SPEAKER SESSION 1

Welcome and Scene Setting

Rory Linehan, Director, Infrastructure Policy Advancement, Bentley Systems

Chairperson’s Address: The State of Infrastructure Performance in 2026

Mark Coates, Vice President, Infrastructure Policy Advancement, Bentley Systems

ASCE Plot Points Podcast Episode (Fireside Chat): Inside PANYNJ’s Record $45B Reinvestment: Technology, Delivery, Resilience

Ben Walpole, Host, ASCE Plot Points Podcast

Rizwan Baig, Chief Engineer, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

Twin Talk #1 Keynote: Congestion Pricing and the Future of the MTA Capital Program

Allison L. C. de Cerreño, Ph.D., Chief Operating Officer, MTA Bridges and Tunnels

Twin Talk #1: Funding the Next Generation of Transit – New Revenue, New Coalitions, New Capital

Moderator: Anmay Ditman, Managing Director and Head of the Climate Finance Partnership, BlackRock
Allison L. C. de Cerreño, MTA
Sabrina Sussman, Chief Program Officer, Choose How You Move (Nashville)
Samantha J. Biddle, Deputy Secretary of Transportation, Maryland Department of Transportation

Morning Session Highlights

Ross van Dongen, Chief of Infrastructure and Workforce Development, Accelerator for America