Calendar
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
NY-CT Sustainable Communities Town Hall: Hauppauge, Suffolk County
Dennison Building, 100 Veterans Hwy, Hauppauge, NY
Register at http://hauppaugescitownhall.eventbrite.com
Friday, February 3, 2012
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Defining Cultural Landscapes: Necodemus, Kansas
Negotiating National Heritage and a Living Landscape
Presented by the J. Max Bond Center at The City College of New York Spitzer School of Architecture
141 Convent Avenue, Sciame Auditorium, New York
Monday, February 6, 2012
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Book Talk - Human Transit: How Clearer Thinking About Public Transit Can Enrich Our Communities and Our Lives
Jarret Walker, principal consultant with MRCagney in Australia and a freelance consultant in North America
Public transit is a powerful tool for addressing a huge range of urban problems, including traffic congestion and economic development as well as climate change. But while many people support transit in the abstract, it's often hard to channel that support into good transit investments. Part of the problem is that transit debates attract many kinds of experts, who often talk past each other. Ordinary people listen to a little of this and decide that transit is impossible to figure out.
The Graduate Center, CUNY, The Science Center, Room 4102, 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016
RSVP at http://bit.ly/y84EWL
Thursday, February 9, 2012
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
NY-CT Sustainable Communities Town Hall: Brooklyn
Cypress Hills School (P.S. 89) 265 Warwick Street, Brooklyn, NY 11207
Register at http://ENYSCItownhall.eventbrite.com
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
6:30 PM
Gridlock!: Congestion and Flow on New York City Streets
Recent innovations by the Department of Transportation have helped to remake the multiple ways New Yorkers get from point A to point B; pedestrian malls, bike lanes, and bus-only lanes are reshaping traffic flows in New York City. Learn how traffic engineers and city planners work to keep traffic moving and explore the innovative and sometimes controversial reforms being made to the streets of New York. Guest curator Hilary Ballon moderates a discussion with Sam Schwartz (aka "Gridlock Sam"); Bruce Schaller, New York City Deputy Commissioner for Planning and Sustainability; and Jeffrey Zupan, Regional Plan Association.
Museum of the City of New York, 1220 Fifth Avenue (at 103rd Street), New York
For more information and registration, visit http://bit.ly/zasFkA
Friday, March 9, 2012
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
New Jersey Future: Redevelopment Forum 2012
New Jersey Future's annual Redevelopment Forum is our biggest event of the year, attracting nearly 500 local and state officials, citizen activists, development professionals, architects, attorneys, planners, business leaders and students. Redevelopment allows us to re-use infrastructure, take advantage of historically strategic locations, maintain and improve our communities and preserve our remaining open spaces. By bringing together leaders in both government and the private sector who are working tirelessly to create sustainable redevelopment solutions to New Jersey's problems, we can share innovative ideas, learn best practices and make our state a better place for tomorrow. Our comprehensive workshops and panels feature impressive speakers with real world redevelopment experience. Please join us.
For more information and registration visit: http://forum.njfuture.org/
March 7-9, 2012
5th Annual Transportation & Infrastructure Convention
March 19-20, 2012
Wall Street GREEN Summit
RPA is a co-sponsor of the Wall Street GREEN Summit this year - the longest running and most comprehensive environmental market event in the industry. Launched in 2002 by Peter Fusaro, The Wall Street Green Summit covers cutting edge content, industry developments and features the practitioners and the leaders of tomorrow. The Wall Street Green Summit XI is the "one-stop shop" to come up to speed on the latest developments in Green Trading and Finance.
For more information and registration visit: http://www.wsgts.com
Friday, April 27, 2012
RPA's 22nd Annual Regional Assembly: Big Plans - Bold Innovations - Bright Future
Regional Plan Association's 22nd Annual Regional Assembly will be held on Friday, April 27, 2012, at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York. Each spring, RPA's Regional Assembly brings together close to 1,000 civic and business leaders to discuss major issues affecting the prosperity and quality of life in the New York-New Jersey-Connecticut region. The conference is the tri-state region's premier opportunity for participants to discuss and debate approaches to improving economic development, transportation, housing, land use and the environment. Stay tuned for more details and registration information.
July 10-13, 2012
UIC High-Speed 2012 - 8th World Congress on High-Speed Rail
This four-day world congress on high-speed rail in Philadelphia is the leading global event for exchanging views on developments in high-speed rail worldwide. The congress and exhibition will feature experts on transportation policy and technology. It will bring together both the public and private sectors to provide insight for implementing high-speed rail projects. Organized by the International Union of Railways and the American Public Transportation Association in cooperation with Amtrak, the Federal Railroad Administration, Association of American Railroads, and VIA Rail Canada. For more information, please visit www.uic-highspeed2012.com.
August 14-17, 2012
15th Annual Transportation & Infrastructure Summit, featuring the 5th Annual Global High-Speed Rail Forum
America 2050 is participating as a national co-host for the 15th Annual Transportation & Infrastructure Summit and 5th Annual Global High-Speed Rail Forum in Irving, Texas. More details about the agenda and registration coming soon.
October 10-12, 2012
Meeting of the Minds 2012
San Francisco
Meeting of the Minds challenges old paradigms with urban sustainability innovations and fresh ideas from around the world.
RPA is once again the co-organizer with the Urban Age Institute of the 2012 Meeting to be held in San Francisco.
The 2012 Meeting will convene more than 250 leaders from a dozen countries to explore a rich variety of smart design, planning, policy and technology innovations that enable cities/regions to respond to increasingly complex challenges. Each year's Meeting is a premier leadership summit focused on the tools that sustainable cities are actively using. For two days, participants from the public, NGO, and private sectors engage in a lively discussion on how to connect the dots across key sectors: building systems, energy and water resources, mobility, and finance.
To be notified of the latest information or to register, visit: http://www.meetingminds2012.org
Ongoing Events
January 12 - May 8, 2012
Discourses on Nature and Society Series
In this four-part series, the New York Academy of Sciences and the Nature Conservancy explore the relationship between conservation and our increasingly urban existence.
More information visit www.nyas.org/NatureAndSociety
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
NY-CT Sustainable Communities Town Hall: Hauppauge, Suffolk County
Dennison Building, 100 Veterans Hwy, Hauppauge, NY
Register at http://hauppaugescitownhall.eventbrite.com
Friday, February 3, 2012
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Defining Cultural Landscapes: Necodemus, Kansas
Negotiating National Heritage and a Living Landscape
Presented by the J. Max Bond Center at The City College of New York Spitzer School of Architecture
141 Convent Avenue, Sciame Auditorium, New York
Monday, February 6, 2012
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Book Talk - Human Transit: How Clearer Thinking About Public Transit Can Enrich Our Communities and Our Lives
Jarret Walker, principal consultant with MRCagney in Australia and a freelance consultant in North America
Public transit is a powerful tool for addressing a huge range of urban problems, including traffic congestion and economic development as well as climate change. But while many people support transit in the abstract, it's often hard to channel that support into good transit investments. Part of the problem is that transit debates attract many kinds of experts, who often talk past each other. Ordinary people listen to a little of this and decide that transit is impossible to figure out.
The Graduate Center, CUNY, The Science Center, Room 4102, 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016
RSVP at http://bit.ly/y84EWL
Thursday, February 9, 2012
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
NY-CT Sustainable Communities Town Hall: Brooklyn
Cypress Hills School (P.S. 89) 265 Warwick Street, Brooklyn, NY 11207
Register at http://ENYSCItownhall.eventbrite.com
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
6:30 PM
Gridlock!: Congestion and Flow on New York City Streets
Recent innovations by the Department of Transportation have helped to remake the multiple ways New Yorkers get from point A to point B; pedestrian malls, bike lanes, and bus-only lanes are reshaping traffic flows in New York City. Learn how traffic engineers and city planners work to keep traffic moving and explore the innovative and sometimes controversial reforms being made to the streets of New York. Guest curator Hilary Ballon moderates a discussion with Sam Schwartz (aka "Gridlock Sam"); Bruce Schaller, New York City Deputy Commissioner for Planning and Sustainability; and Jeffrey Zupan, Regional Plan Association.
Museum of the City of New York, 1220 Fifth Avenue (at 103rd Street), New York
For more information and registration, visit http://bit.ly/zasFkA
Friday, March 9, 2012
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
New Jersey Future: Redevelopment Forum 2012
New Jersey Future's annual Redevelopment Forum is our biggest event of the year, attracting nearly 500 local and state officials, citizen activists, development professionals, architects, attorneys, planners, business leaders and students. Redevelopment allows us to re-use infrastructure, take advantage of historically strategic locations, maintain and improve our communities and preserve our remaining open spaces. By bringing together leaders in both government and the private sector who are working tirelessly to create sustainable redevelopment solutions to New Jersey's problems, we can share innovative ideas, learn best practices and make our state a better place for tomorrow. Our comprehensive workshops and panels feature impressive speakers with real world redevelopment experience. Please join us.
For more information and registration visit: http://forum.njfuture.org/
March 7-9, 2012
America 2050 is co-hosting the 5th Annual Transportation & Infrastructure Convention, a three-day event in Washington, D.C., designed to educate policy makers on transportation and infrastructure issues at the local, state and national levels. Participating as a national co-host organization allows America 2050 members to register for the convention at the discounted government rate. We encourage you to join us in Washington, D.C., this March. For more information, please visit www.transportationsummit.com or contact Karen Brown at 214-750-0123 or kbrown@dean.net.
March 19-20, 2012
Wall Street GREEN Summit
RPA is a co-sponsor of the Wall Street GREEN Summit this year - the longest running and most comprehensive environmental market event in the industry. Launched in 2002 by Peter Fusaro, The Wall Street Green Summit covers cutting edge content, industry developments and features the practitioners and the leaders of tomorrow. The Wall Street Green Summit XI is the "one-stop shop" to come up to speed on the latest developments in Green Trading and Finance.
For more information and registration visit: http://www.wsgts.com
Friday, April 27, 2012
RPA's 22nd Annual Regional Assembly: Big Plans - Bold Innovations - Bright Future
Regional Plan Association's 22nd Annual Regional Assembly will be held on Friday, April 27, 2012, at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York. Each spring, RPA's Regional Assembly brings together close to 1,000 civic and business leaders to discuss major issues affecting the prosperity and quality of life in the New York-New Jersey-Connecticut region. The conference is the tri-state region's premier opportunity for participants to discuss and debate approaches to improving economic development, transportation, housing, land use and the environment. Stay tuned for more details and registration information.
July 10-13, 2012
UIC High-Speed 2012 - 8th World Congress on High-Speed Rail
This four-day world congress on high-speed rail in Philadelphia is the leading global event for exchanging views on developments in high-speed rail worldwide. The congress and exhibition will feature experts on transportation policy and technology. It will bring together both the public and private sectors to provide insight for implementing high-speed rail projects. Organized by the International Union of Railways and the American Public Transportation Association in cooperation with Amtrak, the Federal Railroad Administration, Association of American Railroads, and VIA Rail Canada. For more information, please visit www.uic-highspeed2012.com.
August 14-17, 2012
15th Annual Transportation & Infrastructure Summit, featuring the 5th Annual Global High-Speed Rail Forum
America 2050 is participating as a national co-host for the 15th Annual Transportation & Infrastructure Summit and 5th Annual Global High-Speed Rail Forum in Irving, Texas. More details about the agenda and registration coming soon.
October 10-12, 2012
Meeting of the Minds 2012
San Francisco
Meeting of the Minds challenges old paradigms with urban sustainability innovations and fresh ideas from around the world.
RPA is once again the co-organizer with the Urban Age Institute of the 2012 Meeting to be held in San Francisco.
The 2012 Meeting will convene more than 250 leaders from a dozen countries to explore a rich variety of smart design, planning, policy and technology innovations that enable cities/regions to respond to increasingly complex challenges. Each year's Meeting is a premier leadership summit focused on the tools that sustainable cities are actively using. For two days, participants from the public, NGO, and private sectors engage in a lively discussion on how to connect the dots across key sectors: building systems, energy and water resources, mobility, and finance.
To be notified of the latest information or to register, visit: http://www.meetingminds2012.org
Ongoing Events
January 12 - May 8, 2012
Discourses on Nature and Society Series
In this four-part series, the New York Academy of Sciences and the Nature Conservancy explore the relationship between conservation and our increasingly urban existence.
More information visit www.nyas.org/NatureAndSociety
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