Maintaining and Financing Public Infrastructure in Tough Budgetary Times

Curt Hunter,  Senior Vice President and Director of Research,  Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Scott Pattison,  Executive Director,  National Association of State Budget Officers

• A Survey of Infrastructure Conditions in the Seventh District

Rick Mattoon,  Senior Economist,  Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

• Infrastructure and Economic Development: Perspectives for the Chicago and Midwest Economic

Geoffrey Hewings,  Professor,  University of Illinois

• Critical Cargo — A Regional Freight Action Agenda

Karen Romano,  Transportation Director,  Metropolitan Transportation Council

• How Productive Is Infrastructure?

John G. Fernald,  Senior Economist,  Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

• Highway Infrastructure: Policy Issues for Regions

Randall W. Eberts,  Executive Director,  Upjohn Institute

David Schulz,  Executive Director, Infrastructure Technology Institute,  Northwestern University

• Reporting Capital Asset by State & Local Governments — a Focus on Performance

Jay Fountain,  Assistant Director of Research,  Government Accounting Standards Board

• Best Practices for Asset Management

Roemer Alfelor,  Asset Management Group, Federal Highway Administration

• Regional Infrastructure: Who, What, When, and How?

Cameron Gordon,  National Academy of Science