Featured Breakfast Speakers:
Hon. Ed Mangano, Nassau County Executive
Kenneth Daly, National Grid

 

STATE OF THE TOWNS & VILLAGES

Hon. Rich Schaffer, Supervisor, Town of Babylon
Hon. Sean Walter, Supervisor, Town of Riverhead
Hon. Ed Romaine, Supervisor, Town of Brookhaven
Hon. Anna Throne-Holst, Supervisor, Town of Southampton
Hon. Wayne Hall, Mayor, Village of Hempstead
Hon. Peter Cavallaro, Mayor, Village of Westbury
Hon. Ralph Eckstrand, Mayor, Village of Farmingdale
Joye Brown, Newsday, Moderator

 

Workshops I:  9:55-11:05

POST SANDY: REBUILDING & RESILIENCE

Jamie Rubin, Director, Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery
Rob Welltner, Operation Splash
Ron Beattie, Oakdale Chamber of Commerce
David Berg, Cameron Engineering
Andrew Zucaro, Zucaro Construction
Paul Beyer, Director of Smart Growth, NYS DOS
John O’Connell, Herald Publications, Moderator

 

BROWNFIELDS BOOM OR BUST?

Peter Scully, NYS DEC
Gary Rozmus, GEI Consultants
Hon. DuWayne Gregory, Suffolk County
Mitch Pally, LI Builders Institute
Keith Samaroo, PS&S. Moderator

 

COMPLETE STREETS

Representative, NYS Department of Transportation
Will Stoner, AARP
Hon. Connie Kepert, Town of Brookhaven
Marlene Connor, Wendel Companies
David Sabatino, Envision Valley Stream
Ryan Russo, NYC Department of Transportation
Ryan Lynch, Tri-State Transportation Campaign, Moderator

 

EMERGING BUSINESSES

Bishop Harrison Hale, Harrison Hale Community Action Center
Kamlesh Mehta, South Asian Times
Jorge Martinez, LI Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Yvette Richardson, SRW Engineers
Lionel Chitty, Hicksville Chamber of Commerce, Moderator

 

TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT

Bob Paley, MTA
Anthony Bartone, Bartone Properties
James Stover, Mill Creek Residential
Sal Coco, BHC
Tom Jost, Parsons Brinkerhoff
Larry Rosenbloom, Zyscovich, Moderator

 

EDUCATION'S ROLE IN REBUILDING OUR DOWNTOWNS

Maria Rianna, Glen Cove School District Superintendent
Mike Hynes, Shelter Island School District Superintendent
Kathy Mooney, Port Washington School District Superintendent
Ken Bossert, Port Jefferson School District Superintendent
Kimberley Reiser, Nassau Community College
John Lombardo, Suffolk Community College
Dr. Elana Zolfo, Dowling College, Moderator

 

YOUTH VISION FOR LONG ISLAND'S FUTURE

Tara Bono, LIincs Young Professionals
Jeff Giullett, Millenial Development Institute
Josh Lafazan, Syosset Board of Education
Daniell Cirimello, Dowling College
Kendra Armstead, Stony Brook University
Dr. Nathalia Rogers, Dowling College, Moderator

 

Workshops II: 11:10-12:20

 

FUTURE OF ENERGY ON LONG ISLAND

John Keating, National Grid
David Scheiren, Empower Solar
Ross Ain, Caithness Energy
Mike Voltz, PSEG
Richard Kessel
Neal Lewis, Sustainability Institute at Molloy, Moderator

 

TOURISM & DOWNTOWNS

Dr. Gail Lamberta, St. Josephs College
Lois Howes, Freeport Chamber of Commerce
Artie Burke, Northport Village Merchants Association
Karen Harding, THEM Media
Jim Kelly, The Long Islander
Jaci Clement, Fair Media Council, Moderator

 

SMART GROWTH / NEW URBANISM 101

Bill Tuyn, Greenman Pedersen
Paddy Steinschneider, Gotham Design
Marc Wouters, CNU, New York
Alex Latham, ADLIII Architecture, Moderator

 

NEW TOWN CENTERS

David Wolkoff, Heartland Town Square, Brentwood
Tom Graham, RXR/Glen Isle
Bob Eschbacher, VHB/Ronkonkoma HUB
Don Monti, Renaissance Downtowns, Hempstead
David Winselberg, LI Business News, Moderator

 

TRANSIT OPPORTUNITIES

Elisa Picca, MTA/LIRR
Pat Bowden, Transit Workers Union
Michael Schoolman, Seven Bus
John Durso, LI Federation of Labor
William Henderson, PCAC
Denise Carter, Greenman Pedersen, Moderator

 

WATER & WASTEWATER

Michael Posillico, Posillico
Frank Russo, H2M
Rick Cisterna, Natural Systems Utilities
Hon. William Spencer, Suffolk County
Tim Burns, NYS Environmental Facilities Corp.
Adrienne Esposito, Citizens Campaign for the Environment, Moderator

 

BRINGING TECH COMPANIES DOWNTOWN

Rich Foster, Launchpad LI
Andrew Hazen, Launchpad LI
Jon Rudes, CRESA
Julie Marchesella, Nassau Council of Chambers of Commerce
Peter Goldsmith, LISTNET, Moderator

 

LUNCH: 12:30-2:00

 

Featured Lunch Speakers:
Hon. Steve Bellone, Suffolk County Executive
Hon. Steve Israel, US House of Representatives

 

 

Keynote Speaker:
Scott Rechler, RXR Realty Workshops III: 2:00-4:00

 

POST SANDY: DISASTER PLANNING & RECOVERY

Theresa Regnante, United Way of Long Island
Rich Cantwell, Friends of Freeport
Amy Castiglia, Lindy Manpower
Kim Skillen, Neighbor Supporting Neighbors Babylon
John McNally, Long Beach resident
Ron Benenati, FEMA
Jon Seibert, Friends of Long Island
Randi Dresner, Island Harvest
Carl Corry, Newsday, Moderator

 

FINANCING SMART GROWTH

Anthony Manetta, Suffolk County IDA
Bill Mannix, Town of Islip IDA
Larry Jones, Bethpage Federal Credit Union
Steve Krieger, Engel Burman
John Kominicki, Digital Motion, Moderator

 

ARTS, MUSIC & DESTINATIONS

Michelle Stark, Suffolk County Office of Film & Cultural Affairs
Bruce Michael, The Space at Westbury
Phil Ebel, Great South Bay Brewery
Pat Snyder, East End Arts Council, Moderator

 

SUSTAINABILITY PLANNING & IMPLEMENTATION

Lindsay Robbins, NYSERDA
Fran Reid, Town of North Hempstead
Gerry Bogacz,  NYMTC
Representative, Federal Transit Administration
Elissa Ward Kyle, Vision Long Island, Moderator

 

HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES

Sol Marie Jones, LI Community Foundation
Anthony Atkinson, LI Board of Realtors
Peter Florey, D&F Development
Ralph Fasano, Concern for Independent Living
Richard Koubek, Huntington Township Housing Coalition
Pam Robinson, Patch, Moderator

 

This 12th year of gathering Long Island's leaders will address our most challenging regional and local issues. In 2013, our region is recovering from difficult times: small businesses are hurting, community leaders are facing increased quality of life concerns, environmentalists, transportation and infrastructure leaders are seeing limited revenues, developers are struggling to secure financing for important projects, governments on all levels are straining to balance their budgets, and our young people are still leaving. The Smart Growth movement and its related family of New Urbanism, Sustainability, and green principles continue to provide policies that assist Long Island when calibrated to address our specific local needs.

The 12th Annual Smart Growth Summit will feature networking, a trade show, workshops, technical worksessions, a youth summit and plenary sessions on regional and local issues facing mixed-use development. Some sessions will include: downtown revitalization, priority infrastructure, financing Smart Growth, downtown management, transit-oriented development, Smart Growth, energy, youth leadership, regional projects, post-Sandy resiliancem, and many others to be announced in the coming weeks based on input from the broader movement.

Our goal is to once again have over 1,000 leaders working together. So here is where we need your help: please plan to join us and consider sponsoring the event. Attached is sponsorship and registration information (limited scholarships are available for community & youth leadership). If you have any questions, please call us at 631-261-0242.

If you are one of the thousands of Long Island leaders who have joined us in the past, please do so again. If you are new to the event and the Smart Growth movement, please consider partnering with us this year. Either way, we need your leadership, presence and voice to make great places a reality on Long Island.

Register today! Sponsorships are available!