For those of you that are going to Phoenix from a good distance (meaning not driving from within your home area/flying in), are you planning to rent a car for the stay? I guess I should ask as well if you are staying in one of the nearby/walking-distance hotels.
It seems Arizona (or just Phoenix) has a greater-than-average tax on rental cars! I have not done any checking on this, but am just going by some recent rentals I have made.

Download the mobile app for the conference (on the ICMA home page) and it will give the full schedule for your device, which already has your personal schedule included, if you selected sessions.

http://icma.org/en/conference/program/schedule_at_a_glance

At icma.org/conference2012, under the Program tab, click on Daily Schedule to see everthing going on each day at the conference. On Saturday, most of what's going on are ICMA University workshops, the Annual Leadership Institute, tours, and the evening reception at the Heard Museum. Very little is schedule for Friday.

Do you know where a list of those sessions is now? I do not see them on the schedule I pull up on the website.

ICMA does have sessions and events you can register to attend on those days. There is an Arts Festival in Downtown Phoenix, 10/6 as well.

Does anyone know if there is anything going on the weekend before the Convention begins? I seem to recall events on the scheduled for Friday and Saturday (Oct. 5 & 6), but now it looks like the schedule begins on Sunday.

Hi. I'm going to Phoenix and can't wait. I'll be speaking about Social Ideation so come to my panel if you're interested in learning more about it.

I am an MPA student born in Michigan but at school in Nevada looking for a roommate for the conference. Anyone want in to help me with the ropes?

mwfoster@unr.edu

I am undertaking research on how local councils in UK can accelerate innovation. So interested to find out what is happening in USA. Comments on the Framework I have developed very welcome! http://creativity.city.ac.uk/accelerating_local_govt_innov.html