speakers included: notable author and international consultant charles landry; jason sartori from the national center for smart growth; architect/educator william morrish, and; preservation author and thinker howard mansfield. each lecturer addressed topics of their specialty - all relevant to annapolis' situation today. the purpose of these lectures was not to propose solutions, per se, but rather to instigate a local conversation on potential solutions from the ground up, supported by annapolitans.