About the Regional Assembly

RPA's annual Regional Assembly is New York's premier public policy event, bringing together several hundred top business, civic, philanthropic, media and government leaders from across the metropolitan region. Each year the Assembly focuses on a priority issue. In the wake of the financial crisis, the 2009 Assembly "America 2050: Building the Next Economy" took on a national emphasis with an in-depth look at what went wrong and what we could do to rebuild our economy with smarter investments.

In 2010, as the nation emerges from recession, we look to the future and consider Innovation and the American Metropolis. How can new approaches to the design and management of cities and region improve quality of life and economic competitiveness, and what will be the impact of emerging trends in technology and data? Innovation takes many forms, and the Assembly will reflect this dynamism, creating forums for sharing ideas and developing partnerships that will have regional- and nationwide implications.

Past Assemblies

2009 - America 2050: Building the Next Economy
Chair: Christopher O. Ward, Executive Director, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Speakers: Hon. Edward G. Rendell, Governor of the State of Pennsylvania
Hon. David A. Paterson, Governor of the State of New York
Mark Zandi, Chief Economist and Co-Founder, Moody's Economy.com

2008 - Oil and Water: Adapting to Scarcity
Chair: Judith Rodin, President, The Rockefeller Foundation
Speakers: Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, U.S. House of Representatives
Hon. David Paterson, Governor, State of New York
Hon. Earl Blumenauer, U.S. House of Representatives (D-OR)

2007 - A Bright and Green Future: Climate Change, Energy Security and Growth for the Tri-State Metropolitan Region
Chair: Theodore Roosevelt IV, Chairman Council on Climate Change, Lehman Brothers
Speakers: The Honorable Michael R. Bloomberg, Mayor, New York City
Gary D. Rose, Chief, Office of Economic Growth, Office of the Governor of the State of New Jersey

2006 - Come What May: Planning in an Age of Disaster
Chair: Peter W. Herman, Partner, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP
Speakers: The Honorable Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General, New York State
Robert R. Kiley, Transportation Consultant, Former Commissioner and Chair, Transport for London

2005 - Beyond Red and Blue: The Tri-State Region in a Changing National Context
Chair: Michael J. Critelli, Chairman and CEO, Pitney Bowes
Speakers: Bruce Katz, Vice President and Director, Metropolitan Policy Program, The Brookings Institution, The Honorable Christopher Shays (R-CT), United States House of Representatives

2004 - Make No Small Plans: The Far West Side and its Impact on the Region

2003 - Shaping the Region for the 21st Century

2001 - Re-engineering the Region's Centers

2000 - The Tri-State Region: World Capital for the New Millennium

1999 - Bringing Smart Growth to the Tri-State Region

1998 - Creating the Capacity for Growth

1997 - The Road to Recovery

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