Excerpts from a one-day conference "Zoning the City: Addressing New York City's 21st Century Challenges" sponsored by the New York City Department of City Planning, the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, and The Steven L. Newman Real Estate Institute of Baruch College.

The event takes place on November 15, 2011, at McGraw-Hill Conference Center, 1221 Avenue of the Americas, 2nd Floor.

[Part I -- 58 min.]

Welcome

Robert K. Steel, Deputy Mayor for Economic Development, New York City

Zoning New York City

Amanda M. Burden, Director, New York City Department of City Planning; Chair, New York City Planning Commission

Panel One: Shaping New York City Zoning, 1961 to the Present

Hilary Ballon, Deputy Vice Chancellor, NYU Abu Dhabi; University Professor of Urban Studies and Architecture, NYU

Carol Willis, Founder, Director, Curator, The Skyscraper Museum, New York; Adjunct Associate Professor of Urban Studies, Columbia University

Alex Garvin, Professor of Urban Planning and Management (Adjunct), Yale University; President and CEO, AGA Public Realm Strategists

Moderator: Rick Bell, Executive Director, American Institute of Architects New York

Panel Two: Challenges Facing New York City In the 21st Century

Daniel L. Doctoroff, President and CEO of Bloomberg LP

Rosanne Haggerty, President, Community Solutions (CS)

Rohit T. Aggarwala, C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group

Paul Goldberger, Architecture Critic, The New Yorker; Joseph Urban Chair in Design and Architecture,

The New School

Moderator: Errol Louis, Host, "Inside City Hall," NY1

Panel Three: Zoning's Role In Addressing Challenges Facing New York City In the 21st Century: Zoning and the Competitive City

Vishaan Chakrabarti, AIA, Holliday Professor and Director, Center for Urban Real Estate, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation, Columbia University

Kairos Shen, Chief Planner, Boston Redevelopment Authority

Moderator: Alex Garvin, Professor of Urban Planning and Management (Adjunct), Yale University; President and CEO, AGA Public Realm Strategists

Panel Four: Zoning and the Equitable City

Toni Griffin, Professor & Director of the J. Max Bond Center at the Spitzer School of Architecture, City College of New York, CUNY

John Rahaim, Director of Planning, City and County of San Francisco

Moderator: Jerold S. Kayden, Frank Backus Williams Professor of Urban Planning and Design and Director, Master in Urban Planning Degree Program, Harvard University Graduate School of Design

Panel Five: Zoning and the Sustainable City

Harriet Tregoning, Director, Office of Planning, Government of the District of Columbia

Jonathan F. P. Rose, President, Jonathan Rose Companies

Moderator: Jack Nyman, Director, Steven L. Newman Real Estate Institute, Baruch College, CUNY

[Part II -- 60 min.]

Framing the Place of Zoning in Modern Cities

Jerold S. Kayden, Frank Backus Williams Professor of Urban Planning and Design and Director, Master in Urban Planning Degree Program, Harvard University Graduate School of Design

Panel Six: Zoning and the Physical City

Matthew Carmona, Professor of Planning & Urban Design, Bartlett School of Planning, University College London

Peter Park, Loeb Fellow, Harvard University Graduate School of Design

Moderator: Paul Goldberger, Architecture Critic, The New Yorker; Joseph Urban Chair in Design and Architecture, The New School

Panel Seven: Where Do We Go From Here?

Thom Mayne, Founder, Morphosis

Robert A. M. Stern, Dean, Yale School of Architecture; Founder and Senior Partner, Robert A. M. Stern Architects, LLP

Mary Ann Tighe, Chief Executive Officer, New York Tri-State Region, CB Richard Ellis; Chair, Real Estate Board of New York

Moderator: Jerold S. Kayden, Frank Backus Williams Professor of Urban Planning and Design and Director, Master in Urban Planning Degree Program, Harvard University Graduate School of Design

Closing Remarks

Amanda M. Burden, Director, New York City Department of City Planning; Chair, New York City Planning Commission