Summit Agenda
1:00
Welcome and Introductions
1:15
Panel 1: Knowing the City: Community Knowledge and Urban Narrative
Paving the way for urban innovation and health equity: Collecting oral histories with DC community leaders
Roberto Terrell (Undergraduate, Economics & Psychology, College of Arts & Sciences ‘27)
Following W.E.B. Du Bois
Alica Padula (Undergraduate, American Studies & Economics, College of Arts & Sciences ‘27)
Designed for Whom? How Redevelopment Aesthetics Produce Early Economic and Spatial Exclusion in Boston's Seaport and Washington D.C.'s Navy Yard
Tejas Kaur (Graduate, Master’s in Public Policy, McCourt School of Public Policy ‘27)
2:00
Panel 2: Urban Governance and the Political Economy of Development
Presentations
Past, Present, and Future of Yokohama's Urban Development Model
Joshua Rugumayo (Graduate, Master's in Asian Studies, School of Foreign Service ‘27)
Intercity Transport in the La Paz-El Alto Region: New Mobility, Spatial Stratification, and Opportunities for Integrated Metropolitan Planning
Sean Rafferty (Undergraduate, Government & Physics, College of Arts & Sciences ‘26)
Transitioning Beijing Beyond Land-Based Finance: Fiscal Stress, Urban Governance, and the Political Economy of Land Value Capture
Zoe Li (Undergraduate, Global Business, School of Foreign Service ‘27)
2:45
Break
3:00
Panel 3: Urban Environmental Justice and Public Health
Presentations
Mapping the Benefits of the Proposed Frank Gehry-Designed Parks on the LA River
Justine Brandes (Undergraduate, Interdisciplinary Studies, College of Arts & Sciences ‘26)
Latin American Air from Above: Using TROPOMI Satellite Data to Track Atmospheric NO₂ Pollution
Daniela del Rosal (Undergraduate, Science, Technology, and International Affairs, School of Foreign Service ‘27)
The Accessibility Paradox: Addressing Psychological and Jurisdictional Barriers to Green Space Equity in Washington, D.C.
Jun Nishida (Graduate, Master of Policy Management, McCourt School of Public Policy ‘26)
3:45
Panel 4: Displacement, Development, & Equitable Reinvestment
Presentations
Displacement in the Baltimore Vacancy Reinvestment Initiative: Embedding Preventive and Anti-Displacement Levers for Baltimore’s Residents
Karla Reyes Diaz (Graduate, Master of Policy Management, McCourt School of Public Policy ‘26)
Affordable Housing Suitability Analysis
Ashlei King & Nena Burgess (Graduate, Master’s of Urban and Regional Planning, School of Continuing Studies ‘26)
The Spillover Effects of Upzoning on New Residential Construction in Neighboring Areas in San Jose and Hong Kong
Bennie Chang (Undergraduate, Regional and Comparative Studies, School of Foreign Service ‘26)
Concluding Remarks
4:30
Adjourn to Reception
