We're finally getting a handle on EDRA41 scheduling issues. At this time, you can go to www.edra.org/edra41 to see if your conference proposal has been accepted. The acceptances are listed in the various categories (intensives, papers, posters, workshops/working groups, and symposia). Contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it if you can't find your paper. Notification letters will be going out early this next week via email. All authors and presenters will be notified. If you have any questions or can't find your abstract, please contact Janice.

Places: Design Observer and EDRA, the Environmental Design Research Association, in cooperation with Metropolis Magazine announce the twelfth annual Great Places Awards for Place Design, Planning and Research.  The deadline for entries for the 2010 Great Places Awards is February 10, 2010.   This document serves as the official submission rules.

Ambassador Richard N. Swett, FAIA, will keynote the June 2010 EDRA41 Conference in Washington DC, EDRA41 Conference Chair Thierry Rosenheck announced.   Ambassador Swett's keynote will reflect the conference theme Policy & the Environment.

Richard N. Swett was nominated by President Clinton to be Ambassador to Denmark in 1998 where he presented his credential to H.M. Queen Margrethe II.