2017
Urbanism
Summit
March 30-31
Thursday & Friday
Bringing New Urbanism to Scale: New England
The Urbanism Summit features the best of what is happening to create thriving places in New England. The conference brings together urbanists of all backgrounds for a full day of regionally-focused idea-sharing, storytelling and collaboration.
District Hall
Boston's Home for Innovation
75 Northern Avenue
Boston, MA 02210
Speakers
Subject to change
Robin Chase
Author, "Peers Inc: How People and Platforms are Inventing the Collaborative Economy and Reinventing Capitalism"
She is co-founder and former CEO of Zipcar, the largest carsharing company in the world; Buzzcar, a peer to peer carsharing service in France; and GoLoco, an online ridesharing community. She is also co-founder of Veniam, a vehicle communications company building the networking fabric for the Internet of Moving Things.
Sheila A. Dillon
Cabinet Chief of Housing and Director of Neighborhood Development, City of Boston
As a member of Mayor Martin J. Walsh’s Cabinet, Chief Dillion acts as advisor to Mayor Walsh on housing issues in the City, including the execution of the Walsh Administration’s housing plan Housing a Changing City: Boston 2030, and its Action Plan to End Veteran and Chronic Homelessness in Boston 2015-2018. She oversees the management of the Boston Home Center, the Neighborhood Housing Development team, the Real Estate Management and Sales team, and spearheads the City’s efforts around housing Boston’s homeless.
Scott Bernstein
Founder and Chief Strategy + Innovation Officer, Center For Neighborhood Technology
Scott leads CNT’s work to understand and better disclose the economic value of resource use in urban communities, and helps craft strategies to capture the value of this efficiency productively and locally. CNT is a signer of the Charter of the New Urbanism and Scott is a member of the Urban History Association, which includes urbanists old and new.
Elizabeth Christoforetti
Principal and Design Lead,
Supernormal
Cambridge, MA
Federico Parolotto
Partner, Mobility in Chain
Milan / NYC / Moscow
Corey Zehngebot,
AIA, AICP
Senior Urban Designer & Architect,
Boston Planning & Development Agency
Kent Schwendy
President/CEO, Corporation for Independent Living
Hartford, CT
Russell Preston
Principal and Founder, Principle Group
Boston, MA
John DiGiovanni
President, Trinity Property Management
President, Harvard Square Business Association
Cambridge, MA
Adi Nochur
Project Manager, WalkBoston
Boston, MA
George Proakis
Chief of Planning and Development, City of Somerville
Somerville, MA
Stacy Thompson
Executive Director, Livable Streets Alliance
Cambridge, MA
Matthew Lawlor, Esq.
Board Member, CNU New England
Attorney, Robinson & Cole
Boston, MA
Doug Foy
Board Member, CNU New England
President, Serrafix
Boston, MA
Jonathan Ford
Board Member, CNU New England
Civil Engineer, Horsley Witten Group
Providence, RI
Craig Miskovich, Esq.
Principal, M&S Development
Brattleboro, VT
Anne Tate
Professor of Architecture, RISD
Providence, RI
Allen Penniman
Principal Planner, City of Providence
Providence, RI
Leah Bamberger
Director of Sustainability, City of Providence
Providence, RI
Stephanie Zurek
Associate, Union Studio Architecture & Community Design
Providence, RI
Dan Bartman
Senior Planner, City of Somerville
Somerville, MA
Ann Sussman
Architect, Researcher, Author
Author of 'Cognitive Architecture'
Larisa Ortiz
Principal, Larisa Ortiz Associates
Jackson Heights, NY
John Pugh
Founder, Pugh Management
Boston, MA
Phil Langdon
Author of 'Within Walking Distance: Creating Livable Communities for All"
Tiffany Cogell
Staff, The Boston Project
Boston, MA
John Howe
Founder and President, Old Hill Partners
Darien, CT
Lisa Jacobson
Program Officer, Barr Foundation
Boston, MA
Will Cohen
Urban Planner, Supernormal
Cambridge, MA
James Freas
Deputy Director of Planning & Development, City of Newton MA
Schedule
THURSDAY
All events in Harvard Square
2:00 - 4:30
Mobile Workshop: The Changing Dynamics of Retail of Harvard Square
John DiGiovanni, Trinity Property Management / Harvard Square Business Association
John DiGiovanni and Denise Jillson, with over thirty years of collective experience leading both the Harvard Square Business Association, will show examples of design features that are key to a flourishing business district. Hear surprising insights about design and policy decisions that can unknowingly undermine those businesses, how advances in technology and transportation are changing retail as we know it today, and much more.
Thursday 3/30, 2:00 PM @ Harvard Square. Location details will be provided to registered participants.
5:00 - 8:00
Pre-Summit Kickoff Party & Opening Keynote
Robin Chase, author "Peers Inc: How People and Platforms are Innovating the Collaborative Economy and Reinventing Capitalism"
FRIDAY
All events at District Hall
75 Northern Avenue, Boston, MA
Registration Opens
8:00
9:00 - 9:50
Welcome
Opening Plenary: Expanding Our Community of Practice
Part 1: Expanding Best Practices
10:05 - 11:05
1A: Big Data: Seeing Through the Numbers
Lisa Jacobson Moderator, Barr Foundation
Federico Parolotto, Mobility in Chain
Elizabeth Christoferretti, Supernormal
Will Cohen, Supernormal
11:15 - 12:15
2A: Building Successful Retail in a Changing Landscape
John Pugh Moderator, Pugh Management
John DiGiovanni, Trinity Property Management / Harvard Square Business Association
Larisa Ortiz, Larisa Ortiz Associates
1B: Keeping Great Plans Off the Shelf: Working with Elected and Appointed Municipal Boards
Peter Friedrichs Moderator, City of Central Falls
Allen Penniman, City of Providence
Corey Zehngebot, City of Boston
2B: Equitable Transportation: Improving Mobility Without Moving People Out
Matt Lawlor Moderator, Robinson + Cole
Stacy Thompson, Livable Streets
Adi Nochur, WalkBoston
Tiffany Cogell, Boston Ministries
12:15 - 1:30
Lunch In The Neighborhood
Part 2: Expanding Our Community
1:30 - 2:30
3A: Financing Urbanist Development: Finding the Money to Build Outside the Box
Kent Schwendy Moderator, Corporation for Independent Living
Craig Miscovitz, M&S Development
John Howe, Old Hill Partners
2:40 - 3:40
4A: Designing with Human Behavior in Mind: Book Session
Anthony Flint Moderator, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Phil Langdon, Author of "Within Walking Distance: Creating Livable Communities for All"
Anne Sussman, Author of "Cognitive Architecture: Designing for How We Respond to the Built Environment"
3B: Zoning for the 21st Century
James Freas Moderator, City of Newton MA
Russell Preston, Principle Group
Dan Bartman, City of Somerville
4B: Climate & Resiliency: Local Perspectives for a Global Challenge
John Ford Moderator, Horsley Witten Group
Anne Tate, RISD
Stephanie Zurek, Union Studio
Leah Bamberger, City of Providence
3:50 - 5:15
Closing Plenary
Doug Foy Moderator, Serrafix
Sheila A. Dillon, Cabinet Chief of Housing and Director of Neighborhood Development, City of Boston
Scott Bernstein, Founder and Chief Strategy + Innovation Officer, Center For Neighborhood Technology
5:30
Closing Reception @ Gather
Registration
Sponsors
Our success depends on a community of practitioners that are committed to building great places. Their support and participation helps our network grow stronger and more effective each year.
SUSTAINER: $5000
BUILDER: $2500
ADVOCATE: $1000
FRIEND: $500
Partners and Advocates
Many thanks to our sponsors for making CNU New England's programming possible.
Venue
All Friday Events:
District Hall
Boston's Home for Innovation
75 Northern Avenue
Boston, MA 02210
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