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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2010. Pathways to Urban Sustainability: Research and Development on Urban Systems: Summary of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12969.
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Appendix A
WORKSHOP AGENDA

Transitioning to Sustainability: The Challenge of Developing Sustainable Urban Systems


The National Academies’ Second Sustainability R&D Forum


September 23, 2009

The National Academy of Sciences, Lecture Room

2100 C St. NW, Washington, D.C.

OBJECTIVES

  • Share information about ongoing activities and strategic planning efforts, with an eye towards strengthening cross-agency, cross-sectoral partnerships

  • Explore how federal agency efforts can complement/leverage the efforts of other key stakeholders

  • Identify critical research gaps and needed analytical tools

8:30 AM

Welcome and Goals of the Forum

Tom Graedel, Clifton R. Musser Professor of Industrial Ecology, Yale University

8:50 AM

Keynote Address

Xavier de Souza Briggs, Associate Director for General Government Programs, Office of Management and Budget

9:20 AM

Panel: Developing Livable Urban Areas

Moderator: Ann Bartuska, Acting Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, U.S. Department of Agriculture

This panel will consider the various dimensions of “livable” urban areas, and will comment on R&D that attempts to link public health, environmental management, and urban development goals

  • Michael Freedberg, Director, Division of Housing Technology Research, Office of Policy Development and Research, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

  • Howie Frumkin, Director, National Center for Environmental Health, U.S. Centers for Disease Control

  • Amy Glasmeier, Head of Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Nancy Grimm, Co-Director, Central Arizona-Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research Project

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2010. Pathways to Urban Sustainability: Research and Development on Urban Systems: Summary of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12969.
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10:00 AM

Audience Q&A

10:10 AM

Break

10:30 AM

Panel: Resilience and Adaptation

Moderator: Glen Daigger, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, CH2M Hill, Inc.

This panel will address the key environmental threats communities face and will discuss R&D on environmental impact reduction, resilient infrastructure, and adaptation measures

  • Keelin Kuipers, Coastal Storms Program Manager, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

  • Walter Peacock, Professor and Director, Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center, Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, Texas A&M University

  • Denice Wardrop, Assistant Director, Institutes of Energy and Environment, Penn State University

  • William Werkheiser, Eastern Region Director, U.S. Geological Survey

11:10 AM

Audience Q&A

11:20 AM

Panel: Models, Metrics, and Future Scenarios

Moderator: Denise Stephenson Hawk, The Stephenson Group

This panel will focus on how urban change is modeled, how human and environmental outcomes can be measured, and what information is most useful (or needed) in assessing outcomes

  • Jon Fink, Director, Global Institute for Sustainability, Arizona State University

  • Thomas Parris, Vice President and Director of Sustainability Programs, ISCIENCES LLC

  • Steward Pickett, Director, Baltimore Ecosystem Long-Term Ecological Research Program

  • Dale Quattrochi, Senior Research Scientist, Earth Science Office, National Aeronautic and Space Administration

  • Jennifer Wolch, Dean, College of Environmental Design, University of California, Berkeley

12:00 PM

Audience Q&A

12:10 PM

Luncheon Keynote

Adolfo Carrion, Director, White House Office of Urban Policy

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2010. Pathways to Urban Sustainability: Research and Development on Urban Systems: Summary of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12969.
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1:00 PM

Panel: Moving Urban R&D into Practice

Moderator: Jeremy Harris, former Mayor of Honolulu

This panel will present the end-users’ perspective and will explore opportunities to both broaden the impact of place-based R&D and disseminate promising practices more efficiently

  • James Davenport, Project Manager, National Association of Counties

  • John Frece, Director, Office of Smart Growth, EPA

  • Harriet Tregoning, Director, District of Columbia Office of Planning

  • Dana Williams, Mayor, Park City, Utah

1:45 PM

R&D Gaps and Opportunities (Small Group Discussions)

  • Tools and Knowledge Transfer

  • Technology Development

  • Research and Evaluation

3:30 PM

Break

4:00 PM

Feedback from Group Rapporteurs

4:45 PM

Closing Comments

5:00 PM

CONCLUDE

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2010. Pathways to Urban Sustainability: Research and Development on Urban Systems: Summary of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12969.
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More than half of the world's people now live in cities. In the United States, the figure is 80 percent. It is worthwhile to consider how this trend of increased urbanization, if inevitable, could be made more sustainable. One fundamental shortcoming of urban research and programs is that they sometimes fail to recognize urban areas as systems. Current institutions and actors are not accustomed to exploring human-environment interactions, particularly at an urban-scale. The fact is that these issues involve complex interactions, many of which are not yet fully understood. Thus a key challenge for the 21st century is this: How can we develop sustainable urban systems that provide healthy, safe and affordable environments for the growing number of Americans living in cities and their surrounding metropolitan areas?

To address this question, the National Research Council organized a workshop exploring the landscape of urban sustainability research programs in the United States. The workshop, summarized in this volume, was designed to allow participants to share information about the activities and planning efforts of federal agencies, along with related initiatives by universities, the private sector, nongovernmental groups, state and local agencies, and international organizations. Participants were encouraged to explore how urban sustainability can move beyond analyses devoted to single disciplines and sectors to systems-level thinking and effective interagency cooperation. To do this, participants examined areas of potential coordination among different R&D programs, with special consideration given to how the efforts of federal agencies can best complement and leverage the efforts of other key stakeholders. Pathways to Urban Sustainability offers a broad contextual summary of workshop presentations and discussions for distribution to federal agencies, regional organizations, academic institutions, think tanks and other groups engaged in urban research.

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