Start: 2011-12-02 08:30:00

End: 2011-12-02 15:30:00

PLENARY SPEAKERS:

• Xavier de Sousa Briggs, Associate Professor of Sociology and Urban Planning, Massachusetts  Institute of Technology (formerly, Associate Director, White House Office of Management and Budget)
• Barbara Burnham, Vice President for Federal Policy, LISC
• Sheila Crowley, President, National Low Income Housing Coalition
• Ethan Handelman, Vice President for Policy and Advocacy, National Housing Conference
• Barbara Fields, New England Regional Administrator, HUD
• Benson (Buzz) Roberts, Director, Small Business, Community Development and Affordable Housing Policy, U.S. Treasury Department
• Margaret Salazar, Senior Housing Program Specialist, HUD
• Barbara Sard, Vice President for Housing Policy, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities  
• Dallas Tsonsanger, Undersecretary for Rural Development, U.S. Department of Agriculture
• Stockton Williams, Senior Advisor for Urban Policy, U.S. Department of Energy

Conference Agenda:

8:30 a.m.
Conference Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.
Welcome:
Susan Schlesinger, President, Citizens’ Housing and Planning Association and President, The Life Initiative
Opening Remarks:
Barbara Fields, New England Regional Administrator, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

9:15 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.

Plenary Sessions:
Panel 1: Perspectives from the Obama Administration
Panel 2: Perspectives from the National Advocacy Groups

11:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. Concurrent Workshops

12:45 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Lunch
Luncheon Speaker:
Xavier de Sousa Briggs, Associate Professor of Sociology and Urban Planning, MIT (formerly, Associate Director, White House Offi ce of Management and Budget)

2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Concurrent Workshops

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