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New Orleans Area Executives, Nationally-Recognized Experts to Highlight Major Online Symposium on City's Future, Oct. 25-2723 October 2005
From October 25-27, an array of national experts on urban issues will join some of New Orleans' most prominent civic leaders, academics and business executives to participate in a wide-ranging, three-day online symposium on the Crescent City's future.
The symposium is being hosted by New Orleans CityBusiness, the area's leading business publication, which has played a major role in providing its readers with critical business and emergency-related information since Hurricane Katrina. New Orleans CityBusiness Publisher Mark Singletary will moderate.
The symposium, called "New Orleans.New," will take part as a public, online conversation. Participants will include Janet Howard, president of the Bureau of Governmental Research; writer and urban affairs expert Joel Kotkin; Stirling Properties President Marty Mayer; Stephen Perry, president of the New Orleans Convention and Visitors' Bureau; Manhattan Institute scholar Nicole Gelinas; Joseph D. Kimbrell, CEO of the Louisiana Public Health Institute; Rey Ramsey, the CEO of One Economy Corporation; Mark Lewis, president of the Louisiana Technology Council; Dr. Gregory Stone, director of the Coastal Studies Institute at LSU; Barry Erwin, president and CEO, Council for a Better Louisiana; and senior executives from BellSouth Louisiana and Entergy Louisiana. Each participant will offer their visions for the city's future, focusing on priorities for post-Katrina reconstruction - the steps that need to be taken now to make the city livable. The list of participants is growing, and further announcements are expected.
The discussion will be available to readers in real-time at http://www.neworleanscitybusiness.com/symposium . Readers logging into the symposium, including members of the media, are invited to join the debate and question participants via a comments section that will post in real-time.
"This is an unprecedented gathering that we expect will provide a far-reaching set of ideas and proposals - the kind of creative thinking and collaboration that is vital to the monumental task of bringing New Orleans back," said Singletary. "Since Katrina, there obviously have been many questions about how, even 'if,' New Orleans should be re-built. New Orleans.New will set out to answer all of those key questions."
About New Orleans CityBusiness, a division of Dolan Media Company.
New Orleans CityBusiness, the only business journal publication serving greater New Orleans, has covered the New Orleans business community for the past 25 years. In addition to the weekly business journal, New Orleans CityBusiness sends out twice daily alerts to online subscribers and has established an interactive web presence at http://www.neworleanscitybusiness.com/ . It also publishes the Daily Journal of Commerce, the largest construction newspaper in the South, and recently launched The Journal of Jefferson Parish, a new weekly community newspaper serving the metro area's most populous parish.
Closely held Dolan Media Company is a leading provider of highly targeted, specialized business information products and services. It operates daily and weekly business newspapers, including law and business publications and electronic information services, in 21 U.S. metro markets. Its New York City-based Counsel Press is the nation's largest provider of appellate legal services.
Program for New Orleans.New Symposium -- Oct. 25-27
Day One, October 25: The Priorities for Reconstruction.
-- What are the five most critical ways the federal government can help
New Orleans rebuild? The state? The private sector?
-- Destruction is widespread, and affects every element of the
metropolitan area's infrastructure. But we can't do everything at
once. If the goal is to get New Orleans back on its feet
economically, what should be done first?
-- Is it possible to flood-proof New Orleans? What policies would
assure that future hurricanes won't be so damaging? Can we build our
way to a safer city?
-- Why should the public and private sector invest in New Orleans'
future? What returns can they expect? How can we assure our
"partners" that funds will not be squandered or pilfered?
-- How important is preserving and renovating New Orleans' historical
heritage?
Day Two, October 26: Coming Home
-- Tens of thousands of New Orleans residents are effectively homeless.
Tens of thousands more workers will come into the city to work on
reconstruction. Where will they live?
-- Metropolitan New Orleans was home to more than 30,000 businesses
that employed over half a million people. What can the city do to
persuade these business owners to stay and rebuild?
-- The flooding left behind an environmental nightmare. How should this
be addressed?
-- With so many public facilities damaged, how will New Orleans address
the immediate health, social service and educational needs of
returning residents? How can we address indigent care with the
closing of Charity Hospital?
-- In covering Katrina, the news media now concedes that its stories of
social chaos were highly exaggerated. What can New Orleans do to
restore its reputation and how should the city work to enhance
social harmony?
Day Three, October 27: A New New Orleans/New Orleans 2.0
-- Katrina is a tragedy for the New Orleans we've known. Is it also
an opportunity for New Orleans? If so, how do we best take advantage
of it?
-- What industries represent the best growth and employment
opportunities for New Orleans? Should the various levels of
government support strategically targeted business enterprises? How?
-- The Washington Post recently cited high tech and telecom experts who
called the damage to New Orleans' communications infrastructure an
opportunity to "deploy new systems that otherwise might be too
expensive or disruptive to build ... (leading to) a bonanza of
higher technology at lower prices ... ." Should New Orleans follow
this advice? What are the benefits and risks?
-- What legislative or regulatory changes are needed to promote New
Orleans' revival?
-- What's the future for the tourism industry in New Orleans? How and
when would you promote New Orleans to visitors and convention
planners?
Source: PR Newswire
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