Waterfront Alliance 2021 Regional Symposium: Recovery and Resilience in a New Era
Channel: Waterfront Alliance
Date: 2021-01-15

The past year has challenged and tested us in unprecedented ways while we watched our region, country, and the world undergo major political, economic, and social changes. As local, state, and national leaders develop the roadmap for recovery in 2021, what do the economics of our region look like? What are the driving forces that will help shift economic sectors central to our harbor and waterfront?

Join your colleagues for the Waterfront Alliance’s Regional Symposium on January 14, 2021. Learn from a slate of leaders who will explore the intersection of economics and recovery.

Agenda
Welcome – 11am

Cortney Worrall, President and CEO, Waterfront Alliance

Chris Ward, Board Chair, Waterfront Alliance

What We Need from Washington: Stimulus Across Districts – 11:05am

Grace Meng, U.S. Congress Member (District 6 - NY)

Donald M. Payne, Jr., U.S. Congress Member (District 10 - NJ)

J. Christian Bollwage, Mayor of Elizabeth

Costa Constantinides, Member, New York City Council

The Economic Health of the Region – 11:30am

Beverly Hirtle, Executive Vice President, Director of Research, New York Federal Reserve Bank  

New York City, Economic Development and Renewable Energy – 11:55am

Lindsay Greene, Chief of Strategy Officer & EVP at New York City Economic Development Corporation

New York City's Reinvention – 12:00pm

Ric Burns, Filmmaker and Writer

Sea Level Rise: Past, Present and Future – 12:25pm

Maureen Raymo, Ph.D., Interim Director, Director Core Repository, Professor, Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory 

Break – 12:50pm

PANEL: Prospects for Recovery – 1pm

Moderator:

Jarrett Murphy, Executive Editor, City Limits

Panelists:

Julia Bovey, Director of External Affairs, Equinor Wind U.S.

John Nardi, President, New York Shipping Association

Carlo Scissura, President and CEO, New York Building Congress

Timothy Sullivan, CEO, New Jersey Economic Development Authority

Kathryn Wylde, President and CEO, Partnership for New York City

Jose Ortiz, Jr., Chief Executive Officer, New York City Employment and Training Coalition

Launch of Waterfront Alliance’s 2021 Mayoral Platform – 1:55pm

Conclusion and Final Announcements