Agenda for the 2012 Meeting of the Minds in San Francisco, CA

Tuesday, October 9, 2012
11:30AM – 5:30PM		Registration Open at The Julia Morgan Ballroom, 465 California Street, 15th Floor, San Francisco
12:30		Pre-Conference On-the-Ground Tours All tours meet in the Julia Morgan Ballroom and depart at 1pm.
6:30 PM – 8:30PM		Opening Reception for All Participants Hosted and organized by WSP Group. Location: The Orrick Building, 405 Howard Street, San Francisco (downtown San Francisco – about 10-15 minute walk from the hotels and conference venue)
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
7:45AM – ongoing		Registration
7:45AM		Light breakfast
8:30AM		Welcome from the Convener and Managing Director Gordon Feller, Convener and co-founder, Meeting of the Minds Jessie Feller, Managing director, Meeting of the Minds
8:40AM		Panel #1: From Industrial Zones to Innovation Zones – How Europe is Leading the Way Moderator: Nicola Villa, Senior Director – Cisco Systems (Amsterdam) Manel Sanroma, CIO of Barcelona, Barcelona City Government (Catalunya) Carolien Gehrels, Vice Mayor of Amsterdam (via TelePresence from Europe) Chris Vein, Deputy U.S. Chief Technology Officer for Government Innovation Watch the Video
9:20AM		Panel #2: Where Is the Urban Mobility Revolution Headed? Moderator: Bill Reinert, National Manager, Toyota’s Advanced Technology Group Susan Shaheen, Director, Transportation Sustainability Research Center, University of California, Berkeley Eric Cahill, Managing Director, Adaptiv LLC Susan Zielinski, Director, SMART at the University of Michigan Scott Samuelsen, Professor and Director, National Fuel Cell Research Center; and Director, Advanced Power and Energy Program, UC Irvine Watch the Video
10:10AM		Next Big Innovation: The Mobile Internet Transformation – Meeting Network Capacity Needs of Cities Matt Grob, Chief Technology Officer, Qualcomm Watch the Video
10:30AM		Networking Coffee Break
11:00AM		Next Big Innovation: Future Cities Made Real – Efficient, Sustainable, Liveable James Anderson, Vice President, Schneider Electric Infrastructure Business – U.S., Schneider Electric Watch the Video
11:20AM		Next Big Innovation: Smarter Cities Dr. Colin Harrison, Distinguished Engineer and inventor of IBM’s Smarter Cities architecture Watch the Video
11:35AM		Next Big Innovation: San Francisco’s Tech Innovation Journey – What’s Next? Jon Walton, CIO, City and County of San Francisco Watch the Video
11:50AM		Next Big Innovation: Worldwide Networks of Smart Workers – Connected and Collaborating through Smart Work Centers Gordon Feller, Director of Urban Innovation, Cisco Bas Boorsma, Global Lead, Cisco’s Work-Life Innovations Program (Amsterdam via TelePresence) Watch the Video
12:05PM		Break for Networking Lunch
1:30PM		Break Outs Workshops in Four Separate Rooms
		Session A: The Successes and Failures of Car Sharing – What’s Next? Moderator: Bill Reinert, National Manager, Toyota’s Advanced Technology Group Paul Hedtke, Senior Director, Business Development, Qualcomm Incorporated Rick Hutchinson, CEO, City CarShare Mark Norman, President, ZipCar Susan Shaheen, Director, Transportation Sustainability Research Center, University of California, Berkeley Watch the Video
		Session B: Environmental Initiatives as Levers for Change: Comparing the Initiatives of Seattle and San Francisco Moderator: Nils Moe, City of Berkeley, Mayor’s Office Melanie Nutter, Director of San Francisco Department of Environment Jill Simmons, Director of Seattle Department of Environment Session Description
		Session C: The Work-Life Revolution Moderator: Peter Miscovich, Managing Director, Corporate Solutions, Jones Lang LaSalle Alexa Arena, Senior Vice President, Forest City Egon Terplan, Regional Planning Director, SPUR Mark Gilbreath, Founder and CEO of LiquidSpace Session Description
		Session D: Smarter Cities of Tomorrow – Integrated Operations across Service Areas to Meet the Needs of Citizens Moderator: Christian Clauss, Director of Architecture, Strategy and Partners, IBM Smarter Cities Software Niels van Duinen, Director of Outdoor Lighting Applications, Philips Lighting Jeff Frazier, Senior Director of the Global Public Sector for Cisco’s Internet Business Solutions Group Story K. Bellows, Office of Mayor Michael A. Nutter, City of Philadelphia Session Description
2:30PM		Networking Coffee Break
3:00PM		Break Outs Workshops in Four Separate Rooms – running simultaneously
		Session G: New Tools for Social Engagement – How to Better Engage the Public on Policy and Planning Issues Moderator: Tom Wright, Executive Director, Regional Plan Association Ron Dembo, Founder and Chairman, Zerofootprint Inc. Art Chang, Tipping Point Partners Jennifer Pahlka, Founder and Executive Director, Code for America Session Description
		Session H: Building the Smart, Sustainable City — New Strategies for Law and Policy Moderator: William Shutkin, President and CEO; Richard M. Gray Fellow in Sustainability Practice, Presidio Graduate School Nestor Davidson, Professor of Law at Fordham University Hope Cohen, Associate Director, Regional Plan Association Karen Chapple, Associate Professor of City & Regional Planning; Faculty Director, Center for Community Innovation; Acting Director, Institute for Research on Labor & Employment; Associate Director, Institute for Urban and Regional Development, UC Berkeley Session Description
		Session I: The Just City Moderator: George McCarthy, The Ford Foundation Leila Janah, Founder and CEO of SamaSource Mikel Maron, Founder of Map Kibera Victor d’Allant, Dallant Networks, Leading Networks for Global Impact Tim Campbell, Consultant, Former Head of Urban Programs at the World Bank Watch the Video
		Session J: The Clean Energy and Water in the Smart Cities of the Future Moderator: Jo Danko, Managing Director of Urban Programs, CH2M HILL Paul Reiter, Executive Director, International Water Association (The Netherlands) Dylan Hixon, Arden Road Investments Hari Sankaran, Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Limited Ellen Lou, Director of Urban Design and Planning, San Francisco, SOM Session Description
4:15PM		Next Big Innovation: City Breakthroughs and Lessons Learned – The Vancouver Experience Gregor Robertson, Mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Watch the Video
4:45PM		Next Big Innovation: The New Dutch Model for Economic Innovation Policy Bart van Bolhuis, the Consul General of the Netherlands Watch the Video
5:00PM		Networking Reception for All Participants Beer, wine and cheese reception from Sponsored by The Consul General of Netherlands and Humanitas Wines
Thursday, October 11, 2012
7:45AM – ongoing		Registration
7:45AM		Light breakfast
8:30AM		Welcome – Recap of Day 1 Gordon Feller
8:45AM		Next Big Innovation: San Francisco’s Innovation Zone Jay Nath, Chief Innovation Officer of SF, Mayor’s Office Watch the Video
9:05AM		The City Protocol: Building the Internet of Cities Vincente Guallart, Chief Architect and Director of Urban Habitat at the Barcelona City Council Watch the Video
9:20AM		What’s on the Minds of the Leaders of the World’s Top Mass Transit Agencies? Juliette Michaelson, Director of Strategic Initiatives, Regional Plan Association Watch the Video
9:40AM		Meeting of the Minds 2013 Special Announcement Surprise Guest
10:00AM		Next Big Innovation: Planning Tools for Civic Engagement: Is There an App for That? Armando Carbonell, Chairman of the Department of Planning and Urban Form, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy (Cambridge, Mass) Watch the Video
10:20AM		Networking Coffee Break
10:45AM		Next Big Innovation: From the Empire State Building to the Bay: The Energy Costs and Environmental Impacts of Smart Lighting Susanne Seitinger, Director of City Innovations, Philips Color Kinetics Watch the Video
11:00AM		Next Big Innovation: What’s Next in Real Estate? New Data Measuring Building Performance Charles B. Leitner III, Chairman, ULI Greenprint Center for Building Performance Uwe S. Brandes, Senior Vice President, Initiatives, Urban Land Institute Watch the Video
11:15AM		Next Big Innovation: The Impact of Energy Supplies on Global Urban Environments Dr. Peter Wells, Chairman, Neftex Petroleum Consultants Watch the Video
11:45AM		Next Big Innovation: Resilience and Communities: Adapting to Disruptive Change Charles Rutheiser, Center for Community and Economic Opportunity, Annie E. Casey Foundation Watch the Video
12:00PM		Next Big Innovation: Public Lighting and the Internet of Things: Examples from Amsterdam James Crowther, Customer Solutions Manager, Cisco’s Internet Business Solutions Group Christoph Herzig, Senior Marketing Director Outdoor Lighting, Philips Watch the Video
12:15PM		San Francisco’s Secret Sauce – Innovation Drives Livability and Sustainability Edwin Lee, Mayor, City and County of San Francisco Watch the Video
12:30PM		Next Steps Gordon Feller
12:40PM-2:00PM		Closing Lunch and Networking Reception outside Wine sponsorship from John De Luca