Speaking

We love sharing our knowledge and experience through speaking engagements on the topics of planning and zoning history, trends, methods, best practices, and experiences at national, regional and local conferences and events from coast to coast.

We also offer planning and zoning board and commission trainings.

Featured Presentations

  • Sean Suder Welcome Remarks at Designing Our Palm Beach Week, February 27, 2023, Palm Beach, Florida

  • Sean Suder Presenting Mizner: The Placemaker at Designing Our Palm Beach Week, February 28, 2023, Palm Beach, Florida

  • Sean Suder Closing Remarks at Designing Our Palm Beach Week, March 2, 2023, Palm Beach, Florida

  • Sean Suder Welcome Back Keynote at Palm Beach Civic Association Welcome Back Event, November 7, 2023, Palm Beach, Florida

Speaking Engagements

  • National Alliance of Preservation Commissions, 2024, Speaker, West Palm Beach (Sean Suder)

  • Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) 32, 2024, Speaker, Tour Leader, Cincinnati (Sean Suder)

  • American Planning Association, 2024 Planning & Law Division, Panelist (Virtual) (Sean Suder)

  • Palm Beach Citizens Association, 2024 South End Zoning Study Keynote, Palm Beach, FL (Sean Suder)

  • International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), 2023 New York Conference, New York City (Sean Suder)

  • American Planning Association (APA), National Capital Region, 2023 Conference, College Park, MD (Sean Suder)

  • American Planning Association, Ohio (APA OH), Ohio Land Use Law Update, 2023, Columbus, Ohio (Sean Suder)

  • American Planning Association (APA), National League of Cities, Housing Supply Accelerator Convening, 2023, Washington, D.C. (Jocelyn Gibson)

  • Indiana Preservation Conference, 2023, Muncie, Indiana (Christopher Myers)

  • The Housing Coalition of the Northern Shenandoah Valley, Housing Summit, 2023, Winchester, VA (Sean Suder)

  • American Planning Association, Ohio (APA OH), Planning Commissioner Training, 2023, Cincinnati, Ohio (Sean Suder)

  • American Planning Association (APA), Zoning for Equity, Resiliency, and a Post-Pandemic World, 2022, Virtual (Sean Suder & Jocelyn Gibson)

  • American Planning Association (APA), Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana Planning Conference, 2022, Louisville, Kentucky (Sean Suder)

  • Ohio Economic Development Association (OEDA) Annual Conference, 2022, Columbus, Ohio (Jocelyn Gibson)

  • ULI Cleveland, 2022, Virtual, Cleveland, Ohio (Sean Suder)

  • Greater Ohio Policy Center Conference, 2022, Columbus, Ohio (Jocelyn Gibson)

  • American Planning Association (APA), Central Ohio Planning & Zoning Conference, 2022, Columbus, Ohio (Sean Suder)

  • American Planning Association (APA), National Conference, Multiple Sessions, 2022, San Diego, California (Sean Suder)

  • CNU 30 National Conference, Multiple Sessions, 2022, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Jocelyn Gibson & Nolan Nicaise)

  • Invest in Neighborhoods, Neighborhood Summit, Form-Based Code Update, 2022, Cincinnati, Ohio (Sean Suder)

  • Butler County, Ohio Board of Zoning Appeals Member Training, 2021, Hamilton, Ohio (Sean Suder)

  • APA Ohio Planning Commissioners Training, Webinar Speaker, 2021 (virtual) (Sean Suder)

  • Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC), Building the Case for Updated Zoning Codes, Webinar Panelist, 2021 (virtual)

  • Melville Charitable Trust, Imagination Session, Equitable Zoning, Panelist, 2021 (virtual)

  • Heritage Ohio, How Redlining Has Shaped Our Cities and Increased the Racial Divide in America, Speaker, Webinar, 2021 (virtual)

  • Turnaround Management Association (TMA) Cincinnati Chapter, Panelist, Retail and COVID-19, Webinar, 2020 (virtual)

  • International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) Webcast, Presenter, Adaptive Reuse, Webinar, 2020 (virtual)

  • Ohio Economic Development Institute, Site Selection Course, Presenter, Zoning, Webinar, 2020 (virtual)

  • Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) Midwest Debates, Debater, Webinar, 2020 (virtual)

  • &Co. Webcast, Featured Guest, Zoning and COVID-19, Webinar, 2020 (virtual)

  • CBRE Cincinnati Town Hall, Cincinnati, Ohio 2020

  • National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), 2019 LANDS Committee Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana

  • American Planning Association (APA) 2019 Ohio Planning Conference, Cleveland, Ohio

  • America Walks National Summit 2019, Columbus, Ohio

  • American Institute of Architects (AIA) 2019 DesignDC Conference, Washington, D.C.

  • American Planning Association (APA) 2019 Central Ohio Planning Conference, Columbus, Ohio

  • American Planning Association (APA) 2018 Ohio/Kentucky/Indiana Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio

  • American Planning Association (APA) 2018 Cleveland Zoning Conference, Cleveland, Ohio

  • American Planning Association (APA) 2018 Northeast Ohio Zoning Workshop, Conneaut, Ohio

  • American Institute of Architects (AIA) 2018 DesignDC Conference, Washington, D.C.

  • American Planning Association (APA) 2018 Central Ohio Zoning Workshop, Columbus, Ohio

  • American Planning Association (APA) 2017 National Conference, New York City, New York

  • American Planning Association (APA) 2017 Ohio Conference, Athens, Ohio

  • American Planning Association (APA) 2017 Indiana Conference, Lafayette, Indiana

  • American Planning Association (APA) 2017 Tennessee Conference, Memphis, Tennessee

  • American Planning Association (APA) 2017 Cincinnati Zoning Workshop, Cincinnati, Ohio

  • American Planning Association (APA) 2017 Cleveland Zoning Workshop, Cleveland, Ohio

  • Michigan Historic Preservation Network (MHPN) 2017 Annual Conference, Petoskey, Michigan

  • Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association Municipal Law Day 2017, Cleveland, Ohio

  • Heritage Ohio 2016 Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio

  • Legacy Cities 2016 Conference, Detroit, Michigan

  • Form-Based Code Institute 201 Faculty, 2016, Columbus, Ohio

  • American Planning Association (APA) 2015 Pennsylvania Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Urban Land Institute (ULI) Cleveland Zoning Workshop, 2015, Cleveland, Ohio

  • Legacy Cities 2014 Conference, Cleveland, Ohio