Kickoff Event Agenda

See the video of the day here

January 26, 2019
9:00 – 4:30
Hoffman Hall, PSU

9:00 AM
Registration and coffee

9:30 AM
Welcome and introduction
Multnomah County Commissioner Jessica Vega Pederson and David Yaden

9:45 AM
Congressman Earl Blumenauer

10:00 AM
Panel: What was Portland 1.0? Why? How? So what?

  • Beginning in the late 1960s, how did Portland and the metropolitan region manage to change course in a way that gave it a reputation for innovation and urban success? What was the “secret sauce”? What are the takeaways from that history relevant to our ability to again go boldly toward Portland 2.0?

Panelists:  Alan Webber, Mayor, Santa Fe, NM, staff to former Portland Mayor; founding editor Fast Company magazine; Carl Abbott, historian and PSU Professor Emeritus, Urban Studies and Planning; Rick Gustafson, Executive VP, Sheils Oblitz Johnsen, and first Metro regional government elected Executive Director; Margaret Strachan, former Portland City Commissioner and neighborhood activist. Moderated by David Yaden, Portland 2.0 project manager

11:15 AM
Break

11:30 AM
Panel:  What has changed? Where are we today?

  • Looking at the context within which governance happens—taken broadly as as a shared civic endeavor of citizens and leaders–what and how much has changed (economy and jobs, growth, population characteristics and dynamics…) that affects our capacity to be successful with Portland 2.0?

Panelists: Caitlin Baggott Davis, Executive Director, North Star Civic Foundation; Su Embree, President and Principal, dhm Research; John Tapogna, President and Partner, ECONorthwest; Bill Wyatt, Executive Director, Salt Lake City Airport, former Executive Director of Port of Portland. Moderated by Adam Davis, Executive Director, Oregon Humanities

12:45 AM
Box lunch

1:30 PM
Panel: Inclusion and accountability: Who and what do we care about?

  • Who and what got left out, left behind? Is livability, at least as it has played out for us, at odds with inclusion and equity? Where was (is) accountability? Where do education and jobs and the economy fit in? If we have not lived up to our promises and intentions, why?

Panelists: Rukaiyah Adams, Chief Investment Officer, Meyer Memorial Trust; Michael Alexander, Interim VP, Global Diversity and Inclusion, Portland State University; Kayse Jama, Executive Director, Unite Oregon; Carmen Rubio, Executive Director, Latino Network. Moderated by Sarah Iannarone, First Stop Portland

2:45 PM
Break

3:00 PM
Panel: Civic life and governance: Can we do what we want to do?

  • What has changed  about our civic life and governance–our ability to set and achieve goals that might define Portland 2.0 and make it notable? Are governing and civic institutions and practices—our civic infrastructure—up to creating Portland 2.0?

Panelists: Tony DeFalco, Executive Director, Verde; Marissa Madrigal, Chief Operating Officer, Multnomah County; Martha Pellegrino, Brava Point; Alando Simpson, Vice President, City of Roses Disposal and Recycling Services. Moderated by Multnomah County Commissioner Jessica Vega Pederson

4:15 PM
Reception

See the video of the day here