Keynote Speaker
Dr. Eric Sanderson, The Mannahatta Project

Moderator
Martin Felsen, Archeworks
Giles A. Jacknain, The Oikos Collective
Edward Keegan, Architect, Author, Critic

Panelists
Janet Attarian, City of Chicago, Department of Transportation,
Justin Borevitz, University of Chicago, Department of Ecology & Evolution
Cathy Hudzik Breitenbach, The Chicago Park District
Eric Davis, CDM
Aaron Durnbaugh, City of Chicago, Department of Environment
Phil Enquist, SOM, Urban Design and Planning
Danielle Ghalayini, Center for Neighborhood Technology
JohnPaul Kusz, IIT, Stuart School of Business
Sean Lally, UIC, WEATHERS
Alex Lehnerer, UIC, School of Architecture
Kees Lokman, Terry Guen Design Associates, IIT
Clare Lyster, CLUAA, UIC, School of Architecture
Peter Mulvaney, City of Chicago, Department of Water
Florian Pfahler, Hannah's Bretzel
Mason Pritchett, Casimir Kujawa Architects
David Thompson, Chicago Center for Urban Ecology
Lyndon Valicenti, City of Chicago, Department of Environment
Andrew Vesselinovitch, Trust for Public Land
Jesse Vogler, theNorthroom, IIT

David Thompson
Chicago Center for Urban Ecology

David M. Thompson is currently the Executive Director of the Chicago Center for Urban Ecology. Previously, he was Director of Development and Strategic Initiatives at the Illinois Institute of Technology’s Chicago-Kent College of Law. From 2004 to 2007, David was Associate Dean for Planning & Programs in the Division of the Humanities at the University of Chicago, in which capacity he supervised communications, arts programming, facilities, community partnerships, and capital projects.

David also worked as Associate Director of Gift Planning in the University of Chicago, and as an associate attorney with the firm of Sachnoff & Weaver. After completing his master’s degree at Oxford University on a Marshall Scholarship, David completed his Ph.D. in comparative literature at the University of Chicago and his J.D. at Northwestern University.