The Federal Planning Division (FPD) has made the difficult decision to cancel the 2025 FPD Annual Training Workshop due to recent U. S. White House Administration Executive Orders that have suspended the use of civilian and DoD federal government travel cards, purchase cards, and made travel difficult for most Federal agency employees.
If you registered for the workshop, you will receive an email with next steps for refunds. Westin Westminster reservations have been cancelled by the hotel (if you booked a room using the booking link, you will get an email cancellation confirmation). If you booked your room directly with the Westin or another hotel, you are responsible for canceling your hotel reservation.
APA and FPD are exploring all options to offer valuable training and AICP maintenance credits. Updates will be shared, and you will be informed in advance of any future opportunities (March 17, 2025).
The Federal Planning Division (FPD) Annual Training Workshop is the premier education, certification, and networking opportunity for federal planners, as well as planners from state, local, and commercial organizations.
Earn valuable elective and mandatory AICP credit maintenance (CM), learn about innovative best practices in federal planning from agency and private sector subject matter experts and leaders, gain new skills and technical capabilities, learn from leading architecture and engineering firms, and explore successful planning initiatives through hands-on mobile tours.
Engage with federal, state, and local agency planners, commercial planners, consultants, technical experts, academics, and government contractor representatives to improve your knowledge and stay current with interconnected federal infrastructure initiatives.
Tuesday, 1 April through Thursday, 3 April 2025
Westin Westminster in Denver, Colorado
Angela Brooks, FAICP, is the Director of the Illinois office of the Corporation for Supportive Housing and the immediate past president of the American Planning Association (APA). She brings to the APA Federal Planning Division a unique and informed perspective on the future of Planning.
Sue Schwartz, FAICP, is the Greensboro, North Carolina planning director, and current president of the American Planning Association (APA). As an active leader and former president of APA’s professional institute – the AICP Commission (2005-2007) – she is one of only six people who have held both offices in the organization’s history.
Miguel A. Vazquez, FAICP, is an award-winning planner with 20+ years of experience in the public, private, and military sectors. As a planning and health integration expert at RUHS-Public Health, Miguel partners with diverse stakeholders to advance planning’s impact on health.
Sunny Wescott is a Chief Meteorologist, Critical Infrastructure and Emergency
Response Operations. She specializes in extreme weather events
impacting emergency response, supply chain, and critical infrastructure.
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The Planning Awards nominations site is now closed. Attend the FPD Training Workshop Awards Reception and Program on Wednesday 2 April at the Westin for the Awards presentation.
Join 500+ planners to learn, earn AICP CMs, and connect with other planners and industry experts.
Participate in the largest training event for planners, program managers, contracting officers, and other key roles from federal agencies, state and local government, and commercial entities.
The 2025 Training Workshop will be held at the beautiful Westin Westminster. The hotel is ideally located just 15 minutes from Downtown Denver and Boulder and 30 minutes from Denver International Airport.
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APA Federal Planning Division
205 N Michigan Ave
Suite 1200
Chicago, IL 60601
