The Smart Growth Summit is fast approaching

Join us on Friday, November 16th
8:00am-4:00pm
Melville Marriott

Announcing the 2012 Smart Growth Summit workshops!

BREAKFAST PLENARY SESSION - 8:30AM - 9:45AM

FEATURED BREAKFAST SPEAKER

Kenneth Daly, National Grid

STATE OF THE TOWNS & VILLAGES

Hon. Kate Murray, Supervisor, Town of Hempstead
Hon. Jon Kaiman, Supervisor, Town of North Hempstead
Hon. Tom Croci, Supervisor, Town of Islip
Hon. Rich Schaffer, Supervisor, Town of Babylon
Hon. Frank Petrone, Supervisor, Town of Huntington
Hon. Sean Walter, Supervisor, Town of Riverhead
Hon. Scott Russell, Supervisor, Town of Southold
Hon. Paul Pontieri, Mayor, Village of Patchogue
Hon. Ralph Suozzi, Mayor, City of Glen Cove
Hon. Wayne Hall, Mayor, Village of Hempstead
Joye Brown, Newsday – moderator

SESSIONS #1 - 9:55AM - 11:05AM

EDUCATION & SMART GROWTH

Dr. Kenneth Bossert, Port Jefferson School District Supt.
Dr. Vincent Butera, Bayport - Blue Point School District Supt.
Dr. Roberta Gerold, Middle Country School District Supt.
Kimberly Reiser, Nassau Community College
M. Bernadette Garcia, Suffolk Community College
Bob Scheiner, H2M
Dr. Elana Zolfo, Dowling College – moderator

FUTURE OF CLEAN ENERGY ON LONG ISLAND

Richie Kessel
David Schieren, EmPower Solar
John Stapleton, National Grid
David Leno, Ruskin Moscou Faltischek – moderator

MANAGING MAIN STREET

Hon. Peter Cavallaro, Mayor, Village of Westbury
Hon. Jorge Martinez, Trustee, Village of Freeport
Bob Bontempi, Huntington Chamber of Commerce
Juan Vides, LI Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
John O’Connell, Long Island Herald – moderator

NEW FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

Denise Carter, Greenman-Pedersen
Heather Sporn, NYS DOT
Richard Panchyk, Hardesty & Hanover
Lavena Sipes, The Courtney Sipes Memorial Foundation
Will Stoner, AARP
Ryan Lynch, Tri-State Transportation Campaign
Alfonso Castillo, Newsday – moderator

SMART CODES: CASE EXAMPLES ON LONG ISLAND

Hon. Rich Schaffer, Supervisor, Town of Babylon
Hon. Wayne Hall, Mayor, Village of Hempstead
Donald Monti, Renaissance Downtowns
Dan Deegan, Forchelli Curto Deegan
Mark Wouters, CNU New York, moderator

TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT

Maria Rigopoulos, Mill Creek Residential Trust
Anthony Bartone, Bartone Properties
Tom Jost, Parsons Brinckerhoff
Bob Paley, MTA
Anthony Guardino, Farrell Fritz
Larry Rosenbloom, Zyscovich Architects – moderator

SESSIONS #2: 11:15AM - 12:30PM

THE CHANGING HOUSING MARKET

Steven Krieger, Engel Burman
Peter Florey, D&F Development
Mike Kelly, Riverwalk
Randy Kaplan, Long Island Board of Realtors
David Winzelberg, Long Island Business News – moderator

FINANCING SMART GROWTH

Anthony Manetta, Suffolk County IDA
Marianne Garvin, CDC of Long Island
Jose Ometeotl, Wildan Financial Services
Peter Waldt, Cushman Wakefield / DWH Strategic Advisors– moderator

THE NEEDS OF LONG ISLAND’S MAJOR EMPLOYERS

Kirk Kordeleski, Bethpage Federal Credit Union
Joe Moscola, North Shore LIJ
Gerry Stokes, Brookhaven National Lab
David Wolkoff, Heartland Business Center
Peter Goldsmith, LISTnet
Patrick Halpin – moderator

SMART SEWERING: OPPORTUNITIES FOR INFRASTRUCTURE

Peter Brindley, Posillico
Rick Cisterna, Natural Systems Utilities
Eliot Bloom, Law Offices of Eliot F. Bloom
John Durso, LI Federation of Labor
Adrienne Esposito, Citizens Campaign for the Environment
Peter Fleischer, Empire State Future – moderator

SUSTAINABILITY PLANNING

David Berg, Climate Smart Communities
Neal Lewis, Sustainability Institute at Molloy College
Fran Reid, Town of North Hempstead
Paul Beyer, NYS Smart Growth Cabinet
Elissa Ward-Kyle, Vision Long Island – moderator

YOUTH VISION FOR LONG ISLAND’S FUTURE

Local college students
Bob Brickman, Hofstra University
Josh Lafazan, Member, Syosset School Board
Dr. Nathalia Rogers, Dowling College

NETWORKING LUNCHEON: 12:30PM - 2:00PM

FEATURED LUNCHEON SPEAKERS

Hon. Ed Mangano, Nassau County Executive
Hon. Steve Bellone, Suffolk County Executive
Donald Monti, Renaissance Downtowns

SESSIONS #3: 2:00PM - 4:00PM

THE ARTS & DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION

Todd Berman, The Art Don’t Stop
Catherine Oberg, The Plaza Cinema & Media Arts Center
Rob Salvatico, Hotel Allegra / Hotel Indigo
Andrew Zucaro, Zucaro Construction/Westbury Theatre
Susan Gentile Hackett, Suffolk Theatre
Pat Snyder, East End Arts Council – moderator

CUTTING RED TAPE

Hon. Edward Ambrosino, Councilman, Town of Hempstead
Hon. Steve Flotteron, Councilman, Town of Islip
Hon. Connie Kepert, Councilwoman, Town of Brookhaven
Larry Kushnick, Kushnick Pallaci, PLLC
David Calone, Suffolk County Planning Commission
Peter Scully, NYS DEC
Keith Archer, Harras, Bloom & Archer
Richard Bivone, Long Island Business Council – moderator

DESIGNING MAIN STREET: PLACEMAKING SOLUTIONS

Hon. Jean Celender, Mayor, Village of Great Neck Plaza
David Schiff, VHB
Steve DiRaffaele, Nicolock
Bruce Migatz, Albanese & Albanese
Roy Smitheimer, Greater Port Washington BID
Alex Latham, ADL III Architecture – moderator

DEVELOPMENT OF FREIGHT RAIL

Bill Goetz, CSX
Eric Jakubowski, New York and Atlantic Railway
Mitch Pally, MTA
Laura Schabe, Port Authority of NY & NJ
Chris Kempner, Town of Riverhead
Pamela Mann, GoRail – moderator

LESSONS OFF LONG ISLAND

Hon. Mark Nickita, Mayor, City of Birmingham, MI
Ali Adelman, Wendel Companies
Todd Harvey, Beatty Harvey Coco
Roger Wood, Duany Plater-Zyberk
Bill Fulton, Smart Growth America, moderator

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