Where Perspectives Come Together
People do not join a room because they want information.
They join because the question is relevant to a challenge they are actively trying to understand, influence, or solve.
The TIIM Participation Board organizes conversations around real-world infrastructure questions and emerging opportunities across the ecosystem.
Each room is built around a systems-level question.
The participants create the value
Participation Rooms: An Emerging Initiative
We are actively developing Ecosystem & Stakeholder Participation Rooms centered around real-world infrastructure challenges and opportunities.
These rooms are envisioned as multidisciplinary spaces that encourage collaboration, constructive dialogue, and shared learning among stakeholders from across industry, academia, government, technology, utilities, and communities around the world. Through the exchange of diverse experiences and perspectives, participants will have the opportunity to explore real-world challenges, emerging opportunities, and questions that increasingly require systems-level thinking.
As infrastructure systems become increasingly interconnected, we believe better outcomes begin when the right people are asking the right questions at the right time.
Bringing together diverse perspectives to explore real-world challenges through multiple lenses.
Why TIIM Rooms Exist
TIIM Rooms are not webinars. They are not lectures. They are not consultant-led workshops.
Each room begins with a relevant systems question. The question provides direction.
The participants create the value. TIIM provides the question and space for discussion.
Participants are encouraged to :
BRING
- Real-world challenges
- Questions
- Observations
- Lessons learned
SHARE
- Emerging concerns
- Practical experience
- Ideas worth testing
The objective is not to arrive at a prescribed answer.
The objective is to improve understanding through meaningful discussion and the exchange of perspectives.
Two Ways to Participate
Some challenges are best explored across the ecosystem. Others are best explored among peers facing similar realities. TIIM creates space for both conversations to occur.
🌎 Ecosystem Rooms — $75 per Seat
Cross-disciplinary discussions designed to bring together participants from different parts of the ecosystem.
Purpose: Understand the system through multiple perspectives
👥 Stakeholder Rooms — $50 per Seat
Peer-to-peer discussions designed to bring together participants facing similar realities and challenges.
Purpose: Learn from peers facing similar realities
How Participation Works
1️⃣ Choose a room
2️⃣ Reserve your seat
3️⃣ Join an 8-person discussion
4️⃣ Explore the question from multiple perspectives
Current Development Phase
Infrastructure Siting & Regional Readiness
Foundational Question
How do we determine whether a region is truly ready for large-scale infrastructure development?
This question serves as the foundation for the current Participation Board.
Each room explores the question through a different systems lens.
Tuesday — Resource Systems
Ecosystem Room — $75
How should regions evaluate whether available resources can support future development without creating constraints elsewhere in the ecosystem?
Who You May Meet
- Utility planners
- Water authorities
- Researchers
- Developers
- Economic development professionals
- Technology providers
- Community representatives
👥 Capacity: 8 Participants
Stakeholder Room — $50
What resource readiness indicators are most useful when evaluating future development opportunities?
Participants May Include
- Utilities
- Resource planners
- Water authorities
- Resource economists
- Researchers
👥 Capacity: 8 Participants
Wednesday — Infrastructure Systems
Ecosystem Room — $75
What conditions must exist before a region can be considered infrastructure-ready?
Who You May Meet
- Developers
- Utilities
- Researchers
- Technology providers
- Government representatives
- Community stakeholders
👥 Capacity: 8 Participants
Stakeholder Room — $50
What infrastructure constraints are creating the greatest development risks today?
Participants May Include
- Developers
- Infrastructure planners
- Engineering firms
- Construction professionals
- Economic development organizations
👥 Capacity: 8 Participants
Thursday — Technology Systems
Ecosystem Room — $75
How should ecosystem conditions influence technology decisions during site selection and early project development?
Who You May Meet
- Technology providers
- Developers
- Researchers
- Utilities
- Community representatives
- Economic development professionals
👥 Capacity: 8 Participants
Stakeholder Room — $50
How are organizations evaluating technologies when future infrastructure requirements remain uncertain?
Participants May Include
- Technology providers
- Technology developers
- Operators
- Researchers
- Innovation leaders
👥 Capacity: 8 Participants
Friday — Community Systems
Ecosystem Room — $75
How should communities participate in decisions that may shape regional development for decades?
Who You May Meet
- Community organizations
- Municipal officials
- Developers
- Utilities
- Researchers
- Technology providers
👥 Capacity: 8 Participants
Stakeholder Room — $50
What information do communities need to meaningfully participate in infrastructure decisions?
Participants May Include
- Municipal officials
- Community organizations
- NGOs
- Economic development groups
- Public engagement professionals
👥 Capacity: 8 Participants
TIIM Participation Rules
❓ Questions Are Welcome
Questions are often as valuable as answers.
Curiosity is encouraged.
🗣 No Single Perspective Owns the Discussion
The objective is not consensus.
The objective is understanding.
💡 Challenge Ideas, Not People
Healthy disagreement is welcome.
Professional respect is expected.
Request a Seat
Seats are limited to eight participants per room to encourage meaningful discussion and engagement.
Select a room, complete the interest form, and join the discussion.
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