Centers and Institutes

“A year ago, City Council member Melissa Mark-Viverito was instrumental in helping to bring participatory budgeting to New York City, engaging her district and giving them say in the political process by allocating a percentage of the council member’s discretionary funds for capital projects of their choosing. In 2011, Mark-Viverito was one of four members, along with Jumaane Williams, Eric Ulrich, and Brad Lander, to introduce the process in their districts.” This seminar, therefore, presents a broad perspective on participatory budgeting in government and describes specifically the pilot process in four New York City Council Districts. Moderated by Daniel W. Williams, Associate Professor at Baruch College of the School of Public Affairs, the program includes panelists Donata Secondo, Project Coordinator of Participatory Budgeting Project, Melissa Mark-Viverito, New York City Council Member of 8th District in Manhattan and Hazel Martinez, Member of the District Committee in New York City Council District 45 and of the Citywide Steering Committee for Participatory Budgeting.

Baruch College has been asked to create a plan for the potential redevelopment of a 400,000, plus air rights, square foot building on the corner of 1st Avenue and 29th Street. The purpose of this MBA course will be to develop a series of site and financial analyses of the feasibility for building-out and transforming the site. The course involves a series of talks and discussions by invited speakers coming to the class focusing on the redevelopment of the Bellevue Building. Donald Capoccia, Principal of the BFC Partners, is the speaker in the class.

Part 3 of the conference contains the mid-day keynote address provided by Reto Francioni, CEO of Deutsch Borse AG. Panel 2 is moderated by Joe Cangemi, Managing Director of ConvergEx Group. It is entitled Competitive challenges in the exchange space? Panelists include Alasdair Haynes, CEO of Chi-X Europe, Bill Harts, Chief Strategy Officer in Thomson Reuters, Gary Stone, Chief Strategy Officer in Bloomberg Tradebook LLC, Wally Sullivan, Managing Partner of Pulse Trading, Peter Jenkins, President of AX Trading and Rob Howe, Corporate Strategist of Liquidnet. Panel 3 is moderated by Bruce Weber, Dean of Lerner College of Business and Economics in University of Delaware. The topic is Wherein lie the growth opportunities? Panelists include Larry Tabb of TABB Group, Ian Domowitz of ITG, Joe Rosen of RKA, Inc., Pinar Emirdag of London Stock Exchange Group, Frank Hatheway of NASDAQ OMX, and Tim Mahoney of BIDS Trading. Panel 4 is moderated by David Weild IV, Founder and Chairman of Grant Thornton LLP and Capital Markets Advisor Partners LLC. Topic is IPO capital raising in the global economy. Panelists include Huseyin Erkan of Istanbul Stock Exchange, Joseph Hall of Davis, Polk & Wardwell LLP, Steve Wunsch of Wunsch Auction Systems, Barry E. Silbert of SecondMarket Inc., and Gregory L. Wright of ThinkEquity LLC. The closing keynote speech is addressed by Larry Leibowitz, COO of NYSE Euronext.

Organized by Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College, the conference starts with greetings from John A. Elliott, Dean of Zicklin School of Business and Robert Schwartz, Speiser Professor of Finance, Baruch College. The main theme of this conference is to discuss the economic function of stock exchanges. The opening address is provided by William Brodsky, Chairman and CEO of Chicago Board Options Exchange. The conference is to be continued by Part 2 and 3 for panel discussions.

There are four panels in the conference. Topic of Panel 1 is What makes an exchange a unique institution? It is moderated by Andrew Brooks, Vice President and Head of U.S. Equity Trading for T. Rowe Proce Associates, Inc. Panelists include Alfred Berkeley, Chairman & CEO of Pipeline Trading Systems, Gary Katz, CEO of International Securities Exchange, William O'Brien, CEO of Direct Edge, Brett Redfearn, Global Head of Liquidity in J.P. Morgan Securities, and Asani Sarkar, Researcher in Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The conference is to be continued by Part 3 for more panel discussions.

Demonstrated by Justyn Makarewycz, Employer Relations Specialist at Baruch College, this hands-on workshop focuses on reviewing the Zicklin CareerLink career portal, the Graduate Career Management Center (GCMC), services, and ways to enhance job searches in using the tools available to the students.

This panel provides a forum for parents, students, and academic experts in psychology to address the issue of critical individuals and adolescents who grow up in the family while feeling differently and facing with issues during the college years. Led by Susan Locke, Professor in the Department of Psychology, speakers in this panel include a mix of professors, counselors, and students. They are: Patricia Imbimbo, Director of Starr Career Development Center; Lancia Yan, Senior Academic Advisor, Center for Academic Advisement; Elaine Cataletto, Associate Director, Center for Academic Advisement; Mark Spergel, Director of Orientation and New Student Program; and Yevgeniya Suleymanova, Baruch student-panelist.

This panel provides a forum for parents, students, and academic experts in psychology to address the issue of critical individuals and adolescents who grow up in the family while feeling differently and facing with issues during the college years. Led by Susan Locke, Professor in the Department of Psychology, speakers in this panel include a mix of professors, counselors, and students. They are: Patricia Imbimbo, Director of Starr Career Development Center; Lancia Yan, Senior Academic Advisor, Center for Academic Advisement; Elaine Cataletto, Associate Director, Center for Academic Advisement; Mark Spergel, Director of Orientation and New Student Program; and Yevgeniya Suleymanova, Baruch student-panelist.

Baruch College has been asked to create a plan for the potential redevelopment of a 400,000, plus air rights, square foot building on the corner of 1st Avenue and 29th Street. The purpose of this MBA course will be to develop a series of site and financial analyses of the feasibility for building-out and transforming the site. John Goering, Professor in the School of Public Affairs and Real Estate of Baruch College, invited Mark Thompson, Chair of Community Board 6 in Manhattan, to be the speaker in his Real Estate class to talk about the redevelopment of the Bellevue Building near 1st Avenue and 29th Street.

The Center for Nonprofit Strategy and Management at the School of Public Affairs, Baruch College and NYC Center for Economic Opportunity co-sponsor a panel discussion on "Anti-Property Innovation: The Local and National Impact of New York City's Center for Economic Opportunity." Topics include mission and overview of the NYC Center for Economic Opportunity, case study such as Jobs-Plus, and role of nonprofit organizations in economic development programs. The event takes place on May 22, 2012 at the Baruch College Newman conference Center, Room 750.

Part Two: 52 min.

Question & Answer session