Saving Places Conference
The Saving Places Conference is an essential annual event for those passionate about preserving historic and cultural landmarks. With its multi-day format, it offers a diverse range of educational content and networking opportunities for individuals, organizations, and communities dedicated to safeguarding our shared past.
At its core, the conference emphasizes storytelling—of endangered landmarks, their historical significance, and the urgent need for preservation. By providing a platform for members to share these narratives, the conference raises awareness and empowers attendees to disseminate crucial information to communities nationwide.
Drawing attendees from various states, the conference serves as a melting pot of diverse perspectives and experiences. Engaging speakers, including professionals, thought leaders, and activists, offer insights through sessions, workshops, tours, and roundtable discussions, catering to attendees at all stages of their preservation journey.
The inclusive programming ranges from introductory sessions to advanced workshops, ensuring there’s something for everyone. Accreditation opportunities, such as AIA, AIA HSW, APA, and Educator credits, highlight the conference’s commitment to fostering continuous learning.
Beyond education, the conference fosters meaningful connections and collaborations through networking events and informal discussions. Attendees have the opportunity to forge lasting relationships, laying the groundwork for future partnerships in heritage conservation.
2024 Conference Recap
The 2024 Saving Places Conference was a resounding success, drawing an impressive turnout of over 600 attendees. Throughout the event, participants engaged in a variety of educational sessions, enriching tours, the Endangered Places Luncheon, the dynamic Preservation Marketplace, and an enlightening film screening.
Saving Places Conference 2025
Intangible Heritage
January 29 – February 1, 2025
Cheyenne Mountain Resort, Colorado Springs
The 2025 Saving Places Conference will focus on the theme “intangible heritage,” an aspect of preservation often overlooked but one that has gained momentum in recent years. Intangible heritage encompasses the cultural, social and historical practices, traditions, knowledge and expressions deeply rooted in a community’s identity and collective memory. This theme advocates for a more comprehensive approach, recognizing preservation’s role in preserving cultural diversity and fostering senses of identity and continuity within communities.
CPI strives to develop themes, titles, and messaging that encourages discussion around contemporary theories and practical applications, without excluding ideas that may not be directly related to the theme. As a result, please feel free to submit more foundational preservation sessions beyond the specifics of the theme. CPI looks forward to hosting a conference that fosters meaningful conversations and connections within the industry.
Conference Recap Archive
2024 Saving Places
The 2024 Saving Places Conference focused on the preservation of our cultural heritage and ensure its enduring relevance for generations to come.
2023 Saving Places Conference
Saving Places 2023 celebrated the heart of preservation, the people, partners and funders making a difference in communities throughout Colorado.
2022 Saving Places Recap
“Perspectives in Preservation;” the overarching theme of bringing voices that have been lost, sidelined, or overlooked within the preservation community and beyond.
2021 Saving Places Recap
Saving Places® went virtual for 2021! The conference’s theme of Preservation in Action speaks to what many of us experienced in the wave of 2020 and its ripple effects.
Saving Places 2020
“A Focus on the Future” took a special look at different ways education impacts historic preservation, archaeology, planning, and associated fields.
2019 Saving Places Conference
A Call to Action. Every generation chooses what they save. How do individual communities deal with common issues?