Fireside Chat - Optimising Community Involvement in an Infrastructure or Development Project

The successful outcome of infrastructure delivery is inextricably tied to community engagement and understanding of expectations. It also provides an opportunity to build positive relationships with communities and stakeholders and ensure that development projects deliver social and environmental benefits to those who are most impacted.

This discussion will enable those who have experience in partnering with non-profit organizations and embedding projects into communities to share their insights into the challenges they encountered, the solutions they found to overcome them and how they effectively engaged and worked with stakeholders to create shared value and deliver positive outcomes.  

Chair:

Toyin Ogunfolaju, Director Social Value & Equity Americas, Jacobs

Panelists:

Matthew Dalbey, Senior Advisor for Sustainable Communities and Visiting Researcher, US Environmental Protection Agency and Resources for the Future

Jordana Vasquez, Senior Manager, Climate Resilience & Equity, Resilient Cities Network

Hannah Conover, Executive Director, Grant Ready Kentucky

Sofia Owen , Senior Attorney & Director of Environmental Justice Legal Services (EJLS), Alternatives for Community & Environment (ACE)