YPI Book Club - Winter 2024
Join YPI in reading Megaprojects and Risk: An Anatomy of Ambition by Bent Flyvbjerg.
The YPI Book Club hosts casual but engaging Book Club meetings to discuss two books on infrastructure per year. These meetings will last only 30 minutes each, with two meetings per book that will each cover half of the book. Readers will purchase their own copy of the book for discussion at their own cost. This is the second meeting for this book.
YPI Fellowship Event
We are excited to host our annual 2024 fellowship event on December 17th this year. Our fellows bring diverse experience and are researching topics that are currently shaping the U.S. infrastructure space on a micro and macro scale.
Register here.
New and Prospective Information Session
Are you new to YPI or interested in becoming a member? Join YPI to learn about the organization, membership, and how to get involved. This is a virtual event.
YPI Book Club First Session - Fall 2024
Join YPI in reading Megaprojects and Risk: An Anatomy of Ambition by Bent Flyvbjerg.
The YPI Book Club hosts casual but engaging Book Club meetings to discuss two books on infrastructure per year. These meetings will last only 30 minutes each, with two meetings per book that will each cover half of the book. These meetings will occur on October 15th and December 3rd at 7:00pm ET. Readers will purchase their own copy of the book for discussion at their own cost.
New and Prospective Information Session
Are you new to YPI or interested in becoming a member? Join YPI to learn about the organization, membership, and how to get involved. This is a virtual event.
YPI Book Club
Join YPI in reading Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins. YPI will reimburse the cost of the book for members who will make good faith efforts to join the YPI Book Club's short monthly discussions.
The YPI Book Club hosts casual but engaging monthly Book Club meetings to discuss two books on infrastructure per year. These monthly meetings will last only 1 hour each, with two meetings per book that will each cover half of the book. These meetings will occur on April 30th and June 25th at 7:00pm ET.
Austin Networking Event
Join YPI in Austin, TX at the HNTB office on June 14th at 4pm CT.
Agenda
Introduction/Welcome
Main Speech – TX P3 climate today
Networking Time
Parking
Indeed Tower, 200 W 6th Street, Conference Level C. Please use the parking garage entrance on Colorado between 6th and 7th Streets. Once in the lobby, please stop by the security desk and ask for Conference Level access (Floor C) or use the stairway located at the front of the lobby.
Denver Infrastructure Happy Hour / Infraday Kick-Off
Join infrastructure colleagues in Denver and help us kick-off the evening before Infraday. Food and drink will be provided thanks to sponsorship by YPI, Kiewit, Leo Berwick, and Infraday. Join us if you’re attending Infraday, interested in infrastructure, or work in the alternative delivery or infrastructure space.
New York Member Happy Hour
Join YPI members in welcoming new and prospective members to YPI. This event is at The Long Room in New York on May 28th at 6pm ET
New and Prospective Information Session
Are you new to YPI or interested in becoming a member? Join YPI to learn about the organization, membership, and how to get involved. This is a virtual event.
Lithium Mining: Infrastructure for the Transition to Clean Energy
Join YPI and the professional development committee in welcoming Juan Pablo Escudero for a conversation on lithium mining, the infrastructure required for the transition to clean energy and future challenges for the planet and the legal profession. This event will take place online on May 9th at 5pm ET, 4pm CT, or 2pm PT.
Juan Pablo Escudero is a staff attorney at the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at UCLA School of Law. His work lies in environmental, land use, and indigenous law both local and comparative. He previously worked as the coordinator of the environmental legislative agenda of the Government of Chile, and advised the Presidency of Chile on environmental and indigenous law issues. In this role, he participated in the drafting and submission of relevant legislative bills, such as the Chilean Framework Act on Climate Change and the national ban on plastic bags
Hydrogen: Fuel of the Future – Reception and Panel
Join YPI and the Young Professionals in Energy at the Hydrogen: Fuel of the Future panel. This panel will be moderated by James Gutman, Senior Analyst, S&P Global, Investing in Energy.
YPI is able to offer a discount code for this event for members. Please email administrator@ypinfrastructure.com for the code.
Monday, May 6th, 2024
5:30-6:30 pm – Drinks and networking
6:30-8:00 pm – Panel discussion
S&P Global, 55 Water, Floor 37, Tokyo Room
Join Young Professionals in Energy NYC, Young Professionals in Infrastructure with our esteemed panelists to explore challenges and opportunities for Green Hydrogen:
Understanding the technologies and logistics in realizing the green hydrogen economy.
Current hydrogen project landscape, and growing electrolyzer capacity worldwide.
The role of hydrogen in ammonia, methane, and other electrolyzed fuels.
Fundraising environment and unique financing needs for first-of-its-kind projects driving innovation and key players including corporates, sovereigns and public-private partnerships.
Opportunities and hurdles for green hydrogen and building out global infrastructure and logistics.
Speaker Panel Overview:
Maciek Lukawski is the VP of Strategy and Business Development at Amogy, where he focuses on the commercialization of Amogy’s ammonia-to-power technology across the maritime, power generation, and heavy-duty transportation sectors. Before joining Amogy, Maciek worked at ExxonMobil in technical and commercial roles ranging from development of next-generation hydrogen and LNG technologies, through global emission reduction strategies, to M&A. Maciek holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University and MS in Renewable Energy Systems from the University of Iceland.
Gregory Bostick, Finance Manager at Ambient Fuels: Greg started at Ambient Fuels in 2022 and recently was promoted to the position of finance manager. They have been working in M&A since 2016 with prior positions at Deloitte, Philadelphia Energy Authority and Climatebase. He is a graduate of Baylor University’s Master of Accountancy and holds an MBA from Wharton.
Özüm Özsaygılı Consultant, S&P Global, Chemicals and Energy Transition: Özüm is a chemicals and energy transition consultant at S&P since 2022. Previously at RMI, MIT and Northeastern university, she holds an engineer degree from Boğaziçi university and a Masters in Engineering from Northeastern University.
Guests will need to present government ID to the S&P lobby desk upon arrival.
YPI Book Club
Join YPI in reading Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins. YPI will reimburse the cost of the book for members who will make good faith efforts to join the YPI Book Club's short monthly discussions.
The YPI Book Club hosts casual but engaging monthly Book Club meetings to discuss two books on infrastructure per year. These monthly meetings will last only 1 hour each, with two meetings per book that will each cover half of the book. These meetings will occur on April 30th and June 25th at 7:00pm ET.
YPI Infralogic Investors Forum Happy Hour
Join YPI at the Infralogic Investors Forum in New York for a networking happy hour. This happy hour will take place on April 18th at 7pm ET at El Vez NYC.
P3C Dallas Happy Hour
Join YPI at the P3C Dallas Conference for a happy hour on March 11th at 8:00PM CT at Corrintes 348. Drinks will be provided. Join YPI for a fun night of networking.
Ferrovial Vertiports Site Tour
Join YPI and Ferrovial at a site tour of Ferrovial's Vertiposts on March 11th at 11am CT. Transportation will be provided from the P3C Dallas conference at the Sheraton Dallas Hotel.
Ferrovial will be designing, building, and operating the infrastructure behind the networks of interconnected and sustainable vertiports required by eVTOL (Electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing) aircraft, also known as flying cars. They will be the basic enablers of Urban and Advanced Air Mobility (UAM/AAM), facilitating the movement of people and goods more rapidly and efficiently than traditional transport infrastructure.
Florida is the first US State where this technology will be deployed, with a plan of developing at least 10 vertiports and covering strategic locations in all its major cities. The UK is the second country planning to develop vertiports.
New York Member Happy Hour
Join YPI members in welcoming new and prospective members to YPI. This event is at The Long Room in New York on March 6th at 6:00PM ET.
New and Prospective Information Session
Are you new to YPI or interested in becoming a member? Join YPI to learn about the organization, membership, and how to get involved. This is a virtual event.
Career Advancement and Personal Growth in Infrastructure Workshop
YPI is excited to invite you to a professional development talk with Joel H. Moser about strategies for career advancement and personal growth in the field of infrastructure, on Tuesday, January 16th from 5PM to 6PM Eastern Time (ET).
Joel H. Moser is the CEO of First Ammonia, a leading producer of green ammonia (ammonia produced from water and renewable power), a carbon-free transportation fuel that is critical to achieving a carbon emissions-free future. Moser is an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), as well as an infrastructure expert for the Global Future Council of the World Economic Forum. Moser also serves as a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and as a founding executive committee member of the Advisory Board of the Columbia University Global Energy Policy Center.
Prior to the formation of First Ammonia, Moser led Aquamarine Investment Partners, an investor and developer focused on energy transition and decarbonization. He has served as a member of the Expert Committee for the World Bank Group’s 2018 Procuring Infrastructure Public-Private Partnerships Report and served as a member of the Expert Committee for the World Bank Group’s Benchmarking Infrastructure 2020 study. Moser has also practiced infrastructure law at global law firms as a Senior Partner and practice leader in international energy and infrastructure, for which he is recognized as a leading individual lawyer in Projects by Chambers.
Join us in an exciting conversation to learn more about Moser's insights, experiences and recommendations on professional development in infrastructure and the energy industry.
New and Prospective Member Information Session - Nov 2023
New and Prospective Member Information Session - Nov 2023
New and Prospective Member Information Session - Aug 2023
New and Prospective Member Information Session - Aug 2023
YPI Members Only Virtual Happy Hour
Applications for the 2021 Fellowship and inaugural “Building the Future” Grant are now open for undergraduate and graduate students and due May 1st!
Webinar: Early contractor involvement and pre-development agreement models
Webinar: Early contractor involvement and pre-development agreement models
Interested to understand how the public and private sectors can collaborate to develop feasible, "shovel ready" infrastructure projects, even in an environment of constrained public sector resources?
YPI New and Prospective Member Information Session
YPI New and Prospective Member Information Session
YPI New and Prospective Member Information Session - May 23
YPI New and Prospective Member Information Session - May 23
YPI Infralogic Investors Forum New York Happy Hour
YPI Infralogic Investors Forum New York Happy Hour
P3 Dallas Social
Join YPI at the P3 Conference in Dallas, TX for a fun night of networking