“Urban Conversations: Cities at Risk:” a conference from The Milano New School for Management and Urban Policy at The New School, examines government and civil sector preparedness and response to urban catastrophes. This dynamic group of prominent elected officials, leading journalists, academics, and other experts from across the nation, represents a variety of constituencies.  Sharing personal perspectives and experiences in urban governance, they promise a lively debate.

Keynote Speaker U.S. Senator Mary L. Landrieu, (D-LA)
Bob Kerrey, President, The New School
James Lee Witt, former Director, FEMA
Michael Brown, former Director, FEMA
Peter Eisinger, Henry Cohen Professor, Milano The New School for Management and Urban Policy
Clark Kent Ervin, Aspen Institute, former Inspector General of the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security
John Norquist, President, Congress for New Urbanism
Mayor Martin O’Malley, Baltimore
Judith Rodin, President, The Rockefeller Foundation
Brian Lehrer, WNYC New York Public Radio
Soledad O’Brien, CNN
Lawrence Vale, Chair of Urban Studies MIT           List in formation