Jamaica Bay Conservation + Development was the second program in a series of forums on the future of the NYC waterfront planned through a partnership by NYC Planning and the American Institute of Architects (AIA) to conduct outreach to inform the NYC Comprehensive Waterfront Plan through the Waterfront Management Advisory Board. This diverse panel of Jamaica Bay experts included designers, developers, community representatives, and policy experts, who presented their experiences and conflicting views on conservation and development in and around Jamaica Bay. After the short panel, attendees held roundtable discussions, where they had the opportunity to voice their own experiences and views, developing a vision for the future of Jamaica Bay, and contributing their visions to NYC’s Next Comprehensive Waterfront Plan for 2020-2030. Jamaica Bay, New York City’s only national park, is consistently at the center of debates around conservation and development. Being a national park in the largest city in the United States presents a natural tension: How can we conserve the shrinking 180,000-acre body of water while continuing to meet necessary affordable housing demands in surrounding communities? From the future mixed-use development at Jamaica Landing to visionary plans to address resiliency concerns, to engaging the community to help rebuild dunes and rethinking how policy affects the bay, Jamaica Bay has been the focus of experimentations in design, development, and policy.