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8:00 – 8:30 Breakfast & Registration
8:30 – 11:15 Morning Program
Welcome
Thomas K. Wright, Executive Director, Regional Plan Association
Plenary
Moderator: Rohit Aggarwala, Special Advisor to the Chair, C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group
Susan Chapman, Senior Vice President, Global Real Estate and Workplace Enablement, American Express
Bjarke Ingels, Partner, Bjarke Ingels Group
Michael Littlejohn, Vice President, IBM Smarter Cities
The Honorable Robert K. Steel, Deputy Mayor for Economic Development, City of New York
Welcome
Robert D. Yaro, President, Regional Plan Association
Plenary
Moderator: Marilyn J. Taylor, Dean, University of Pennsylvania School of Design
Anthony R. Coscia, Partner, Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf, and Member, Amtrak Board of Directors
Joseph J. Lhota, Chairman & CEO, New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Janette Sadik-Khan, Commissioner, New York City Department of Transportation
Anthony E. Shorris, Senior Vice President, Vice Dean and Chief of Staff, NYU Langone Medical Center
James S. Simpson, Commissioner, New Jersey Department of Transportation
Keynote Address
The Honorable Michael R. Bloomberg, Mayor, City of New York
11:15 – 12:30 Morning Breakout Sessions
Economic Development: Universities and the Future of Cities
Energy: Creating Resilient Cities
Global View: Transit in Other World Cities
Real Estate: Building Great in Tough Times
Building Around Rail: Lessons From London
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12:30 – 2:30 Luncheon Program
Presentation of RPA’s Lifetime Leadership Award
Christopher J. Daggett, President & CEO, Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation
Elliot G. Sander, Board Chair, RPA, President & CEO HAKS Group, Inc.
Robert D. Yaro, President, Regional Plan Association
RPA’s Lifetime Leadership Award
Presented to The Hon. James J. Florio, former governor of the state of New Jersey
for his extraordinary record of public service; including 15 years in the U.S. congress, a term as governor of the state of New Jersey, and four years chairing the New Jersey Pinelands Commission. Since 1998 he has also been Vice Chairman of RPA’s Board of Directors and Co-Chairman of RPA’s New Jersey Committee.
Sponsor’s Address
Roland Busch, Member of the Managing Board, Siemens, and CEO, Sector Infrastructure & Cities
Luncheon Keynote
Abha Joshi-Ghani, Head of Global Urban Development Practice, World Bank
2:30 – 3:45 Afternoon Breakout Sessions
Planning for 2050: Are We Building the Right Housing?
Streets: Cars vs. Bicycles: Can They Learn to Live Together?
Where’s the Money?: Strategies to Fund Transportation in the 21st Century
World Cities: Best Practices for Urban Development
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4:00 – 5:00 Cocktail Reception
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