Against the backdrop of renewed determination at the federal and state level to address the infrastructure crisis in the U.S., City & Financial Global’s P3 Policy and Delivery Leaders Summit, which is being held at the exclusive Cosmos Club in Washington D.C. on May 14th and 15th, will be a key gathering for senior members of the U.S. and international infrastructure community.

The program has been developed in close collaboration with DJ Gribbin, Former Infrastructure Adviser to President Trump, and currently Nonresident Senior Fellow, the Brookings Institution, Senior Operating Partner, Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners and Founder, Madrus, LLC. DJ Gribbin is also chairing the summit.

Our keynote speakers include:
Congressman Garret Graves, Member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee; Ranking Member, The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Aviation
Andrew Wheeler, Acting Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency
Ryan Fisher, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works
Jannine Miller, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, U.S. Department of Transportation
Dan DeBono, Chief Infrastructure Funding Officer, U.S. Department of Transportation  
H.E. Joe Hockey, Australia's Ambassador to the United States
H.E. David MacNaughton, Canada’s Ambassador to the United States

This event, which will be taking place during, and in partnership with, Infrastructure Week, is positioned as a leaders’ forum, and will attract a C-suite audience from the private sector and senior officials from federal, state, and local government. The main objective of the summit is to analyze the respective roles of federal, state and local government in helping deliver fit-for-purpose and world-class infrastructure across all sectors in the U.S. via public-private partnerships or P3s.

Among the topics that will be covered are:

• What should Congress do to help rebuild infrastructure in America?
• Improving the environmental permitting regime to improve project timelines
• How should the financing burden be shared between federal, state and local governments?
• Reform of the Gas Tax - is it viable, and, if so, how?
• PPP structures from around the world: lessons for developing the P3 model
• Reforming federal financing programs and increasing access to finance
• How to procure P3s so that the owners get the desired outcomes
• Asset Recycling
• Smart Infrastructure, smart cities, and the role of technology
• Running a P3 programme, Lessons from the frontlines
• The Corps of Engineers & P3
• Harnessing P3 for airports – the potential in the U.S. market
• P3s and transit
• Rebuilding America's water infrastructure using P3
• P3’s past, present, and future