On behalf of the Long Island City
Partnership, and our co-hosts Modern
Spaces and the Queens Courier, we
welcome you to the sixth annual LIC
Summit, LIC: Inspiring Innovation.
Fresh, inventive, original—these are all words that
continue to define LIC, even as it evolves into a
new and unique kind of neighborhood. LIC has
been a historic home for industry and innovation.
Today, LIC has also become a highly attractive livework
recreate talent hub, broadening the range of
industries that are looking to make LIC their home.
At the same time, LaGuardia Community College
and Cornell Tech are creating additional innovative
company pipelines that will look to LIC for space
and support.
This year’s Summit will explore how LIC is paving
the way for innovative leaders in the fields of
co-living and co-working, entrepreneurship, life
science, and mobility thanks in part to all that LIC
has to offer. We have curated distinguished panels
of thought leaders from across the borough, city
and state to discuss our community’s current and
future landscape.
Long Island City is an authentic, creative, transit
rich live-work-innovate community directly across
from midtown Manhattan. You’ll find everything
here – from industrial, tech, life sciences, film and
television, creative office, design, culinary, and
Fortune 500 companies; to genuine connections
for entrepreneurs and residents; and inspiring
creativity in its cultural institutions and artists.
Together they make LIC the ultimate mixed-use
hub that fuels the productivity of the fastest
growing neighborhood in the country.
We wish to thank all of our elected officials,
sponsors, partners, and civic and business leaders
who have together driven the monumental change
in LIC. We also thank our stellar Summit Planning
Committee and Board for helping us put together
such a high quality program, and the Museum of
the Moving Image for hosting us.
Thank you for attending today and being part of
the conversation. We hope that you will participate
actively both today and beyond.
Elizabeth Lusskin Patricia Dunphy
President Chair
Thank you to all our Elected Officials for their continued support.
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo
Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul
Mayor Bill de Blasio
US Senator Charles E. Schumer US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
New York City Council Member
Jimmy Van Bramer
Queens Borough President
Melinda Katz
New York State Assemblywoman
Catherine Nolan
US Congresswoman
Carolyn B. Maloney
New York State Senator
Michael Gianaris