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5th Annual InDevelopment Conference Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Radisson Paper Valley, Appleton Fred Kent has led the charge for transformational projects in public spaces worldwide for more than 37 years. As founder and president of the Project for Public Spaces based in New York City, he advocates the concept of "placemaking," developing multiple-use projects that draw people together. Kent is a leading authority on revitalizing city spaces and one of the foremost thinkers in livability, smart growth and the future of the city. Over the past 37 years, he has worked on hundreds of projects, from Times Square, Rockefeller Center and downtown Detroit to Vancouver, B.C., and Cape Town, South Africa. He has trained developers in Singapore, Hong Kong, Scotland, Norway and The Netherlands, among many other places. Before founding PPS, Kent studied with Margaret Mead and worked with William H. Whyte on the Street Life Project, assisting in observations and film analysis of corporate plazas, urban streets, parks and other open spaces in New York City. The research resulted in the now classic "The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces," published in 1980, which laid out conclusions based on decades of meticulous observation and documentation of human behavior in the urban environment. Kent was the coordinator and chairman of New York City's Earth Day in 1970 and in 1990. 'The Power of Place' KEYNOTE SPEAKER Sponsored by A Sponsorship Event of Fred Kent founder and president of the Project for Public Spaces (pps.org) The region's best will gather to share information on economic development, financing, targeted industries, global and national development trends.