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Thursday APRIL 10 10AM
TALKING TRANSITION: ENGAGING CITIZEN VOICE IN TRANSITIONS IN URBAN GOVERNANCE Andrea Batista Schlesinger, Open Society Foundations Talking Transition is a new experiment in how to turn transitions in urban governance — moments that are typically elite, insular, and narrow—into opportunities for public debate and dialogue. On November 2013, New York City elected its first new mayor in 12 years. Five days later, the Talking Transition tent opened, a clear glass pop-up “open transition” headquarters where civil society organizations led two weeks of engaging conversations on the most important issues facing New Yorkers. At the same time, the Talking Transition field team spread out across the neighborhoods of the city, engaging almost 60,000 New Yorkers in a digital survey that provides the most insightful neighborhood-based reflections on the state of the city ever gathered.
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LESSONS FOR GLOBAL COASTAL COMMUNITIES IN AN ERA OF CLIMATE CHANGE: COMMUNITYBASED PLANNING AND REBUILDING AFTER HURRICANE SANDY Judd Schechtman, Rutgers University and New York University; Wilmer Patricio Cantos, New York University; Elham Azimi, New York University; Thomas G. Dallessio, New Jersey Institute of Technology This panel will discuss major questions regarding global lessons learned from the Sandy rebuilding process. Presentations will include progress on a study to evaluate the $25 million Community Reconstruction Zone program, evaluation of FEMA-mandated Hazard Mitigation Planning, and innovative community-design initiatives on the Jersey Shore. 12PM
MEDIA & DESIGN IN CITIES Anthony Smyrski, Next City This presentation explores media’s role in shaping the reality and perception of cities and the public sphere.
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INTERNATIONAL INNOVATION IN MUNICIPAL GOVERNANCE AND STRATEGIC PLANNING Stewart Sarkozy-Banoczy, Context Partners; Maria de Fatima Araújo, Coordinator of Sao Paulo MacroMetropolis Master Plan; Gerardo Ardila Calderón, Planning Secretary of Bogotá; Michael Gordon, Vancouver Join us for a followup discussion from the previous day’s Networking Event, featuring representatives from Brazil, Canada, the United States and Colombia, on how to engage citizens, innovate on strategic planning and capitalize on partnerships, networks and international exchange to change the way cities plan and grow. 3PM
CAMINOS DE LA PROSPERIDAD: INVESTING IN LOCAL AND REGIONAL INNOVATION AND COLLABORATION Stewart Sarkozy-Banoczy, Context Partners; Karin Sullivan, Office of Economic Policy, Western Hemisphere Affairs Bureau, U.S. Department of State; Aaron Spencer, 100 Resilient Cities