April 10, 2012

8:00 AM – 4:00 PM
War Memorial, Trenton NJ

PlanSmart NJ Regional Planning Summit Agenda and Speaker Presentations

2012 NJ Regional Planning Summit Program
Press Release
Press Coverage of the Summit

Keynote Speaker:

Richard Florida 

Professor University of Toronto and Senior Editor, The Atlantic
Nationally known author and New Jersey native Richard Florida will serve as our keynote speaker. He willdescribe how the recent recession will change our geography of where we live and how we work. He willinspire the audience with his ideas on how new ways of living and working will foster innovation and drivepost-recession prosperity. Richard Florida’s best-selling books include:

PlanSmart NJ will bring together international, regional,and local experts from business, academia, and government to explore policy solutions and practical strategies to attract and retain a creative, talented workforce through the design of functional regions and desirable communities. The conference will blend practicality with vision, elevating the discussion beyond today’s economic and planning challenges to identify concrete steps and strategies that New Jersey citizens and leaders can take to build a more sustainable and economically vibrant future.

NJ Regional Planning Summit will Feature Leaders from the Region, click here for the Speaker Bios:  

• Glen J. Abrams, AICP, Manager, Strategic Policy and Coordination, Office of Watersheds, Philadelphia Water Department
• Karen Alexander, President and CEO, New Jersey Utility Association
• Bob Antonicello, Executive Director, Jersey City Redevelopment Authority
• Kenneth Drucker, FAIA, Senior Principal, HOK Architects New York Practice
• Aaron R. Fichtner, Ph.D., Deputy Commissioner, NJ Department of Labor and Workforce Development 
• Debbie Hart, President, BioNJ
• Dr. Ali Houshmand, Interim President, Rowan University
• Robert Iacullo, President, United Water
• Jim Kehoe, Chairman of the Board, Casino Reinvestment Development Authority (CRDA)
• Dan Kennedy, AICP/PP, Deputy Director, Office for Planning Advocacy
• Rich Landers, Vice President, Tax and Real Estate, Campbell Soup Company
• John J. Matheussen, Chief Executive Officer, Delaware River Port Authority & President of PATCO
• Edward McKenna, Senior Partner, McKenna, DuPont, Higgins, & Stone
• Nisha Mistry, Manufacturing Advisor, Mayor’s Office Fellow City of Newark
• Dede Myers, Retired, Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
• Anne Boviard Nevins, Senior Vice President, Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation 
• Dean J. Paranicas, President and CEO, HealthCare Institute of New Jersey (HINJ)
• Steven Santoro, Assistant Executive Director, NJ Transit Capital Planning and Programs
• Anne Strauss-Wieder, Principal and Founder, A. Stauss-Wieder, Inc. Transportation, Economic & Strategy Consultants
• Carl E. Van Horn, Ph.D., Professor of Public Policy and the founding Director of the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University
• David Zimmer, Executive Director, New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust

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