NC State University College of Design
Raleigh Department of City Planning/Urban Design Center
NC State Foundation

7th Annual Urban Design Forum
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Raleigh Convention Center
2 East South Street
8 am to 5:00 pm

Moderated by Paul F. Morris, FASLA, Greenleaf Strategies, LLC

7:45 am Registration Check-In, buffet continental breakfast

8:30 am Welcome and introductions by Dean Marvin J. Malecha, FAIA

8:45 am Presentation by Shelley Poticha, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Sustainable Communities: The New Federal Role

9:45 am Networking Break/poster session

10:00 am Presentation by Jim Heid, UrbanGreen
Resilient Cities and The New Normal: Can We Get it Right This Time?

11:00 am Presentation by Alexandros Washburn, New York City Department of Planning
3 Civic Virtues for Sustainable Urban Growth

12:00 Lunch Buffet

12:45 pm Presentation by Tom Dunbar, Center for Resilient Cities
"Imagining the New": Applied Resilience Planning in the Urban Context

1:45 pm Presentation by McDuffie (Mac) Nichols, Economics at AECOM
Session title TBA

2:45 pm Networking Break

3:00 pm Presentaton by Maurice Cox, School of Architecture, University of Virginia
Creating Resilient Cities: The Politics, Policies and Players

4:00pm Media Panel: Tomorrow's Headline?
What will be tomorrow's headline? Will the policies and strategies discussed today "make" the headlines in the near future? Media panelists will explore how these issues affect communities and constituencies and will interview speakers and participants throughout the day to offer perspectives on presented topics.

Panelists:
David Bracken, The News & Observer
Bob Geary, The Independent
Leoneda Inge, North Carolina Public Radio
Mary Newsom, The Charlotte Observer

4:45pm Conclusions/Closing remarks

5:00pm Adjourn

Immediately following the conference:
Reception for conference participants at the Raleigh's Department of City Planning Urban Design Center, 133 Fayetteville Street (within walking distance of the Raleigh Convention Center).