Theodore Liebman, FAIA, is a Principal at Perkins Eastman, a global architectural firm; board member, Consortium for Sustainable Urbanization (CSU); Senior Fellow, Global Urban Development (GUD); member of General Assembly of Partners and Urban Cluster. His work concentrates on issues of housing, lifestyle, and culture in the urban environment and a comprehensive view of long- term sustainability that challenges the limits of density in urban communities. Mr. Liebman was Chief of Architecture at the New York State Urban Development Corporation / Roosevelt Island -1970’s. He received B. Arch. from Pratt Institute, a M. Arch. from Harvard University, GSD and the Rome Prize Fellowship in Architecture. He was posted in Iran with the Harvard Institute for International Development 1975-77. World Bank funded housing project in Russia, 1995-96. He attended and participated at Habitat I, II, III and World Urban Forum 9, 10. He is an Adjunct Professor of Affordable Housing at NYU and has lectured extensively and served on architectural juries in the United States, Europe, Asia, Africa and South America. Liebman engages in dialogue with governments, investors, developers, and students to shape the environment and sustain cities.