The 7th Annual Smart Growth Summit
Schedule Announced

Thursday, November 13th, 2008
8:00am to 3:00pm
at the Melville Marriott

Please join us for the 2008 Smart Growth Summit. This event represents the culmination of the six previous Summits.  Its format is being enhanced to include improved interaction and profiles of best practices in Smart Growth and land use planning.   For those of you who have attended in the past- you know the inherent value of this event; for folks who have not yet participated- you will not be disappointed. 

The 2008 Smart Growth Summit will focus on an array of workshops that are focused on current Smart Growth projects and emerging policies.  Last year, we had over 700 Long Island leaders as it was literally a "who’s who" of land use and transportation planning for the region.  This year we will have the leaders of the various Towns and Villages as well as a particular focus on State policies that can enable or inhibit Smart Growth planning.  In this difficult market it is necessary to stay on the cutting edge, share experiences as to what is working as well as set goals as to where we need to go as a movement. 

Workshops include:  Affordable Housing in a Changing Market, Global Warming & Clean Energy, Sewers and Infrastructure, Downtown Revitalization, Transit Oriented Development, Taming the Big Box, Regional Planning, and Changing Demographics. Technical Worksessions include: Light Imprint Urbanism, Visioning to Implementation, Land Use, and Transportation Coordination.   In addition, by invitation only, there will be the second annual civic summit and a youth summit that will both be focused on how Long Island can better plan to meet its goals.  Plenary sessions in the morning will focus on Town and Village leadership while the luncheon session will focus on New York State policies, regulations, and legislation.

Schedule Announced

7:45-8:15    REGISTRATION

8:15-9:45    MORNING PLENARY:

“STATE OF THE TOWNS & VILLAGES”
Ron Stein & Eric Alexander: “Smart Growth Agenda for Long Island”
Hon. Phil Cardinale, Supervisor, Town of Riverhead
Hon. Phil Nolan, Supervisor, Town of Islip
Hon. Steve Bellone, Supervisor, Town of Babylon
Hon. Jon Kaiman, Supervisor, Town of North Hempstead
Hon. John Venditto, Supervisor, Town of Oyster Bay
Hon. Brian Foley, Supervisor, Town of Brookhaven *
Hon. Kate Murray, Supervisor, Town of Hempstead *
Warren Tackenberg, Nassau Village Officials Association
Josh Horton, Suffolk Village Officials Association
Joye Brown, Newsday, Moderator

9:55-11:05  WORKSHOPS I

Affordable Housing in a Changing Market
Shuprotim Bhaumik, Economic Research Associates
Roger Clayman, Long Island Federation of Labor
Peter Elkowitz, LI Housing Partnership,
Marcelle Fischler, New York Times, Moderator

Global Warming & Clean Energy on Long Island     
John Waffenschmidt, Covanta Energy
Gordian Raacke, Renewable Energy LI
Hon. Marc Alessi, Assembly, NYS
Adrian Tuluca, Viridian
Beth Fiteni, Neighborhood Network, Moderator

Sewers & Infrastructure
Hon. Kate Browning, Legislator, Suffolk County
Ron Lupski, Save the Forge River
Marc Herbst, LI Contractors Association*
Mike Kelly, Pulte Homes
Bob Scheiner, H2M Group, Moderator

Downtown Revitalization
Dan Deegan, Forchelli Curto Deegan
Andrea Lohneiss, Empire State Development, NYS
Jim Constantine, Looney Ricks Kiss
Dan Livingston, Livingston Development Group
Tom Pellicane, Canvas Magazine, Moderator

Developments of Regional Significance - Suffolk
Gerry Wolkoff, Heartland
Gene Murphy, Town of Islip
William Mannix, Town of Islip
David Winzelberg, LI Business News, Moderator

11:10-12:20  WORKSHOPS II

Transportation - Transit Oriented Development
Ernest Tollerson, MTA
James McAllister, AKRF
John Burke, Vintage Group
Drew Martin, Rocky Point Civic Association
John McNally, Rauch Foundation, Moderator

Taming the Big Box
Raul Cotilla, Loews
Ed Glackin, King Kullen Grocery Co.
Paul Elliot, Prudential Long Island Commercial
Carol Meschkow, Concerned Citizens of Plainview Old Bethpage
Bruce Migatz, Albanese and Albanese, Moderator
 
Changing Demographics: Diversity on Long Island
Hon. Rick Montano, Legislator, Suffolk County
David Lee, Korean American Outreach Committee
Mohinder Taneja, Nassau County Office of Minority Affairs
Jorge Martinez, LI Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Tawaun Whitty. Gordon Heights Civic Association, Moderator

Developments of Regional Significance –  Nassau
Scott Rechler, RexCorp – Glen Cove/Lighthouse
Hon. Ralph Suozzi, Mayor, City of Glen Cove
Richard Bivone, Nassau Council of Chambers of Commerce, Moderator

Long Island 2035/LI Sustainability Plan
Gerry Bogaz, NYMTC
Diana Coleman, EOC of Nassau County
Sarah Lansdale, Sustainable Long Island
Michael White, Long Island Regional Planning Council
Ron Stein, Vision Long Island, Moderator

12:30-1:45  LUNCHEON

Hon. Tom Suozzi, County Executive, Nassau
Jim Constantine, Looney Ricks Kiss

Panel: Smart Growth in New York State
Paul Beyer, NYS Director of Smart Growth
Peter Scully, NYS DEC
Karen Rae, NYS DOT*
Peter Fleischer, Empire State Future
John Kominicki, LI Business News, Moderator

1:50-3:00  TECHNICAL SESSIONS

Light Imprint Urbanism, Sustainability
Sal Coco, Beatty Harvey & Associates
Alex Latham, ADLIII Architecture

Visioning to Implementation: Getting it Done
Hon. Jack Martins, Mayor, Village of Mineola
Hon. Allan Dorman, Mayor, Village of Islandia
Brenda Prusinowski, Town of Brookhaven
Janice Scherer, Town of Southampton

Land Use & Transportation Coordination
Heather Sporn, NYS DOT
Kate Slevin, Tri-State Transportation Campaign
Bob Eschbacher, VHB Eschbacher
Larry Rosenbloom, AECOM

Youth Summit – (Coordinated by Dowling College) by invitation only

Civic Summit – by invitation only

*invited

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