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Cornell Tech: A Purpose-Built Campus for the Digital Age
June 9, 2023Verizon Executive Education Center, New York, NY | 8:45 AM–4:15 PM- Event Home
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Photo above by Max TouheyOverview
In just a decade, the recently completed Phase I of Cornell Tech has become a fully-fledged, purpose-built campus for the digital age that offers technology, business, law, and design education and research. Located on Roosevelt Island, Manhattan in the middle of the East River, it has quickly become one of the most innovatively sustainable and architecturally significant new campuses. On its ten-year anniversary, this symposium will explore how the planning and design of Cornell Tech expressly creates a catalytic environment to produce visionary ideas and technologies that reinvent the way we live.
Learning Outcomes:
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- Discuss the planning and implementation of the Cornell Tech campus as a novel academic and economic development initiative.
- Review Cornell Tech’s success in developing a new cohort of innovative entrepreneurs.
- Examine how the campus’s high-tech learning environments inspire and energize innovation for its students and the economy.
- Identify the ways in which Cornell Tech’s campus planning and design supports entrepreneurship and technologically-advanced education.
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Verizon Executive Education Center
2 W Loop Rd, New York, NY 10044
Roosevelt Island, Manhattan, New York CityPresenters
Director for Design and Construction Cornell TechDirector of Runway and SpinoutsCornell TechDesign PartnerSkidmore, Owings & MerrillJack and Rilla Neafsey Dean and Vice ProvostCornell TechPrincipalField OperationsChief Administrative Officer Cornell TechGain visibility and be part of this event!
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Event Location
Verizon Executive Education Center
2 W Loop Rd, New York, NY 10044
Roosevelt Island, Manhattan, New York CityBadge pickup will be in the Main Lobby.
Travel Information
Subway
Take the F train to the Roosevelt Island stop. Walk south .3 miles on W Road.Tram
Catch the Tram at 59th street and 2nd Avenue. Campus is just south of the Queensboro bridge station.Ferry
The Astoria route of NYC Ferry will connect you to a landing just east of campus.Bike
Access Roosevelt Island by bike via the Roosevelt Island Bridge from 36th Street in Queens, then ride south on Main Street.Bus
The Q102 bus connects Roosevelt Island to Long Island City and Astoria in Queens.Car
Access Roosevelt Island by car via the Roosevelt Island Bridge from 36th Street in Queens, then drive south down Main Street.SHOW: All Sessions Workshops ToursFriday, June 9, 20238:45 am - 9:30 amRegistration and Coffee (Networking)9:30 am - 10:00 amKeynotePresented by: Dean Greg Morrisett, the Jack and Rilla Neafsey Dean and Vice Provost of Cornell Tech.
Learning Outcomes
- Identify innovative planning opportunities that can promote economic growth for your campus and community.
- Integrate with a broad range of stakeholders in your local community, potential donors, and government officials to identify and advance shared planning strategies.
- Creating the curriculum that would attract the right mix of students necessary for success.
- Develop long-term strategies for keeping your institution economically viable and prepared for future challenges.
10:00 am - 10:45 amThe Runway Start-Up Program: Teaching Entrepreneurs to Uncover OpportunitiesPresented by: Fernando Gómez-Baquero, Director of Runway and Spinouts
One core mission of Cornell Tech revolves around the Runway Startup Postdoc Program. It is part business school, part research institution, and part startup incubator. Based at the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute, the Runway program ushers recent PhDs in digital technology fields through a paradigm shift — from an academic mindset to an entrepreneurial outlook. Fernando Gómez-Baquero will lead a discussion about how the program develops and nurtures entering Postdocs with ideas for unproven products and markets. The 12–24-month curriculum gives the budding entrepreneurs time and the specialized guidance to develop, including academic and business mentorship. Cornell Tech’s master’s students spend significant time at the Tata Center, attending Studio courses, participating in hackathons and demo days, and working on new products in the MakerLAB, building tech solutions, collaborating with companies on challenges, and launching new projects with real-time industry input.
Learning Outcomes:
- Evaluate the outcomes of the Studio and MakerLAB that promote built solutions and product development.
- Assess effectiveness of stakeholder collaboration efforts in entrepreneurial training.
- Advance campus goals in meeting City of New York or other governmental objectives in local workforce development.
- Describe a long-term strategy for keeping entrepreneurial programs economically viable and prepared for future challenges.
11:00 am - 11:45 amCampus Master Planning as a Catalyst for Economic DevelopmentIntroduction by: Diana Allegretti, Director of Design & Construction, Cornell Tech
Presented by: Colin Koop, Design Partner, Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM); Karen Tamir, Principal, Field Operations
Cornell Tech is a new applied sciences university on Roosevelt Island that inverts the traditional, insular campus into an outward-looking and inviting place. In collaboration with James Corner Field Operations, Cornell University, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, and the City of New York, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill created the master plan and served as the master architect for the campus—conceiving a place that knits seamlessly into the promenades and green spaces of the island while fostering interaction and creativity.
Diana Allegretti will introduce the campus planning team, highlighting the University’s goals and objectives for the campus.
Colin Koop will curate a design conversation around the broader campus theme: planning that supports true innovation. His presentation will prompt the question: what does it mean to build a campus for the digital age? From the definition of spaces for technological and scientific advancement, to the evolution of 21st century ideals, Colin will frame how cities, agencies and government are aiming to stimulate economic growth through partnerships with academic institutions towards innovation. Speaker Colin Koop will present the ideas behind the campus design—illustrating how an academic campus can become a microcosm of its surrounding city.
Karen Tamir will present the site-specific approach to Cornell Tech’s open space planning, she will describe the driving forces of resiliency sustainability, biodiversity and community and how these informed the design. Karen will talk about place-making that goes beyond the creation of traditional campus quads, how Cornell Tech Campus approach is different, as well as leveraging the campus unique location on the island. Karen will also discuss the process of working with multiple Architect/building teams to create a campus that is one of a kind yet cohesive and unified.
The presenters will open to Q&A at the conclusion of the presentation.
Learning Outcomes:
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Identify the integrated planning decisions needed to tie this new campus into the urban transportation system and civil infrastructure of Roosevelt Island and the greater New York City.
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Adopt and maintain a multi-year master plan that ties the whole campus together and allows for flexibility in future development.
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Integrate net-zero carbon, passive house and other green infrastructure to lessen the University’s carbon footprint.
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Learn the specific challenges of design and construction in a marine environment to protect against rising sea levels.
12:00 pm - 1:00 pmLunch1:00 pm - 2:00 pmCharting the Success of a New Satellite CampusPresented by: Juliet Weissman Chief Administrative Officer, Cornell Tech.
The task of conceiving and building a satellite campus offering highly innovative academic, research, and impact programs far removed from Cornell’s home on the shores of Lake Cayuga is no easy feat. Fulfilling that task while meeting the economic development commitments given by the City of New York, while aligning with an international academic partner added further levels of complexity to the task. Juliet Weissman will lead this discussion touching on topics such as:
- Preparing and implementing a strategic plan for this unique purpose.
- Planning to make the new campus successful and scalable as an on-going academic enterprise.
- Maintaining the financial controls for a multi-year development process.
- Operating the school from day one as a viable and sustaining institution.
Learning Outcomes:
- Assess your institution’s resources and culture to determine whether an offsite campus conforms to the institution’s greater strategic plan.
- Identify strategic issues that must be addressed and map strategies and tactics to address those issues.
- Align plans both vertically with the overall strategic plan and horizontally with other unit plans so the entire institution works together towards goals.
- Implement your plan and prepare for common implementation challenges. Describe a long-term strategy for keeping your institution economically viable and prepared for future challenges.
2:15 pm - 4:15 pmCampus ToursNote: The Tata and Bloomberg tours have limited capacities. Each will include the Cornell Tech campus tour. Once the Tata and Bloomberg tours are sold out, you will be able to sign up for the campus tour only.
The Tata Innovation Center designed by Weiss & Manfredi Architects is 235,000 sf first-of-its-kind building that houses a mix of companies and Cornell Tech academic teams. One third of the building is academic, laboratory, and research space and the other two thirds house corporate offices for tech companies, startups, and venture capitalists. From graduate students building products in Studio, to faculty prototyping new tech in labs, to established companies leveraging Cornell R&D, the Tata Innovation Center is where academia and industry collide.
The Emma and Georgina Bloomberg Center is a 150,000 sf building designed by Morphosis Architects is the academic home base and intellectual nerve center of campus. From modern classrooms to open work areas to The Café, the building brings connectivity between students, faculty, and the Cornell Tech community. It is one of the largest buildings in New York City designed with net zero aspirations utilizing ground source heat and photovoltaic panels. The groundbreaking design of the Bloomberg Center intentionally fosters interaction and creativity — mirroring Cornell Tech’s cross-disciplinary approach to research and academic programs.
The Cornell Tech Campus Framework Plan is a 12.4-acre applied sciences university on Roosevelt Island designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and James Corner Field Operations. The campus is designed to bring together an open and collaborative community of engineers, entrepreneurs, and scientists to catalyze the growth of New York’s emerging technology, research, and innovation industries. The master plan emphasizes the open nature of this pedagogy with a boundary-free, pedestrian campus, which knits into the promenades and green spaces of the island. Placing sustainability at the forefront, the master planning team managed the LEED certification process for all aspects of the site development, while incorporating biofiltration gardens, storage tanks for graywater reuse, and ground source heat wells.
Registration
Event Location
Verizon Executive Education Center
2 W Loop Rd, New York, NY 10044
Roosevelt Island, Manhattan, New York CityBadge pickup will be in the Main Lobby.
Cost Early Bird Regular Member $95 $125 Non-Member $185 $215 How to Save
SCUP Group Membership Discount: If you work at a college or university that holds a SCUP group membership anyone from your institution can attend this event and any SCUP event at the member rate.
Deadlines
Date Early-Bird May 3 @ 11:59 pm Eastern Cancellation* May 25 @ 11:59 pm Eastern Registration Closes June 2 @ 11:59 pm Eastern *Cancellations can be made online through your SCUP account by 5/25/2023. Refunds are subject to a 10% of the total purchase processing fee. No-shows are not eligible for a refund, and funds committed by purchase order must be paid in full by the first day of the event. Refunds will be issued within 30 days of received written notification. If you have questions, email your registration team at registration@scup.org.
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