ITE is pleased to announce that Manny Diaz, former two-term Mayor of Miami, FL, will be the keynote speaker at the ITE 2015 Annual Meeting & Exhibit this August in Hollywood, FL. Diaz will speak during the Opening Plenary Session on Monday, August 3 at 8:45 a.m.
The theme of this year's Opening Plenary Session is Shaping and Rebuilding Cities to Serve the Community. In keeping with this them, Diaz will sharehis perspectives on how he turned his vision for Miami into reality. He will also discuss the role of the many stakeholders in this process. During Diaz's tenure, Miami was transformed in to a center for business, the quality of life for its residents improved, and the city became a top tourist destination.
A panel discussion will follow Diaz's remarks, focusing on funding, accommodation of changing demographics and navigation of the hurdles that may hinder rebuilding our cities and neighborhoods.
About Manny Diaz
A force in local, state and national politics for nearly three decades, Manny Diaz was first elected City of Miami Mayor in 2001, having never before held elective office.
He was reelected to a second term in 2005, and was chosen to lead the United States Conference of Mayors as its president in 2008. Mayor Diaz developed a vision for Miami as an international City that embodies diversity, economic opportunity, effective customer service and a highly rated quality of life. To achieve this goal, he re-engineered Miami government from top to bottom.
During his tenure, Diaz was recognized for completely transforming the City of Miami, and for many nationally recognized innovative programs in the areas of urban design, sustainability and green initiatives, education, infrastructure investment, affordable housing, law enforcement, poverty and homelessness, and arts and culture.
In recognition of his efforts, Diaz has received almost 100 awards and recognitions including, America's Best Leaders by US News and World Report and The Center for Public Leadership (Kennedy School of Government); the Urban Innovator of the Year by the Manhattan Institute; University of Pennsylvania Institute for Urban Research- Urban Leadership Award; Americans for the Arts-National Award for Local Arts Leadership; American Architectural Foundation Keystone Award; The American Institute of Architects Presidential Citation; Top 100 City Innovators Worldwide by UBM Future Cities; Hispanic Business- 50 Influentials; United States Conference of Mayors- President's Award; Alvah H. Chapman, Jr., Award of Excellence, Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce; the AIA (Miami Chapter)- Governmental Leadership Award; The Congress for the New Urbanism- Groves Award; Miami-Dade Chamber of Commerce Power Leader of the Year and Green Visionary Awards; the Government Award by Hispanic Magazine; the Business Leader of the Year Award by South Florida CEO Magazine; Poder Hispanic Magazine Climate Award of the Year and was named an Outstanding American by Choice by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service.
Mayor Diaz served as a Resident Fellow at Harvard's Institute of Politics, and is the author of Miami Transformed: Rebuilding America One Neighborhood, One City at a Time.
Mayor Diaz is a senior partner at Lydecker Diaz in Miami, Florida.
Find out more about the upcoming ITE 2015 Annual Meeting & Exhibit and register at www.ite.org/annualmeeting.