Infrastructure 2023
Introductory remarks provided by the Bond Buyer and conference chairs.
How are leaders in the industry looking at infrastructure finance amid Federal Reserve policy uncertainty? Are market participants planning larger capital projects?
With supply chain concerns easing and travel domestic and abroad much improved, how are the nation's airports and ports faring as the U.S. and global economies are still weathering economic challenges and potential recession?
Join in the conversation with the industry's veterans as they reflect on where the industry has been in the past year and what, in their view, lies ahead for munis.
Introductory remarks provided by the conference chairs.
After a volatile 2022 and lowest issuance year in decades, the industry will come together in Chicago, to discuss market conditions, still low issuance levels and issuer credit in 2023.
During this discussion we will examine latest developments with the IIJA and IRA, including Greenhouse Gas Reduction fund.
In light of considerable water shortages in various parts of the country to which lead pipe situation added a significant burden in certain states and municipalities, the search for cost-effective solutions to ensure regular supply of clean water is helping spur innovative financing ideas for dealing with the water challenge.
As the stimulus money dries up, the ridership levels remain the same, and the pressure to "green" the fleets intensifies, the public transit systems throughout the country are forced to look for immediate ways to meet their operational and infrastructure challenges.
During this discussion, we will hear from the issuer side as well as from the buy-side on what more needs to be done to get the muni marketplace in alignment with everyone's expectations on ESG-related matters.
We will look to understand where things are with P3s in the US and what the impediments are to having more of this type of an arrangement in infrastructure projects around the country.
Chat with Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, moderated by Chicago CFO, Jill Jaworski about the infrastructure side, but the human infrastructure side and some of the things that we can be thinking about in the future as to how we bring those two things together.