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 […]

An August 2002 conference in Casey, Building Sustainable Communities on the Urban Fringe brought together council planners from around Victoria, particularly the outer suburbs, as well as representatives of State Government and academia.
Topics included:

Local case studies highlighting the relationship between planning, community development and wellbeing;
Examples of successful integrated planning;
Exploring strategies for achieving integrated local […]