Innovation + Integration Summit

On February 6, 2007, CMAP hosted a summit on the economic impact of linking jobs, housing and transportation planning. The all-day event -- which sold out, with over 250 registered attendees -- featured national and local presenters, including keynote speaker Mike Moskow, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. The location was the University of Illinois at Chicago Student Center East, Illinois Room, 750 S. Halsted St.

Read about the summit in a CMAP news release. See below for the meeting agenda (including slides, audio, and speaker biosketches). Please note that audio files range from 3MB to 25MB in size. Click here for the meeting announcement (93KB PDF) and the final Summit Program. The meeting was geared toward:

Elected officials
Policy advocates
Transportation and land-use planners
Developers
Housing, labor, workforce, economic and community development practitioners

Agenda:
Innovation + Integration Summit
Tuesday, February 6, 2007

8:30-9:00	Breakfast and Registration
9:00-9:15	Welcoming Remarks: The Honorable Gerald Bennett, Board Chair, Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) (text \| audio \| biosketch)
9:15-9:45	Opening Remarks: Shelley Poticha, President and CEO of Reconnecting America (slides \| audio \| biosketch) Metropolitan Chicago’s Real Estate Report Card: How do we stack up? What does the northeastern Illinois region need to do economically to succeed in the context of better coordinated planning decisions?
9:45-10:00	Presentation of the CMAP Regional Snapshot: Randy Blankenhorn, Executive Director, CMAP (slides \| audio \| biosketch)
10:00-11:30	Panel Discussion: Randy Blankenhorn, Moderator (audio) What do we know that we didn’t know a few years ago? Lessons from around the country on how investment decisions are made, and the economic impact of better coordinating transportation and land use decisions David Goldberg, Communication Director, Smart Growth America (slides \| audio \| biosketch) Tom Downs, President and CEO of the Eno Foundation for Transportation (biosketch) Sarah Campbell, President, Transmanagement (slides \| audio \| biosketch) John Gates, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of PortaeCo and Former CEO CenterPoint Properties Trust (audio \| biosketch) Panel Q&A session (audio)
11:30-12:00	Technical Assistance Information Exchange: The Metropolitan Planning Council is pleased to host an exhibition of technical assistance providers in the metropolitan Chicago region.
12:00-1:30	Lunch
12:30-1:00	Keynote Address: "Integrated Planning for a Global City" Michael H. Moskow, President, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (text \| audio \| biosketch)
1:30-3:00	Panel Discussion: Scott Bernstein, President, Center for Neighborhood Technology (audio) National & local examples of successful innovative and integrated planning projects or policies Mayor Arlene J. Mulder, Arlington Heights (slides \| audio \| biosketch) Mayor Donald Peloquin, Blue Island (slides \| audio \| biosketch) Steve Heminger, Executive Director, San Francisco Bay Area Transportation Commission (slides \| audio \| biosketch) Tom Weyandt, Director of Comprehensive Planning, Atlanta Regional Commission (slides \| audio \| biosketch) Panel Q&A session (audio)
3:00-4:00	Table Discussions and Feedback: Daniel Clark, CMAP, moderator (audio) Table feedback (audio)
4:00-4:30	Closing Remarks: The Honorable Gayle Smolinski, Chair, Metropolitan Mayors Caucus (text \| audio)