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  Michael Davidson: Managing Director, Global Real Estate, JP Morgan Chase

  Michael Davidson is a Managing Director and Head of the New York Region & Global Corporate & Investment Bank Real Estate Portfolio at JP Morgan Chase and Co., encompassing 15MM square feet (sf) across 500 Locations in 54 Countries, with a $1.7 Billion Annual Operating Plan; Davidson joined JP Morgan in November 2010. Davidson led the Line of Business integration, strategy and overall leadership engagement for JP Morgan’s acquisition, development and occupancy of 25 Bank Street in London, involving the [...]

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  Soumitra Dutta: Dean, Johnson School of Management, Cornell University

  Soumitra Dutta became the eleventh dean of the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University on July 1, 2012. He previously served as the Roland Berger Chaired Professor of Business and Technology and founder and academic director of the eLab at INSEAD, a top-ranked graduate business school in Fontainebleau, France. Previous roles Dutta has held during his 22-year tenure at INSEAD include dean of external relations; dean of executive education; and dean of technology and e-learning. He [...]

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  Eleni Reed: Chief Greening Officer, General Services Administration

  Eleni Reed serves as Chief Greening Officer at the U.S. General Services Administration’s Public Buildings Service (PBS). Eleni works with PBS business lines and regions to integrate sustainability practices in all aspects of real estate operations to increase the environmental performance of GSA’s portfolio in support of the agency’s sustainability plan. She also leads the agency’s Green Proving Ground (GPG), a program that utilizes GSA’s real estate portfolio to test and evaluate innovative building technologies and practices. The GPG program [...]

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  Jonathan Rose: President, Rose Companies

  Jonathan F.P. Rose’s business, public policy and not-for-profit work all focus on creating a more environmentally, socially and economically responsible world. In 1989, Mr. Rose founded Jonathan Rose Companies LLC, a multi-disciplinary real estate development, planning, consulting and investment firm, as a leading green urban solutions provider. The firm has successfully completed $1.5 billion of work. In 2005, the firm launched the nation’s first green transit oriented acquisition and redevelopment fund. The company’s mission is to repair the fabric of [...]

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  Steven Koonin: Director, Center for Urban Science and Progress

  Steven E. Koonin was appointed as the founding Director of NYU’s Center for Urban Science and Progress in April 2012. That consortium of academic, corporate, and government partners will pursue research and education activities to develop and demonstrate informatics technologies for urban problems in the “living laboratory” of New York City. He previously served as the U.S. Department of Energy’s second Senate-confirmed Under Secretary for Science from May 19, 2009 through November 18, 2011. As Under Secretary for Science, Dr. [...]

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  Fred Dust: Partner, IDEO

  As a Partner at IDEO, Fred Dust works with leaders and change agents to unlock the potential of innovation networks in business, government, and society. During his tenure, Fred has taken Nike executives shopping, helped to guide the realization of a future-focused education center at Stanford University, and collaborated with patients and staff to build innovative service models for the Mayo Clinic and Kaiser Permanente. He’s also collaborated with the American Red Cross to redesign its donation experience and the [...]

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  Simon Farbrother: City Manager, Edmonton and Incoming President, ICMA

  Simon Farbrother has served as Edmonton’s City Manager since January 2010, leading the civic administration through a time of tremendous growth and transformation in the city. This fall, Simon will begin his term as President of the International City/County Managers Association. He has been named one of the province’s 50 most influential people by Alberta Venture magazine and was recently awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, which honours significant contributions and achievements by Canadians. Simon has worked in [...]

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  Philip Enquist: Partner, Skidmore Owings & Merrill

  Philip Enquist is leader of the global city design practice of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM), the world’s most highly awarded urban planning group. Phil and his studios have improved the quality and efficiency of city living on five continents by creating location-unique strategic designs that integrate nature and urban density within a framework of future-focused public infrastructure. The scale of Phil’s design perspective continues to expand from innovating sustainable urban forms that enhance city living with walkable, transit-enabled [...]

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  Joy Bailey Bryant: Principal Consultant, Lord Cultural Resources

  Joy Bailey Bryant is Principal Consultant for Cultural Planning at Lord Cultural Resources. With a network of offices in Toronto, New York, Paris, Beijing, and Mumbai, Lord Cultural Resources has grown to become the largest cultural planning firm in the world having completed over 2,000 cultural planning and management projects in 51 countries and on 6 continents.
 
 A cultural planning specialist, certified interpretive planner, and outreach facilitator, Joy works with city officials, institutional leaders, and developers, in global municipalities [...]

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  Stephen Engblom: Senior Vice President, AECOM

  Stephen Engblom, LEED AP, Assoc. AIA, is a Senior Vice President with AECOM and leads the company’s Design + Planning and Economics practice line in the Americas. An accomplished urban designer with a global portfolio, he has over 20 years of experience in City Building. Stephen works with cities, corporations, institutions and developers on planning, design and implementation strategies for a wide range of urban projects. Engblom is currently splitting his time between Brazil and United States working with some [...]

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