This conference will bring together notable experts and thought leaders who will broadly examine national, regional and state infrastructure bank concepts and forward-thinking proposals, followed by focused discussions on clean energy, transportation and high speed rail, private and pension investments for the public good, the labor force and jobs creation.

March 14, 2011 8am~12:30pm

EVENT LOCATION: The William and Anita Newman Conference Center, Room 750, 151 East 25th Street, New York, NY 10010

In recent years the United States has watched from the sidelines as developed and emerging nations rapidly invest in high speed rail, clean energy and other crucial infrastructure.  Beyond questions of global competitiveness,  substantial infrastructure investment holds the promise of millions of new jobs and multiplier effects that will benefit the entire economy.

It is clear that the time has come for the creation of national, regional or state infrastructure banks.  Amid uncertainty about how to manage a growing federal deficit, national, regional and state infrastructure banks are key ways to help finance U.S. infrastructure objectives, on top of federal transportation funding.  This is especially true in an era of sustained fiscal duress in state and municipal government sectors which shoulder some three quarters of public infrastructure spending.

Forward-thinking proposals on national, regional and state infrastructure banks have already been advanced by President Obama, Congressman Steve Israel, and others.  “Banking on The Future: A New Paradigm for Rebuilding Our Nation’s Infrastructure” will broadly examine the infrastructure bank concept, followed by focused discussions on infrastructure of the future, private and pension investments for the public good as well as the issues of the labor force and jobs creation.

CONFERENCE SPEAKERS INCLUDE:

HONORABLE SCOTT M. STRINGER

Manhattan Borough President

HONORABLE STEVE ISRAEL
United States House of Representatives
2nd Congressional District of New York

HONORABLE JERROLD NADLER
United States House of Representatives
8th Congressional District of New York

BERNARD L. SCHWARTZ
Chairman & CEO
BLS Investments

CHRISTOPHER O. WARD
Executive Director
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

ED RENDELL
Former Governor of Pennsylvania and founding member of
Building America’s Future

MITCHELL L. MOSS
Rudin Center of Transportation
Policy and Management – NYU

GARRY A. BROWN
Chairman
NYS Public Service Commission

ROBERT E. PAASWELL
Founding Director, CUNY Institute for Urban Systems
CCNY, CUNY

PETRA TODOROVICH
Regional Plan Association
Director of the 2050 Program, NY

PROFESSOR MICHAEL LIKOSKY
NYU Institute for Public Knowledge
Author of “Obama’s Bank”

JOYCE MILLER
CEO
Tier One Public Strategies

RICHARD T. ANDERSON
President
New York Building Congress

For more info: http://www.baruch.cuny.edu