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2nd Annual North America Strategic Infrastructure Leadership Forum

  • September 27, 2010
  • Lee Drutman

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September 29, 2010 / 9:00 – 10:30 am

Panel: Keeping America on Track: The Future of High-Speed Rail

Jefferson West Room, Washington Hilton

Introductory remarks by U.S. Representative Marcy Kaptur (D-OH)

Moderator:

  • Michael Riley, Managing Editor, Bloomberg Government

Panelists

  • Pierce Homer, Transportation Director, Moffatt & Nichol
  • Ken Orski, Editor and Publisher, Innovation Newsbriefs
  • Mark Reutter, Fellow, Progressive Policy Institute
  • Petra Todorovich, Director, America 2050

To register for “Keeping America on Track: The Future of High-Speed Rail”, click here.

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September 30, 2010 / 9:45 – 10:00 a.m.

Keynote Speech: Competitiveness Through Innovation

IBR East Room, Washington Hilton

Introduction by Will Marshall, President, Progressive Policy Institute

Featured speaker

  • Senator Mark Warner (D-Va.)



October 1, 2010 / 8:45 – 9:00 a.m.

Keynote Speech: Rebuilding America: Can Our Political System Deliver?

Columbia Hall 5 & 7, Washington Hilton

Featured speaker

  • Norman Anderson, CEO, CG/LA Infrastructure
  • Will Marshall, President, Progressive Policy Institute

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October 1, 2010 / 9:00 – 10:30 a.m.

Panel: Retooling the American Economy for Jobs, Innovation, and Competitiveness

Columbia Hall 5 & 7, Washington Hilton

Moderator:

  • David Wessel, Economics Editor, Wall Street Journal

Panelists

  • Tom Friedman, New York Times Columnist, Pulitzer-Prize Winning Author
  • Jason Furman, Deputy Director, National Economic Council, White House
  • Roderick Bennett, Advisor to the General President of the Laborers’ International Union of North America
  • John Woolard, CEO, Brightsource Energy

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October 1, 2010 / 10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

Panel: Financing Future Growth: How Do We Pay For New Projects?

Columbia Hall 5 & 7, Washington Hilton

Moderator:

  • Will Marshall, President, Progressive Policy Institute

Panelists

  • U.S. Representative Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Sponsor of National Infrastructure Development Bank Act of 2009 (H.R. 2521)
  • Chris Bertram, Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs and C.F.O., U.S. Department of Transportation
  • Leo Hindery, Jr., Investor, Managing Partner of InterMedia Partners VII; former President and CEO of AT&T Broadband; former President, Tele-Communications, Inc. (TCI)
  • Ev Ehrlich, Economist, President of ESC Company; former Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs

To register for the North America Strategic Infrastructure Leadership Forum, click here.

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