Materials for Attendees

• Final Agenda
• Program Description
• Speaker Biographies
• Sponsors
• Exhibitors
• Advertisers
• Steering and Executive Committee Members
• Professional Associates
• Upland Habitat Goals Project
• Conference Evaluation

Materials for Media

• Background Materials, Regional Maps, and Photos

Agenda Highlights

• What is a Whole Community and Why Should We Care? Peter Forbes, Executive Director, Center for Whole Communities
• Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder, Richard Louv, Author
• Building Community through Dialogue, Michael Dimock, President, Ag Innovations Network; Chair Emeritus, Slow Food USA
• Designing and Growing Healthier Communities
• Health Impacts of Poorly Planned Growth, Ray Minjares, UC Berkeley School of Public Health
• Urban Edge Agricultural Parks, Sibella Kraus, Executive Director, Sustainable Agriculture Education
• Preserving a Sense of Place: Protecting the Land and Relationships, Deborah Schoenbaum, Deputy Director, Marin Conservation Corps
• Including Lunch -- From Farm to Table: Knowing, Tasting and Honoring the Land
• and Afternoon Reception: Enjoy Local Wines and Cheese

Sponsors

The Bay Area Open Space Council would like to thank the following organizations for their generous support of the Eighth Annual Bay Area Open Space Conference.

Plus special thanks to
Paula B. Johnson
and
Dan Bartley
for their generous personal donations.

Join us on Friday, June 2!

• The Conference features exciting speakers and panel presentations that will engage your interest, knowledge and enjoyment of parks, trails, natural habitats and agricultural lands in the San Francisco Bay Area.
• Two Exhibition Halls will be filled with displays about agencies, organziations, professionals, and businesses who protect and manage the region’s diverse parks and open spaces.
• While mingling with your peers, join us in sampling locally grown foods from the Bay Area. Our lunch and reception will highlight the sustainable agriculture model that unites stewardship of the land with respect for those who grow the food and our need for healthier foods.
• View the new ParkInfo.org web portal, get updates about the Uplands Habitat Goals Project, and learn about the Council’s visioning process.

For more information, please contact Bettina Ring, Executive Director, at 415-460-1540 or <Bettina@OpenSpaceCouncil.org>.

The Council’s Seventh Annual Open Space Conference was held on Friday, May 13, 2005. Presentations from the day are available for download.