CURA Events 2017

Autumn 2017 events // People-Centered Cities Theme

Panel Discussion | Tactical Urbanism: Do Little Things Mean a Lot in Cities?

  • Amelia Costanzo, Mid Ohio Regional Planning Commission
  • Halina Steiner, Knowlton School
  • Jess Mathews, Place Makes & Open Streets Columbus
  • Elissa Schneider, Transit Columbus

Budhendra Bhaduri | High-res Cities: An Overview of Urban Dynamics Institute at Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Rein Ahas | How Can We Measure Social Segregation Outside of Residential Areas?

Sarah Williams | Build it, Share it, Hack it: Unlocking Data for Policy Change


Spring 2017 events  //  Smart Cities Theme

Steve Liang | Smart Citizens for Smart Cities – Opportunities and Challenges of Building Open Smart Cities and Internet of Things

Shoshanah Goldberg-Miller | Planning for a City of Culture

Panel Discussion | Smart City, Healthy City?

  • Mysheika W. Roberts, MD, MPH  //  Assistant Health Commissioner, Medical Director, Columbus Public Health
  • Pam Salsberry, PhD, RN, FAAN  // Associate Dean & Professor, College of Public Health
  • Joanna Pinkerton, PE  // Co-Director, Honda/Ohio State Partnership
  • Jason Reece, PhD  // Assistant Professor, City & Regional Planning, Knowlton School
  • MODERATOR  // Harvey Miller, PhD  // Director, Center for Urban and Regional Analysis

Harris Solomon |  Vehicle of Death: Traffic, Trauma, and Movement in India

Richard Florida | How Our Cities Are Increasing Inequality, Deepening Segregation, and Failing the Middle Class - and What We Can Do About It