2025 Northern New England Planning Conference

November 3 -5, 2025 at the Holiday Inn by the Bay, Portland Maine

Conference Registration is Now Open!

Conference Registration is Now Open. Registration is closed. We are overbooked with 450 registrations! Thanks

The Northern New England Chapter of the American Planning Association (NNECAPA) is pleased to host its 2025 Conference from Monday, November 3rd through Wednesday, November 5th at the Holiday Inn by the Bay in Portland, Maine. We are planning this multi-day conference to provide opportunities for engagement, collaboration, and (re)establishing partnerships with your colleagues, new and old, throughout New England.

  • Below is the link to the conference schedule. The agenda is final.
  • There are several mobile sessions which require you to register for them since there is a limit on the number of attendees and it is on a first come, first serve basis. The primary contact of the mobile session will reach out 2 weeks before the conference with more details. All mobile sessions are sold out.
  • There is plenty of networking time and designated time to spend with Sponsors and Exhibitors.
  • Awards luncheon is on Tuesday. Be sure when the time comes, to nominate your colleagues.
  • Dine out at one of the many restaurants in Portland on Tuesday night. We will have a list of those that are open during Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.
  • The Annual Business meeting will be held Wednesday morning. Find out what is new at NNECAPA.

Register Today

View Agenda

At a Glance Agenda

Speaker Biographies

You could earn up to 10.5 AICP credits:

https://www.planning.org/events/eventmulti/9315502/

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Book a room at the Holiday Inn by the Bay - Our room block is sold out. Contact the hotel directly to book a room at the regular rate

Note: overnight guest park under the hotel for $15 per vehicle, per night with unlimited in and out privileges. Day guests park in the external garage at a rate of $10 per vehicle per day with one in and out. Day guests who park under the hotel will be subject to full day parking prices.

Holiday Inn Room Reservations:

https://www.ihg.com/holidayinn/hotels/us/en/portland/pwmdt/hoteldetail

The Conference Committee developed a list of things to do in Portland along with other parking options. Check it out.
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Thank You to Our Sponsors:

Premier Sponsor:

Pare Corporation

Platinum Sponsors:

Jacobs Logo

Jacobs

FB Environmental

North Star Planning

Gold Sponsors:

GovWell

Haley Ward

Bernstein Shur

Sebago Technics

BETA

Resilience Logo

Resilience Planning & Design

Maine Office of Community Affairs

DuBois & King

VHB

VHB

Stantec

Acorn Engineering, Inc.

Toole Design

Silver Sponsors:

Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission

Cloudpermit

Deckard Technologies

Front Porch Community Planning & Design

Jackson Preservation Consulting, LLC

Kittelson & Associates

Levine Planning Strategies, LLC

Weston and Sampson Engineers, Inc.

Thanks to Our Platinum Sustaining Partners!

Barrett Planning Group LLC

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Innes Land Strategies Group

Pare Corporation

Thanks to Our Gold Sustaining Partners

BerryDunn

Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Commission