Infraday Southeast

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Your point of contact on the event is Ken Bauco @ 646 675 0171 or ken@infraday.com

Welcome to the 4th Annual Infraday Southeast Summit. This event aims to bring together policymakers, industry experts, researchers, and stakeholders to discuss the challenges and opportunities related to infrastructure development and modernization across the Southeastern U.S.

Public infrastructure in the Southeast has been a focus of development and improvement. Major transportation projects have been undertaken to enhance connectivity and mobility. Highways and interstates have been expanded and upgraded, improving interstate commerce and travel. Additionally, investments have been made in expanding and modernizing airports to accommodate growing passenger and cargo demands. Public transit systems have also seen advancements, with new rail lines, bus rapid transit systems, and improved intermodal connectivity. Efforts have been made to strengthen and upgrade water and wastewater infrastructure, ensuring access to clean water and promoting sustainable development. These infrastructure investments aim to support economic growth, enhance quality of life, and meet the evolving needs of the region.

The event will feature keynote speeches, panel discussions, and interactive workshops on a range of topics, including transportation, energy, water, and communication infrastructure. Participants will have the opportunity to learn from experts in the field, share their experiences, and collaborate on solutions to the challenges facing infrastructure development across the Southeast.

The event aims to provide a platform for participants to network, engage, and collaborate with each other and explore new partnerships to advance infrastructure development across the Southeast. We invite all interested parties to join us at this event and contribute to the critical conversation on infrastructure development and modernization.

2023 Topics Included:

Optimizing Infrastructure Investment Trends: Strategically allocating funds to critical projects, considering long-term benefits and societal impact.

Revolutionizing Project Delivery: Using methods like BIM and Lean Construction for efficiency, cost reduction, and smoother project execution.

Elevating Service Quality via Digital Transformation: Using IoT and predictive analytics for real-time asset monitoring, predictive maintenance, and improved service.

Inflation Reduction Act's Impact on Infrastructure: Examining policies to reduce construction cost inflation's impact on sustained development.

Advancing Equity in Public Infrastructure: Ensuring inclusivity and access for all communities through targeted investments.

Technology for Improved Project Performance: Integrating AI and ML for better decision-making, risk management, and project outcomes.

Reimagining Urban Mobility: Creating smart transport systems, ride-sharing, and alternatives to reduce congestion and enhance accessibility.

Promoting Sustainable Energy Future: Developing renewable energy infrastructure to reduce emissions and transition to greener sources.

Climate-Resilient Infrastructure: Designing to withstand climate impacts for long-term functionality and safety.

Empowering Electric Vehicle Infrastructure: Building charging networks for wider EV adoption and cleaner transportation.

Stormwater Innovation for Resilience: Using green techniques to mitigate flooding and pollution, enhancing urban resilience.

Closing the Digital Divide: Ensuring high-speed internet access for equitable connectivity.

Strategic Airport Infrastructure Approaches: Enhancing airport capacity, efficiency, and traveler experience through modern design and logistics.

Modernizing Rail for Sustainable Connectivity: Upgrading rail networks for efficiency, reduced travel times, and sustainability.

2023 Speakers Included

Abby Campbell Singer, Head of Climate and Infrastructure Policy, Siemens Corporation

Abby Campbell Singer is Senior Director and Head of Climate and Infrastructure Policy for Siemens USA. She leads federal policy development, strategy, and advocacy efforts on climate and infrastructure topics including electrified transportation networks, modernizing grid infrastructure for renewable integration, grid edge technologies and energy efficiency to make buildings smarter, safer and healthier. Prior to joining Siemens, she served as Senior Advisor for Energy and Climate for the British Embassy in Washington, D.C., where she managed a team of policy advisors across the U.S. Before that, she served as a Professional Staff Member for the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Adelaide Steedley, Senior Director, Strategy, Policy & Innovation, Atlanta Housing Authority

For one of the nation's largest housing authorities, the department informs and codifies the strategy and direction of the agency's development agenda, creates and implements market research, tracks performance and innovates tools and processes for faster production, quicker response to market shifts, and more opportunity for Atlanta's lowest income residents. We represent the first rung on the housing ladder, and expanded access for all the rest.

Adeline Collot, Planning and Capital Projects Program Director, Upper Westside Improvement District

Transportation and economic (re)development planner with both public and private sector market experience. A strong background in community engagement and data storytelling using GIS, InDesign and Illustrator. Public sector experience includes community consensus building, reviewing environmental impact statements, drafting policy briefs and zoning ordinances. Private sector experience encompasses drafting economic development plans, updating comprehensive plans, refining run-time analyses for light-rail, optimizing bus route reconfigurations, historic landmark designation reports, and mobility plans.

Al Curtis, Fleet Services Director, Cobb County Government

High-performing Fleet Management Director and Legendary Lifetime Achievement Award Government Fleet Magazine recipient 2019 with over 29 years of In-depth knowledge of Fleet operations at all levels to including budgeting, commodity specifications, EPA Compliance, and multi-government partnerships. Has Demonstrated proficiency in staffing, training, project management, technology implementation, cost efficiency, and customer service. With a proven ability to lead seamless implementations and deliver next-generation Fleet management solutions improving revenues, procurement, surplus disposition, environmental stewardship, and workplace productivity.

Al Curtis Fleet Services Director for Cobb County has over 29 years of experience in the fleet service industry and has served in both the public and private sectors. Al manages over 2500 assets for Cobb County’s diverse fleet of vehicles. Al has made significant sustainability improvements within the Fleet. In 2019 he received the legendary lifetime achievement award and was inducted into the Public Fleet Hall of Fame. Under his leadership, the County has added 60 electric vehicles, 50 charging stations, implemented an employee charging program, launched a distracted driver program that received national attention added 32 electric hybrids, 26 Bi-fueled propane trucks, 2 propane fueling locations and 4 all electric motorcycles. This aggressive deployment of alternative fuel technology has displaced over 175meteric tons of C02 emissions. These smart vehicles choices and strategic partnerships has saved the County over $500,000 and has aided in sustainability efforts to reduce the negative impact of greenhouse gas emissions in our County.

Andre Dickens, Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia

Andre Dickens is the 61st Mayor of Atlanta. A proud native of Atlanta and a product of Atlanta Public Schools, Mayor Dickens is focused on bringing opportunity and equity to the city that he loves.

Mayor Dickens’ agenda is rooted in Moving Atlanta Forward, through improving public safety, increasing opportunities for the city’s young people, empowering neighborhoods, and investing in housing and combatting homelessness, all while fostering a culture of integrity in the City. As he shared in his first State of the City address, his vision for Atlanta is:

One city with one bright future. A city of safe, healthy, connected neighborhoods with an expansive culture of equity, empowering upward mobility and full participation for all residents, embracing youth development, and an innovative, dependable government moving Atlanta forward, together.

Mayor Dickens was sworn in as Mayor in January 2022. Early accomplishments include making the City’s first-ever investment in early childhood education; the establishment of the Nightlife Division to address establishments with a history of high crime; the reestablishment of the Pothole Posse to rapidly respond to residents’ reports; and leading the successful coalition to keep Atlanta whole in opposition to a de-annexation effort.

Prior to his election as Mayor, Dickens served eight years as an at-large City Council member. He was an entrepreneur for over a decade in both the private and nonprofit sectors and a leader in Atlanta’s tech sector. Mayor Dickens is a graduate of Mays High School and holds a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology as well as a Master of Public Administration from Georgia State University.

As the Post 3 At-Large City Council member from 2014 to 2021, Andre Dickens was a vocal legislative leader on public safety, transportation, affordable housing, workforce development, educational opportunities for Atlanta Public Schools students, and seasoned citizens programming. He served as the chairman of the Transportation Committee, providing oversight to city streets, bridges, sidewalks, paths, and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, the world’s busiest airport.

Some of his legislative highlights include: creating the Department of Transportation, sponsoring legislation increasing annual salaries for Senior Patrol Officers, implementing a $15 per hour minimum wage for city employees, establishing BeltLine Inclusionary Zoning for affordable housing, establishing the Atlanta Youth Commission, setting aside a $40 million Housing Opportunity Bond, creating a joint commission between City Council and APS board, and establishing a BeltLine senior housing rehab program. In 2017, he sponsored and helped launch the Teen “Midnight” Basketball League, a program which includes workshops that help young men develop life skills and further their education.

Mayor Dickens previously served as the Chief Development Officer for TechBridge, a nonprofit that drives community impact by bringing affordable technology and business expertise to other nonprofit organizations. In 2018, he co-founded the Technology Career Program, a free program designed to prepare unemployed and individuals experiencing disadvantage in the work field for a career in the growing technology job market. The program teaches high demand technology skills while helping participants land jobs in IT departments across Atlanta.

Mayor Dickens also previously served as the Assistant Director of Outreach Initiatives for Georgia Tech’s Office of Institute Diversity. He spearheaded Tech’s African-American Male Institute, which resulted in a significant increase in the GPA and graduation rate among Black males. He also managed the Focus graduate school recruitment program and the Challenge Program that helped hundreds of students successfully transition into college life each year.

Early in his career, Mayor Dickens worked as a sales engineer for DSM Engineering Plastics and became the youngest and first Black salesman of the year. At the age of 28, he co-founded City Living Home Furnishings, which grew into a multi-million-dollar retail business with two locations. Mayor Dickens ran the company for nine years until 2011.

Mayor Dickens has been a member of the Georgia Tech Alumni Board of Directors and is an alumnus of Leadership Atlanta, Diversity Leadership Atlanta, United Way VIP, and Regional Leadership Institute. He is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi, Fraternity, Inc.; deacon of New Horizon Baptist Church and has served on the boards of the Atlanta BeltLine, Invest Atlanta, TechBridge and the Center for Civil and Human Rights.

Mayor Dickens enjoys spending time with his daughter, experiencing live music, attending church services, and traveling the world. He is an avid supporter of all of Atlanta’s sports teams.

Aneisha Daniel, Assistant City Manager, City of North Miami

Aneisha Daniel is a senior executive with over 30 years of leadership and management experience in local government. Ms. Daniel is currently the Assistant City Manager for the City of North Miami, the sixth largest municipality in Miami Dade County, with a population of approximately 62,000 residents.
Ms. Daniel has extensive management, financial, and operational experience, having led large operations and overseen budgets of up to $600 million. She previously served as the Deputy Director for the City of Fort Lauderdale Public Works Department, as the Assistant Director of Miami Dade County Solid Waste Management which provide water, wastewater, stormwater, and waste collection services to approximately 250,000 residents, and as a Budget Analyst in the Office of Management and Budget, managing various departmental budgets and projects.
Ms. Daniel holds a Master of Science in Management from St. Thomas University and a Bachelor of Professional Studies in Finance from Barry University. She is currently enrolled at Florida Atlantic University, where she is pursuing a Ph.D. in Business, which she expects to complete by December 2023.

Annie Lee, Transportation and Energy Planner II, Triangle J Council of Governments

Annie Lee recently joined Triangle J Council of Governments as an Energy and Transportation Planner and Clean Cities co-coordinator. Annie has an extensive background in education and communication. She previously worked with the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality in air quality where she worked in point source emissions, energy education and managed the N.C. Climate Education Network. Annie holds a master’s degree in science literacy and has completed two fellowships at the University of North Carolina’s Institute for the Environment in climate change and energy technologies. Her career began as a high school science teacher, a career she left so she could do the work she once taught her students about. Currently, Annie is in school completing a certificate in technical project management through MIT and looks forward to creating a career in alternative fuels.

Arturo Martinez, Project Manager, EXP

Mr. Martinez is a professional engineer and project manager with experience in multiple airfield design projects. Mr. Martinez assists the Tampa aviation team with proposals, design, review, and management of aviation projects all across Florida. Responsibilities in Tampa include CADD drafting, design and independent review of his work, airfield inspection, review meeting coordination, coordination of deliverables (with Client and subs), processing shop drawings, approving contractor pay applications, review of as-built documents and preparing record drawings. Mr. Martinez completed the Airfield Pavement Inspection Training Course provided by FDOT on November, 2016.

Brittany Pittman, ARC Program Manager, Georgia Department of Community Affairs

Brittany has a strong desire to see rural Georgia thrive which is what led to her most recent role as the State Program Manager for the Appalachian Regional Commission. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Business and her Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Central Michigan University.
Her professional experience includes most recently serving a Sole Commissioner in Murray County.
She was the past Chairman for Georgia Northwestern Technical College, Northwest Georgia Healthcare Partnership, and Vice Chairman of the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority. She currently serves on the board of directors at Advent Health Systems as well as several non-profit boards. Brittany is a 2014 graduate of Leadership Georgia.
Brittany feels that regional collaboration along with a strong focus on economic development is the key to building successful communities.

Cadell Hall, Assistant Public Works Director, Transportation Division Manager, City of East Point

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2023 Partners

Kahua

Kahua helps you manage processes, documents and cost on your construction programs and projects from inception to closeout. Purpose-built solutions for owners, program managers, general contractors and subcontractors help you minimize time-to-value and enhance user adoption. Kahua enables collaboration between all project participants to streamline communication and improve efficiency. Eliminate waste and rework by keeping everyone on the same page with the latest design and scope information. And with Kahua’s comprehensive dashboards and reporting, you get the visibility and control you need to minimize risk.

Kahua is a lifecycle solution, with applications for capital planning, sources of funds, design review, bid management, document management & control, cost management and asset handover. Kahua is available on all mobile devices to easily connect field to office.

Kahua apps are built on kBuilder, an Enterprise Low-Code Application Platform which enables Kahua partners and customers to rapidly build new apps or customize existing apps to extend or enhance Kahua solutions. This gives you the agility you need to adapt as your business needs evolve. To date, over 600 private and public apps have been developed on kBuilder, and public apps are available to the Kahua community on the kStore app marketplace.

2023 Agenda

Venue

Hilton Nashville Downtown

21 4th Ave S, Nashville, TN 37201