Welcome to the final panel of the Boston Area Research Initiative's 2020 Conference, The Smart, Equitable Commonwealth: Co-Creating the Society We Want. Week 14's closing keynote panel was called What Cities and Towns Need Now. The panel was moderated by Sid Espinosa, Director of Philanthropy and Civic Engagement at Microsoft and the former Mayor of Palo Alto, California. Our panelists were: Mayor Martin J. Walsh, Boston Mayor Dan Rivera, Lawrence Mayor Yvonne M. Spicer, Framingham Town Manager Steve Bartha, Danvers Marc Draisen, Executive Director, Metropolitan Area Planning Council Thank you for listening to BARI's 2020 Conference podcast! We'll see you next year for the 2021 Conference.

Welcome to the Boston Area Research Initiative's 2020 Conference, The Smart, Equitable Commonwealth: Co-Creating the Society We Want. Week 13's panel was called Pollution Across Communities and Places. The panel was moderated by Paulina Muratore, of the Union of Concerned Scientists. Our panelists were: Lily Perkins-High, Metropolitan Area Planning Council Edgar Castro, Northeastern University Matthew Raifman, Boston University Catherine L. Connolly, Boston University Podcast versions of these panels will be released the Friday following the panel. Subscribe today to keep up with the BARI conference throughout Summer, 2020! You can register to attend the online conference sessions live by visiting bit.ly/BARI2020