The nation’s top metro areas are experiencing unique policy challenges all at once: to expand access to housing, revive their downtowns, upgrade infrastructure and develop the local workforce with skills needed for tomorrow. 

Join Axios for an event in Washington, D.C. alongside the U.S. Conference of Mayors looking at how local governments are setting the agenda to move their metro areas forward, from housing and inflation to health care and the impact of new innovations on jobs. We’ll host conversations with local leaders across the country about their visions for success in a shifting political landscape and plans for policies and partnerships that enact change at the local level.

4:00pm | Doors open for guests
4:30pm - 5:35pm | Mainstage conversation
5:35pm - 6:30pm | Networking & reception resume
6:30pm | Reception ends

Axios will host one-on-one conversations with:

The workforce has undergone significant changes over the last five years. In turn, emerging industries have created new jobs requiring specific skillsets, but labor shortages indicate that the current workforce is not yet equipped to meet shifting needs. 

8:30 am | Doors open for guests

9:00 am - 10:00 am | Mainstage conversations
10:00 am | Event concludes

Not able to attend in-person?
Join us virtually via livestream here at 8:30am ET.

Axios senior reporter Erica Pandey and Axios Columbus reporter Alissa Widman Neese will host one-on-one conversations with: 

Additional speakers to be announced.