Searls, Senior Principal, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Smitha Seshadri, Senior Project Manager, BRIDGE Housing Corporation Richard Sinkoff, Director of Environmental Programs and Planning, Port of Oakland Morgan Smith, Chief of Interpretation, National Park Service Sandhya Sood, Principal, Accent Architecture Taryn Stubblefield, Senior Staff II, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Matt Taecker, Planner, Taecker Planning & Design Corey Teague, Planner, SF Planning Department Becky Urbano, Conservator, Garavaglia Architecture Allison Vanderslice, Historical Resources Consultant, Richard Walker, Professor, College of Letters and Science/ Geography, UC Berkeley Chris Wasney, Principal, Cody Anderson Wasney Steve Wertheim, Planner, SF Planning Department Andrew Wolfram, AIA LEED AP, Associate Principal/ Commissioner San Francisco Historic Preservation Commission, Perkins + Will Lucinda Woodward, Supervisor, Local Government Unit, California Office of Historic Preservation Elizabeth Yost, Principal, Pyatok Architects
Educational sessions covered a range of topics such as preservation basics, economic development, new technologies for historic buildings, planning for change, industrial reuse and preservation in the 21st Century.