The 2014 New Jersey History and Historic Preservation Conference is co-hosted by the NJ Historic Trust, NJ Historic Commission, NJ Historic Preservation Office, and the Common Wealth of New Jersey.

The conference is a full day event, held at Brookdale Community College, 765 Newman Springs Rd, Lincroft NJ 07738.

Highlights for this year’s program include:

• Opening Keynote Speaker Ned Kaufman, author of “Place Race and Story; Essays on the Past and Future of Historic Preservation”
• Closing Plenary Speaker John Durel, consultant to museum and cultural organizations and author of Building a “Sustainable Nonprofit Organization”
• Two special educational tracks for “Heritage Tourism” and “Disaster Recovery”
• Choice of three field workshops: Sandy recovery efforts, the architecture and reuse options for Bell Labs, or the history and innovation of Camp Evans military site
• 17 classroom sessions for nonprofit and museum managers, planners, historians, municipal and county officials, archaeologists, architects, historic preservation commissioners and preservation professionals

The conference is pursuing AIA, AICP and ASLA continuing education credits for select sessions.

Register by May 1, 2013 to take advantage of the $65 early registration rate! (Students $50 at all times).

Please visit http://www.njpreservationconference.org for complete details.