Friday October 30th, 2015
Conference: 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Evening Networking: 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
The annual conference has been approved for a total of 17.75 CM credits.
Individuals can earn up to 7 CM credits on the day.
8:00 - 8:45 RegistrationCoffee and light breakfast will be served8:45 - 9:00 Welcome Remarks9:00 - 9:30 Opening AddressJames Drinan, Executive Director, American Planning Association9:30 - 10:30 KeynoteHoward Zemsky, President, CEO, New York State Empire State Development Corporation |
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10:30 - 11:45 Plenary Panel |
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Diversity in the Planning Profession |
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Moderator: Jee Mee Kim, AICP, Principal, HR&A Advisors | |
Maria Torres Springer, President, New York City Economic Development Corporation | |
Purnima Kapur, Executive Director, New York City Department of City Planning | |
Maxine Griffith, AICP, Executive Vice President, Columbia University | |
12:00 - 1:00 Awards Lunch |
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1:15 - 2:30 Breakout Sessions |
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Hudson Valley Economic Development in the 21st Century |
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Moderator: Christopher Gomez, AICP, Planning Commissioner, City of White Plains | |
Ed Burroughs,AICP, Planning Commissioner, Westchester County | |
Dave Church, AICP, Planning Commissioner, Orange County | |
Eoin Wrafter, AICP, Planniing Commissioner, Dutchess County | |
Freda Eisenburg, AICP, Planning Commissioner, Sullivan County | |
Designing Engagement Tools for Small Business Resiliency |
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Moderator: Vanessa Monique Smith, AICP, Moderator, Director of Research & Outreach, 3x3 Design | |
Laetitia Wolff, Program Director for Civic Initiatives, American Institute of Graphic Arts/New York Chapter | |
Megan Marini, LEED, Director of Service Design, 3x3 Design | |
Jonathon Jackson, Partner & Creative Director, WSDIA/We Should Do It All | |
Bill Wilkins, Dir. of Economic Development, Local Development Corporation East New York | |
Improving the Implementation Tool Kit for Mega-Transportation Project |
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Moderator: Dr. Floyd Lapp. FAICP, Consultant Adjunct Urban Planning Professor, Columbia University | |
Sandy Hornick, Consultant, Former Deputy Executive Director for Strategic Planning, NYC Planning Department | |
Dr. Michael Horodniceanu, MTA Capital Construction President | |
Richard Roberts, Chief North East Corridor and Trans Hudson Project Development | |
Bill Wheeler, MTA Director of Planning and Special Projects | |
Parking Management Strategies to Support Livable Communities in the New York Metropolitan Region |
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Moderator: Eric Zamft, AICP, Project Manager, Town of Babylon Office of Downtown Revitalization | |
Larry McAuliffe, Former Sustainability Manager, New York Metropolitan Transportation Council | |
Gregory Del Rio, PE, Director, Transportation Engineering, RBA Group | |
Naomi Klein, Planning Director, Westchester County Department of Public Works and Transportation | |
Andy Freleng, AICP Chief Planner, Suffolk County | |
2:45 - 4:00 Breakout Sessions |
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Planning Law Update [UNTIL 4:15] |
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David Karnovsky, Partner, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, and Visiting Professor, Harvard Graduate School of Design | |
Mark Levine, Of Counsel, Akerman, and Adjunct Professor, NYU Wagner School of Public Policy | |
Wesley O’Brien, Associate, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson | |
Trans Hudson Crisis: Regional Growth & Economic Impact of Transit Infrastructure |
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Introduction: Dan Baer, AICP, National Planning Marketing Lead, Parsons Brinckerhoff | |
Moderator: Beth Zall, AICP, Transportation Planner, Parsons Brinckerhoff |
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Anthony Borelli, Edison Properties | |
Michael Lahr, Associate Director, Rutgers Economic Advisory Service (R/ECON) | |
Andrew Lynn, Director of Planning and Regional Development, Port Authority of NY & NJ | |
Rich Roberts, Chief, NEC Trans-Hudson Project, NJ TRANSIT | |
Planning the Open City |
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Moderator: Moses Gates, AICP, Pratt Institute, ANHD | |
Hon. Mark Levine, NYC Councilman for 7th District, Chair of Parks Committee, Upper West Side | |
Mitchell Silver, FAICP, Commissioner, NYC Parks Department | |
Naomi Herrson-Rinkskog, Executive Director, No Longer Empty | |
Michelle Young, Founder of UntappedCities.com, Adjunct Professor, Urban Planning and Preservation, Columbia University | |
Triple Bottom Line Based Business Cases |
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John Williams, RLA, CEO, Impact Infrastructure Columbia University, Faculty School of International & Public Affairs | |
Rick Cunningham, RA, F.SAME, Sustainability Solutions Market Development Executive, Autodesk, Inc | |
4:30 - 5:45 Breakout Sessions |
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Post Sandy Waterfront Planning in New York City |
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Moderator: Bonnie A. Harken, AIA, APA, former Co-Chair, Waterfront Committee, NY Metro Chapter, APA and President, Nautilus International Development Consulting, Inc. | |
Kate Dineen, Deputy Executive Director, New York State Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery | |
Carrie Grassi, Deputy Director for Planning, Mayor’s Office of Recovery and Resiliency, City of New York | |
Michael L. Marrella, AICP, Director, Waterfront and Open Space Division, New York City Department of City Planning | |
Stephen Whitehouse, RLA, AICP, LEED AP, Principal, Starr Whitehouse | |
Live Well Kingston Initiative - CDC Plan4Health Grant |
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Moderator: James Rausse, AICP, President, APA-NYM Chapter, Capital Projects Director, Bronx Borough President Office | |
Kristen E. Wilson, Senior Research Educator, Healthy Communities Program, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County (CCEUC) | |
Laurie Mozian, MS, RD, Project Coordinator, Health Alliance of Hudson Valley (HAHV) | |
Ethics in Planning Case of the Year [UNTIL 6:00] |
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Donald C. Burns, AICP, Past President APA-NYM, Senior Planner US DOT | |
Debbie Lawlor, AICP, AICP Region 1 Commissioner | |
Leveraging Transportation Infrastructure Investment to Revitalize the Public Realm |
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Moderator: Katie Theis, AICP, RLA, LEED, AP, Co-chair of APA-NYM Urban Design Committee, HNTB | |
Moderator: Christopher Riale, AICP, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Co-chair of APA-NYM Urban Design Committee | |
Skip Smallridge, Director of Urban Design, Crosby, Schlessinger & Smalllridge, LLC | |
Janet Campbell-Lorenc, AICP, Senior Director, NEC Business Development in Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor Infrastructure and Investment Development Department | |
Natalie Shieh, AICP, AMTRAK, Project Director for the Philadelphia 30th Street Station District Plan | |
Scott Hamwey, Manager of Long Range Planning, MassDOT | |
6:00 - 8:00 Cocktail Networking |