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Appendix B: Workshop Agenda
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... B Workshop Agenda Optimizing Investments for Urban Sustainability Infrastructure July 13, 20, and 27, 2022 Agenda July 13, 2022 11:00–5:00 ET 11:00 am Introduction and Welcome Deputy Mayor Jeanne Holm, City of Los Angeles, Committee Chair 11:10 am Keynote Address Mayor Eric Garcetti, City of Los Angeles1 11:25 am Challenges and Concerns of the Mayoral Office In this session (presented by Deputy Mayor Jeanne Holm) , we hear the perspectives of mayors around the globe as they grapple with the following questions: 1 Mayor Garcetti was unable to attend the workshop.
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... Local Infrastructure Decision Making: Goals, 11:45 am Ground Rules, and Criteria Moderator: Leah Brooks, The George Washington University Speakers: Kirk Steudle, Econolite and Former Director of the Michigan Department of Transportation Jordan Fischbach, The Water Institute of the Gulf Two speakers introduce the constraints and challenges of decision making for local infrastructure. Steudle will highlight the challenges of choosing among projects once the funding is in hand, and Fischbach will discuss decision making under uncertainty, with a focus on water applications.
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... • How do you connect the data to the quality of services provided? 1:00 pm Q&A Moderator: Katherine Bennett Ensor, Rice University 1:15 pm Metrics and Measures of Performance Speakers: Bill Robert, Spy Pond Partners Anita Chandra, RAND Corporation Guiding Questions: • When you look at performance, what are you measuring?
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... Speakers from both panels will engage in a joint conversation about theory versus practice. 3:00 pm Investment Decisions Speakers: Destenie Nock, Carnegie Mellon University Joseph Cordes, The George Washington University Richard Ciccarone, Merritt Research Services 3:40 pm Funding and Investment in Practice Speakers: Will Pickering, Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority Mayor Samuel Parham, City of Petersburg, Virginia Jennifer Sanders, Dallas Innovation Alliance 4:20 pm Theory Versus Practice: A Conversation Moderator: Monica Sanders, The Undivide Project and Georgetown University 5:00 pm ADJOURN
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... Noble, author of Algorithms of Oppression and at the University of California, Los Angeles 12:00 pm Overview: Optimization in Problem-Solving David Shmoys, Cornell University 12:20 pm BREAK 12:35 pm Multi-Objective Decision Making Moderator: Robert J Lempert, RAND Corporation Speakers: Elise Miller-Hooks, George Mason University Patrick Reed, Cornell University David Banks, Duke University Victor M
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... Bridging the Gap Between Optimization and 1:25 pm Action Moderator: Sue McNeil, University of Delaware Speakers: Lauren Davis, North Carolina A&T State University Cris B Liban, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Marie Lynn Miranda, University of Notre Dame Guiding Questions: • What is the gap between optimization and action?
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... Digital Service at the White House 4:45 pm ADJOURN Agenda July 27, 2022 11:00–3:30 ET Mini-Session 2: Digital and Physical Infrastructure for Public Safety 11:00 am–12:00 pm ET Digital, physical, and social 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
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... Speakers break down the risks of short-term thinking and identify practical tips for investing and planning for the future. 12:00 pm Moving Beyond Short-Termism Speakers: Kimberly Walker LaGrue, City of New Orleans Alex Pudlin, Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation at Johns Hopkins University 2:30 pm Joint Q&A and Conversation Moderator: Samuel Labi, Purdue University 1:00 pm BREAK SESSION 4: Building the Ideal Sustainable City 1:15–2:45 pm ET What is sustainability?
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... Cohon, Carnegie Mellon University 3:15 pm Closing Remarks Jeanne Holm, City of Los Angeles 3:30 pm ADJOURN
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