CTBUH 2015 International Conference to be held October 26 - 27

New York, NY The CTBUH 2015 International Conference, "Resurgence of the Skyscraper City; The Impact of Skyscraper Development in NYC," will be held Monday, October 26 – Tuesday, October 27 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, 109 E 42nd St., Host Room 8. The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat’s 2015 International Conference, will address the resurgence of skyscrapers in major cities around the world. As part of the conference, WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff is offering a series of sessions on the "Impact of Skyscraper Development in New York City," focusing on the newest tall buildings recently completed and under construction, many with structural systems designed by the firm. The program includes: Monday, October 26th 11:10 – 11:15 Welcome David Cooper, president of Buildings, WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff, USA 11:15 – 12:15 Hudson Yards: Infrastructure Driving Urban Verticality Greg Kelly, president and CEO, WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff USA Hudson Yards: Creating New York’s Next Great Neighborhood Andrew Cantor, vice president of Development, Related Companies, USA 55 Hudson Yards: Soaring above the Subway Jeff Smilow, EVP of building structures, WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff, USA 2:30 – 3:15 -- Engineering an Icon:  How One World Trade Center Redefined Structural Engineering and Recreated an Icon For New York Ahmad Rahimian, director of building structures, WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff, USA Yoram Eilon, SVP of building structures, WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff, USA   Tuesday, October 27 11:15 – 11:45 Welcome Silvian Marcus,director of building structures, WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff, USA 11:15 – 11:45 -- 432 Park Avenue: Engineering in the Sky Hezi Mena, SVP of building structures, WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff, USA Gary Pomerantz, EVP of building services, WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff, USA 11:45 – 12:15 -- MoMA Tower: Developing a New Landmark for New York David Penick, managing director, Hines, New York, USA 12:15 – 12:45 -- How to Make a Manhattan Skyscraper: 111 West 57th Street Dana Getman, lead project architect, SHoP Associates, New York, USA