14–15 September 2015
Washington DC, USA
This conference is part of a symposia series bringing together leaders from industry, government, and academia to begin a genuine and coordinated global infrastructure research program focused on long-term infrastructure and land use planning. The aims are to determine best practices benchmarks and to create new knowledge to better inform strategies for long-term prosperity.
- Call for abstracts: due 15 May 2015
Abstracts of no more than 250 words are invited on topics that responds to the one or more of the conference themes:
- Healthcare – What political, economic, and social resources are required to battle pandemics? How might communicable diseases be more effectively addressed by the international community? How might disproportionality and health disparities be better addressed?
- Power and Transit – What is the current state of waste management and how might we prepare for future waste management needs? What power generation infrastructure needs to be in place for a growing population and increasing energy demand? How might we mitigate detrimental environmental impacts that coincide with emissions from power generation and transportation?
- Economic Systems – How can economic systems resist volatility? How can economic systems prepare for the disasters that will coincide with climate change? How can structural inequalities be addressed under current economic systems?
- Modelling and Simulation – What technologies enable researchers to devise innovations in resilient infrastructure? What methods and models are best equipped to gauge the needs for resilient infrastructure for current and future generations?
