A complete Summit for New York City schedule may be downloaded here.

Thursday, October 21 9am – 6pm

MASterworks Awards 6pm – 7:30pm

Morning

How livable a city is New York? Find out what New Yorkers are thinking as MAS releases its first annual Survey on Livability. How do significant changes in demographics affect our city? The morning sessions focus on quality of life for new and lifelong New Yorkers.

Introduction to the Summit for New York City - Opening Remarks

• David M. Childs, Chairman Emeritus, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, and Chairman, Municipal Art Society of New York
• Vin Cipolla, President, Municipal Art Society of New York
• Welcome Address: Patti Harris, First Deputy Mayor, City of New York

The Big Idea: Livability – Keynote Address

• Keynote Opening: Philip K. Howard, Vice-Chairman, Covington & Burling LLP
• Introduction: Ronay Menschel, Chairperson, Phipps Houses
• Keynote Speaker: Janette Sadik-Khan, Commissioner, NYC Department of Transportation

Release of and Reaction to the MAS Survey on Livability – Presentation and Panel

• Release of Survey: Vin Cipolla, President, Municipal Art Society of New York
• Speaker: Edwin Torres, Associate Director, New York City Opportunities Fund and Innovation, The Rockefeller Foundation
• Introduction to Panel: Gary J. Zarr, Principal, Phil & Co.
• Moderator: Alison Tocci, President, Time Out North America
• Panelst: Paul Steely White, Executive Director, Transportation Alternatives
• Panelist: Robert McNulty, CEO, Partners for Livable Communities
• Panelist: Mary Rowe, MAS Urban Fellow

Demographics of a Changing New York – Presentation and Panel

• Introduction and Moderator: Sam Roberts, Journalist, The New York Times
• Presentation of Data: Joseph Salvo, Director, Population Division, NYC Dept. of City Planning
• Panelist: Gordon Campbell, President & CEO, United Way, New York
• Panelist: Chung-Wha Hong, Executive Director, New York Immigration Coalition
• Panelist: Caron Nazario, CITI Youth Student
• Panelist: Vicki Been, Boxer Family Professor of Law, NYU School of Law; Affiliated Professor of Public Policy, NYU Wagner School of Public Service; Faculty Director, NYU’s Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy

Afternoon

How do ordinary people effect change in New York? Recipients of the annual Jane Jacobs medal – all of whom are credited with building a better community – will discuss activism that works. Other sessions focus on how the arts and social media are building communities – real and virtual. Then, take a close look at a new tool that demystifies community planning and allows anyone to reimagine their street, their neighborhood, their city.

Civic Activism in the Spirit of Jane Jacobs – Panel

• Introduction: Edwin Torres, Associate Director, The Rockefeller Foundation
• Moderator: Eugenie L. Birch, Co-Director, Penn Institute for Urban Research
• Panelists: Joshua David & Robert Hammond, Co-Founders, Friends of The High Line
• Panelist: Elizabeth Barlow Rogers, President, Foundation for Landscape Studies
• Panelist: Richard Kahan, Founder & CEO, The Urban Assembly
• Panelist: Peggy M. Shepard, Executive Director, WE ACT for Environmental Justice

Art Works: When Art Builds Community – Panel

• Introduction: Susan K. Freedman, President, Public Art Fund
• Moderator: Carole Rifkind, Author and Filmmaker
• Panelist: Anne Pasternak, President & Artistic Director, Creative Time
• Panelist: Thelma Golden, Director and Chief Curator, The Studio Museum in Harlem
• Panelist: Lisa Phillips, Director, The New Museum of Art
• Panelist: Randall Bourscheidt, President, Alliance for the Arts
• Panelist: Ethel Sheffer, Principal, Insight Associates

People Behind the Screens: The Impact of New Media in New York – Panel

• Moderator: Julie Menin, Chairperson, Manhattan Community Board 1
• Panelist: Lockhart Steele, President & Founder, Curbed.com
• Panelist: Jake Dobkin, Publisher, Gothamist.com
• Panelist: Laura Forlano, Postdoctoral Associate, Interaction Design Lab, Cornell University
• Panelist: Gale Brewer, New York City Council Member

New Tools for Social Engagement: Betaville – Presentation and demonstration

• Introduction: William H. Wright II, Board Member, Municipal Art Society of New York
• Introduction to Presenter: Norman Jacknis, Director, Cisco IBSG Public Sector
• Presenter: Carl Skelton, Director, Brooklyn Experimental Media Center

Evening

MASterworks Design Awards and Reception

The first day of the Summit concludes with the 2010 MASterworks Awards honoring seven outstanding architecture and design projects for excellence and innovation.

• Introduction: Vin Cipolla, President, Municipal Art Society of New York
• Host: David M. Childs, Chairman Emeritus, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
• Presenter: Paola Antonelli, Senior Curator of Architecture and Design, the Museum of Modern Art
• Presenter: Vishaan Chakrabarti, Marc Holliday Professor of Real Estate, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University
• Presenter: Thomas Woltz, Principal, Nelson Byrd Woltz Architecture LLP
• Presenter: Alan Suna, Developer and CEO, Silvercup Studios

Friday, October 22 9am – 5:30pm

Morning

The importance of public and private investment in New York will be examined through the lens of one of the city’s most significant redevelopment endeavors: Moynihan Station and the Far West Side. What effect will a transformed Penn Station corridor have on one of New York’s most iconic neighborhoods – the already endangered Garment District?

Day Two Introduction – Opening Remarks

• David M. Childs, Chairman Emeritus, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, and Chairman, Municipal Art Society of New York
• Vin Cipolla, President, Municipal Art Society of New York

Day Two Welcome Address – Keynote address

• Introduction: Ashton Hawkins, Of Counsel, Gersten Savage, L.L.P
• Welcome Address: Kate Levin, Commissioner, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs

Resilience, Prosperity and the New “Low-Carbon” Economy
– Keynote address

• Introduction: Vin Cipolla, President, Municipal Art Society of New York
• Keynote Address: Judith Rodin, President, Rockefeller Foundation

Moynihan Station and the Far West Side – Panel

• Introduction: Hugh Hardy, Principal, H3 Hardy Collaboration
• Moderator: Vin Cipolla, President, Municipal Art Society of New York
• Panelist: Thomas K. Wright, Executive Director, Regional Plan Association Metro New York
• Panelist: Tim Gilchrist, President, Moynihan Station Development Corp.
• Panelist: Kent L. Barwick, President Emeritus, Municipal Art Society
• Panelist: Vishaan Chakrabarti, Marc Holliday Professor of Real Estate, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University

New York’s City Vitals: The Economics of Livability – Presentation

• Introduction: Brendan Sexton – President, The Sexton Company
• Presenter: Joe Cortright – Senior Policy Advisor, CEOs for Cities & President, Impresa Economics

Garment District: Fashioning a Future – Panel

• Introduction: Kitty Hawks, Interior Designer
• Moderator: Yeohlee Teng, Designer, Yeohlee, Inc.
• Panelist: Madelyn Wils, Executive Vice President, NYC Economic Development Corp.
• Panelist: Jerome Chou, Director of Programs, Design Trust
• Panelist: Andrew Rosen, Founder and Co-CEO, Theory
• Panelist: Joe Ferrara, Director, Garment Center Supplier Association

Afternoon

Building a more livable and sustainable New York is the afternoon’s theme. How do housing, streets, parks and public spaces contribute to our experience as city residents? Panel discussions and a series of special tours will explore possible answers. The presentation of the MAS Yolanda Garcia Community Planner Award, and a closing keynote, will chart a course for our future as both a global city and a city of neighborhoods.

Sustainable Housing for New York’s Future – Panel

• Introduction: Charles A. Platt, Partner, Platt Byard Dovell and White Architects, LLP
• Moderator: Jerilyn Perine, Executive Director, Citizens Housing and Planning Council
• Panelist: Julia Vitullo-Martin, Director, Center for Urban Innovation, Regional Plan Association
• Panelist: Paul Freitag, Managing Director of Development, Jonathan Rose Companies
• Panelist: Sheena Wright, President & CEO, Abyssinian Development Corp.
• Panelist: Bomee Jung, Program Director, Green Communities

Yolanda Garcia Community Planner Award – Presentation

• Introduction: Laurie Beckelman, Founding Partner, Beckelman+Capalino, LLC
• Speaker: Yolanda Gonzalez, CEO, Nos Quedamos
• Yolanda Garcia Award Winner: Kelley Williams, Executive Director, Stryker’s Bay/LA CASA

Reclaiming the Public Realm – Presentations

• Introduction: Gordon J. Davis, Partner, Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP
• Presenter: Regina Myer, President, Brooklyn Bridge Park
• Presenter: Leslie Koch, President, The Trust for Governors Island
• Presenter: Eloise Hirsh, Administrator, Freshkills Park

Vibrant Neighborhoods – Panel

• Introduction: Frances A. Resheske, Senior V.P of Public Affairs, Consolidated Edison, Inc.
• Keynote Speaker: Jason Schupbach, Director of Design Grant Programs, National Endowment for the Arts
• Moderator: Elizabeth H. Berger, President, Alliance for Downtown New York
• Panelist: Tim Tompkins, President, Times Square Alliance
• Panelist: Marci Reaven, Managing Director, Place Matters & City Lore
• Panelist: Roberta Gratz, Journalist, Author, and Commissioner, Landmarks Preservation Commission
• Panelist: Sam Miller, President, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
• Panelist: Nicholas Baume, Director & Chief Curator, Public Art Fund

Closing Keynote

• Introduction: Kinshasha Holman Conwill, Deputy Director, Smithsonian Institution National Museum of African American History & Culture
• Participant: Julie Menin, Chairperson, Manhattan Community Board 1
• Participant: Scott Stringer, President, Manhattan Borough

Final Remarks and Thanks

• Vin Cipolla, President, Municipal Art Society of New York