8:30 am

Arrival | Registration | Coffee
9:00 am

Introduction

Adèle Naudé Santos FAIA, Dean, MIT Department of Architecture
Hon. Denise Simmons, Mayor of Cambridge*
Patrick Dolberg, President and CEO, Holcim US

Keynote Address

Nicky Gavron, Deputy Mayor of London, 2004-2008
10:00 am

Break
10:30 am

Session I: LOW IMPACT HIGH ENERGY CITIES

Moderator

John E. Fernandez, Associate Professor of Building Technology, MIT, Cambridge

Distributed Energy

Philip Jessup, Director, Toronto Atmospheric Fund, Toronto

Chicago Energy

Joyce Coffee, Director of Project Development Research and Policy, Chicago’s Department of the Environment

New York Energy

Ariella Maron, Deputy Director, New York City Mayor’s Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability
12:30 pm

Lunch
1:30 pm

Session II: 10 Slides | 10 Minutes
Six ten-minute presentations by innovators in the field, followed by discussion.

Moderator

Andrew Blum, contributing editor to Metropolis and Wired magazines, New York
3:00 pm

Break
3:30 pm

Session III: LOW IMPACT HIGH MOBILITY CITIES

Moderator

Robin Chase, Founder and CEO, GoLoco

Smart Cities

Bill Mitchell, Director, MIT Design Laboratory, Cambridge

Mobility Technologies

Trent Lethco, Principal, Senior Planner, Arup, New York

Mobility, Energy, Waste

Keith Collins, Senior Policy Advisor to Manitoba Government on Climate Change and Clean Energy Development, Winnipeg
5:30 pm

Break
6:15 pm

Session IV: TRANSLATION & IMPLEMENTATION
Political leaders, advocators and administrators discuss ways in which programs and projects can be translated into the US and New England context.

Moderator

Jay Wickersham, Partner, Noble and Wickersham LLP, Boston
James W. Hunt, Chief of Environmental and Energy Services, City of Boston
James Gordon, President, Cape Wind Associates, Boston

Registration required:

Yes

Free:

No