Enhancing Urban Sustainability Infrastructure: A Workshop on Mathematical Approaches for Optimizing Investments

Optimizing Investments for Enhancing Urban Sustainability Infrastructure Workshop (DAY 3)

July 27, 2022

11:00 AM - 3:30 PM (EDT)

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How can we use mathematics to meet urgent municipal needs and achieve long-term goals for infrastructure sustainability? Join the National Academies for a series of three workshops to explore optimization techniques that could advance urban sustainability. This workshop will bring together speakers with expertise in urban sustainability, city planning, infrastructure, mathematics, and statistics to discuss ways to help local governments better prioritize and invest in public works projects.

DAY 3:

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Mini-Session #2: Digital and Physical Infrastructure for Public Safety
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. ET
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Infrastructure can have a significant impact on crime, violence, and public safety. Following a keynote and conversations on active research on public safety and infrastructure and public services, researchers and practitioners discuss opportunities for improved community safety.

Featuring Chris Blattman, University of Chicago

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Mini-Session # 3: Moving Beyond Short Termism
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. ET
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Decision-makers must balance urgent needs with long-term goals for sustainability. Speakers break down the risks of short-term thinking and identify practical tips for investing and planning for the future.

Featuring Kim LaGrue, City of New Orleans

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SESSION 4 Building the Ideal Sustainable City
1:15 - 2:50
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What is sustainability? Researchers and practitioners around the country describe what sustainability means in their field, as well as ways in which their local communities strive for sustainability. This session closes with a panel in which keynote speakers talk more broadly about the idea of sustainability and where we go from here.

Featuring Alice Hill, Council on Foreign Relations

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CLOSING DISCUSSIONS
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2:50 Workshop Highlights & Audience Feedback
Moderator: Jared Cohon, Carnegie Mellon University

3:30 Closing Remarks
Jeanne Holm, City of Los Angeles

Contact

Brittany Segundo

bsegundo@nas.edu

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Optimizing Investments for Enhancing Urban Sustainability Infrastructure Workshop (DAY 2)

July 20, 2022

11:00 AM - 4:45 PM (EDT)

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How can we use mathematics to meet urgent municipal needs and achieve long-term goals for infrastructure sustainability? Join the National Academies for a series of workshops to explore optimization techniques that could advance urban sustainability. This workshop will bring together speakers with expertise in urban sustainability, city planning, infrastructure , mathematics, and statistics to discuss ways to help local governments better prioritize and invest in public works projects.

DAY 2:

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SESSION 3
11:00 - 2:15 Decision-Making for Infrastructure Investments
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This session explores the state-of-the-art tools and practices available for optimizing and improving the infrastructure investment process, as well as the challenges practitioners face when bridging the gap between theory and implementation. A series of keynotes frame the broader issues surrounding decision-making for infrastructure investment, and then a speaker will present an overview of the mathematical methods that can support quantitative problem-solving. A panel of experienced experts will discuss the challenges and opportunities in multi-objective decision-making, followed by a group of speakers who address the practical barriers and processes for bringing optimal decisions to fruition.

Featuring:

Costa Samaras, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
David Shmoys, Cornell University
Safiya Noble, UCLA & author of Algorithms of Oppression
Richard de Neufville, MIT
Cris Liban, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transit Authority
David Banks, Duke University

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Mini-Session #1: Building Confidence in Data and Institutions (2:45 – 5:00)
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In this session, speakers and panelists will highlight institutional challenges to gathering trusted data such as community skepticism, privacy concerns, and evaluating data for inclusion and comprehensive representation.

Contact

Brittany Segundo

bsegundo@nas.edu

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Optimizing Investments for Enhancing Urban Sustainability Infrastructure Workshop (DAY 1)

July 13, 2022

11:00 AM - 5:00 PM (EDT)

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How can we use mathematics to meet urgent municipal needs and achieve long-term goals for infrastructure sustainability? Join the National Academies for a series of three workshops on July 13, 20, and 27 from 11am-5pm ET to explore optimization techniques that could advance urban sustainability. This workshop will bring together speakers with expertise in urban sustainability, city planning, infrastructure , mathematics, and statistics to discuss ways to help local governments better prioritize and invest in public works projects.

DAY 1:
11:00 Introduction & Welcome
Jeanne Holm, City of Los Angeles
11:10 Keynote: Making Optimal Choices under Politicized Conditions
Mayor Eric Garcetti of Los Angeles

11:25 Challenges & Concerns with Mayors

11:45 Local Infrastructure Decision-Making: Goals, Ground Rules, and Criteria
Two speakers introduce the constraints and challenges of decision-making for local infrastructure. Kirk Steudle will highlight the challenges of choosing between projects once the funding is in hand, and Jordan Fischbach will discuss decision-making under uncertainty with a focus on water applications.

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SESSION 1: Relevant Data, Analytics, and Metrics for Infrastructure and Sustainability (12:15 - 2:15)
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This session addresses the data and tools communities need to address sustainability and infrastructure decisions, as well as the metrics and measures that capture the state of the various systems that support local infrastructure.

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SESSION 2: Funding & Investment Mechanisms for Infrastructure (3:00 - 5:00)
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This session begins with a conversation on public investment theory and cost-benefit analysis for infrastructure and public works investment. A second panel of practitioners and policy-makers will discuss practical challenges such as “the color of money” and matching the right funding to the right project. Speakers from both panels will engage in a joint conversation about theory versus practice.

Featuring Mayor Parham of Petersburg, VA.

Contact

Brittany Segundo

bsegundo@nas.edu

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Enhancing Urban Sustainability Infrastructure: Planning Meeting 3

June 15, 2022

2:00 PM - 5:00 PM (EDT)

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Meeting Objectives:

Finalize speaker list
- Group update on speakers
- Identify gaps in panels/agenda
- Identify backup speakers
Go over Slido goals/needs for sessions
Prepare for network outreach and advertising

Contact

Brittany Segundo

bsegundo@nas.edu

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Enhancing Urban Sustainability Infrastructure: Planning Meeting 2

May 17, 2022

2:00 PM - 5:00 PM (EDT)

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About

Meeting Objectives:

Finalize high-level agenda
Begin identifying specific topics for panels/presentations, expertise required, and potential speakers

Contact

Brittany Segundo

bsegundo@nas.edu

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

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Enhancing Urban Sustainability Infrastructure: Planning Meeting 1

April 15, 2022

2:00 PM - 5:00 PM (EDT)

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About

This event is the kick-off meeting for the committee.

Contact

Brittany Segundo

bsegundo@nas.edu

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

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