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Updated at 3:11 p.m., Saturday, October 20, 2007

UH to celebrate World Town Planning Day Nov. 8

Advertiser Staff

University of Hawai'i-Manoa's Department of Urban and Regional Planning will celebrate World Town Planning Day Nov. 8 with special campus discussions and exhibits focused on Hawai'i's energy future. Also, awards will be presented to a "Planner Who Has Made a Difference" and a UH-Manoa planning alumnus. The Hawai'i Chapter of the American Planning Association is co-sponsoring the events, all of which are free and open to the public.

"World Town Planning Day is celebrated in Hawai'i and throughout the world to recognize the many contributions of planning to the quality of life in our communities," said Karl Kim, chairman of the department. "We are fortunate to have the strong support of the local APA chapter as well as the many alumni, friends, students, faculty and staff associated with the Department of Urban and Regional Planning."

The schedule of events is as follows:

11:30 a.m.-1:45 p.m.: Exhibits hosted by the University Students of Urban and Regional Planning (USURP) and the American Planning Association Hawai'i Chapter at the UHM Campus Center mall.

2-4 p.m.: Discussion based on The Kettering Foundation's National Issues Forum Brief, "The Energy Problem: Choices for an Uncertain Future" at Campus Center, Room 307.

5:30-6:30 p.m.: "Talk story" reception. Light refreshments will be served. School of Architecture courtyard.

6:30 p.m.: Presentation of the annual Planner Who Has Made a Difference Award and the first annual Tom Dinell Alumni Award, Architecture School, Room 205.

6:45-8 p.m.: Panel on "Energy in Hawai'i: Emerging Issues and Solutions" at the Architecture School, Room 205,

Robert Shleser, ClearFuels Technology Inc.; Lisa Gibson, Hawaii Science & Technology Council; Robbie Alm, Hawaiian Electric Company Inc; John Tantlinger, Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism, Strategic Industries Division; and Henry Curtis, Life of the Land.

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