Another New York Times columnist is headlining the Emerging Issues Forum.
After last year's turn by Thomas Friedman, the annual Raleigh event this spring will feature conservative commentator David Brooks.
The theme this year is "Changing Landscapes: Building the Good Growth State?"
"We are thrilled to have David Brooks speak to us about our infrastructure imperative," said former Gov. Jim Hunt. "We anticipate his creative, national perspective will inspire our state's leaders."
Brooks will talk about how plans for infrastructure investment can be updated to keep pace with changes in the economy and technology.
He has recently gained attention for cautioning against seeing infrastrucutre spending as a solution for economic problems, saying too much spending on repairing existing infrastructure could hurt urban and suburban innovation and slow momentum for a transportation revolution.
The forum will be held Feb. 9-10.
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