2019 Rhode Island Infrastructure Summit

The R.I. Infrastructure Bank is proud to host the 3rd annual Rhode Island Infrastructure Summit.

The Summit convenes hundreds of public and private sector professionals to collaborate on solutions for the State’s infrastructure challenges, great and small.

Following opening remarks, participants will turn to breakout sessions where they will have an opportunity to discuss various approaches to problems surrounding infrastructure projects. The topics for each session are as follows:

Green Infrastructure and Resiliency

1. Climate Resilience as Economic Development
2. A Watershed Moment, Managing Stormwater at the Regional Scale

Economic Development

1. Maximizing Equitable Development in Opportunity Zones
2. Wind as an Economic Development Opportunity

Clean Energy

1. Saving Green by Going Green: Clean Energy Case Studies in the Hospitality Industry
2. Completing the Capital Stack with PACE and State Incentives

School Infrastructure

1. Investing in School Infrastructure, Investing in Our Future

Resilient and Sustainable Economic Development

1. Rhode Island’s Food Economy, What’s Next?

The event will conclude with a plenary discussion focused on infrastructure resiliency (“Resilient Infrastructure, the Final Frontier”). Panelists Dr. Louis Gritzo, of FM Global, Elle Hempen, of The Atlas, and Robert Zarnetske, Town Manager of South Kingstown will participate.

For the full agenda, please visit our wesbite: https://www.riib.org/summit.