10/26: Livable Cities of the Future

The Polytechnic Institute of New York University will be hosting a free symposium from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, Oct 26th, which honors the legacy of George Bugliarello, its late President, Professor and Urban Developer who was instrumental in creating MetroTech.

Information and registration: http://www.poly.edu/bugliarellosymposium

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

Joan McDonald
Commissioner, New York State Department of Transportation

Ruthie Lyle-Cannon
IBM Patent Engineer

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)

David Miller
Former Mayor of Toronto and NYU-Poly Future of Cities Global Fellow

Gerard M. Mooney
General Manager, IBM Global Smarter Cities

Theodore Rappaport
David Lee/Ernst Weber Chair of Electrical Engineering, NYU-Poly