2:00 pm

Welcome and Opening Remarks

• Richard Koshalek, Director, Hirshhorn Museum, Smithsonian Institution

2:10 pm

Livability at the Crossroads

• Parris Glendening, President, Smart Growth Leadership Institute

2:20 pm

The Federal Livability Agenda

Moderator: Peter Harkness, Founder and Publisher Emeritus, Governing

• James Lopez, Senior Advisor to the Deputy Secretary, US Department of Housing and Urban Development (Read about the Interagency Partnership on Sustainable Communities and Housing between DOT, HUD, and EPA )
• Beth Osborne, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Policy, US Department of Transportation
  
• Les Shepherd, Chief Architect in the Office of Design and Construction, Public Buildings
  Service, US General Services Administration (Read about the Public Buildings Service )
• Rachel Goslins, Executive Director, President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (read about PCAH )

3:40 pm

Expanding Livability: Valuable Assets for a New Agenda

Moderator: Peter Harkness

• Economic Development & Jobs: Joe Cortright, President and Principal Economist, Impresa, Inc. (Download his presentation )
• LIvability for All : Doris Matsui, US House of Representatives, California 5th District  & Co-Chair of the Congressional Task Force on Seniors (Rob Mosher, Legislative Director spoke on her behalf))
• Cities & Traditional Institutions: Jay Williams, Mayor, City of Youngstown, Ohio
• Heritage: Vin Cipolla, President, Municipal Art Society of New York
  

4:45 pm

A Call to Action

• Neal Peirce, Syndicated Columnist, Citistates

4:55 pm

Conclusion

• Robert McNulty, President, Partners for Livable Communities

5:00 pm

Reception in Hirshhorn Museum Plaza