Agenda

2012 UIC Urban Forum

"Metropolitan Resilience in a Time of Economic Turmoil"

Thursday, December 6, 2012

Location: UIC Forum

Time	Event	Speaker
8:45–9:00 AM	Welcoming Remarks	Paula Allen-Meares, Chancellor, University of Illinois at Chicago Chris Kennedy, Board of Trustees, University of Illinois
9:00–10:20 AM	Chicago Metropolitan Resilience: Redefining the new normal	Cristal Thomas, Deputy Governor of Illinois Steve Koch, Deputy Mayor, City of Chicago Neil Khare, Deputy Chief of Staff to the President of the Cook County Board Moderated by Niala Boodhoo, WBEZ
10:20–11:30 AM	Emerging from the Great Recession: How cities respond and thrive during challenging economic times	The Honorable Michael Coleman, Mayor of Columbus The Honorable Betsy Fretwell, City Manager of Las Vegas The Honorable Luke Ravenstahl, Mayor of Pittsburgh Moderated by Natalie Moore, WBEZ
11:30 AM–12:00 PM	Box lunch
12:00–1:15 PM	Discussion #1: Making Government Efficient: How can cities collaborate while competing in the new economy?	MarySue Barrett, President, Metropolitan Planning Council Rebecca Hendrick, Associate Professor, Department of Public Administration, University of Illinois at Chicago Annette Steinacker, Associate Professor and Director, Masters of Urban Affairs and Public Policy Program, Department of Political Science, Loyola University Richard Feiock, Augustus B. Turnbull Professor, Askew School of Public Administration and Policy, The Florida State University* Moderated by Randy Blankenhorn, Executive Director, Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning
12:00–1:15 PM	Discussion #2: Economic Growth: Can proven strategies of urban development be made new?	Teresa Córdova, Director, The Great Cities Institute, University of Illinois at Chicago The Honorable Karen Freeman-Wilson, Mayor of Gary Geoffrey Hewings, Professor, Director, Regional Economic Applications Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Rachel Weber, Associate Professor of Urban Planning and Policy, Associate Director for Research and Program Development, Great Cities Institute, University of Illinois at Chicago Raphael Bostic, Former Assistant Secretary for Policy, Development and Research, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; Judith and John Bedrosian Chair in Governance and the Public Enterprise, Sol Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California* Moderated by Lance Pressl, Senior Policy Fellow, Institute for Work and the Economy
1:15–1:30 PM	Break
1:30–2:45 PM	Discussion #3: Health, Safety and Welfare: Can the social safety net hold?	Rachel Gordon, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Illinois at Chicago Julia Stasch, Vice President, U.S. Programs, MacArthur Foundation Nik Theodore, Associate Professor of Urban Planning and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago Margaret Weir, Professor of Sociology and Political Science, University of California, Berkeley; Nonresident Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution* Moderated by Terry Mazany, President and CEO, The Chicago Community Trust
1:30–2:45 PM	Discussion #4: Paying for Past Decisions: How will pension and infrastructure expenditures affect economic recovery?	Phil Ashton, Associate Professor of Urban Planning and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago Forrest Claypool, President, Chicago Transit Authority David Merriman, Professor and Associate Director, The Institute of Government and Public Affairs; Professor, Department of Public Administration, College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, University of Illinois at Chicago Richard Nathan, Former Director, The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government, The State University of New York* Moderated by Laurence Msall, President, The Civic Federation
2:45–3:00 PM	Refreshment break
3:00–3:45 PM	MAP-21 and What's Next for Urban Transportation Funding	A Conversation with U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, MAP-21 and What's Next for Urban Transportation Funding Discussion facilitated by Steve Schlickman Executive Director, UIC Urban Transportation Center

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