Local Governance Summer Institute

Date
Sun July 23rd - Fri July 28th 2023, All day
Event Sponsor
Precourt Institute for Energy
Bill Lane Center for the American West
Location
The Stanford Precourt Institute for Energy

LGSI@Stanford offers city managers, county executives, regional directors, and other senior local government officials the opportunity to exchange and acquire tools for improving local government performance and enhancing prospective analytical capacity to innovate and anticipate societal change. This program will strengthen individual capacities in public finance, negotiating and strategic planning skills, while exposing participants to innovative solutions and technological advance supporting the emergence of smarter, more resilient, sustainable, and equitable communities in California and around the world.

Stanford University faculty, Silicon Valley visionaries, and highly experienced leaders in the local government management profession challenge participants to consider long-view policy considerations and issues, such as technological advances and the transition to a low carbon economy in local government decision-making, while at the same time addressing current challenges facing our communities. Themes covered have included strategic thinking in problem solving, smart financial management practices, community engagement, ethical practice and negotiations skills, regional energy transition and water management policy challenges, smart transport and urban infrastructure upgrading to enhance economic competitiveness at the local and regional level, and many others.

Each year the program selects a set of salient and pressing challenges for local government and brings together Stanford, industry, and local governance experts to help participants innovate appropriate solutions for their communities. For the 2023 program, these may include topics such as the challenges of COVID-19 for local governments, equity and inclusiveness, navigating community advocacy group engagement, public safety reform, adaptive planning for wildfires and wildfire smoke impacts, housing and homelessness.

LGSI@Stanford fosters active participation and provokes insightful discussion and debate on public management issues.  The program encourages networking and collaborative exchange of participants among each other, with instructors, and with dedicated coaches.  Participants work through salient group projects which allow them to merge their own professional experience with the training and guidance being provided through the program.  At the onset of the program, participants are paired with a senior executive coach with whom they meet at select intervals throughout the seminar, focusing on goals, professional development, and the application of lessons learned in the program to the specific context of the participants’ careers. The program is held in the stimulating environment of Stanford University, Silicon Valley, and the San Francisco Bay Area.

Applications are now open for the 2023 institute.  Applications are reviewed monthly on a rolling basis until the program reaches capacity.

Agenda

Sunday, July 23, 2023

Jul 23
4 - 6 pm

Welcome Reception & Orientation

Monday, July 24, 2023

Jul 24
All day

Instruction & Site Visits

Tuesday, July 25, 2023

Jul 25
All day

Instruction & Site Visits

Wednesday, July 26, 2023

Jul 26
All day

Instruction & Site Visits

Thursday, July 27, 2023

Jul 27
All day

Instruction & Site Visits

Friday, July 28, 2023

Jul 28
All day

Instruction & Site Visits

Jul 28
6:30 - 9 pm

Program Closing/Graduation Dinner