Saving Wisconsin Sacred Places: Virtual Reality and Extended Reality

Presented by Historic Preservation Institute (HPI) at UWM SARUP. Summary These two portions of the 2-day workshop at Taliesin will be about experiences through virtual production and exploration of extended reality and immersive technology through the XR Box.

Live-Work-Play-Retire: Redefining America’s Malls

The Innovative Cities Lecture Series “Live-Work-Play-Retire: Redefining America’s Malls” presentation by Danny Martin, Partner at SAS Architects & Planners, and Jamie Timoteo, Partner with Plante Moran Living Forward. Lecture Summary Over the last couple of decades, there has been a paradigm …

AI and Computing for Local Food Systems

The Innovative Cities Lecture Series “AI and Computing for Local Food Systems” presentation by Dr. Alfonso Morales, Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor and Chair of the Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Lecture Summary This lecture reviews …

Placemaking and Equity

The Innovative Cities Lecture Series “Placemaking and Equity” presentation by Hanna Love, Senior Research Associate for the Brookings Institution. Lecture Summary Market disruptions, coupled with changing demographic and household structures, are sharpening the nation’s long-standing spatial divides, creating a need for …

Resilient Transportation Connections for Improved Mobility

The Innovative Cities Lecture Series “Resilient Transportation Connections for Improved Mobility” presentation by Dr. Tabitha “Tab” Combs, Research Associate at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Lecture Summary Cities are resilient places, and this was made evident in the …

City of Madison: Successes in Affordable Housing Implementation

The Innovative Cities Lecture Series “City of Madison: Successes in Affordable Housing Implementation” presentation by Larry Kilmer, II, Deputy Director for the City of Madison’s Community Development Authority, and Matt Wachter, Director of the City of Madison’s Department of Planning, Community, …

Shifting Gears: Toward a New Way of Thinking About Transportation

The Innovative Cities Lecture Series Shifting Gears: Toward a New Way of Thinking About Transportation presentation by Susan Handy, professor in the Department of Environmental Science and Policy at the University of California at Davis and Director of the National Center …

Equitable Zoning: National and Local Perspectives

Equitable Zoning: National and Local Perspectives presentation by Susan Henderson, architect and co-founder of Placemakers, LLC, Sam Leichtling, City Planning Manager for the City of Milwaukee’s Department of City Development, and Tamara “Tammy” Szudy, Planning and Zoning Manager for the …