Gov Ravitch

New York State Lieutenant Governor Richard Ravitch delivered the keynote speech at the 2nd Annual Building in the 21st Century conference held on Friday, Nov. 20, 2009.

Conference topics included the economics of construction and the built environment, opportunities in modernizing public construction procurement, and opportunities in modernizing public finance.

Professor Salkin discussed issues in land use planning as part of a panel of experts from both academia and the private sector.

The conference wad sponsored by Albany Law School's Government Law Center, AIA New York State and the New York City Bar.

Complete Agenda:

Welcoming Remarks
Edward C. Farrell, Executive Director, AIA New York State
and Co-Moderator Burt L. Roslyn, President, Roslyn Consultants, LLC, AIA New York State

Economics of Construction and the Built Environment
Georges Korsun, Ph.D., Deloitte Financial Advisory Services, LLP

Audio - click HERE.

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State Issues in Land Use Planning
Patricia Salkin, Esq., Albany Law School
Jonathan Martin, Ph.D., Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation and Pratt Institute
Diana Sawtell, Chief Planner and Land Use Planning Department Manager, Holtzmacher, McLendon + Murrell P.C.
Mark Ginsberg, Curtis + Ginsberg Architects

Audio - click HERE.

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Keynote Speech
Lt. Gov. Richard Ravitch

Audio - click HERE.

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Modernize Public Construction Procurement
Mary Ann Crotty, President, Macro Associates
Russell Davidson, KG+D Architects, Past President, AIANYS
Robert Flieger, Senior Manager, Capital Projects Consulting, Deloitte Financial Advisory Services, LLP
Joseph Hogan, Vice President, Association of General Contractors
Howard Rosen, Esq., Peckar & Abramson
Michael J. Squarzini, P.E., LEED AP, Senior Principal, Thornton Tomasetti
Brig. Gen. Norman Thorpe (USAF, Retired), Editor, ABA Model Code for Public Infrastructure Procurement

Audio - click HERE.

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Modernize Public Finance
Samara Barend, Executive Director, New York State Commission on State Asset Maximization
Kenneth Bond, Esq., Squire Sanders & Dempsey
Joseph Branca, Managing Director, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Jeffrey Hyman, Managing Director, Stone & Youngberg LLC
Kenneth Lind, Esq., Nixon Peabody, LLP

Summation and Discussion
Co-Moderators Patricia Salkin and Burt Roslyn

Audio - Click HERE.

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