Brookings Forum: Building Inclusive Infrastructure
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Forum / MeetingThe three-part forum, hosted by Brookings Institute, will be to investigate how infrastructure policy can help address broader societal challenges, especially economic inclusion. The agenda is as follows:NACo/NLC Leadership CenterBrookings Forum: Building Inclusive InfrastructureMay 15, 2018May 15, 2018, 8:00 am to 12:00 pm
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Brookings Forum: Building Inclusive Infrastructure
The three-part forum, hosted by Brookings Institute, will be to investigate how infrastructure policy can help address broader societal challenges, especially economic inclusion. The agenda is as follows:
Panel 1: The Inclusion Challenge: Framing the major challenges we see in broader society against the built environment
- Tanvi Misra, Staff Writer, CityLab, Moderator
- Hon. Jim McDonough, Commissioner, Ramsey County, Minn.
- Ellory Monks, Co-Founder, The Atlas Marketplace
- Brooks Rainwater, Senior Executive and Director of the Center for City Solutions, National League of Cities
Panel 2: Building Inclusive Place: Innovations around physical access to opportunity, place-based design, and local businesses interest
- Mitch Herckis, Senior Director of Programs, Route Fifty, Moderator
- Mark Fisher, Chief Policy Officer, Indy Chamber
- Stephanie Gidigbi, SPARCC Policy, Capacity, and Systems Change Director & Senior Adviser, Urban Solutions, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
- Shauen V.T. Pearce, Director of Economic Development and Inclusion Policy, City of Minneapolis, Office of Mayor Jacob Frey
Panel 3: Technology for Public Good: Innovations around equitable use of technology, including data, broadband and transportation mobility
- Adie Tomer, Fellow, Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program, Moderator
- Shoshana Lew, Chief Operating Officer, Rhode Island Department of Transportation
- Tom Schenk, Chief Data Officer, City of Chicago
- Angela Siefer, Executive Director, National Digital Inclusion Alliance
The three-part forum, hosted by Brookings Institute, will be to investigate how infrastructure policy can help address broader societal challenges, especially economic inclusion. The agenda is as follows:2018-05-15Forum / Meeting2018-05-14
The three-part forum, hosted by Brookings Institute, will be to investigate how infrastructure policy can help address broader societal challenges, especially economic inclusion. The agenda is as follows:
Panel 1: The Inclusion Challenge: Framing the major challenges we see in broader society against the built environment
- Tanvi Misra, Staff Writer, CityLab, Moderator
- Hon. Jim McDonough, Commissioner, Ramsey County, Minn.
- Ellory Monks, Co-Founder, The Atlas Marketplace
- Brooks Rainwater, Senior Executive and Director of the Center for City Solutions, National League of Cities
Panel 2: Building Inclusive Place: Innovations around physical access to opportunity, place-based design, and local businesses interest
- Mitch Herckis, Senior Director of Programs, Route Fifty, Moderator
- Mark Fisher, Chief Policy Officer, Indy Chamber
- Stephanie Gidigbi, SPARCC Policy, Capacity, and Systems Change Director & Senior Adviser, Urban Solutions, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
- Shauen V.T. Pearce, Director of Economic Development and Inclusion Policy, City of Minneapolis, Office of Mayor Jacob Frey
Panel 3: Technology for Public Good: Innovations around equitable use of technology, including data, broadband and transportation mobility
- Adie Tomer, Fellow, Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program, Moderator
- Shoshana Lew, Chief Operating Officer, Rhode Island Department of Transportation
- Tom Schenk, Chief Data Officer, City of Chicago
- Angela Siefer, Executive Director, National Digital Inclusion Alliance
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