Centers and Institutes

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 One: 44 min.

Panel Discussion

Opening Remarks:

Jack A. Krauskopf, MPA

Distinguished Lecturer and Director of The Center for Nonprofit Strategy and Management

Moderator:

Jonathan Bowles

Executive Director, Center for an Urban Future

Speakers:

Kristin Morse

Deputy Executive Director, NYC Center for Economic Opportunity

Debra-Ellen Glickstein

Vice- President for Strategy & Program Development, New York City Housing Authority

Jessica Nathan

Jobs-Plus Director, BronxWorks

Donna Wharton-Fields

Senior Associate, MDRC

"The Steven L. Newman Real Estate Institute sponsors the Downtown 2020 forum addressing strategic investments in lower Manhattan that can help ensure NYC’s global competitiveness for the long term. The event takes place on April 7, 2009, at 7 World Trade Center, 45th Floor, 250 Greenwich Street, New York.

[Part I -- 67 min.]

Welcome and Introduction

Jack S. Nyman, Director

The Steven L. Newman Real Estate Institute

Panel: The Research Team

Moderated by Peter Salins, Stony Brook University, SUNY

Robert W. Burchell, Rutgers University

Robert E. Paaswell, City College of New York, CUNY

Lance Jay Brown, City College of New York, CUNY

Rosemary Scanlon, NYU Real Estate Institute

Perspectives from the Public and Private Sectors

Joel P. Ettinger

Executive Director, New York Metropolitan Transportation Council

Elizabeth H. Berger

President, Alliance for Downtown New York, Inc.

[Part II -- 51 min.]

Perspectives from the Public and Private Sectors (cont.)

Avi Schick

Chairman, Lower Manhattan Development Properties

Seth Myers, Vice President, Office of the Deputy Mayor for Economic Development, City of New York

Larry Silverstein

President and CEO, Silverstein Properties

Q & A from the Floor for the Panel

Moderated by Peter Salins

Concluding Remarks

Jack S. Nyman, Director"

Baruch College hosts the 2nd annual Employment and Visual Impairment Conference "Changing Vision, Changing Lives." Karen Gourgey, Director, Computer Center for Visually Impaired People (CCVIP), moderates the event. The conference is co-sponsored by New York State Commission for the Blind and Visually Handicapped, Johnson & Johnson, and Colgate-Palmolive.

The event takes place on April 2, 2009, at the Baruch College Vertical Campus, Room 14-220.

[Part I -- 58 min.]

Opening Remarks

Karen Gourgey, Director, Computer Center for Visually Impaired People, Baruch College;

Ann Clarkson, Assistant Dean, Continuing and Professional Studies, Baruch College;

David Birdsell, Dean, School of Public Affairs, Baruch College;

Brian Daniels, Associate Commissioner, NYS Commission for Blind and Visually Handicapped

Keynote Address: "Dare to Succeed"

James Kutsch, PhD, President & CEO, Seeing Eye, Inc.

[Part II -- 55 min.]

Technology - Recent Trends

Moderator: Dawn Suvino, VISIONS

Presenters: Dr. Aries Arditi, The Lighthouse.

Steve Landau, Tactile Kiosk Directory;

Pratik Patel, Director, Information Technology Access, City University of New York

[Part III -- 45 min.]

Lunch & Metropolitan Placement Consortium "Breaking Barriers" Awards & Seiko Karate Demo

[Part IV -- 80 min.]

Technology - Web Usability Testing

Moderator: Sandra Kupprat, Project Director at NYU

Presenters: Michael Burks, Accessibility Consultant;

Kate Schrauth, Executive Director, icouldbe.org

Lynnette Tatum, Senior Instructor, computer Center for Visually Impaired People, Baruch College

Comments from the audience moderated by Julie Jansen, Freelance Corporate Consultant and Career Coach and Sandra Kupprat, Project Director at NYU

Baruch College hosts the 2nd annual Employment and Visual Impairment Conference "Changing Vision, Changing Lives." Karen Gourgey, Director, Computer Center for Visually Impaired People (CCVIP), moderates the event. The conference is co-sponsored by New York State Commission for the Blind and Visually Handicapped, Johnson & Johnson, and Colgate-Palmolive.

The event takes place on April 2, 2009, at the Baruch College Vertical Campus, Room 14-220.

[Part I -- 58 min.]

Opening Remarks

Karen Gourgey, Director, Computer Center for Visually Impaired People, Baruch College;

Ann Clarkson, Assistant Dean, Continuing and Professional Studies, Baruch College;

David Birdsell, Dean, School of Public Affairs, Baruch College;

Brian Daniels, Associate Commissioner, NYS Commission for Blind and Visually Handicapped

Keynote Address: "Dare to Succeed"

James Kutsch, PhD, President & CEO, Seeing Eye, Inc.

[Part II -- 55 min.]

Technology - Recent Trends

Moderator: Dawn Suvino, VISIONS

Presenters: Dr. Aries Arditi, The Lighthouse.

Steve Landau, Tactile Kiosk Directory;

Pratik Patel, Director, Information Technology Access, City University of New York

[Part III -- 45 min.]

Lunch & Metropolitan Placement Consortium "Breaking Barriers" Awards & Seiko Karate Demo

[Part IV -- 80 min.]

Technology - Web Usability Testing

Moderator: Sandra Kupprat, Project Director at NYU

Presenters: Michael Burks, Accessibility Consultant;

Kate Schrauth, Executive Director, icouldbe.org

Lynnette Tatum, Senior Instructor, computer Center for Visually Impaired People, Baruch College

Comments from the audience moderated by Julie Jansen, Freelance Corporate Consultant and Career Coach and Sandra Kupprat, Project Director at NYU

Baruch College hosts the 2nd annual Employment and Visual Impairment Conference "Changing Vision, Changing Lives." Karen Gourgey, Director, Computer Center for Visually Impaired People (CCVIP), moderates the event. The conference is co-sponsored by New York State Commission for the Blind and Visually Handicapped, Johnson & Johnson, and Colgate-Palmolive.

The event takes place on April 2, 2009, at the Baruch College Vertical Campus, Room 14-220.

[Part I -- 58 min.]

Opening Remarks

Karen Gourgey, Director, Computer Center for Visually Impaired People, Baruch College;

Ann Clarkson, Assistant Dean, Continuing and Professional Studies, Baruch College;

David Birdsell, Dean, School of Public Affairs, Baruch College;

Brian Daniels, Associate Commissioner, NYS Commission for Blind and Visually Handicapped

Keynote Address: "Dare to Succeed"

James Kutsch, PhD, President & CEO, Seeing Eye, Inc.

[Part II -- 55 min.]

Technology - Recent Trends

Moderator: Dawn Suvino, VISIONS

Presenters: Dr. Aries Arditi, The Lighthouse.

Steve Landau, Tactile Kiosk Directory;

Pratik Patel, Director, Information Technology Access, City University of New York

[Part III -- 45 min.]

Lunch & Metropolitan Placement Consortium "Breaking Barriers" Awards & Seiko Karate Demo

[Part IV -- 80 min.]

Technology - Web Usability Testing

Moderator: Sandra Kupprat, Project Director at NYU

Presenters: Michael Burks, Accessibility Consultant;

Kate Schrauth, Executive Director, icouldbe.org

Lynnette Tatum, Senior Instructor, computer Center for Visually Impaired People, Baruch College

Comments from the audience moderated by Julie Jansen, Freelance Corporate Consultant and Career Coach and Sandra Kupprat, Project Director at NYU

Baruch College hosts the 2nd annual Employment and Visual Impairment Conference "Changing Vision, Changing Lives." Karen Gourgey, Director, Computer Center for Visually Impaired People (CCVIP), moderates the event. The conference is co-sponsored by New York State Commission for the Blind and Visually Handicapped, Johnson & Johnson, and Colgate-Palmolive.

The event takes place on April 2, 2009, at the Baruch College Vertical Campus, Room 14-220.

[Part I -- 58 min.]

Opening Remarks

Karen Gourgey, Director, Computer Center for Visually Impaired People, Baruch College;

Ann Clarkson, Assistant Dean, Continuing and Professional Studies, Baruch College;

David Birdsell, Dean, School of Public Affairs, Baruch College;

Brian Daniels, Associate Commissioner, NYS Commission for Blind and Visually Handicapped

Keynote Address: "Dare to Succeed"

James Kutsch, PhD, President & CEO, Seeing Eye, Inc.

[Part II -- 55 min.]

Technology - Recent Trends

Moderator: Dawn Suvino, VISIONS

Presenters: Dr. Aries Arditi, The Lighthouse.

Steve Landau, Tactile Kiosk Directory;

Pratik Patel, Director, Information Technology Access, City University of New York

[Part III -- 45 min.]

Lunch & Metropolitan Placement Consortium "Breaking Barriers" Awards & Seiko Karate Demo

[Part IV -- 80 min.]

Technology - Web Usability Testing

Moderator: Sandra Kupprat, Project Director at NYU

Presenters: Michael Burks, Accessibility Consultant;

Kate Schrauth, Executive Director, icouldbe.org

Lynnette Tatum, Senior Instructor, computer Center for Visually Impaired People, Baruch College

Comments from the audience moderated by Julie Jansen, Freelance Corporate Consultant and Career Coach and Sandra Kupprat, Project Director at NYU

Baruch College hosts the 2nd annual Employment and Visual Impairment Conference "Changing Vision, Changing Lives." Karen Gourgey, Director, Computer Center for Visually Impaired People (CCVIP), moderates the event. The conference is co-sponsored by New York State Commission for the Blind and Visually Handicapped, Johnson & Johnson, and Colgate-Palmolive.

The event takes place on April 2, 2009, at the Baruch College Vertical Campus, Room 14-220.

[Part I -- 58 min.]

Opening Remarks

Karen Gourgey, Director, Computer Center for Visually Impaired People, Baruch College;

Ann Clarkson, Assistant Dean, Continuing and Professional Studies, Baruch College;

David Birdsell, Dean, School of Public Affairs, Baruch College;

Brian Daniels, Associate Commissioner, NYS Commission for Blind and Visually Handicapped

Keynote Address: "Dare to Succeed"

James Kutsch, PhD, President & CEO, Seeing Eye, Inc.

[Part II -- 55 min.]

Technology - Recent Trends

Moderator: Dawn Suvino, VISIONS

Presenters: Dr. Aries Arditi, The Lighthouse.

Steve Landau, Tactile Kiosk Directory;

Pratik Patel, Director, Information Technology Access, City University of New York

[Part III -- 45 min.]

Lunch & Metropolitan Placement Consortium "Breaking Barriers" Awards & Seiko Karate Demo

[Part IV -- 80 min.]

Technology - Web Usability Testing

Moderator: Sandra Kupprat, Project Director at NYU

Presenters: Michael Burks, Accessibility Consultant;

Kate Schrauth, Executive Director, icouldbe.org

Lynnette Tatum, Senior Instructor, computer Center for Visually Impaired People, Baruch College

Comments from the audience moderated by Julie Jansen, Freelance Corporate Consultant and Career Coach and Sandra Kupprat, Project Director at NYU

Baruch College hosts the 2nd annual Employment and Visual Impairment Conference "Changing Vision, Changing Lives." Karen Gourgey, Director, Computer Center for Visually Impaired People (CCVIP), moderates the event. The conference is co-sponsored by New York State Commission for the Blind and Visually Handicapped, Johnson & Johnson, and Colgate-Palmolive.

The event takes place on April 2, 2009, at the Baruch College Vertical Campus, Room 14-220.

[Part I -- 58 min.]

Opening Remarks

Karen Gourgey, Director, Computer Center for Visually Impaired People, Baruch College;

Ann Clarkson, Assistant Dean, Continuing and Professional Studies, Baruch College;

David Birdsell, Dean, School of Public Affairs, Baruch College;

Brian Daniels, Associate Commissioner, NYS Commission for Blind and Visually Handicapped

Keynote Address: "Dare to Succeed"

James Kutsch, PhD, President & CEO, Seeing Eye, Inc.

[Part II -- 55 min.]

Technology - Recent Trends

Moderator: Dawn Suvino, VISIONS

Presenters: Dr. Aries Arditi, The Lighthouse.

Steve Landau, Tactile Kiosk Directory;

Pratik Patel, Director, Information Technology Access, City University of New York

[Part III -- 45 min.]

Lunch & Metropolitan Placement Consortium "Breaking Barriers" Awards & Seiko Karate Demo

[Part IV -- 80 min.]

Technology - Web Usability Testing

Moderator: Sandra Kupprat, Project Director at NYU

Presenters: Michael Burks, Accessibility Consultant;

Kate Schrauth, Executive Director, icouldbe.org

Lynnette Tatum, Senior Instructor, computer Center for Visually Impaired People, Baruch College

Comments from the audience moderated by Julie Jansen, Freelance Corporate Consultant and Career Coach and Sandra Kupprat, Project Director at NYU

"The Steven L. Newman Real Estate Institute sponsors the Downtown 2020 forum addressing strategic investments in lower Manhattan that can help ensure NYC’s global competitiveness for the long term. The event takes place on April 7, 2009, at 7 World Trade Center, 45th Floor, 250 Greenwich Street, New York.

[Part I -- 67 min.]

Welcome and Introduction

Jack S. Nyman, Director

The Steven L. Newman Real Estate Institute

Panel: The Research Team

Moderated by Peter Salins, Stony Brook University, SUNY

Robert W. Burchell, Rutgers University

Robert E. Paaswell, City College of New York, CUNY

Lance Jay Brown, City College of New York, CUNY

Rosemary Scanlon, NYU Real Estate Institute

Perspectives from the Public and Private Sectors

Joel P. Ettinger

Executive Director, New York Metropolitan Transportation Council

Elizabeth H. Berger

President, Alliance for Downtown New York, Inc.

[Part II -- 51 min.]

Perspectives from the Public and Private Sectors (cont.)

Avi Schick

Chairman, Lower Manhattan Development Properties

Seth Myers, Vice President, Office of the Deputy Mayor for Economic Development, City of New York

Larry Silverstein

President and CEO, Silverstein Properties

Q & A from the Floor for the Panel

Moderated by Peter Salins

Concluding Remarks

Jack S. Nyman, Director"

"The Steven L. Newman Real Estate Institute sponsors the Downtown 2020 forum addressing strategic investments in lower Manhattan that can help ensure NYC’s global competitiveness for the long term. The event takes place on April 7, 2009, at 7 World Trade Center, 45th Floor, 250 Greenwich Street, New York.

[Part I -- 67 min.]

Welcome and Introduction

Jack S. Nyman, Director

The Steven L. Newman Real Estate Institute

Panel: The Research Team

Moderated by Peter Salins, Stony Brook University, SUNY

Robert W. Burchell, Rutgers University

Robert E. Paaswell, City College of New York, CUNY

Lance Jay Brown, City College of New York, CUNY

Rosemary Scanlon, NYU Real Estate Institute

Perspectives from the Public and Private Sectors

Joel P. Ettinger

Executive Director, New York Metropolitan Transportation Council

Elizabeth H. Berger

President, Alliance for Downtown New York, Inc.

[Part II -- 51 min.]

Perspectives from the Public and Private Sectors (cont.)

Avi Schick

Chairman, Lower Manhattan Development Properties

Seth Myers, Vice President, Office of the Deputy Mayor for Economic Development, City of New York

Larry Silverstein

President and CEO, Silverstein Properties

Q & A from the Floor for the Panel

Moderated by Peter Salins

Concluding Remarks

Jack S. Nyman, Director"