Symposium Presentation Archive 

August 2018: Disruptive Technology: Impacts on Local Government

• Nationwide Trends
  Speaker: Alex Jones, Manager, Local Democracy Initiative, National League of Cities
• Local Government Perspective
  Panelists: Kyle Shephard, Chief Assistant City Attorney, City of Orlando; Lee Feldman, City Manager, City of Fort Lauderdale; Cookie Kennedy, Mayor, City of Indian Rocks Beach
• Industry Representative Perspective
  Speakers: John Spencer, CEO & Founder, STR Helper and Ulrik Binzer, CEO & Founder, Host Compliance
• Research Institute Perspective
  Speakers: Brumby McLeod, Ph.D., Associate Professor, College of Charleston, School of Business, Department of Hospitality & Tourism Management, Research Fellow with the Riley Center and Office of Tourism Analysis, and Jennifer Connolly, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Miami
• Keynote Address: Airbnb in Florida
  Speaker: Andrew L. Kalloch, Americas Policy Manager, Airbnb

December 2017: Ready & Resilient: Combating Water Hazards in an Era of Extreme Weather

• Water Disaster Impacts
  Speakers: Alec Bogdanoff, Ph.D., President and Co-Founder, Brizaga, Inc.; Daniel Dietch, Mayor, Town of Surfside 
• The Role of Land Use Planning
  Speakers: Erin Deady, Esq., Erin L. Deady, P.A.; Courtney Barker, City Manager, City of Satellite Beach; and Haris Alibašić, Assistant Professor, Public Administration Program, University of West Florida
• A Future of Resilient Infrastructure
  Speakers: Stevie Freeman-Montes, Sustainability Manager, City of Sarasota; Jerry Murphy, Florida Resilient Communities Initiative, University of Florida
• Keynote Address
  Speaker: CJ Reynolds, Executive Director, International Ocean Institute – USA and Research Associate, College of Marine Science, University of South Florida

August 2017: Medical Marijuana and Your City: Facts, Fiction & Moving Forward

• Implementing Amendment 2 – Current Legal State of the State
  Speakers: Brian J. Sherman, Associate, Goren Cherof Doody & Ezrol, PA, and Brett J. Schneider, Esq., Member, Weiss SerotaHelfman Cole & Bierman, PL
• Medical Marijuana 101
  Speaker: Ken Brummel-Smith, MD, Medical Director, Trulieve; Professor, Florida State University College of Medicine
• Municipal Impact – Panel Discussion
  Panelists: Michael Beedie, City Manager, City of Fort Walton Beach; Argatha Gilmore, Police Chief, City of Lake City; Kyle Shephard, Chief Assistant City Attorney, City of Orlando; Jake Bergmann, CEO & Founder, Surterra Holdings, Inc.; Victoria Walker, Community Relations Manager, Trulieve; Nikki Fried, Consultant, Green Solutions
• Keynote Address: What’s Next in Research?
  Speaker: Nagi B. Kumar, PhD, RD, FADA, Professor/Director, Cancer Chemoprevention, Moffitt Cancer Center, University of South Florida

December 2016: The Zika Battle: A Collaborative Approach

• Research Partners: Understanding Zika and Mosquito-borne Illnesses
  Dr. Roxanne Connelly, Professor, Medical Entomology State Specialist, University of Florida, IFAS, Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory
• Local Partners: Best Practices/Being Proactive and Reactive on the Front Line
  Alina T. Hudak, Deputy Mayor/Director, Miami-Dade County, Solid Waste Management Department/Mosquito Control District and Dr. Zerry Ihekwaba, Assistant City Manager, City of Miami
• Federal and State Partners: Funding and Other Resources
  Andrea Leal, Executive Director, Florida Keys Mosquito Control District and Adriane Rogers, Environmental Manager, Entomology and Pest Control Section, Division of Agriculture Environmental Services, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
• The Zika Battle from the View of Florida’s Surgeon General
  
  Dr. Anna Likos, Deputy Secretary of Health and State Epidemiologist, Florida Department of Health

• MuniMod: The FLC 21st Century Civic Tech Competition; Presenter: John Dailey, JDA Strategies, LLC, MuniMod Administrator
• Creating & Stimulating the Entrepreneurial Spirit in Your Community: Does Co-working Incubator Space Work?; Presenters: Micah Widen and Jake Kiker, Esq., Co-Founders, The Domi Station
• Town & Gown Meets Entrepreneurial Start-ups: Florida Atlantic University Technology Transfer Program: Daniel Flynn, Ph.D., Vice President of Research, FAU
• Town & Gown Meets Entrepreneurial Start-ups: Florida International University Technology Transfer Program; Presenter: Emily Gresham, Assistant Vice President for Research, FIU
• There's More Space in Your Life than You Think! NASA's Technology Transfer Program; Presenter: Mike Lester, Manager, NASA Kennedy Space Center Technology Transfer Office

• Overview of State Programs & Policies; Presenter: Erik Braun, Executive Director, Office on Homelessness, Florida Department of Children & Families
• ALICE Project Parts 1 & 2; Presenter: Lars Gilberts, Statewide ALICE Director, United Way of Broward County
• Trends in Affordable Housing Needs & Promising Approaches to Ending Homelessness; Presenter: Bill O'Dell, Director, Florida Housing Data Clearinghouse, Shimberg Center for Housing Studies, University of Florida
• New Opportunities to Address Homelessness in Florida; Presenters: Hardy Smith, Government Relations Administrator, City of Daytona Beach and Mary Dougherty-Slapp, MDS Government Consulting
• Keynote Presentation; Presenter: Susan Pourciau, Director of Homeless Training & Technical Assistance, Florida Housing Coalition

• Transportation and Quality of Life: The Importance of an Integrated Transportation System; Presenter: Maria Ilcheva, PhD, Senior Researcher, Metropolitan Center, Florida International University
• All Aboard Florida; Presenter: Jose Gonzalez, Senior Vice President, Florida East Coast Industries
• From Millennials to Uber to Autonomous Vehicles: How Demographics, Economic and Technologies Are Changing Transportation; Presenter: Steve Polzin, PhD, Director of Mobility Policy Research, Center for Urban Transportation Research, University of South Florida
• Pro Motion: Moving Florida Faster; Presenter: Brad Swanson, State Administrator, Office of Freight, Logistics and Passenger Operations, Florida Department of Transportation

• Overview: University of Florida College of Design, Construction and Planning; Presenter: Christopher Silver, PhD, FAICP, Dean & Professor
• Shimberg Center for Housing Studies; Presenter: Anne Ray, Manager, Florida Housing Data Clearinghouse, University of Florida
• FDOT's Sea Level Scenario Sketch Planning Tool; Presenter: Crystal Goodison, Project Manager, GeoPlan Center, University of Florida
• Historic Preservation Program; Presenter: Marty Hylton, Assistant Professor, Director of Historic Preservation Program, University of Florida
• Florida Resilient Communities Initiative; Presenter: Gerald Murphy, JD, Project Coordinator, FRCI, University of Florida
• Turning Dreams Into Reality - Implementing Municipal Strategic Plans; Presenter: David Mitchell, PhD, Assistant Professor, School of Public Administration, University of Central Florida
• Business, Mobility and Voting with Your Feet; Presenter: Derek K. Yonai, JD, PhD,  Director of the Center for Free Enterprise, Associate Director of Economics, Florida Southern College

• The Risks and Rewards of City Management: How Municipal Conditions Impact City Manager Employment Contracts - Research Partner: University of Miami; Presenter: Dr. Jennifer Connolly
• Patterns of Florida Cities' Economic Development Incentives and Their Impacts - Research Partner: Florida State University; Presenters: Dr. Richard Feiock & Kate Wassel
• Collaborative Monitoring: What Does It Mean and How Do Cities Make It Work? - Research Partner: Florida State University; Presenter: Lachezar Anguelov
• The Impact of the Great Recession on Florida's Cities: What Do the Numbers Say? - Research Partner: University of Central Florida; Presenter: Richard Levey
• How Are We Doing?: Effective Ways to Measure Service Delivery - Research Partner: Washington University in St. Louis; Presenter: Dr. Dan Butler

• In the Weeds Presentation - Ken Small, Financial Technical Assistance Manager, FLC
• Fanciful Tales, Folk Wisdom and Professional Advice: Balancing Budgets in an Unbalanced Age - Scott Paine, Associate Professor of Communication/Government and World Affairs, University of Tampa

• Smarter Cities Operations: Building Solutions for Multiple Gains - Cate Richards, IBM NA Smarter Cities Leader
• in-no-va-tion - Steven Narvaez, CCIO/ITSD Manager, City of Deltona
• Implementing IT Governance: An Overview - Lawrence Di Gioia, Information Services Director, City of Altamonte Springs
• Philadelphia's IT Innovation Ecosystem - Adel Ebeid, Office of Innovation & Technology, City of Philadelphia
• Overview for Government - Mike Beeson, Head of Local Government & Education Sales, Google