These are some can’t-miss programs relating to health at ULI’s upcoming 2017 Fall Meeting in Los Angeles, California from October 23rd-26th.

Monday, October 23, 2017

Randall Lewis/Building Healthy Places Interest Forum
9:00 AM—3:30 PM
Pacoima City Hall; Limited Capacity
Email [email protected] for more information; open to Associate and Full Members
This sixth biannual forum, generously supported by ULI Foundation Governor Randall Lewis, will feature presentations, a panel discussion, and a tour. This event will highlight work being done in the Los Angeles area to improve health through the built environment. features tours, panel discussions, and presentations. Eligible for 5 hours of AICP CM credit.

Building Healthy Places/Center for Sustainability and Economic Performance Reception
5:00 PM—7:00 PM
By Invitation Only; Email [email protected] for more information

Pop-Up Events for Networking

What is Urban Resilience?
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
4:15 PM—5:00 PM; Petree Hall
Urban Resilience encompasses the ability to prepare, plan for, recover from, and more successfully adapt to both extreme events and the everyday impacts of climate change. This event will feature networking and remarks from a member who is a Chief Resilience Officer within the Rockefeller Foundation’s 100 Resilient Cities network.

The Ten-Minute Walk Campaign
Wednesday, October 25, 2017
2:45 PM—3:15 PM; Petree Hall
ULI, the Trust for Public Land, and the National Recreation and Parks Association are launching a campaign to promote the bold idea that all urban dwellers should live within a ten-minute walk to a high-quality park, and to help ensure that investments in civic infrastructure like parks and trails are sustainable, resilient, and equitable. Learn about this innovative program and how you can be involved.

Urban Mobility in Asia Pacific Cities
Wednesday, October 25, 2017
4:15 PM—5:00 PM; Petree Hall
Learn how cities in Asia Pacific are exploring urban mobility options in ways that aim to improve the health of residents and create value for real estate providers.

The Rise of Healthy Building Certifications
Thursday, October 26, 2017
2:30 PM—3:00 PM; Petree Hall
The business case for healthy buildings is still being developed, but the primary driver is workforce health, happiness, and productivity. Two certification programs have emerged as market leaders—the WELL building standard and Fitwel. Come learn more about these programs and learn how you can implement them in your project.

Concurrent Sessions

Health Leaders Network Introductory Forum
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
7:30 AM—4:00 PM
By Invitation Only; Email [email protected] for more information
The ULI Health Leaders Network empowers real estate and land use professionals with the skills, knowledge, and networks to improve health outcomes in their professional practice and communities. The first cohort of 32 Health Leaders is convening during this introductory forum to begin a ten-month engagement designed to build a network and develop leadership skills to empower the Health Leaders as champions for improving health through the built environment.

ULI’s Changing World Speaker Series: Equity and Inclusion
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
10:00 AM—11:00 AM
As cities strive to attract new people by creating memorable and sustainable places–through reuse of historic places, new construction, and thoughtful urban design—many lower-income people are being left out of the boom. The speakers will discuss various aspects of revitalization and its ramifications and outcomes.

A Serious Conversation about Homelessness
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
11:30 AM—12:30 PM
Cities are places of innovation, prosperity, diversity, and possibility. With their success has come growing disparity of class and economic well-being. Join us for an in-depth conversation with the people making tough choices and leading the way toward better outcomes around secure and permanent housing.

ULI’s Changing World Speaker Series: Empowerment
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
1:45 PM—2:45 PM
Join a discussion with leading world urbanist, Richard Florida, on his new book, The New Urban Crisis. Florida will present demographic and economic trends along with policy opportunities to address the growing inequality and segregation of our cities.

Building Equitable Cities
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
1:45 PM—2:45 PM
Henry Cisneros will lead a discussion with national experts on the opportunities for real estate leaders—in both the private and public sectors—to create economic and social value through equitable urban development.

Healthy Corridors Sharing Session
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
2:00 PM—4:00 PM
By Invitation Only; Email [email protected] for more information
The ULI Healthy Corridors Project explores strategies for transforming commercial corridors—found in nearly every community across the United States—into places that support the health of the people who live, work, and travel along them. Key stakeholders representing nine corridors, selected to serve as national models for healthy corridor redevelopment, will convene to exchange best practices and lessons learned from local organizing and implementation efforts.

Creative Placemaking (CPM) Breakfast
Thursday, October 26, 2017
7:30 AM—9:00 AM; Convention Center Room 410
Limited Capacity; Breakfast is first-come, first served
Join Juanita Hardy, ULI Senior Visiting Fellow for Creative Placemaking and Ben Stone, Director of Arts and Culture for Smart Growth America, at the Creative Placemaking Breakfast at Fall Meeting in Los Angeles. This event will feature two creative placemaking workshops; one organized by ULI Detroit, involving an expansion of the Henry Ford Health System and the other organized by ULI Triangle, which examined infrastructure enhancements to the Triangle Regional Transit System.

New Residential Product Innovation in Master-Planned Communities
Thursday, October 26, 2017
3:00 PM—4:15 PM
A panel discussion of new housing-product evolution trends in U.S. master-planned communities, including the development of homes centered around working commercial farms. Leading market and design consultants will share examples of what they consider the best of today’s offerings in an engaging and fast-moving, rapid-fire format, covering both the rental and for-sale segments in MPCs from coast to coast.