Meeting of the Minds Annual Summit 2018 | Meeting of the Minds | 27 November 2018 | Sheraton Grand Sacramento Hotel, 1230 J St, Sacramento, CA 95814, USA

The 12th Meeting of the Minds Annual Summit convenes in Sacramento, California with the purpose of spotlighting tools and best practices working for smart city leaders across the globe.
400+ leaders gather each year to build partnerships across sectors and from city-to-city. The event focuses on emerging and tested urban sustainability solutions which are scalable, replicable, and transferable for cities and regions. Discussions are rooted in a deep understanding of technology and equity as key drivers for smart cities.

The Sacramento-Davis region provides an exciting backdrop for the key urban issue areas discussed at the Annual Summit through plenary sessions and workshops: water policy, mobility, EVs, electric bikeshare, parking, downtown and waterfront redevelopment, housing, inclusion and equity, food systems, health, homelessness, climate resiliency, IoT, innovative governance, and more. Workshop tours on the afternoon of November 28th will break all 400+ participants into small groups to explore the region’s neighborhoods and see first-hand how innovations are being developed, implemented, financed, and scaled.

2018 Speakers

Abbey Cofsky
Managing Director, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Al Bunshaft
Senior Vice President of Global Affairs, Americas, Dassault Systèmes

Allison Arieff
Columnist; Editorial Director, New York Times; Spur

Allison Harnden
Night Economy Manager, City of Pittsburgh

Amber Stott
Chief Executive Officer & Chief Food Genius, Food Literacy Center

Andrea Lepore
Founder & Creative Director; Co-Founder, Lepore Development; Food Factory

Anna Muessig
Project Manager, Gehl Studios

Anne-Marie Flynn
Community Development Officer, Mutual Housing California

Arlen Orchard
Chief Executive Officer and General Manager, Sacramento Municipal Utility District

Ashley Hand
Co-Founder, CityFi

Aura Vasquez
Commissioner, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power

Benjamin Finkelor
Executive Director, UC Davis Energy and Efficiency Institute

Blake Young
President and Chief Executive Officer, Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services

Bob Erlenbusch
Executive Director, Sacramento Regional Coalition to End Homelessness

Camille Ammoun
Policy Advisor, Dubai Council of Governments

Charlie Bamforth
Anheuser-Busch Endowed Professor of Malting & Brewing Sciences, UC Davis

Chris Hostetter
Group Vice President, Advanced Technology Research, Toyota North America

Chris Unkel
Conservation Director, Central Valley River Restoration (retired), American Rivers

Colin Bailey
Executive Director and Managing Attorney, The Environmental Justice Coalition for Water

Colin Campbell
Advisory Senior Manager, Deloitte

Cori Ring-Martinez
Sacramento Area Program Coordinator, Environmental Justice Coalition for Water

Daniel J. Laury
Chief Executive Officer, udelv

Darrell Steinberg
Mayor, City of Sacramento

David Martin
Managing Director and Co-Founder, Power Ledger

Debra Smith
General Manager and Chief Executive Officer, Seattle City Light

Derek Ouyang
Co-Founder, City Systems

Erin Cooke
Sustainability Director, San Francisco Airport

Franco Arieta
Regional General Manager, Zipcar

Gary May
Chancellor, UC Davis

Gordon Feller
Co-Founder, Meeting of the Minds

Henry Gordon-Smith
Founder & Managing Director, Agritecture Consulting

Jake Mossawir
President & Chief Executive Officer, St. Hope

James Corless
Chief Executive Officer, Sacramento Area Council of Governments

Jay Schenirer
Council Member, City of Sacramento

Jeff Dorso
Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Sacramento Kings

Jennifer Donlon Wyant
Transportation Specialist, Department of Public Works, City of Sacramento

Jennifer Venema
Sustainability Manager, City of Sacramento

Jessica Roberts
Principal, Alta Planning + Design

Jessie F. Hahn
Executive Director, Meeting of the Minds

Jocelyn Kane
Senior Consultant, Responsible Hospitality Institute

John Cain
Director for California Floodplain Management, American Rivers

John Gard
Principal, Fehr & Peers

John Vu
National Vice President of Strategy, Community Health, Kaiser Permanente

Jonathan Hopkins
Executive Director, Commute Seattle

Josh DeFlorio
Chief, Resilience and Sustainability, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

Josh Leachman
Vice President of Project Development, LDK Ventures

Josh Rasin
Energy Efficiency and Demand Response Supervisor, Sacramento Municipal Utility District

Joshua Morejohn
Director, Facilities Management of Energy and Engineering, UC Davis

Julian Love
Chief Financial Officer, St. Hope

Karim Elgendy
Senior Sustainability Consultant, Dar

Kate Thompson
Principal, Deloitte

Kathleen Ave
Climate Program Manager, Energy Strategy, Research & Development, Sacramento Municipal Utility District

Kristen Brown
Principal, Technology Innovation, Exelon Utilities Strategy & Policy, Exelon

Kurt Kornbluth
Director, Program for International Energy Technologies, UC Davis

Leonardo Sosa
Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director, dev/Mission

Lori Ann Ospina
Director, Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration

Louis Stewart
Chief Innovation Officer, City of Sacramento

Lupe Jimenez
Manager, Energy Storage and Electric Transportation Programs, Sacramento Municipal Utility District

Maggie Super Church
Vice President, Market Innovation and Impact, Conservation Law Foundation

Maria MacGunigal
Chief Information Officer, City of Sacramento

Mary Kimball
Executive Director, Center for Land-Based Learning

Mashonda Taylor
Chief Community Relations Officer, Woodlawn Foundation

Matt Cole
President; Senior Vice President, Cubic Transportation Systems; Cubic Corporation

Matt Eierman
Parking Services Division Manager, City of Sacramento

Meera Bhat
North America Cities Director, The Nature Conservancy

Michael Ault
Executive Director, Downtown Sacramento Partnership

Michael Tubbs
Mayor, City of Stockton

Misha Houser
Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer, Autonomy Foundation

Mrinalini Ingram
Vice President of Smart Communities, Verizon

Nicholas Pinter
Shlemon Professor of Applied Geosciences, Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, and Center for Watershed Sciences, UC Davis

Nicole Graeber Hathaway
Senior Development Engineer and Communications Director, California Lighting Technology Center, UC Davis

Powell Kinney
Chief Product Owner, Mobility Services Platform, Toyota Connected North America

Randal Kaufman
Sales Director, Black & Veatch

Raúl Maldonado Gautier
Chief of Staff & Chief Financial Officer, Government of Puerto Rico

Richard J. Robinson
Public Affairs Director, Kaiser Permanente

Richard Rich
Railyards and Riverfront Project Manager, City of Sacramento

Rick Kubin
Vice President, Clean Energy Blockchain Network

Robin Hacke
Executive Director, Center for Community Investment

Ryan Westrom
Mobility Partnerships Lead, Greenfield Labs, Ford

Samuel Ross, M.D.
Chief Executive Officer, Bon Secours Baltimore Health System

Sandra Richter
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Soofa

Scotty Feltman
High School Farm Program Director, Jones Valley Teaching Farm

Sharelynn Moore
Senior Vice President, Networked Solutions, Itron

Shawn Harrison
Founder & Co-Director, Soil Born Farms

Steffani Charkiewicz
Associate Air Quality Engineer, Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District

Steph Stoppenhagen
Business Development Director, Connected Communities, Black & Veatch

Stephen Wheeler
Professor, Department of Human Ecology, Landscape Architecture and Environmental Design, UC Davis

Steve Watters
Executive Director, First Step Communities

Thomas Stokell
Chief Executive Officer, Love to Ride

Tiffany Chu
Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer, Remix

Timothy Washburn
Former Director of Planning, Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency

Trish Kelly
Managing Director, Valley Vision

Tyrone Roderick Williams
Director of Development, Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency

Waffiyyah Murray
Better Bike Share Partnership Program Manager, City of Philadelphia

2018 Sponsors & Partners

• Toyota
• Barr Foundation
• Verizon
• Deloitte
• Microsoft
• Black&Veatch
• Atonix Digital
• Itron
• Wolvo Research & Educational Foundations
• Cubic
• Ford
• Dassault Systems
• Spark
• Medc Smartzone
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
• Keolis
• Cleverciti Systems
• County of Cuyahoga
• Iteris
• JobsOhio
• JPMorgan Chase&Co
• MasourGavin
• Cleveland Foundation
• RoadBotics
• Umtri
• AEP Ohio
• Cleveland Neighborhood Progress
• The California Wellness Foundation
• Ramboll
• Smud
• Noll&Tam Architects
• Downtown Cleveland Alliance
• FirstEnergy
• Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
• Health Happens Here
• Colliers International
• Xylem
• New Economy Initiative
• Dks
• Car2Go
• Sutter Health
• Iya
• Jmp
• Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

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