Joel Kotkin
www.joelkotkin.com
Kotkin has been active as a respected speaker, futurist, and urbanist for more than two decades. Along with The City: A Global History, he is also the author or co-author of four other books, including The New Geography: How The Digital Revolution is Reshaping the American Landscape, released in 2000. Kotkin has completed studies on the future of several major cities, including New York, St. Louis, Los Angeles, the San Fernando Valley, and the Inland Empire region of Southern California. He currently serves as a visiting lecturer in history, theory and humanities at the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) and consults for many leading economic development organizations, private companies, regions and cities.
The Planning Center
www.planningcenter.com
The Planning Center is a team of highly talented and creative planning, design and environmental professionals who are passionate about making a positive difference in the living environment. Their peers, clients and employees recognize The Planning Center as a consulting firm of the highest caliber. They practice with an entrepreneurial, high energy and innovative spirit, and provide value-added planning services and solutions to governments and the private sector.
