Plan NH is pleased to announce the speaker lineup for our 2024 Fall Conference, Art Attack! Arts, Culture, and the Built Environment. This year’s program will focus on how planners, architects, and others are using arts and culture to create more meaningful, vibrant, and sustainable places in New Hampshire and beyond. In addition to our outstanding Keynote Speaker, Dr. Annis Sengupta of the Metropolitan Area Planning Council and the Arts & Culture Division of the American Planning Association, attendees will hear from speakers who have worked on successful reuse and preservation projects that now house some of the Granite State’s most creative organizations. The conference will take place Tuesday, September 17, 2024 from 8:00-12:30 PM at The Hotel Concord in Concord, NH and registration open now. More details on our speaker lineup are below:
Keynote Speaker:
Annis W. Sengutpa, PhD is the Director of Arts and Culture at the Metropolitan Area Planning Council, the regional planning agency serving the people who live and work in the 101 cities and towns of metro Boston. She leads the arts and culture planning department to chart an innovative new course in the planning and community development field by stimulating a creative shift in the planning and community development culture in ways that foster policy and planning conditions that allow arts and culture to thrive. Prior to joining MAPC, Annis worked for more than a decade in the arts and culture and planning fields as a consultant and lecturer. Annis holds a BA in Architecture from Yale University and completed her Masters in City Planning and PhD in Urban and Regional Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her research explores the connections between place, culture, and identity in the context of racial politics and the immigrant experience. Annis serves on the MASSCreative Policy Committee and is currently the Chair of the APA Arts & Planning Division.
Additional Conference Speakers & Moderators:
- Josh Arnold – Makers Mill
- Adele Bauman – New Hampshire State Council on the Arts
- Jared Guilmett – Misiaszek Turpin Architects
- Steve Hoffman – Simons Architects
- Nadine Miller – New Hampshire Division of Historical Resources
- Justin Slattery, Belknap Economic Development Council
- and more….
For additional event details and to register by September 10, visit the event page here. For assistance registering, please email info@plannh.org.
Registration includes breakfast; $60 Plan NH Member; $85 Non-Members; $45 Municipal Staff & Student Rate | CEUs and CMs through AIA New Hampshire and the Northern New England Chapter of the APA pending approval.
