I think the LAC conference was in Parma a year or so ago, well here's a documentary
(in Italiano) about the construction taking over the area:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Z3u7y-SN2O0
Weird. The scenes in this film look to me like Marin and Sonoma counties: generic office
parks lining the highways, with vineyards and cattle grazing off in the distance.
-ken