This conference explores the tensions between preservation and change that are now playing out along Brooklyn's waterfront from Greenpoint to Coney Island.

The conference is co-sponsored by the Steven L. Newman Real Estate Institute at Baruch College, CUNY; Brooklyn Waterfront Research Center at the New York City of Technology, CUNY; and the CUNY Institute for Urban Systems at City College.

The event takes place on October 26, 2011 at Brooklyn Borough Hall.

[Part I -- 58 min.]

Jack S. Nyman

Director, The Steven L. Newman Real Estate Institute, Baruch College, CUNY

Richard Hanley

Director, Brooklyn Waterfront Research Center, NYC College of Technology, CUNY

The Honorable Marty Markowitz

Borough President, Brooklyn

Nicholas Brooke

Chairman, Harbourfront Commission, Hong Kong

Purnima Kapur

Brooklyn Office Director, NYC Department of Planning, New York City

[Part II -- 58 min.]

Jonathan Peters

Professor, The College of Staten Island, CUNY

Sapna Advani

Research Fellow, Brooklyn Waterfront Research Center, Brooklyn

Carter Craft

Principal, Outside New York, New York City

Ronald L. Schweiger

Brooklyn Borough Historian, Brooklyn

Andrew Kimball

President and CEO, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn

Ellen Ryan

V.P., Strategic Partnerships, Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation

[Part III -- 56 min.]

Roland Lewis

President and CEO, Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance, New York City

Michael Marrella

Director of Waterfront and Open Space Planning, NYC Department of City Planning, New York City

Bonnie Harken

President, Nautilus International Development Consulting, Inc., Manhattan

Robert A. Levine

President and CEO, RAL Companies, New York City

Kenneth D. Daly

President, National Grid, New York

Seth Pinsky

President, NYC Economic Development Corporation, New York City

Jack S. Nyman

Nicholas Brooke

Richard Bearak

Ronald L. Schweiger

Bonnie Harken