Intelligent Cities Forum Agenda

7:00 – 8:00 am
Registration, refreshments

8:00 – 8:05 am
Welcoming Remarks

• Chase W. Rynd, president and executive director, National Building Museum

8:05 – 9:30 am
Keynote Conversation: What Makes an Intelligent City?
Representatives from the Administration, technological innovators, and philanthropic leaders discuss our national priorities for creating today’s intelligent cities and explore how data and information technology can help create more sustainable communities.

• Anne K. Altman, general manager, Global Public Sector, IBM Corporation
• Dr. Xavier de Souza Briggs, associate director for General Government Programs, Office of Management and Budget, the White House
• Michelle Moore, Federal Environmental Executive, the White House
• Susan Piedmont-Palladino, curator, National Building Museum
• Judith Rodin, president, Rockefeller Foundation  
• Richard Stengel, managing editor, TIME (moderator)

9:30 – 10:30 am
The City as a Lab
What are the lessons to be learned in thinking about the city as a sum greater than its individual parts? Panelists will share innovative work from across the United States that is changing the way our cities look, feel, and function.  

• Mark Cleverley, director of strategy, Global Government Industry, IBM Corporation
• Nick Grossman, director of civic works, Open Plans
• Dustin Haisler, director of government innovation, Spigit, and former CIO, Manor, Texas
• Greg Lindsay, journalist and author of Aerotroplis: The Way We’ll Live Next (moderator)

10:30 – 11:00 am
Break and refreshments

11:00 – 11:30 am
Thought Vignette: Democracy and Inclusion in the Intelligent Cities
Is data the new currency for political participation? Can we prevent slums in the data-rich intelligent city? This provocative presentation will present three disruptive ideas that will help the intelligent city to also become a fair and just city.

• Ceasar McDowell, professor of the Practice of Community Development, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Regionally Thinking: Transportation, Affordability, and Equity 
Critical issues such as transportation, affordable housing, and the economy can only be managed intelligently at a regional level. Panelists will discuss hidden regional dependencies, the importance of addressing challenges from a trans-disciplinary lens and suggest the most important transformational investments we can make for our cities.

• Scott Bernstein, president and founder, Center for Neighborhood Technology
• Benjamin de la Peña, associate director, Urban Development, The Rockefeller Foundation (moderator)
• Robert Puentes, senior fellow, Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program
• Carolyn Young, executive director, Communications and Technology, Oregon’s TriMet transportation agency

12:30 – 2:00 pm
Networking Lunch

2:00 – 3:00 pm
Imagining a Healthier City
The thoughtful use of data, technology, and planning encourages the design of walkable, bikeable, and healthier neighborhoods. This panel will describe the challenges facing municipalities and solutions for a healthier future.

• Dr. Howard Frumkin, dean, School of Public Health, University of Washington (moderator)
• Christine Green, strategic partnership manager, National Complete Streets Coalition and former public health planner for Columbus, Ohio
• Patrick L. Kinney, professor of environmental health sciences and director of the Columbia Climate and Heath Program, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
• William Lucy, professor of Urban and Environmental Planning, University of Virginia

3:00 – 3:30 pm
Break and refreshments

3:30 – 4:00 pm
Thought Vignette: Community and Social Interaction in the Wireless City
The wired world is changing the way we share ideas and behave in our cities. Engage in a sociological and cultural examination of where communications meets the built environment.

• Keith N. Hampton, assistant professor, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania

4:00 – 5:00 pm
Designing a Collaborative Built Environment
What are the tools that enable architects, urban planners, landscape architects, and engineers to break down silos and tackle the issues that cities face collaboratively? Panelists discuss how members of the design profession can take a leadership role in these conversations while engaging the public.

• Maurice Cox, past mayor of Charlottesville, Virginia and former director of design at the National Endowment for the Arts
• Julie Eizenberg, Architect, Koning Eizenberg
• Nicholas de Monchaux, architect, urbanist, writer, and assistant professor of Architecture & Urban Design at University of California, Berkeley
• Bill Saporito, assistant managing editor, TIME (moderator)
• Laura Solano, principal, Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Inc., Landscape Architects

5:00 – 5:45 pm
Town Hall Meeting
A panel of municipal leaders discuss how we can collectively build intelligent cities.

• Martin Chavez, past mayor of Albuquerque, New Mexico and executive director, ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability - USA
• Michael Duffy, Washington bureau chief, TIME (moderator)
• William Millar, president, the American Public Transportation Association
• Mitchell Silver, president, the American Planning Association and director of planning, Raleigh, North Carolina 

5:45 – 6:00 pm
Closing Remarks

• Chase W. Rynd, president and executive director, National Building Museum

6:00 – 7:00 pm
Desiging Tomorrow: America’s World’s Fairs of the 1930s exhibition and the Museum Shop remain open until 7:00 pm.