City of Tomorrow
Where: The 92nd Street Y, New York
1395 Lexington Ave.
212-415-5500 Price: $65
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“City of Tomorrow” – now in its third year – unites key players and innovators from the worlds of architecture, real estate and interior design for an incomparable two-day symposium with a host of interactive workshops and panel discussions on timely and provocative topics.
Schedule and speakers subject to change.
FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 2019, 5-8 PM
Paving the Way for NYC 2040 and Beyond
Marisa Lago, Chair of the City Planning Commission and Director, New York City Department of City Planning
Rachel Haot, Executive Director, Transit Innovation Partnership
Sarah Carroll, Chair and Commissioner, New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC)
Polly Trottenberg, Commissioner, New York City Department of Transportation
The Entrepreneurial Spirit in Design
Malene Barnett, Founder, Malene B
Sheila Bridges, Founder and Creative Director, Sheila Bridges Design
Tiana Webb Evans, Founder, ESP Group
Jeanine Hays, Principal, AphroChic
Bryan Mason, Principal, AphroChic
Moderated by Wendy Goodman, Design Editor, New York Magazine
7 pm
Architecture Keynote Panel
Annabelle Selldorf, Principal, Selldorf Architects
Rafael Viñoly, Rafael Viñoly Architects
SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 2019, 10 AM-3:30 PM
Curate your day with one of the below panels from each time slot.
(The below panels are first come, first serve. Schedule is subject to change.)
10 am
How Do You Build a Better City? Urban Planners, Architects & Innovators Debate
Shin-pei Tsay, Executive Director, Gehl Institute
Paul Whalen, Partner, Robert A.M. Stern Architects
Story Bellows, Partner, CityFi
Luca Ballarini, Founder & Creative Director, Bellissimo and Curator of Torino Stratosferica
The Place of Art in Placemaking
Steven Cornwell, CMO, Howard Hughes Corporation
Tim Tompkins, President, Times Square Alliance
Deborah Kass, Artist
Urban Food Halls & Green Markets
Lionel Ohayon, Founder and CEO, ICRAVE
Marcel Van Ooyen, President and CEO, GrowNYC
Eldon Scott, President, Urbanspace
Rohan Mehra, Co-founder and Principal, The Prusik Group
Paint The City
Donald Kaufman, Founder, Donald Kaufman Color
Danielle Arps, Founder, Dani Arps
Moderated by Sophie Donelson, Design Expert and Author
11 am
Restaurateurs meet Real Estate
Thomas Keller, Chef and Restaurateur
Missy Robbins, Chef and Restaurateur
José Andrés, Chef and Owner, Think Food Group and Mercado Little Spain
Resiliency: Making NYC Safe
Illya Azaroff, Founding Director, +LAB Architect PLLC
Jainey Bavishi, NYC Office of Recovery and Resiliency Director
Justin Schultz, Principal, HR&A Advisors
Lauren Zullo, Director of Sustainability, Jonathan Rose Companies
Designing for Wellness
Whitney Austin Gray, PhD, LEED AP, Senior Vice President, Delos
Christine Vandover, Principal, HOK
Clodagh, Founder, Clodagh Design
Danei Cesario, Senior Associate, Array Architects
Technology: Changing the Way We Procure, Purchase, and Live in Our Homes
Alex Matjanec, CEO and Co-Founder, AD:60
Gayana Sarkisova, Founder and Owner, LIVEIN
Arshad Hisham, Founder & CEO, InGen Dynamics
Marcela Sapone, CEO, Hello Alfred
Moderated by James Ledbetter, Inc. Magazine
Best of Kitchen & Bath
Vasi Ypsilantis, Vasi Ypsilantis Design Associates
Summer Kath, EVP of Business Development, Cambria
Moderated by Michael Boodro, Chairman, Editorial and Strategic Initiatives, Dering Hall
12 pm
Ultra-Prime: Record Breaking Brokers Tal and Oren Alexander of Douglas Elliman on the World’s Ultra-High-End Real Estate Market
Oren Alexander, Co-Founder, The Alexander Team, Douglas Elliman
Tal Alexander, Co-Founder, The Alexander Team, Douglas Elliman
Moderated by Jennifer Gould Kiel, Columnist, New York Post
1:30 pm
Innovation and the Built Environment
John Chu, Principal, ATYPE Architecture
John Cerone, Director of Virtual Design and Construction, ShoP Architects
Richard Moreta Castillo, President, Richard’s Architecture+Design (RA+D)
Ioannis Oikonomou, Founder, Oiio Studio
David Benjamin, Founding Principal, The Living
Moderated by William Menking, Editor in Chief, The Architect’s Newspaper
What’s New in New Development
Steve Witkoff, Founder, Witkoff Group
Joe Palermo, Home Loan Consultant, Valley National Bank
Christopher Schlank, Founder and Managing Partner, Savanna Real Estate Group
Gil Dezer, President, Dezer Development
Moderated by Jennifer Gould Kiel, Columnist, New York Post
New York City Neighborhoods
Grant Long, Senior Economist, StreetEasy
Kate Wittels, Partner, HR&A Advisors
Stephen Kliegerman, President of Property Development Marketing, Halstead
Get to know New York City’s Islands
Nicholas Garrison, Partner and Design Director, Liberty Island and Museum
Dana Getman, Associate Principal, SHoP Architects
Michael Samuelian, CEO, Governors Island Trust
Eugene Flotteron, Principal and the Director of Architecture, CetraRuddy
2:30 pm
Nature is the New Muse: How Termites, Coral Reefs, and Humpback Whales Can Teach Us to Build Better
Martin Bechthold, PhD, Kumagi Professor of Architectural Technology, Harvard University
Stefano Boeri, Founding Partner, Stefano Boeri Architetti
William “Bill” Horgan, Partner, Grimshaw Architects
Jenny Sabin, Arthur L. and Isabel B. Wiesenberger Professor in Architecture, Cornell University
The Co-Revolution
David Fano, Chief Growth Officer, WeWork
Brad Hargreaves, CEO, Common
Alda Ly, Principal, Alda Ly Architecture and Design
Rodrigo Niño, CEO, Assemblage
Moderated by Sam Lubell, Author and Editor
The Future of Retail
Joanne Podell, Vice Chairman, Cushman & Wakefield
Amir Zwickel, Co-Founder and Chief Real Estate Officer, Showfields
Moderated by Steve Cuozzo, New York Post
Home is Where the Heart Is: Design’s Top Brass Take Us Behind The Curtains
Carl D’Aquino, Principal Decorator, D’Aquino Monaco
Sara Gilbane, Founder, Sara Gilbane Interiors
Moderated by Parker Bowie Larson, Style Director, Elle Décor