Thursday, November 10, 2005

8:30 am – 9:00 am

• Norman L. Koonce, FAIA, Executive Vice President and CEO, The American Institute of Architects
• W. Paul Farmer, AICP, Executive Director and CEO, American Planning Association
• Doug Steidl, FAIA, President, The American Institute of Architects
• David Siegel, AICP, President, American Planning Association

9:00 am – 9:45 am

• Governor Kathleen Blanco (D-LA)
• Coast Guard Vice Adm. Thad Allen, principal federal official for hurricane recovery efforts
• Dr. Norman Francis, President, Xavier University

10:30 am – 12:30 pm

• William Henry, P.E., F.ASCE, Manager, Schaaf & Wheeler Consulting, and Past-President (2005), American Society of Civil Engineers
• Robert Flowers, LTG Robert Flowers, USA (Ret.), CEO, HNTB Federal Services Corporation
• Rot (Rene) Zijlstra, Director Business Group, Coastal & Rivers Netherlands, Haskonig Nederland B.V.
• Danny Taylor, Manager of Engineering, Entergy 
• Walter Brooks, Executive Director, Louisiana Regional Planning Commission

1:15 pm – 2:00 pm

• Richard Moe, President, National Trust for Historic Preservation
• Lt. Governor Mitch Landrieu (D-LA)

2:15 pm – 4:00 pm

• Walter Isaacson, President and CEO of the Aspen Institute, Former Chairman and CEO of CNN and the Managing Editor of Time Magazine
• Dr. James Richardson, Professor and Director, Public Administration Institute, LSU
• Michael Olivier, Secretary, Louisiana Department of Economic Development
• Sarah Woodworth, Vice President, ZHA (a firm focused on public/private partnerships as a model for urban development)

5:45 pm - 6:45 pm

• Eugene Cornelius, Small Business Administration
  

Friday, November 11, 2005

9:00 am – 11:30 am

• William H. Frey, Visiting Fellow, Metropolitan Policy, Brookings Institution
• Chris Shea, Deputy Commissioner, Development, Baltimore Housing  
• Steven B. Bingler, AIA, REFP, NCARB, Concordia LLC, Founder and President
• Thaddeus Cohen, Secretary, Florida Department of Community Affairs
• Thomas Farley, MD MPH. Professor and Chair, Department of Community Health Sciences, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine

12:30 pm – 1:30 pm

• David Doss, District Director, Congressman David Vitter’s Office
• Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA)
• Congressman Bill Jefferson (D-LA)
• Congressman Charles Melançon (D-LA 3rd)
• Congressman Bobby Jindal (R-LA-1st)

2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

• Ragan Broyles, Chief Response and Prevention Branch, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Chris Forinash, Director, Transportation Activities, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Mark Davis, Executive Director, Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana
• Bob Berkebile, FAIA, Chairman, AIA National Committee on the Environment and Founder, BNIM Architects

5:45 pm – 6:00 pm

• Mel Legarde, Co-Chair of the Bring New Orleans Back Commission

Saturday, November 12, 2005

8:30 am - 9:30 am

• Thomas Jackson, P.E., F.ASCE, Vice President, DMJM Harris, and Past-President (2003), American Society of Civil Engineers
• Angela O’Byrne, President AIA New Orleans
• Steve Villavaso, American Planning Association, Louisiana
• David Brown, Executive Vice President, National Trust for Historic Preservation

9:30 am – 10:45 am

• David Dixon, FAIA, Director, Planning and Urban Design, Goody Clancy
• Michael E. Willis, FAIA, Founder, Michael Willis Architects
• Jerry Weitz, Ph.D., AICP, Vice President for Legislative Affairs for the Georgia Planning Association.

11:00 am – 12:15 pm

• Edward H. Ziegler, Professor of Law, University of Denver Sturm College of Law
• Craig Richardson, Vice President, Clarion Associates
• Henry L. Green, State of Michigan, Executive Director, Bureau of Construction Codes and Fire Safety