Tuesday, September 15, 2020
Virtual Conference

8:00 – 8:15 am: Welcome and Opening Remarks 

Speakers:
Michelle Malanca Frey, Executive Director, ULI San Francisco
Drew Hudacek, Chief Investment Officer, Sares Regis Group of Northern California

8:15 – 8:25 am: Keynote: Tomiquia Moss, Founder and CEO, All Home

8:25 – 9:15 am: The Big Picture: A Systems Approach for Transformative Solutions

Housing is never just housing. It is a system and exists in a nexus of other systems, including infrastructure, transportation, economics, health, justice, and natural systems. Housing is fundamental to human society and is a human right. This panel brings together leading thinkers and doers who work at these intersections and understand how we can create systemic change.

Speakers:
Tomiquia Moss, Founder and CEO, All Home (Moderator)
Melissa Jones, Executive Director, BARHII
Jeff Tumlin, Executive Director, San Francisco Municipal Transit Agency (SFMTA)
Kate Gordon, Director, California Governor’s Office of Planning and Research
Lydia Tan, Managing Director of Real Estate, Oakland A’s

9:15 – 9:20 am: Break

9:20 – 9:35 am: Featured Speaker: Deanna Van Buren, Design Director and Co-Founder, Designing justice + Designing Spaces, on Unbuilding Racism 

9:35 – 10:25 am: Turning the Tide: Building Momentum for Housing

In the last year, we have seen growing social and political momentum to address the housing crisis. Much of this can be attributed to the coalition of varying interests that have come together, united by a desire to see more affordable and equitable housing options for everyone. At the same time, the grassroots pro-housing movement has dramatically changed the public conversation around the need for housing. Hear from some of the key players helping to turn the tide.

Speakers:
Conor Dougherty, Technology Correspondent, New York Times (Moderator)
Brian Hanlon, Co-Founder, CA YIMBY
Linda Mandolini, President, Eden Housing
David Chiu, Assemblymember, California State Assembly

10:25 – 10:30 am: Break

10:30 – 11:05 am: Construction Tech Start-ups Aiming to Change the Game

The Bay Area is home to innovative companies creating new and exciting solutions to reduce building costs, improve housing affordability, and increase construction labor efficiency – each an important piece in solving the region’s housing crisis. Hear from Bay Area Start-ups as they pitch their ideas and/or technologies that have the potential to drastically increase housing production and improve housing affordability in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond.

Moderator:
Samidha Thakral, Vice-President, Lendlease

Judges:
Jordan Moss, Founder, Catalyst Housing Group
Stonly Baptiste Blue, Partner, Urban Us

11:05 – 11:10 am: Break

11:10 – 12:10 pm: Housing Leaders on Where We Go from Here

We have been making inroads on the housing crisis, but there is still much work to be done. In the context of ongoing uncertainty about so many aspects of our lives and our economy, plus an upcoming election, a panel of government, community, and industry leaders will share insights and outlooks on where we go from here and how we can make the most impact in the near and long term.

Speakers:
Mary Huss, President and Publisher, Business Times (Moderator)
Fred Blackwell, Chief Executive Officer, San Francisco Foundation
Jason Elliot, Senior Counselor for Housing and Homelessness, Office of the Governor Gavin Newsom
Denise Pinkston, Partner, TMG Partners
Buffy Wicks, Assemblymember, California State Assembly

12:10 – 12:25 pm: Closing Keynote: Mayor London Breed, City and County of San Francisco

12:25 – 12:30 pm: Summit Close with the Co-Chairs of the Housing the Bay Steering Committee

Speakers:
Libby Seifel, Owner, Seifel Consulting
Eric Tao, Managing Partner, L37 Partners

*Musical performances by David Boyce of the Broun Fellinis and Michael Potter of the San Francisco Music Conservatory*