| 8:00 AM | Registration and Continental Breakfast |  | 
          
            | 8:30 AM | Welcome and Opening Remarks | 
          
            | Barbara Walter, Senior Vice-President and Branch Manager Buffalo Branch, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
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            | Hon. Irene J. Elia, Mayor, City of Niagara Falls | 
          
            | Richard Deitz, Regional Economist Buffalo Branch, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
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            | 9:00 AM | Morning Plenary Sessions | 
          
            | Session I | The major trends affecting urban and inner-city markets and a new competitive cities agenda designed to stimulate neighborhood and city revitalization | 
          
            |  | Bruce Katz, Brookings Institution | 
          
            | Session II | The competitive advantage of inner cities: Achieving a sustainable inner-city economic base through private, for-profit business development and investments | 
          
            |  | Claire Kaplan, Initiative for a Competitive Inner City | 
          
            | 10:30 AM | BREAK |  | 
          
            | Session III | A private-sector model for rebuilding inner-city competitiveness: Lessons from MidTown Cleveland | 
          
            |  | Margaret Murphy, Founding Director | 
          
            | Session IV | Encouraging business development near the Buffalo medical corridor | 
          
            |  | Angelo Fatta, Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus | 
          
            | 12:00 noon | Lunch | 
          
            | 1:00 PM | Afternoon Plenary Sessions | 
          
            | Session V | Catalyzing inner-city neighborhood retail and business strip development by supporting community development corporations | 
          
            |  | P. Jefferson Armistead, Local Initiatives Support Corporation | 
          
            | Session VI | A community development bank's role in strengthening inner-city markets for business investment and growth | 
          
            |  | Shelly Herman, Shorebank Corporation | 
          
            | 2:30 PM | BREAK | 
          
            | Session VII | Public and private incentives designed to encourage inner-city development and redevelopment | 
          
            |  | Robert Bannister, Fannie Mae | 
          
            | Session VIII | Panel Discussion | 
          
            |  | Archie Amos, Buffalo Economic Renaissance Corporation P. Jefferson Armistead, Local Initiatives Support Corporation
 Robert Bannister, Fannie Mae
 Shelly Herman, Shorebank Corporation
 Claire Kaplan, Initiative for a Competitive Inner City
 Bruce Katz, Brookings Institution
 Margaret Murphy, MidTown Cleveland
 Henry Taylor, University at Buffalo Department of Planning
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            |  | Moderator: | 
          
            |  | Mike Igoe, Channel 2 News, WGRZ-TV | 
          
            | 4:30 PM | Reception |