Discussion

The following are notes and key questions that helped guide each session's discussion. The notes for Ses #1 are not available.

SES # TOPICS FILES
I. The Economics of Public Goods and Infrastructure
1 Infrastructure in Crisis: History and Introduction  
2 Infrastructure, Public Goods, and Market Failure (PDF)
3 Infrastructure and Regulations (PDF)
II. Infrastructure, Development, and Technology
4 Infrastructure Investment and Economic Growth (PDF)
5 Infrastructure and Development (PDF)
6 Infrastructure and Regional Development (PDF)
7 Infrastructure, Technologies, and Innovations (PDF)
III. Infrastructure Financing, Funding, and Delivery
8 Infrastructure Financing (PDF)
9 Infrastructure Funding (PDF)
10 Infrastructure Delivery (PDF)
11 Project Financing (PDF)
12 Financing Energy Infrastructure (PDF)
IV. The Energy System
13 The Energy Chain and Market, Part I (PDF)
14 The Energy Chain and Market, Part II (PDF)
15 Issues and Challenges (PDF)
V. Energy and Long-term Development
16 Energy and Economic Development (PDF)
17 Social Development and Sustainability Aspects (PDF)
VI. Energy Infrastructure
18 Energy Infrastructure: Needs and Urgencies in the United States (PDF)
19 Energy Infrastructure in Emerging and Other Advanced Economies (PDF)
VII. Energy Security Issues
20 Disruptions to Energy Supply (PDF)
21 Infrastructure Protection, Natural Disasters, and Terrorist Threats (PDF)
VIII. Energy Security and Food Security Intertwined
22 Food vs. Fuel? (PDF)
23 Emerging Issues and Policy Implications (PDF)
IX. The Political Economy of Energy
24 Regulations, Constraints, and Political Processes of Energy Infrastructure (PDF)
25–26 Student Presentations