(Archived Content) WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, September 9, 2014, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the U.S. Department of Transportation will host the Infrastructure Investment Summit at Treasury. The Summit is part of the President’s Build America Investment Initiative to encourage private sector investment in our nation’s infrastructure. The day-long conference will bring together leading institutional investors and project developers with federal, state, and local government officials to focus on innovative financing approaches and highlight other resources that support infrastructure investment. Following a keynote address by Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew, three panel discussions will focus on state and local approaches to project development, investor perspectives and best practices for efficient project delivery. These discussions will be moderated by senior Administration officials, including Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, Treasury Deputy Secretary Sarah Bloom Raskin and White House National Economic Council Director Jeffrey Zients. A series of afternoon breakout discussions will follow the morning panel sessions. An agenda and additional details will be announced in the coming days ahead of the conference. WHO: Secretary of the Treasury Jacob J. Lew ** **Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx Treasury Deputy Secretary Sarah Bloom Raskin White House National Economic Council Director Jeffrey Zients **WHAT:**Infrastructure Investment Summit WHEN:Tuesday, September 9, 2014 8:30 AM EDT WHERE: U.S. Department of the Treasury Cash Room 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. AGENDA: 8:30 a.m. Introductory Remarks Karen Dynan, Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy at the Department of the Treasury 8:35 a.m. Keynote Address Jacob J. Lew, Secretary of the Department of the Treasury 8:45-10:00 a.m. State and Local Perspectives: Project Life Cycle from Idea to ** Financing to Delivery Moderator: Anthony Foxx, Secretary of the Department of Transportation Panelists: James Bass, Texas Department of Transportation; Jane Garvey, Meridiam Infrastructure; Greg Nadeau, Federal Highway Administration; Phillip Washington, Regional Transportation District 10:00-10:15 a.m. Break 10:15-11:30 a.m. Investor and Advisor Perspectives: What Makes Projects ** Attractive to Private Investors? ** Moderator: Sarah Bloom Raskin, Deputy Secretary of the Department of the Treasury Panelists: Jim Barry, BlackRock; Marc Lipschultz, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.; Laurie Mahon, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce; Nicolas Rubio, Cintra U.S.; Ed Smith, Ullico Inc.; 11:30-11:40 a.m. Break 11:40-11:45 a.m. Remarks Penny Pritzker, Secretary of the Department of Commerce 11:45-1:00 p.m. Innovations in Infrastructure Finance: Cutting Edge Solutions ** from the U.S. and Abroad ** **Moderator: Jeffrey Zients, White House Director of the National Economic Council and Assistant to the President for Economic Policy Panelists: Christopher Ailman, California State Teachers’ Retirement System; Christopher Leslie, Macquarie Infrastructure Partners; Dolly Mirchandani, Allen & Overy; George Pierson, Parsons Brinckerhoff 1:00-1:15 p.m. Break 1:15-3:40 p.m. Breakout Sessions The breakout sessions scheduled in the afternoon are closed pressed. The conference will convene again at 3:40 p.m. for closing remarks by Secretary Foxx. 3:40-3:55 p.m. Closing remarks ** **Anthony Foxx, Secretary of the Department of Transportation The keynote address, morning panel sessions and closing remarks at this event are open press. A live webcast of those sessions will be available at https://home.treasury.gov/news/webcasts. ###
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