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2010 Congress of Cities
November 30-December 4, 2010
Denver, Colorado
2010 Program Development Process
Program development for the Congress of Cities begins in the spring with the vetting and selection of the themes to be explored in conference workshops and general sessions. The conference program committee and an internal staff program team both participate in this process.
June thru early September, workshop topics, titles and descriptions are finalized by the program team. A preliminary list of workshop topics is usually available on the website in late July or early August with final workshop titles and descriptions published online in September. From September thru October, speakers are confirmed and their information is added to the website as it becomes available.
General session speakers are confirmed thru the summer and fall and are announced as soon as the information is available.
A program brochure with the latest information available is usually published in August/September.
Please check the conference websites frequently for updates. Starting in early summer, registrants of the Congress of Cities receive periodic updates on new program information in the Congress of Cities Alert, an e-mail alert sent only to registrants who included their e-mail as part of their registration information.
2010 Preliminary Program Agenda (subject to change)
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Tuesday-Nov.30
(Pre-conf day) |
Wednesday-Dec. 1(Pre-conf day) |
Thursday-Dec. 2
(Main Conf) |
Friday-Dec.3
(Main Conf) |
Saturday-Dec. 4
(Main Conf) |
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Leadership Training Institute Seminars |
Leadership Training Institute Seminars
Board of Directors and Advisory Council Meetings
Policy Committee Meetings
Constituency and Special Group Meetings and Events
Mobile Workshops
Member Fair/Attendee Orientation
Welcome Reception and Exposition Opening
(Opens 6:30 p.m.)
City Showcase Opening |
Opening General Session
Conference Workshops
Exposition and City Showcase
Mobile Workshops
State League Municipal Events
Constituency and Special Group Meetings and Events
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General Session
Conference Workshops
Exposition and City Showcase
Constituency and Special Group Meetings and Events
State League Municipal Events |
Morning General Session
Conference Workshops
Delegates Luncheon
(Ends 2:15 p.m.)
Annual Business Meeting
Host City Closing Event
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2009 Congress of Cities & Exposition Workshop List
Thursday, November 12
1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
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Climate action: putting you city on the map
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Democracy online: new technologies for citizen engagement
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Doing more with less: getting better results for children and families
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Downtown revitalization: a key to sustaining your city’s economy
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Leading and communicating in a time of crisis
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Surface transportation reauthorization
3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
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An educated choice: school district partnerships that pay off for cities
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Everything old is new again: strategies for reinventing your local economy
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Future of public sector pensions
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How to move freight in your communities
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Green jobs: preparing for the new economy
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Predictive and intelligent policing
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The rise of media resources for immigrant communities
Friday, November 13
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
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Green affordable housing
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Helping your city cope during the fiscal crisis
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Increasing access to alternative forms of transportation
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Local strategies to promote innovation and entrepreneurship
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Product stewardship
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Promising approaches to prevent youth and gang violence
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Top plays of the day: great ideas for children, youth and families
2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
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Building a model sustainable community after disaster
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Green building practices
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Health care reform and cities
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Innovations in workforce development
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More than meets the eye: bringing investment into previously overlooked markets
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Sustainable water infrastructure
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Veterans’ healthy homing
Saturday, November 14
10:45 a.m. – 12:15 a.m.
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Increasing government efficiency through technology
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Local foods
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Practical strategies for attracting local investment
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Transit-oriented development
2009 General Sessions
Friday, November 13
Friday Opening Session
Michael Strautmanis
Chief of Staff to the Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Relations and Public Engagement
Strautmanis will speak on behalf of the Obama Administration.
William Freund
Chief economist emeritus of the New York Stock Exchange
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William Freund, who served as the Stock Exchange’s chief economist for 18 years, will address delegates at the general session on Friday, November 13.
Freund is a professor of economics at Pace University’s Graduate School of Business in New York City, where he also directs the Freund Center for the Study of Securities Markets.
He is author of the best-selling book “Investment Fundamentals,” and co-author of the book “People and Productivity,” as well as numerous other books and articles. He has been an advisor to business, governments and financial institutions. His report, “Productivity and Inflation: was published by the Joint Economic Committee of the United States Congress. Freund will speak to delegates about economic recovery and the state of the economy.
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Saturday, November 14
Saturday Opening Session
Ed Begley, Jr.
Actor, Author and Environmental Activist
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Host of “Living with Ed” on HGTV, Ed Begley, Jr. will address attendees of the 2009 Congress of Cities and Exposition on sustainability during the Saturday, November 14, morning general session.
For more than 37 years, Begley has practiced living the green life and speaks eloquently of its benefits to individuals and communities.
Explains Begley on a video from the website http://livingwithed.net, even those skeptical of the role of human activity in climate change will find benefits from green action. At a minimum, people will see the benefits of cleaning up the air in heavily populated cities, putting money in their own pocket thanks to the long-term financial benefits of green actions and lessening dependence on foreign oil. | |
Saturday Delegate Luncheon Speaker:
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Pulitzer Prize Winning Author and Historian
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Influential political author and historian, Doris Kearns Goodwin, will address 2009 Congress of Cities attendees on the subject of leadership in times of crisis during the closing general session on November 14.
Goodwin’s books provide insight and historical perspective on politicians past that are being studied by today’s political leaders.
Her most recent work, a monumental history of Abraham Lincoln entitled Team of
Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, published in October 2005, joined the
best-seller lists on its first week in publication, and soon reached #1 on the New York Times Best-Seller List.
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