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CM2 December 2020 Symposium

Presented by CM2 & LILP

Thursday, December 3 – Friday, December 4

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Workshop Presenters

Dr. Robert Yaro
Dr. Robert Yaro
Professor of Practice, City & Regional Planning, School of Design;
President of the Regional Plan Association

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Dr. Ming Zhang
Dr. Ming Zhang
CM2 Director
Professor of Community and Regional Planning;
Fellow of Hampton K. and Margaret Frye Snell Endowed Chair in Transportation
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Dr. Frederick Steiner
Dr. Frederick Steiner
Dean of the School of Design; Co-Director, Ian L. McHarg Center
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Keynote Speakers

Catherine Ross
Dr. Catherine Ross
Harry West Professor of City & Regional Planning
Director, Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development

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James Garland
James Garland
FHA Lead Transportation Specialist
James Garland leads and manages the Planning Capacity Building Program at the U.S. Department of Transportation- Federal Highway Administration in the Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty in Washington, DC. James has almost 17 years of multi-modal planning experience related to policy development and implementation, Smart Cities, and more.

Panel for The Evolution of the Megaregion Concept
Moderated by Dr. Bob Yaro


Ethan Seltzer
Dr. Ethan Seltzer
Professor Emeritus, Urban Studies & Planning
Portland University

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Amando Carbonell
Armando Carbonell
Vice President of Programs, LILP
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Susannah Drake
Susannah Drake
Associate Professor, Architecture & Landscape Architecture
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Panel for The state of megaregion research
Moderated by Dr. Megan Ryerson (UPenn)


Dr. Lisa Aultman-Hall
Professor & Chair, Systems Design Engineering
University of Waterloo

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Amy Kim
Dr. Amy Kim
Associate Professor, Transportation Engineering
University of Alberta

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Leslie Richards
Leslie Richards
General Manager, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
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Panel for Megaregions for Social Equity
Moderated by Dr. Carol Lewis

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Bryan Rodda
Lead Community Planner,
Federal Railroad Administration

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Kip Bergstrom
Kip Bergstrom

Lisa Loftus-Otway
Lisa Loftus-Otway
Attorney-at-Law;
Research Associate at Center for Transportation Research (CTR)

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Panel for Megaregions and the Green New Deal
Moderated by Billy Fleming

Beth Osborne
Beth Osborne
Director, Transportation America
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Carlos Martin
Carlos Martin
Senior Fellow, Urban Institute
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Yonah Freemark
Yonah Freemark
Senior Research Associate
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