The Congress for the New Urbanism took place on Rhode Island 1-4 June 2006.

From wikipedia: 

New urbanism is an urban design movement whose popularity increased beginning in the 1980s and early 1990s.

There are some common elements of new urbanist design. New urbanist neighborhoods are walkable, and are designed to contain a diverse range of housing and jobs. New urbanists support regional planning for open space, appropriate architecture and planning, and the balanced development of jobs and housing. They believe these strategies are the best way to reduce the time people spend in traffic, to increase the supply of affordable housing, and to rein in urban sprawl.

For the first time in its 14-year history, the Congress for the New Urbanism is shifting the focus from those who plan and design to those who implement.

The CNU XIV Multimedia Toolkit is a collection of materials from sessions and events at the Congress. A short description from the program and a list of speakers is posted for each session.

Slides, audio. video and other online resources for many of the presentations given at the conference. There are slides and audio for The Post-Carbon Society: An Overview with James Howard Kunstler and Julian Darley (Post-Carbon Institute).

[ hmm… aside from the Kunstler/Darley session, I'm actually finding it hard to get excited about many of the topics on offer here. despite the claim of focussing on implementers, it still seems a little on the academic side. but I'm sure there's some worthwhile stuff there too -ad ]