Webinars & E-Learning

AI infrastructure is a federal priority but the deals are made at the state and local level, developed through partnerships between private industry and states, counties and municipalities navigating complex, competing demands. This webinar will examine:

• How P3s in the AI sector are structured and governed across overlapping layers of government
• The trade-offs administrators weigh as they balance economic development against strain on public utilities and community objections and
• What the rapid build-out of data centers reveals about how much leverage local and state government actually hold in partnerships with the technology industry

Speakers:
Darrell M. West, Senior Fellow, Center for Technology Innovation, Brookings
More details will be announced soon.

As political winds shift, the future of renewable energy funding grows uncertain, leaving states, localities and private enterprise on shaky ground. As federal climate financing remains unpredictable, how can public administrators advance sustainability in their communities? This webinar will:

• Take stock of where P3s in the renewable energy sector stand today
• Examine how governments and private actors are adapting to an ever-changing political and financial environment and
• Explore what the shift from government to philanthropic climate financing means for clean energy’s long-term trajectory in the United States

Speakers:
Ashish Kapoor, Senior Energy & Climate Advisor, Piedmont Environmental Council
More details will be announced soon.

As the housing crisis reaches its boiling point, public administrators are finding ways to harness private assets to accelerate housing development. Cooperation between city, state and federal government and real estate developers can be both an opportunity and a challenge, with many lessons learned along the way. In this webinar, our speakers discuss how cities and states deploy P3s to address housing in the United States, examining the policy levers different locales use to attract private investment, the structural challenges facing both public and private stakeholders and how communities are building the conditions for housing to thrive.

Speakers:
Details will be announced soon.