Services: Presentations & Seminars
Speaking Engagements
Harry Dodson
• Smith College Landscape Studies Program, Northampton, MA - 2003, 2007
• Conway School of Landscape Design, Conway, MA - 2005-2007
• Citizens Housing and Planning Association, Inc., Affordable Housing- 2005
• Buffalo Bayou Partnership Masterplan Conference, Houston, TX - 2002
• Battenkill Conservancy Annual Meeting, Greenwich, NY - 2001
• Nashua River Watershed Association, Groton, MA - 2000
• University of Rhode Island Speakers Program, North Kingstown, RI - 2000
• Battenkill Conservancy Conference, Shushan, NY - 2000
• Conference on Sustainability, University of Connecticut - 2000
• Massachusetts Historical Commission Annual Conference, Boston, MA - 1998
• Urban Growth Conference, Tokyo, Japan - 1996
• Historic Massachusetts Incorporated, Annual Meeting, Boston, MA - 1996
• Congress for the New Urbanism, Third Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA - 1995
• Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation, Annual Meeting, Danbury, CT - 1994
• New York Regional Assembly, New York, NY - 1993
• Rural Planning Conference, University of New Hampshire - 1992
• New York Coastal Conference, Albany, NY - 1992
• Seaton Environmental Planning Conference, Toronto, ON - 1991
• Pinchot Institute for Conservation Studies, Washington, DC - 1990
• Alcan Lecturer, Vancouver, BC - 1989
• Sustainable Communities Conference, Winter Park, FL - 1989
• East Tennessee Community Design Center, Knoxville, TN - 1989
• Guest Lecturer, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario - 1989
• Historic Massachusetts Incorporated, Annual Meeting, Boston, MA - 1988
• American Society of Landscape Architects Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD - 1988
• International Federation of Landscape Architects Annual Meeting, Bergen, Norway - 1987
• Lecturer, University of Massachusetts, Department of Landscape Architecture - 1986 - 2000
Peter Flinker
• Fabos Landscape Planning and Greenway Symposium, “Landscape Planning for
Cultural Ecosystems,” March, 2007.
• 8th Anual New England Greenway Symposium, "The Saratoga County Green
Infrastructure Plan," April, 2006.
• 2005 APA New England Planning Conference, “Smart Growth Planning: How a small
town at the threshold can guide new growth,” November, 2005.
• New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission, 16th Annual Nonpoint
Source Pollution Conference, “Combining Low Impact Development with Planning
for Smart Growth,” May, 2005.
• Citizens Housing and Planning Association, Inc. Working With Chapter 40 B Conference, "Designing with Density," December, 2004.
• American Planning Association New England Planning Conference, "Using Design Innovation and Process to Get Along with Developers," and "When the Public Deliberation Process Breaks Down: Wrestling with ‘Hot Button’ Issues in Your Community," September, 2004.
• Fabos Landscape Planning and Greenway Symposium, "Greenspace Planning in Three Dimensions: Powering-up Public Participation with Creative Analysis and Visualization," April, 2004.
• AIA New Hampshire, Integrated Design/Integrated Development Conference, "Integrating Watershed-Scale Greenspace Planning with Design of Sustainable Growth Centers," March, 2004.
• Seaway Trail, Inc./ SUNY Center for Community Studies Lecture Series, "Planning and Design for Sustainable Development," April, 2003
• University of Rhode Island Landscape Architecture Lecture Series, "The Suburban Edge -- Struggling to Maintain Place, January, 2003.
• American Planning Association Region I Conference, "Greenway Planning and Conservation Development," September, 2002.
• Rhode Island Statewide Historic Preservation Conference, "Protecting Cultural Landscapes: The South County Greenspace Project," April, 2002.
• Rhode Island Governor's Growth Council, "South County Technical Planning Assistance Project," September, 2001
• Northeastern Rivers Symposium, "The South County Design Manual," April, 2001.
• Massachusetts Land Trust Conference, "GIS for Land Trusts," March 2001.
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in-house lecture, "Visual Tools for Planning: The South County Design Manual," December, 2000.
• New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission 11th Annual Nonpoint Source Meeting, "Flexible Design for Sustainable Development," May 2000.
• Northern Middlesex Council of Governments Regional Training Workshops, "Design Principles for Better Development," May 2000.
• Metropolitan Area Planning Council & Green Neighborhoods Alliance Implementation Clinics, "Conservation Subdivision/Open Space Residential Design," May 2000.
• Rhode Island Sustainability Conference, "Developing Sustainable Communities," April, 2000
• The Rhode Island Rural Lands Coalition, Sustainable Communities Workshops in Coventry, Burrillville, and North Smithfield, Rhode Island. January, 2000.
• Annual Meeting of Massachusetts Association of Planning Directors, "Design Guidelines for Development Review," April 1999.
• South Kingstown Land Trust Annual Meeting, "Preserving Community Character," May 1997.
• Rhode Island Sprawl Conference: Preserving Place, Growing Smart, "Saving Open Space: Planning and Design Strategies That Can Work for Rhode Island," April 1997.
Peter is a frequent presenter to conservation groups, town boards and professional organizations on the topics of Smart Growth and Sustainable Development.
