The symposium, Livable Cities of the Future, will bring together an interdisciplinary group of engineers, civic leaders, educators and futurists in a unique forum that will offer an open discussion of how George Bugliarello’s vision manifests itself in innovative urban planning for the cities of tomorrow. Discussions will examine the critical role engineers play in the social and economic development of cities and their ever-increasing importance in the area of policymaking.

To Register, please visit the Symposium webstie at: http://www.poly.edu/bugliarello-symposium

The symposium is intended to:

• cultivate ideas for best practices and innovative strategies for sustainable urban development.
• facilitate the evolution of New York City into a real-life laboratory for urban innovation.

The symposium will specifically address:

• experiences of private and public service operators, infrastructure agencies, elected officials, the academic community and other stakeholders in the critical urban sectors.
• sectors critical to resilient and sustainable cities including energy, water, infrastructure, transportation, telecommunications, and environment.

Who should attend?

Engineers, academics, practitioners in public and private agencies, urban planners, designers, developers, policymakers, researchers.

Confirmed speakers include, in order of presentation:

Robert K. Steel New York City Deputy Mayor for Economic Development
Ruth David President & CEO, Analytic Services, Inc.
Patrick Foye CEO, Port Authority of New York/New Jersey
Andrew Herrmann President, American Society of Civil Engineers
Craig Ivey President of Con Edison Company of New York Daniel Peter Loucks Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University
David Miller Former Mayor of Toronto and NYU-Poly Future of Cities Global Fellow
Joan McDonald Commissioner, New York State Department of Transportation
Ruthie D. Lyle-Cannon IBM SmartCloud for Social Business
Upmanu Lall Director, Columbia Water Center, Columbia University Earth Institute
Carter Strickland Commissioner, New York City Department of Environmental Protection.
Steven Koonin Director of the Center for Urban Science and Progress (CUSP)
Gerard M. Mooney Vice President, IBM Global Smarter Cities
Theodore Rappaport David Lee/Ernst Weber Chair of Electrical Engineering, NYU-Poly

Detailed program listing to come.