What makes a vital city in the 21st Century? What is the impact of the arts and technology on a city's prosperity and sense of community? How do we tell our stories while giving new and fresh value to our traditions showcasing our beauty and power in a modern way?

The AGLSP 2010 Annual Conference will address these and other important 21st Century questions. With its dramatic history of social, economic, political, and cultural change, Dallas is the perfect setting to explore the transformation of the 21st Century city.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Dr. Peter E. Raad holds the rank of Professor and is the Linda Wertheimer Hart Director of the Hart eCenter at SMU. The eCenter was established in 2000 to stimulate, facilitate, and support innovative interdisciplinary activities that enable creative and responsible development and use of interactive network technologies. As Executive Director of Guildhall, a major program of the eCenter, Dr. Raad oversees a unique program that crosses disciplinary lines to combine art, design, software development, business, physical sciences, and humanities to create the 21st Century's first new academic discipline.

Dr. Gail Thomas serves as President and CEO of The Trinity Trust Foundation in Dallas, to remake the Trinity River Corridor. She is the founder and CEO of Cities Alive. In 1980, she founded the Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture, and today serves as the Director of their Center for the City, where she teaches and conducts seminars and conferences. Dr. Thomas is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Kessler Award for improving the quality of life in Dallas.