The UC Davis Center for the Study of Regional Change invites
you to join us for our first annual conference
“Regionalism in California: The Road So Far, and Further”
on May 5 & 6 at the UC Davis Alumni Center.

The conference will convene community, university, and government leaders to

• Assess regional approaches to problem-solving and policy change
• Deepen insight into the theory and practice of regionalism
• Strategize on how to achieve the goals of sustainability, equity, health, and vitality in California communities
  

To stimulate the conference discussions, we are commissioning papers and presentations that
take stock of existing regional-scale efforts and policy dynamics in the areas of smart growth,
environment, human development, health, and economics.  Panel discussions will focus on:

• Integration across sectors
  
• Governance and accountability
• Equity in participation and distribution
  
  

We will have several participatory sessions designed to facilitate dialogue and strategize on
new directions for regionalism.  Your insights and ideas will help determine research and
project priorities for regional community-university partnerships.

The two-day, invitation only event will begin with lunch on Monday, May 5 and conclude
after a closing keynote and dinner on Tuesday, May 6.

Through a special partnership with the Great Valley Center, attendees will have the opportu-
nity to register at special rates for the annual GVC conference in Sacramento, to be held May
7-8. (Co-op extension advisors and specialists need to register and pay the appropriate fees,
but will be reimbursed.) In exchange, we will be hosting several panel sessions on regionalism
at the GVC conference and are helping to support the appearance of Neil Pearce as a lunch
plenary speaker on Wednesday.  For a GVC conference schedule, see http://www.greatvalley.
org.

The Center for the Study of Regional Change at UC Davis brings together faculty, students,
and communities to collaborate on innovative research to create just, sustainable, and healthy
regional change in California’s Central Valley and the Sierra Nevada and related regions.

Keynote Speakers:
 Mike Madison,  Local author/ farmer
 Carl Anthony,   Earth House and former         
   Program Director, The Ford Foundation
 Manuel Pastor,   Department of Geography,                       
    University of Southern California

 To register please call (530)757-8777 or (800) 752-0881     
 Scholarship assistance please call Starla Speich, (530)752-3007 
 or smspeich@ucdavis.edu

Conference co-sponsors to date:
     •California Communities Program/ UC Cooperative Extension
     •Center for Sustainable Transportation/ Institute for Transportation Studies     
     •UC Davis Extension     
     •The California Endowment
     •CalTrans
     •Sierra Health Foundation   

REGISTRATION    COSTS:
 Code #074CAM200   May 5&6  $50.00  Regionalism in California (CSRC)
 Code#074CAM201  May 5-7   $170.00    CSRC & 1st day of GVC  
 Code#074CAM202  May 5-8,    $245.00    CSRC & 2 days of GVC

PDF version of invitation