Doors Open: 8:30 AM

Continental Breakfast

 

Welcome

• Ross van Dongen, Accelerator for America
• Virtual Greeting: Suzanne Clark, President & CEO, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
• Bryan Jones, President, Mid-Atlantic Division, HNTB

 

Keynote Intro

• Mary Ellen Wiederwohl, CEO, Accelerator for America

 

Keynote Remarks

• The Honorable Julie A. Su, Acting Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor

 

Panel: America Works for Infrastructure

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the Inflation Reduction Act, and the Chips and Science Act are directly and indirectly leading to billions of dollars in workforce investments for training, upskilling, and reskilling Americans in every single community across the country. Hear from leaders who are helping to ensure we take the necessary steps to provide generational workforce development opportunities alongside the generational investments in the infrastructure itself.

• Sean McGarvey, President, North America's Building Trades Unions
• Greg Regan, President, AFL-CIO’s Transportation Trades Dept.
• The Honorable Ron Nirenberg, Mayor of San Antonio, TX
• Moderator: Hon. Cecilia Rouse, President, Brookings, former Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers

 

Lightning Round: Infrastructure Development through CHIPS

• The Honorable Don Graves, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce

 

Panel: Building Resilience in America’s Electrical Grid

With extreme weather and temperature spikes, increased reliance on remote work options, and thousands of EVs and hybrid vehicles coming online each day, there has never been more importance on ensuring the resiliency of our electrical grids and transmission lines.

• Abigail Campbell, Head of Climate & Infrastructure Policy, Siemens USA
• Maria Robinson, Director, Grid Deployment Office, US Department of Energy
• The Honorable Quinton Lucas, Mayor, Kansas City, Missouri
• Moderator: Lynda Tran, Partner, EpicWorks Advisors

 

Keynote Address: Infrastructure and America’s Continued Success

• Raj Subramaniam, President & CEO, FedEx Corporation, Infrastructure Committee Chair, Business Roundtable
• Introduction: Matt Sonnesyn, Vice President, Infrastructure, Energy & Environment, Business Roundtable

 

Grab-and-Go Lunch Break

• Boxed lunches available in the Chamber’s Briefing Room. Guests will enjoy lunch at their leisure as the program continues.

 

Lightning Round Speaker

• Luke McGowan, Director of Federal Initiatives, Government Innovation, Bloomberg Philanthropies 

 

Lightning Round Speaker

• Stantec and the Long Island Railroad
  • Susan Walter, Executive Vice President for Infrastructure, Stantec

 

Lightning Round: AEC Unites for Black Leadership in Infrastructure

• Tia Perry, Executive Director of AEC Unites 

 

Hillside Chat: The Future of Federal Investment in Infrastructure 

A fireside chat with key Congressional Leaders on the potential paths forward for reauthorization of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and other major infrastructure investments in 119th Congress and beyond.

• The Honorable Sam Graves (R-MO), Chairman, House Committee on Transportation
• The Honorable Rick Larsen (D-WA), Ranking Member, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
• The Honorable Garret Graves (R-LA), Member, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
• Moderator: Marsia Geldert-Murphey, President, American Society of Civil Engineers

 

Panel: Intelligent Infrastructure, AI, and Connecting a Built Environment

• Jeremy Shaffer, Vice President, Bentley Systems
• The Honorable Steve Patterson, Mayor of Athens, OH, Second Vice President of the National League of Cities (NLC)
• The Honorable Eileen Higgins, Commissioner, Miami-Dade County, Fla.; Chair, Transportation Committee, National Association of Counties 
• Moderator: David Gilford, Head of Policy, Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners

 

Lightning Round: Spotlighting the Local Infrastructure

• Luke McGowan, Director of Federal Initiatives, Government Innovation, Bloomberg Philanthropies

 

"Investing In America:" Delivering Results and Charting What’s Next

• Samantha Silverberg, Deputy Assistant to the President for Infrastructure Implementation, The White House
• Moderator: John Drake, Vice President of Transportation, Infrastructure and the Supply Chain, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

 

PROGRAM CLOSE - 1:30 PM