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Panel I: The Future of Housing: Radical Ideas, Real Strategies
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1:30 - 2:20pm
Apoorva Pasricha | Speaker
COO, Cloud Apartments
Moses Gates | Speaker
Vice President, Regional Plan Association
Alison Carey | Speaker
Founder, Aedera Companies
Heather Miksch | Speaker
COO, Villa Technologies
Eileen Divringi | Moderator
Community Dev. Research Manager, Philadelphia Federal Reserve
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Panel II: Building a Climate Resilient Future
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10 - 10:50am
Sonam Velani | Speaker
Co-founder & Managing Director, Streetlife Ventures
Jonah Susskind | Speaker
Director of Climate Strategy, SWA
Lolita Jackson | Speaker
Executive Director, Sustainable Development Capital LLP
Nick Angarone | Speaker
NJ Chief Resilience Officer
Tami Banh | Moderator
2025-2026 McHarg Fellow, McHarg Center for Urbanism and Ecology
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Panel III: Sustaining Public Transit in a Changing Landscape
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Midori Valdivia | Speaker
Board Member, MTA
Ian Griffiths | Speaker
Principal Consultant, CPCS
Erik Johanson | Speaker
CFO, SEPTA
Tom Kotarac | Speaker
Senior Vice President of the Civic Committee, Commercial Club of Chicago
Leslie Richards | Moderator
Founder & Executive Director, Transportation Initiative at Penn
11 - 11:50am
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Panel IV: Cities in Transformation: AI and Technology Across the Urban Value Chain
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Jakub Labun | Speaker
Director of Strategic Operations, Elise AI
John Ikeda | Speaker
Chief Mission Officer, Water Environment Federation
Akshay Malik | Speaker
Smart Cities Director, City of Philadelphia
Nick Cassab | Speaker
Computational Designer, Anori AI
Gilles Duranton | Moderator
Dean's Chair in Real Estate Professor, Wharton
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2:30 - 3:20pm
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