US Infrastructure Investment Forum

Thursday, April 20, 2023
1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
(Pacific)

William Blount Hall
David & Joan Traitel Building, Hoover Institution
435 Lasuen Mall, Stanford, CA 94305

US Infrastructure Investment Forum

The US infrastructure investment industry is undergoing a period of rapid change today, which presents public sponsors, federal agencies, and industry leaders with a unique set of challenges and opportunities.

The US Infrastructure Investment Forum aims to share information, identify challenges and policy reforms, and foster collaboration to deliver on the potential of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL).

Forum topics will include the impact of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, federal permitting regulations, and key challenges to US infrastructure development.

This half-day forum is open to the public and will be of particular interest to federal, state, and local transportation officials along with infrastructure investment industry executives and academic or nonprofit organization representatives.

AGENDA


1:30 – 1:45 pm — ​Welcome Remarks

1:45 – 2:15 pm​ — The Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council and Delivering on the Promise of the IIJA

  • Christine Harada, Executive Director, Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council


2:15 – 2:45 pm​ — Strategies for Overcoming Vetocracy in Infrastructure Development

  • Francis Fukuyama, Olivier Nomellini Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies; Director, Ford Dorsey Master’s in International Policy


2:45 – 3:45 pm​ — American Project Permitting and Development: Challenges and Opportunities

  • Moderator: Michael Bennon, Stanford CDDRL
  • Alex Herrgott, The Permitting Institute
  • Steve DeWitt, ACS Infrastructure Development
  • Liz Klebaner, Nossaman LLP


The forum is hosted by the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) and organized in collaboration with the Build America Center (BAC), the Build America Bureau (BAB), the National Governors Association (NGA), and the Global Infrastructure Investors Association (GIIA).

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