The Placemaking Conference is a biennial event inviting students, advocates, professionals, and civic leaders to learn from leading experts on topics and techniques in community development. The event has drawn attendees from sixty Oklahoma counties and 14 states. The next Placemaking Conference, a cornerstone program of the OU Institute for Quality Communities, is scheduled for Spring 2027.
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2023
Fernando Costa
Arti Harchekar
Jane Jenkins
Mukul Malhorta
Allison Quinlan
Trinity Simons Wagner
Melody Warnick
Kia Witherspoon
2019
Allison Bailey
Jill Brown DeLozier
Mick Cornett
Laura Hoagland
Rick Lowe
Elena Madison
Lauren Nitschke
Kennedy Smith
Dylan Thuras
Kelly Tompkins
2017
Mayor Jim Brainard
Victor Dover
Toni Griffin
Patrick Kennedy
Fred Kent
Mike Lydon
Susan Silberberg
Marcus Westbury
2015
Mariela Alfonso
Candy Chang
Carol Coletta
Karen Lee
Vincent LoVoi
Chuck Marohn
Wilfred McClay
Tripp Muldrow
Tom Murphy
Gil Penalosa
Jeffrey Tumlin
2013
Dan Burden
Sid Burgess
John Cock
Hank Dittmar
Ellen Dunham-Jones
Ron Frantz
Richard Jackson
Ethan Kent
Christopher Leinberger
Jason Roberts
Donovan Rypkema
Jeff Speck