This conference explores the tensions between preservation and change that are now playing out along Brooklyn's waterfront from Greenpoint to Coney Island.

The conference is co-sponsored by the Steven L. Newman Real Estate Institute at Baruch College, CUNY; Brooklyn Waterfront Research Center at the New York City of Technology, CUNY; and the CUNY Institute for Urban Systems at City College.

The event takes place on October 26, 2011 at Brooklyn Borough Hall.

[Part I -- 58 min.]
Opening Remarks
Jack S. Nyman
Director, The Steven L. Newman Real Estate Institute, Baruch College, CUNY
Richard Hanley
Director, Brooklyn Waterfront Research Center, NYC College of Technology, CUNY

The City's Stake in the Waterfront
The Honorable Marty Markowitz
Borough President, Brooklyn
Nicholas Brooke
Chairman, Harbourfront Commission, Hong Kong
Purnima Kapur
Brooklyn Office Director, NYC Department of Planning, New York City

[Part II -- 58 min.]
Researcher's Findings: Opportunities at Hand
Jonathan Peters
Professor, The College of Staten Island, CUNY
Sapna Advani
Research Fellow, Brooklyn Waterfront Research Center, Brooklyn

Innovation Perspectives
Carter Craft
Principal, Outside New York, New York City
Ronald L. Schweiger
Brooklyn Borough Historian, Brooklyn
Andrew Kimball
President and CEO, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn
Ellen Ryan
V.P., Strategic Partnerships, Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation

[Part III -- 56 min.]
Visioning the Future
Roland Lewis
President and CEO, Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance, New York City
Michael Marrella
Director of Waterfront and Open Space Planning, NYC Department of City Planning, New York City
Bonnie Harken
President, Nautilus International Development Consulting, Inc., Manhattan
Robert A. Levine
President and CEO, RAL Companies, New York City

Environmental Remarks
Kenneth D. Daly
President, National Grid, New York

End Remarks
Seth Pinsky
President, NYC Economic Development Corporation, New York City
Conference Observations
Jack S. Nyman
Nicholas Brooke
Richard Bearak
Ronald L. Schweiger
Bonnie Harken