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Appendix A: Workshop Agenda
Appendix A: Workshop Agenda
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Appendix A Workshop Agenda REGIONAL APPROACHES TO URBAN SUSTAINABILITY: A FOCUS ON PORTLAND A NATIONAL ACADEMIES WORKSHOP May 28-29, 2013 Ecotrust Natural Capital Center The Billy Frank Jr. Conference Center 721 NW 9th Avenue Portland, OR Tuesday, May 28, 2013 10:00 AM Welcome and Introduction Rob Bennett, Executive Director, EcoDistricts and Chair, Workshop Planning Committee Morning Keynotes: Urban Sustainability -- A National Imperative 10:10 AM Representative Earl Blumenauer, 3rd Congressional District of Oregon 10:40 AM Jared Blumenfeld, EPA Regional Administrator, Region 9 51
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to develop a summary of "lessons learned" that could be productively transferred to other communities. 11:10 AM The History and Lessons of Portland -- What Has Worked and What Has Not Michael Armstrong, Policy, Research and Innovation Manager, Bureau of Planning and Sustainability, City of Portland 11:40 AM Balancing Development and Urban Sustainability in Vancouver, Cascadia, and Beyond Amanda Pitre-Hayes, Director of Sustainability, City of Vancouver 12:10 PM LUNCH BREAK 1:00 PM Sustainable Development in the Region Moderator: Gil Kelley, Practitioner-in-Residence, Urban Studies & Planning -- Urban & Public Affairs, Portland State University Sustainability Manager, Gerding Edlen Renee Loveland, Lew Bowers, Central City Division Manager, Portland Development Commission Alisa Kane, Green Building Program Manager, Bureau of Planning and Sustainability, City of Portland Session II: Leveraging the Effectiveness of Portland Area Sustainability Activities Objectives: (1)
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Objectives: To assess ways that scientific research on cities carried out by universities, federal agencies, and the private sector can be translated into forms that are useful and relevant to urban practitioners while still being close enough to the cutting edge of science to interest the most creative thinkers and obtain competitive peer-review funding.
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Environmental Protection Agency Jay Williams, Director, Office of Recovery for Auto Communities and Workers, Department of Labor André N Pettigrew, Executive Director, Climate Prosperity Project, Inc., Clean Economy Solutions 12:00 PM LUNCH BREAK Session IV: How Can Cities Advance Society's Larger Goals?
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1:00 PM The Role of Cities in Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Moderator: Jennifer Allen, Associate Professor of Public Administration and Director of the Institute for Sustainable Solutions, Portland State University Elizabeth Willmott, Project Manager, New Energy Cities, Climate Solutions John Robinson, Associate Provost, Sustainability, University of British Columbia Mike Hoglund, Director, Metro Research Center Lillian Shirley, Director, Multnomah County Health Department, Oregon 2:30 PM BREAK 2:45 PM Moving Best Practices Forward for Sustainable Communities Moderator: John Cleveland, President, Innovation Network for Communities Melanie Nutter, Director, San Francisco Department of the Environment Fuglister, Program Officer, Meyer Memorial Trust Jill Susan Anderson, Director, Bureau of Planning and Sustainability, City of Portland Julia Parzen, Coordinator, Urban Sustainability Directors Network 4:15 PM Workshop Conclusion Rob Bennett, Executive Director, EcoDistricts and Chair, Workshop Planning Committee 4:30 PM ADJOURN
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