Regional Day: Continuing Our MOMENTUM

Forum 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Networking 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm

Regional day programming provides an opportunity for the local region to delve into issues that specifically affect them. Local conversations and local solutions. Open to the public.

Register here – select Regional Day Only
$25 – but (hurry!) the first 100 to register are FREE. Use the code RD23FREE when you register! 

With a growing population nearing five million residents, the greater Phoenix region is larger than half the states in the U.S. It also located in some of the most unique environmentally and culturally sensitive geography in the country. The region, through the Maricopa Association of Governments (MAG), has invested more than three years developing MOMENTUM, a plan for the future of transportation to support continued economic development and growth. How do we tell our story, articulate our past, fashion our future, and build on the momentum that brought us this far? Hear from local experts, learn from those in the trenches, and listen to visionaries. Take part in activities that will help the region build towards the type of communities we want for ourselves and for future generations.

2:00 p.m. Welcome & Keynote Speakers 

• Ed Zuercher, Executive Director, Maricopa Association of Governments, Phoenix, AZ
• Marty Shultz, Vice President, Public and Government Affairs, Pinnacle West & Arizona Public Service (Retired), Phoenix, AZ
• Ryan Johnson, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Culdesac, Tempe, AZ

3:00 pm Panel discussion: How we tell our story

• Tara Jones, Communications Manager, AECOM, Atlanta, GA
• Jerome Gray, Executive Vice President & Chief Communications Officer Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Houston, TX 

3:45 pm – 4:05 pm Breakout Round Table Discussion: What stories do we want to be told? 

Join table conversations led by people representing different areas of concern around mobility, access and wellbeing. Identify one or two key storytelling messages critical for the future of the Valley. 

4:05 pm Report Out & Closing Remarks

4:30 pm – 5:30 pm Networking Event