The theme for this conference held in September, 2008, was “Planning Island Style – E Ola Pono”, with sustainability as the compelling subtheme. Organized this year by the Maui County Planning Department with the support of the APA Hawaii Chapter, presentation slides and audio recordings are being hosted on the Chapter website as a service to members and the broader community. Copies of slide presentations and recordings of keynote addresses, almost all breakout sessions, and the closing plenary panel are all available for free download. The slides are in Adobe .pdf format, and the recordings are in MP3 audio files which should play on most computer MP3 players, as well as in streaming WMA files for computer media players. Most audio files are of excellent quality. However, during playback you may occasionally encounter a speaker whose voice is faint or where the recording started part way into a speakers’ presentation or the introduction to the event.

The full conference program is available for review and can help as a guide to the content available for download below.

Select an event below in which you are interested to access the MP3 or WMA recording and the slides of the speakers’ presentations.

“Looking to Hawaii’s Past to Ensure a Sustainable Future”, keynote address #1- Ramsay Taum, preceded by Planning Director’s Welcome, Wehena, and Mayor’s Welcome
(Presentation | MP3 Audio-70MB | Streaming WMA)

“Current Oil Crisis: Causes and Prospects”, keynote #2-John Kaufman
(Presentation | MP3 Audio-54MB | Streaming WMA)

“The Small-Mart Revolution: How Local Businesses Can Boost An Island Economy”, keynote #3-Michael Shuman
(Presentation | MP3 Audio-51MB | Streaming WMA)

“Sustainability Planning: Life Place Planning, or Post Peak Planning…”, keynote #4-Leonie Sandercock, preceded by Friday morning “Touchpoints” by Ramsay Taum
(Presentation | MP3 Audio-66MB | Streaming WMA)

“Globalization and Relocalization”, breakout session, Moderator:  John Kaufman, Speakers:  Michael Shuman, Kenneth Stokes
(Presentation (Shuman) | Presentation (Stokes) | MP3 Audio-74MB | Streaming WMA)

“Na Ahupua`a and Planning”, session, Moderator: Kalani Souza, Speakers: Noelani Lee, India Clark, Jason Jeremiah, Aunty Vanda Hanakahi
(Presentation (Hanakahi) | Presentation (Lee) | Presentation (Clark) | Presentation (Jeremiah) | MP3 Audio-79MB | Streaming WMA)

“Surface Water..Who’s Got it, Who Wants it, Who Needs it?”, session, Speakers: Alan Murakami, Jeffrey Eng, Skippy Hau, Yvonne Isu
(Presentation (Eng) | Presentation (Hau) | Presentation (Murakami) | MP3 Audio-67MB | Streaming WMA)

“Shoreline-Using Ocean Science and Moving Out of Harms Way”, session, Moderators: Thorne Abbott, Zoe Norcross-Nu`u, Speakers: Dale Bonar, Sam Lemmo, Chip Fletcher, Eileen Shea
(Presentation (Lemmo) | Presentation (Bonar) | Presentation (Shea) | MP3 Audio-78MB | Streaming WMA)

“Innovative Planning Tools”, session, Moderator:  Daniel McNulty-Huffman, Speakers: Dave Michaelson, Ken Wall)
(Presentation (Michaelson) | Presentation (Wall) | MP3 Audio-68MB | Streaming WMA)

“Where Strangers Become Neighbours”, Screening of Leonie Sandercock’s Film, session screening by Dave Michaelson
(MP3 Audio-48MB | Streaming WMA)

“Energy Self-Sufficiency”, session, Moderator: John Kaufman, Speakers: Mayor Charmaine Tavares, Carilyn Shon, Leo Asuncion, Mat Mcneff
(Presentation | MP3 Audio-83MB | Streaming WMA)

“Issues in Native Hawaiian Law”, session, Moderator: Melody Mackenzie, Speakers: Jonathan Scheurer, Alan Murakami, Dawn Chang
(Presentation (Scheurer) | Presentation (Murakami)| MP3 Audio-85MB | Streaming WMA)

“Sustainability on Islands”, session, Speakers: Luciano Minerbi, Jeff Mikulina, Alex De Roode
(Presentation (Mikulina) | Presentation (De Roode) | MP3 Audio-82MB | Streaming WMA)

“Making Meetings Work”, session, Moderator: Kalani Souza, Speakers:  Randy Nishimura, Mike Hopper
(Presentation | MP3 Audio-63MB | Streaming WMA)

“Implementing What We’ve Learned”, Moderator: Jeff Hunt, Speakers: Mayor Charmaine Tavares, Jeff Hunt, Ramsey Taum, John Kaufman, Michael Shuman, Leonie Sandercock
(MP3 Audio-58MB | Streaming WMA)

“Current Planning Law”, session, Speaker: David Callies
(MP3 Audio-74MB | Streaming WMA)