This webinar will provide an overview of open-ended infrastructure initiatives in the U.S. and Australia, considering better integration and operation of existing assets, as well as innovations such as electrification, data architectures, connectivity, automation, and artificial intelligence. A moderated, cross-cutting discussion will seek to go behind the bold headline statements and highlight societal and economic impacts.

Panellists include:

• Judd Herzer, Director of Strategic Policy, Department of Labor & Economic Opportunity / Office of Future Mobility & Electrification, State of Michigan
• Joanne Smail, Senior Trade Commissioner | Minister Counsellor (Commercial) / Australian Trade & Investment Commission
• Tom Walker, Chairman / iMOVE Australia
• Dr Peter F. Sweatman, Enterprise Professor in Transport Technologies / The University of Melbourne