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UFI Highlights from 2021

Check out the best of UFI in 2021! Featuring, President Joseph R. Biden, USDOT Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, and others.

December 13
Remembering AFL-CIO’s Richard Trumka

August 6

Washington, DC, USA - May 16, 2016: U.S. Infrastructure Week kickoff event featuring U.S. Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Tom Donohue and AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka. Photo by Ian Wagreich / © U.S. Chamber of Commerce As one of the original founders of United for Infrastructure, this organization wouldn’t exist without Richard Trumka. We wouldn’t have convened over a thousand events, reached millions over twitter, worked with leaders in the Senate, House, and the…

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Leadership and The Transportation Agenda

Featuring DOT Secretary Buttigieg and Brendan Bechtel, Chairman and CEO, Bechtel Group

May 19
Lead with Infrastructure Keynote

May 19
Make It Here

Building the Workforce and Manufacturing Capacity to Meet the Infrastructure Moment

May 19

Keynote Conversation: The Honorable Robert Portman, United States Senator, Ohio Jay Timmons, President and CEO, National Association of Manufacturers Panel Conversation: Closing the infrastructure and e-mobility gap in manufacturing John DeBoer, Head of Siemens Future Grid and Global e-Mobility Solutions, Siemens USA Bernhard Hoffman, VP Global Product Development and Engineering, U.S. Steel Alex Keros, Lead Architect – EV Infrastructure, General Motors Austin Keyser, Director of Political and Legislative Affairs, International Brotherhood of Electrical WorkersModerator: Zachary…

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Building Smarter

Permitting, Designing, and Delivering Better Infrastructure

May 19

Keynote Conversation The Honorable Shelley Moore Capito, Senator, West Virginia Interviewer: Martin Durbin, SVP for Policy and President, of the Global Energy Institute, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Panel Conversation: Smarter Design Sidharth Haksar, Senior Director and Head of Construction Strategy, Autodesk Carlos Braceras, Executive Director, Utah Department of Transportation Moderator: Rob Puentes, CEO, Eno Center for Transportation Spotlight: Using Data to Develop Better Projects John Porcari, U.S. President, Axilion Smart Mobility Panel Conversation: Smarter Permitting…

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Make It For Everyone

Infrastructure and the Equity Opportunity

May 19

Keynote Conversation: Infrastructure, Equity, and Federal Action Radhika Fox, Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Water, U.S. EPA Derrick Johnson, President and CEO, NAACP Moderator: Zachary Schafer, CEO, United for Infrastructure Project Spotlight: Flood Resilience in Shelby County, TN The Honorable Lee Harris, Mayor, Shelby County, TN Panel Conversation: Delivering Equity: From Defining the Problem to Implementing Solutions Diana Mendes, Corporate President, Infrastructure and Mobility Equity, HNTB Adie Tomer, Fellow, Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program…

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Make it Resilient

Building and Updating Infrastructure for a Changing World

May 19

Climate change poses big existential challenges for America with impacts on national security, natural disaster response and recovery, and increasing our economic competitiveness, just to name a few. But it’s also about issues that impact our everyday lives--making enough money to support our families, keeping our lights and heat on during storms, ensuring that high tides and rain don’t swamp our streets and basements, protecting our children from harmful chemicals, and so much more. Featuring:…

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United for Infrastructure 2021 Kickoff Event

Lead With Infrastructure

May 19

In United for Infrastructure’s 9th year, we are asking our partners across America’s business, labor, civil society, and federal, state and local government to commit to Lead With Infrastructure. Now. This is our moment and stakeholders across the spectrum need to rally our lawmakers to seize it. As a new Administration and Congress debate a once-in-a-generation infrastructure package - on the heels of a global pandemic and a unique economic recession - what priorities matter…

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Podcast: Rethinking Sustainable Design and Construction

May 14

Join Autodesk Director of Sustainable Business for a conversation on how innovation in technology is helping to transform the ability to make construction more efficient, reduce waste, conserve embodied carbon and so much more to help asset owners and developers meet critical sustainability goals. To learn more about Autodesk's sustainable business impact, check out their impact report here.

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