The Fall semester Open Classroom will bring together public officials, Northeastern faculty and students, and Boston community stakeholders to discuss affordable housing, gentrification, and homelessness; land use planning; public safety; economic mobility and disparities; transportation; cultural planning; changing demographics and immigration; public education; public health; and innovation and technology.

On Wednesday, October 18, the discussion topics will include: 

• Planning Process
• Implementation

The speakers will be: 

• Austin Blackmon, Chief of Energy, Environment and Open Space for the City of Boston
• Joan Fitzgerald, Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, Northeastern University
• Matthew J. Eckelman,
  Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northeastern University