Go to the the TCUS Forum web page for information on the program and registration link.
PIs: Larry Baker and Carissa Schively-Slotterback
Sponsors: NSF, the McKnight Foundation, the U of M Center for Urban and Regional Affairs and the U of M Center for Transportation Research 
The goal of the Twin Cites Urban Sustainability (TCUS) Forum is (1) to strengthen and expand linkages among the practitioners and academics involved in urban sustainability (US) and urban ecosystems (UE) in the Twin Cities and (2) to develop a framework for “translational research” – research that would connect the sustainability goals of Minnesota’s urban communities with research and outreach at the University of Minnesota.
We are planning the main event, a two-day TCUS Forum, to be held Nov. 2-3, 2011 at the University of Minnesota. The symposium will feature talks by leading thinkers and practitioners of urban sustainability from Minnesota and throughout the world, discussion panels, and small group workshops.
A series of smaller workshops held over the year after the symposium will synthesize these ideas into a framework for translational research.
Other Steering Committee members:
- Ed Goetz, Associate Dean, Humphrey Institute, and Director, Center for Urban and Regional Affairs, University of Minnesota.
- Todd Graham, Principal Forecaster, Met Council.
- Mark Grimes, Director of Planning and Management, City of Golden Valley
- Sarah Hobbie, Associate Professor, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota.
- Paul Labowitz, Superintendent, Mississippi River Natural River and Recreation Area, U.S. Department of Interior.
- Greg Lindsey, Associate Dean, Hubert Humphrey Institute, University of Minnesota.
- Laurie McGinnis, Acting Director, Center for Transportation Studies, University of Minnesota
- Kristen C. Nelson, Associate Professor, Departments of Forest Resources and Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, University of Minnesota.
- Sharon Pfeifer, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
- Gayle Prest, Sustainability Coordinator, City of Minneapolis.