Maintaining and Financing Public Infrastructure in Tough Budgetary Times

September 25, 2002
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
230 S. Lasalle Street
Chicago, IL 60604

7:30 a.m.		Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m.		Welcome and Opening Remarks Curt Hunter, Senior Vice President and Director of Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Scott Pattison, Executive Director National Association of State Budget Officers
		What Is the Condition of the Basic Infrastructure of the Region? A Survey of Infrastructure Conditions in the Seventh District (PDF,42KB) Rick Mattoon, Senior Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
		Will Our Infrastructure Assets Support Our Changing Economic Development Needs? Evidence from the Chicago Regional Economy Infrastructure and Economic Development: Perspectives for the Chicago and Midwest Economic (PDF,71KB) Geoffrey Hewings, Professor, University of Illinois Critical Cargo—A Regional Freight Action Agenda (PDF,2.56MB) Karen Romano, Transportation Director, Metropolitan Transportation Council
10:30 a.m.		Break
11:00 a.m.		How Productive Are Public Infrastructure Investments? How Productive is Infrastructure? (PDF,32KB) John G. Fernald, Senior Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Highway Infrastructure: Policy Issues for Regions (PDF,989KB) Randall W. Eberts, Executive Director, Upjohn Institute
11:45 a.m.		Lunch and Keynote Speaker David Schulz, Executive Director, Infrastructure Technology Institute, Northwestern University
1:30 p.m.		Properly Assessing Your Infrastructure Assets Reporting Capital Asset by State & Local Governments—A Focus on Performance (PDF,6.88MB) Jay Fountain, Assistant Director of Research, Government Accounting Standards Board Best Practices for Asset Management (PDF,1.62MB) Roemer Alfelor, Asset Management Group, Federal Highway Administration
2:40 p.m.		Break
3:00 p.m.		Infrastructure Governance—How Do You Decide What Infrastructure Should Be Financed? Can You Use Cost/Benefit Analysis? Regional Infrastructure: Who, What, When and How Cameron Gordon, National Academy of Science
3:30 p.m.		Roundtable Discussion—Where Do We Go from Here?
4:00 p.m.		Adjourn