CHAIR WELCOME: 8:15 am - 8:20 am

Alfa Demmellash, Co-Founder & CEO, Rising Tide Capital

OPENING REMARKS: 8:20 am - 8:25 am

Marcos Vigil, Deputy Mayor, City of Jersey City

SUSTAINABILITY PANEL:  8:25 am - 9:10 am

Brian Platt, Chief Innovation Officer, City of Jersey City

Randall Solomon, Co-Founder, Sustainable Jersey

Katherine Lawrence, Secretary, Jersey City Environmental Commission, Sr. Planner, City of Jersey City

Edward Potosnak, Executive Director, New Jersey League of Conservation Voters

Debra Italiano, Chair & Founder, Sustainable JC

Mark Lobhauer, Director, New Jersey, Regional Plan Authority - Moderator

TRANSPORTATION PANEL: 9:10 am - 9:55 am

Jon Carnegie, Project Director, Together North Jersey & Executive Director, VTC Transportation Center – Rutgers

Mary K. Murphy, Executive Director, North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority

Barkha Patel, Sr. Transportation Planner, Division of City Planning, City of Jersey City

Michael Marino, Director & GM, PATH, Port Authority of NY & NJ

Jay DiDomenico, Director, Hudson TMA, Hudson County Improvement Authority

Patrick Conlon, President, Bike JC - Moderator

MORNING RECEPTION: 9:55 am - 10:20 am

PUBLIC + OPEN SPACES PANEL: 10:20 am - 11:05 am

Sam Pesin, President, Friends of Liberty State Park

Francesca Giarratana, Principal Planner, Division of Planning, Hudson County

Signe Nielsen, Founding Principal, Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects, Lead Designer, Newport Green

Laura Skolar, President, Jersey City Parks Coalition

Steve Jandoli, Green Acres Program, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection

Benjamin Delisle, Director of Development, Jersey City Redevelopment Authority - Moderator

STEM EDUCATION & CENTERS PANEL: 11 am - 11:55 am

Paul Hoffman, President & CEO, Liberty Science Center

Eugene Cornacchia, President, Saint Peter's University

Sue Henderson, President, New Jersey City University

Marcia V. Lyles, Superintendent, Jersey City Public Schools

Glen Gabert, President, Hudson County Community College

Peter Daniels, EVP & Systems COO, CarePoint Health - Moderator

 LUNCH RECEPTION:  11:55 am - 1 pm

SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS PANEL: 1 - 1:45 pm

Michele Massey, Executive Director, Jackson Hill Main Street SID

Steven Hillyer, Project Manager, Journal Square SID

Christine Barresi, Executive Director, McGinley Square Partnership SID

Rachel Sieg, Executive Director, Historic Downtown SID

David Diaz, District Manager, Central Avenue SID

Don Smartt, District Administrator, Journal Square SID  - Moderator

PLACE-BASED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & ENTREPRENEURSHIP PANEL: 1:45 pm - 2:30 pm

Alfred J. Titone, NJ District Director, US Small Business Administration

Vanessa Quijano, Small Business Development Coordinator, JCEDC

Alfa Demmellash, Co-Founder & CEO, Rising Tide Capital

Joseph Gilkey, Executive Director, Ignite Institute, Saint Peter’s University

Vivian Brady-Phillips, Deputy Mayor, City of Jersey City

Maria Nieves, President & CEO, Hudson County Chamber of Commerce - Moderator

AFTERNOON RECEPTION: 2:30 pm - 2:50 pm

ARTS - CULTURE & SPACES PANEL:  2:50 pm - 3:40 pm

Sarah Calderon, Managing Director, ArtPlace America

Olga Levina, Founder, Jersey City Theater Center

Stefania Panepinto, Principal Owner, Panepinto Galleries, Panepinto Fine Arts, Panepinto Properties

Nicholas Paleologos, Executive Director, New Jersey State Council on the Arts

Christine Goodman, Founder, Art House Productions

Robinson Holloway, Chair, Jersey City Arts Council & Owner, Village West Gallery - Moderator

CREATIVE, CULTURAL & ENTREPRENEURIAL GATHERINGS PANEL: 3:40 pm - 4:25 pm

Tamara Remedios, Founder, Hudson Restaurant Week, NewarkPulse.com, Halsey Street Festival

Craig Goletz, Co-Founder & President, Jersey City International Television & Film Festival

Robert Rodriguez, Superintendent, Liberty State Park

Colin Egan, Executive Director, Landmark Loew's Jersey Theater

Elizabeth Cain, Director, Office of Cultural Affairs, City of Jersey City

Michele Sorvino, Executive Director, Golden Door International Film Festival of Jersey City

Kern Weissman, President, Riverview Neighborhood Association - Moderator

CLOSING REMARKS: 4:25 pm - 4:35 pm

CLOSING RECEPTION: 4:35 pm - 6 pm 

PARTNERS

Rising Tide Capital

Jersey City Economic Development Corporation

Hudson County Chamber of Commerce 

SPONSORS

Saint Peter's University

Panepinto Properties

Kinkisharyo International

T&M Associates

SILVERMAN

CarePoint Health

HCI - Hydrotechnology Consultants

SUPPORTERS

Central Ave Special Improvement District

Journal Square Special Improvement District

Historic Downtown Special Improvement District

McGinley Square Special Improvement District

Jackson Hill Special Improvement District

Art House Productions

Jersey City Park Coalition​​

New Jersey Managing District Association

Jersey City Tech Meetup

New Jersey Tech Council

The Jersey City Local Economy Working Group

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