Thursday, November 6

Morning Program

• Boston Case Study
  • Overview
  • Part OneMaking Collaboration Work
    • Curtis Johnson, Citistates Group (Moderator)
    • Marc Draisen, Director, Boston Metropolitan Area Planning Council
    • Stephen Burrington, Commonwealth Development
    • Vineet K. Gupta, Boston Transportation Department
      
      
  • Part TwoCollaborating on Smart Growth: The Boston Experience
    • Curtis Davis, Landscape Architect (Moderator)
    • Larissa Brown, Massachusetts Smart Growth Alliance
    • Richard C. Howard, Mayor, City of Malden
    • Charlotte Kahn, Boston Foundation Indicators Project, The Boston Foundation
  • Notes
  • Additional Materials
    • "Connecting the Region and Its People: Civic Leadership in Greater Boston"
    • Massachusetts Smart Growth Alliance Brochure
      
      

Luncheon Program

• Higher Education and Regional Stewardship
  • Overview
    • Richard M. Freeland, President, Northeastern University
    • Richard L. Pattenaude, President, University of Southern Maine
  • Notes
    
    

Afternoon Program

• Concurrent Interactive Workshops
  • Option A: Tools for Planning
  • Overview
    • Charles Wheelan, Chicago Metropolis 2020 (Moderator)
    • Cynthia Parker, Interaction Institute for Social Change
    • Ken Snyder, PlaceMatters.Com
    • Anne Udall, The Region Speaks, Lee Institute
  • Notes
    
    
  • Option B: Engaging Business Leadership in the Regional Development Agenda
  • Overview
    • George Vradenburg, AOL Time Warner Inc. (Moderator)
    • Erin Flynn, MetroBusinessNet
    • Ann Lang, CEOs for Cities
  • Notes
  • Additional Materials
    • "It Takes a Region to Build a New Economy"
    • "Regional Prepredness and Recovery"
    • "A Region Responds to Hurricane Isabel"
    • "Building Nonprofit Sector Capacity for Emergency Preparedness in Greater Washington"
    • "Nonprofits Key to Emergency Preparedness"
    • "A Blueprint for Regional Preparedness by Nonprofits"
      
      
  • Option C: University-Community Partnerships
  • Overview
    • Travis Reindl, American Association of State Colleges and Universities (Moderator)
    • Charles McCrea, C McCrea Associates; Environmental Careers Organization
    • Charles Euchner, Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston, Harvard University
    • John Schneider, MassINC
  • Notes

Friday, November 7

Morning Program

• ARS Update
  • Overview
    • John Parr, President and CEO, Alliance for Regional Stewardship
  • Notes

• ARS New Monograph Workshops
• Overview
  • Metropolitan Regional Grantmaking
    • Nancy Douzinas, Rauch Foundation (Moderator)
    • Nick Bollman, California Center for Regional Leadership
    • Ben Starrett, Funders Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities
  • Notes
    
    
  • Inclusive Stewardship
    • James Gibson, PolicyLink (Moderator)
    • John Melville, Collaborative Economics
    • Notes

• Concurrent Workshops and ARS Group Meetings
• Overview
  • Principles of Pragmatic Regionalism
  • Overview
    • Discussion moderated by Scott Fosler, University of Maryland at College Park
  • Notes
  • Additional Materials
    • Principles of Regional Stewardship
      
      
  • Regional Indicators
  • Overview
    • Discussion moderated by Allan Wallis, Catanese Center for Urban and Environmental Solutions, Florida Atlantic University/Florida International University
  • Notes
  • Additional Materials
    • "Telling Our Story, Measuring our Progress: California's Regional Quality of Life Indicator Projects"

Luncheon Program

• Multi-Sector Initiatives
  • Overview
    • Neal Peirce (Moderator)
    • Robert Grow, Envision Utah
    • Doug Henton, President, Collaborative Economics
    • Deborah Nankivell, Fresno Business Council
    • Christine Chadwick, Alliance for Regional Stewardship
  • Notes
  • Additional Materials
    • "A Glimpse of History: The Fresno Business Council"
    • "Community Values of the Fresno Region"